Americans turn to a media blowhard and an agenda driven comedic yap-dog for guidance<\/a>. \u00a0One has a \u2018comedy\u2019 show, willing to manipulate and edit reality to\u00a0discredit\u00a0those who stand in the way of the greatest threat to religious liberty in 200 years. \u00a0The other is an obnoxious and ill-informed blowhard who spouts forth on subjects with less knowledge than I have about nuclear physics. \u00a0So why this is even happening, much less news, much less that big event of the season, is beyond me. \u00a0 Unless it is yet one more sad sign of the times.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are going head to head! \u00a0And I\u2019m supposed to care why? \u00a0Actually I do care. \u00a0I care that we live in an age when those who made their billions in America are giving a big middle finger to America and leaving it, and wondering if there is a valid point. \u00a0And I care that as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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