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Atlanta, GA – Today marks the forty-second anniversary of Roe v. Wade, when the Supreme Court, in one of its lowest moments, ruled that abortion must be legal in all states. That day, people protested the Court’s decision, and every year since then, including today, in all fifty of the State Capitols and the Nation’s Capital in Washington, on the anniversary, marches are held protesting abortion. My family, and hundreds of others, went to Atlanta today, where, after speeches by activists, including Molotov Mitchell, the controversial senate candidate last year in North Carolina, (I do not know enough about to say which side of the line I fall on him) there was a moment of silence and then a silent march of mile. Heavy police presence helped insure that nothing wild happened when pro-abortion activists with a bullhorn, banners, and foul mouths showed up to exercise their own right to free speech. They marched in front of our march for a while, until they were told to get on the sidew...

This evening the world will stop. For a brief hour, people that should be sleeping will stay awake. People that would rather be watching crime shows will tune in, and people that hate the president’s guts will listen to him speak for one hour. It’s a bit of politics, pageantry, history and pure magic all rolled into one speech. The State of the Union Address. The President is called to the witness stand to give us the State of the Union, from his point of view, in his version of reality. Of course, we can already be pretty sure of what the president will speak on. He will talk about how great the economy is doing under his administration, as he reminds everyone almost every week in his weekly addresses. At some point he will make a reference to our troops. He will talk about his record, and will probably address the fact that his party just lost congress. This in turn will most likely bring about some sort of token mention of how he is for bipartisanship. He will also talk about hi...