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Taking Back the MLK Legacy?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 30, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 30, 2010

I’m still trying to figure out the message of the Glen Beck rally. If the message was simply, “we can assemble from 80,000 to 500,000 ( the estimates vary) , most of whom are white conservatives,” then I suppose his … Continue reading →

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Reflections on 9/11

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 25, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 25, 2010

It’s hard to believe that it has been nine years since the destruction of the World Trade Center.  Like so many others, I remember it so clearly. The sense of violation, the senseless carnage, the simultaneous attack on the Pentagon, … Continue reading →

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The Baptists, The Sufis, and the “Two Blocks from Ground Zero Community Center”

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 24, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 24, 2010

They came to this country searching for religious freedom.  Those of similar but not identical faith considered them to be a threat to the “pure faith”. It wasn’t long before they were told that their type of religion would not … Continue reading →

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Fareed and the Jewish Anti-defamation League

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 19, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 19, 2010

Thanks, but no thanks! That’s basically what CNN host and Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria said to the Jewish Anti-defamation League when he returned a first amendment award which he received five years ago. The Jewish civil rights organization was “not … Continue reading →

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Fareed and the Jewish Anti-defamation League

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 19, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 19, 2010

Thanks, but no thanks! That’s basically what CNN host and Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria said to the Jewish Anti-defamation League when he returned a first amendment award which he received five years ago. The Jewish civil rights organization was “not … Continue reading →

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Newt, Nazis and the Japanese

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 19, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 19, 2010

Nazis don’t have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. Now, thanks to Newt Gingrinch, that should settle it! Well, except for one thing, if you factor in the faulty equivocation.

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Tea Party and Love of the Constitution 

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 18, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 18, 2010

A Republican – Tea Party Rally attendant wears her “I love Sarah Palin” button beside the one that says “I love the Constitution.” Republican / Tea Party candidate Sharon Angle says, “We’re at war in this country, for our freedom, … Continue reading →

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Obama, Bloomberg and Washington on Mosques, Synagogues, and Churches

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 17, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 17, 2010

President Obama’s support of religious freedom, with all rights pertaining thereto, is what you’d expect of a student of the US Constitution. A few days earlier, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg presented a history of the struggle for … Continue reading →

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Does the Constitution Really Matter to Christians?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 14, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 14, 2010

To hear Republican and Tea Party candidates tell it, the current administration is truly a threat to the Constitution and the wishes of the founding fathers. Yet it seems not to be the wishes of the founding fathers that are … Continue reading →

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Fear Mongering Knows No Limits!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 9, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 9, 2010

The Cold War with its threat of nuclear attack. 9/11 and Al Queda. Truly fearful chapters in US History. Yet former Representative Tom Tancredo believes that the greatest threat to our country is at home in the person of … … Continue reading →

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God’s Creative Expression of Giftedness

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 9, 2018 by rlarryeJune 8, 2021

In 8/15/06, in a now inactive blog, I wrote the following reflection: A little piece of something, clearly visible in the ultrasound image. With amazement I peer into my computer monitor until I see it. It’s my first grandchild, nine months … Continue reading →

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The Music of Xenophobia – Same Song, So Many Verses!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on February 9, 2017 by rlarryeFebruary 9, 2017

No doubt, you have experienced that moment of TV or movie suspense when the camera angle leaves the potential victim vulnerable to some unseen threat lingering just off-screen. Yet the music and framing make clear that you should be afraid. … Continue reading →

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Legitimate? Or Just Legal?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on January 24, 2017 by rlarryeJanuary 24, 2017

Illegitimate means “not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. Example: “an illegitimate exercise of power.”

Legality and Legitimacy are not always the same thing, Larry explains in this analysis of the Trump campaign and of the first four full days of the Trump presidency.

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Afraid of Trump? Really!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?

Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign.

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A “Real Republican” and the Party of “No!”

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.

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The Ghost of Republican Present!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 29, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 29, 2016

During the Obama years, Republicans have been haunted by Generic Republican — that nameless, faceless candidate who always out-performs the Democratic candidate with a name and face.

 

Moreover, Generic Republican also out-polled other Republican primary candidates!

 

Larry believes that the concept of Generic Republican has special significance in the last presidential election.

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¿Cómo se dice segura? Some Post-Electoral Reflections

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 11, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 11, 2016

The 2016 presidential election results were not only surprising, but seemed to defy logic.

Larry Eppley is a 68 year old white male — raised Republican and an evangelical Christian. 80% of his demographic voted for Donald Trump.

In this post-election reflection, Larry tries to understand the apparent willingness of white Christian evangelicals to ignore obvious signs of racism and xenophobia, with little regard to the destructive impact to our immigrant communities.

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The Ones We Don’t See…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 24, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 24, 2014

The sight of unaccompanied children waiting just inside the border for the border patrol is, to say the least, surreal. We view this wave of migrants, at best, as a humanitarian crisis– and at worst, as an invasion of disease carrying third-world latinos. … Continue reading →

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The Great Anglo-Saxon Homeland…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 4, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 4, 2014

It was with a sense of “historic awareness” that I witnessed the combination of anger and fear present in the faces of those protesting the Hispanic women and children who were seeking refuge in my country.  With USAmerican flags flying, they … Continue reading →

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An Act of Love!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on April 9, 2014 by rlarryeApril 9, 2014

Jeb Bush shook the political landscape in April, 2014 when he drew a distinction between illegal immigration and serious crimes (misdemeanor versus felony). The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come … Continue reading →

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