Tag: Philadelphia
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That “Ace” pilot, McCain
In a lot of ways, this presidential campaign is about biography, who John McCain is and who Barack Obama is. A lot of people say, for instance, despite his books, that they don’t know much about Sen. Obama. He’s still too new to the national scene. Here’s my question: John McCain has occupied the national…
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Are we speaking, or are we talking?
This is a quote by Democratic Political Consultant Jim Carville from Wikipedia: Between Paoli (one of Philadelphia’s westernmost suburbs) and Penn Hills (one of Pittsburgh’s easternmost suburbs), Pennsylvania is Alabama without the blacks. They didn’t film “The Deerhunter” there for nothing — the state has the second-highest concentration of NRA members, behind Texas. Love0 Share…
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Five Points Had Good Points By MICHAEL O. ALLEN, Daily News Staff Writer
THE FIVE POINTS ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT In the early 1990s, a group of archaeologists began an excavation in Five Points. Their research revealed that there was much more to Five Points than the filthy, poor, and crime-infested area that early visitors had described. On February 22, 1998, the Daily News published an article by Michael O.…