The Oscars: Hollywood At Its Tackiest
Region: United StatesLast night Hollywood engaged in its annual fete of self-indulgence. It started with an hour long commerical of all the red carpet "interviews" publicizing the designers and jewelers who donated their services for Oscars s... more
Views: 694Newtown Tragedy Raises More and More Questions
Region: United StatesThe Newtown school tragedy has dominated our media coverage for the past three days, with little real factual information on just what may have precipiated this heinous tragedy, with the young adult reportedly responsible ... more
Views: 921Fox News Accidentally Airs Arizona Suicide?
Region: United StatesThis week was another banner week for the national media, and my former home state of Arizona. Recently, there was a mainstream media story regarding the "accidental" airing of a high speed chase in Arizona which was carr... more
Views: 3326New Orleans Rocks
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I had the distinct pleasure recently of attending a concert in New Orleans sponsored by AARP, of all organizations, given the following of the ladies involved. It was a concert by Melissa Etheridge, Gladys Knight and Stev... more
Views: 1799Hurricane Isaac: Katrina, Part II
Region: United StatesAfter being in a heightened state of anxiety for most of the past ten days due to the 24/7 reporting on the approach and devastation surrounding Hurricane Isaac, I feel compelled to give my first person narrative as one wh... more
Views: 1604Roberts Rules of Constitutional Obliteration
Region: United StatesIt has taken me over a week to process the latest desecration of the United States Constitution promulgated by no other than the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice John Roberts. The Roberts Court I predict w... more
Views: 908Arizonans Losers Again
Region: United StatesThis is a banner week for the U.S. Supreme Court, First up, the recent political decision on the Arizona immigration case and the provisions of SB 1070, Arizona's tough "anti-illegal immigrant" bill which challenged... more
Views: 1394Memorial Day Memories
Region: United StatesThe Memorial Day holiday is probably more significant to me than it is to many Americans for one simple reason. Historically, May 30th was designated as Memorial Day; however, the day in May has fluctuated during the la... more
Views: 995Dianne Feinstein's Comments Not Fine with Many Americans
Region: United StatesThis late afternoon I had the unexpected misfortune of viewing another of Fox's "fair and balanced" hard news stories with commentary by Dianne Feinstein, that Senator from San Francisco and head of the Senate Intelligence... more
Views: 1108Trayvon Martin Media Blitz Goes On...and On...
Region: United StatesThis week's mainstream media news has been dominated by two sagas that have gone on...and on... The arrest and continuing investigation in the death of Trayvon Martin, and the goings on in Colombia that has led to the res... more
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Betsy Ross is an American Constitutional Conserve-ative, former legal professional and long term resident of Phoenix, Arizona and writes on U.S. federal and state issues aimed with a Constitutional perspective on the blog, www.backupamerica.org.
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