{"id":13,"date":"2015-07-16T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-11-11T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T02:38:38","slug":"good-things-come-in-threes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"Good Things Come in Threes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Top 10 lists are just too long for me. \u00a0Top 3 lists are more my speed- ha.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Top 3 Ignorant Things to say about Obama<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#3 He&#8217;s Muslim. \u00a0Michele&#8217;s official portrait features her in a sleeveless dress. \u00a0That pretty well puts it to bed right there, but if you need more- \u00a0He was sworn in on a Bible twice and just gave a eulogy in a Christian church- two things no self-respecting Muslim would do.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#2 He was born in Kenya. \u00a0Not only isn&#8217;t this true, but even if it was it wouldn&#8217;t matter since his mother was a US citizen. \u00a0John McCain was born in Panama and not one person complained about that.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#1 He lied about his approval of marriage equality. \u00a0No he didn&#8217;t. \u00a0He changed his mind about it since 2007, just as 40% of the rest of the country did. \u00a0As I did. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Top 3 Reasons why defending the Confederate Flag is dumb<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">(although I do think it was stupid to pull Dukes of Hazard off the air)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#3 The South lost the war. \u00a0Usually when you lose a war you have to take down your insignia. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#2 Agreeing with Neo Nazis and white supremacists? \u00a0Not exactly a crowd I want to associate with.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#1 The swastika originated as a sacred Hindu symbol for austerity . Ask a Jewish person how they&#8217;d feel about bringing those flags back.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Top 3 Reasons why Fighting Marriage Equality is wrong<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#3 It&#8217;s not mandatory. \u00a0You can still marry another straight person, or not marry anyone at all. \u00a0You can still believe whatever you want and teach your kids whatever you want.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#2 \u00a0The United States is the 21st nation to make marriage equality the law. In NONE of the other 20 countries are pedophilia, bigamy or bestiality legal.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">#1 It&#8217;s in direct violation of the Constitution. \u00a0The First Amendment to be exact. \u00a0Freedom of religion means freedom for ALL religions, not just Evangelical Christians.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 lists are just too long for me. \u00a0Top 3 lists are more my speed- ha. 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