This is a letter to the Arkansas Traveler I wrote concerning the homophobia of Proposed Initiative Act No. 1 that was passed by a 57% majority in 2008. It disallows non-married couples (heterosexual and homosexual) from adopting children. Given the surplus of orphaned children in the state, the initiatives true motives are easy to spot. Also included is commentary on the shallowness of many Obama supporters. Read on…
There was a time in my younger and more brash years when I decided that I should take up a cause. Something worth while that could get me noticed or help me fill a void in my life occupied by video games or lounging. Nothing too flashy, though. I was (and still am) a shy boy. But that didn’t stop me from wanting to do something more with my life. Read on…
After browsing the Wikipedia while writing my paper (which I know is full of mistakes - but I will correct them eventually), I noticed that they were seriously lacking information on the Ming Emperor Yongle (pronounced Yon-Glay). So I took the responsiblity into my own hands by taking the most informative parts of my paper and adding it to the free encyclopedia. Check out the Wikipedia’s entry on the Ming Emperor Yongle.
It’s early in the morning on February the 23rd, 1424. Up rises the great and accomplished emperor of the Ming dynasty as a team of eunuchs enter into his sleeping quarters, ready to wait on his every beck and call. As he ponders what he will accomplish this day, his eunuchs are giving him his manicure, bathing him, and dressing him. After he is dressed, he exits his palace into a slowly awakening city and steps into his sedan to do his morning rounds.
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