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How Obama Earned My Doctorate

mdecca Wrote: Jul 23, 2012 7:41 AM

First of all, parents are not government. Secondly, they paid for his college up to a point and then he had to pay for the rest himself. Which is where his story actually begins. Needing people is not the same as needing government. None of us will say we do not need government at all, but when government begins to take over your daily life and make rules and regulations that cripple us or wants to take control over what you eat or what choices you have in your daily life, that fosters rebellion.

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How Obama Earned My Doctorate

Dear President Obama:

I’m still reeling from your recent remarks about small business owners in America. With one sweeping generalization, you stated that those of us who have had successful businesses did not earn that success. Instead, you insist that someone else made it happen for us. I’ve written to tell you my story in the hopes that you will see the foolishness of your unproven assertions.

Back in 1989, I decided to pursue a PhD in Criminology. I was nearing the end of my Master’s program in Psychology. I had a teaching assistantship that paid a...

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