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Donald: Trump or Chump!

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Recently Pope Francis, when visiting Mexico said that Donald Trump is not a Christian.  He believes that Donald Trump is not a Christian because he rather build walls than bridges.  Donald is now taking on the Pope.  Which for me it is kinda funny.  There are many of his views I don't agree with. Donald is saying some very offensive things about many people and groups.  But I don't think he means it.  And if he did, America has so many checks and balances that a lot of the things he says he will do, he will not be allowed to get away with if he is elected president. I think what needs to happen is that people should not be so quick to judge.  But they should pause for a second and think if what he is saying makes sense or not. That is what I did when he recently spoke in a public forum.  One of the things I got from his speech is that he makes a lot of sense, he is not afraid to speak his mind, and the guy is very smart!! When he talke...

Manny Pacquaio: Public Enemy #1

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I can't believe what people are saying about Manny Pacquaio--multi-time champion of the boxing world. Recently he said some disparaging remarks about gays and when a petition got started for Nike to drop him as a sponsor--they did so with less than 4,000 signatures.  Another petition in support of Manny as of this writing shows over 14,000 signatures. I will be the first one to say that if you have nothing good to say don't say it.  Yet, his critics are going bananas to paint him as public enemy #1 simply for stating his opinion.  They have branded him a bigot and a homophobe.  Yet, those that are criticizing him are spewing their own brand of hate and bigoted remarks.   Manny has come along way to redeem himself.  It is amazing to me how he has a full schedule, boxes several times a year, is a senator in his home country of the Philippines, is a pastor and recently donated millions of dollars of his own money to build homes for the poor. ...