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Sen. Ted Cruz will skip Tuesday's State of the Union, the final such address of President Obama's time in office. "It's not a snub. He's going to be in New Hampshire, working hard to win New Hampshire," Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler told the Dallas Morning News. "No disrespect. It just is going to work out this way," Tyler said. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., plan to attend. Rubio has been criticized in the past for skipping Senate votes and duties. Cruz, though less vocal than other candidates, has at times joined the chorus against...

2nd Amendment rally for those of you in the Idaho Falls, Idaho area

So now that we have heard that the "grassroots" (not nearly a) Million Mom March is descending once more on Washington DC--this time more than ever to try to take away our Second Amendmend Freedoms, what are we going to do about it?Here's one thing: SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS WILL HOLD A S.econd .A.mendment F.reedom for E.veryone R.ally, or S.A.F.E.R, also in Washington DC, on Monday's Day.Second Amendment Sisters is the true grassroots organization that will be in DC on Mother's Day, having been formed right here of FreeRepublic.com, in December of 1999. Five freeper women were a bit horrified when...