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Apr.27.2009
I just ordered the book "The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World" by W. Cleon Skousen. I want to understand how far we have drifted from the Founding Fathers' formula for success. I hear that this book is THE book to buy to learn how this great country got to this point....
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Apr.24.2009
Note to Bill O'Reilly:
Iowa is the new San Francisco.
I can barely write that sentence without my hands shaking at the thought of the city I grew up in losing its punch line status on right-leaning talk shows and slightly more sympathetic late night comedy hours.
But with an absentee mayor and a $...
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Apr.21.2009
(c) 2009 Jeanne Powell"The Business of Bowing"all rights reserved
Protocol is political.
KENNEDY: Once upon a time Jacqueline Kennedy wondered whether she should curtsy to the queen when she and her husband were planning to visit England. After all, she had curtsied when she and her sister...
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Apr.19.2009
It's bad enough Obama has to juggle two wars while scrubbing the floor of the White House trying to clean up the domestic mess left by the previous tenant, but as soon as he looks out the door, what does he see... pirates. That's right. Pirates. And no, I'm not talking left handed relievers from...
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Apr.16.2009
I saw the lame remake of "The Day The Earth Stood Still" on a plane last week but it didn't strike me until today that our globe is actually spinning backwards.
As of now, we're somewhere back in the 17- or 1800s.
The comeback of pirates should have been a major clue, like the...
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Apr.12.2009
I received this in an email and thought it warranted a share.In addition to what Mr. Reese states here I would like to add that according to our Constitution the Federal Govt's job is to provide for the National Defense (many can question how well they are accomplishing this just by the number of...
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Apr.05.2009
The excitement is palpable. G- 20 Mania has swept the country like blue mold on dead fruit in the crisper bin of an abandoned refrigerator. Especially amongst the 18 Americans aware that the G- 20 is a meeting of the leaders of the world's top economic nations and not a Bingo call. It may be...
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Mar.26.2009
A blog post spawned by a response to a previous posting about the comparison of deficiet spending between the two-party rule 43rd Presidency and the fledgling one-party rule 44th Presidency ...
Dennis Shay says:
Ed, great summary.
but you're using the wrong venue. Your dire warning is mostly...
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Mar.25.2009
“I am not saying you are a bad guy” my friend said “I am just saying you are uniquely unqualified to be the spokesperson for a whole entire generation.” That declaration hurt. I had put a lot of thought about being spokesperson for my generation while I was eating breakfast. I pointed out that the...
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Mar.23.2009
While "O" was very publicly making his picks on the hoops my chase cards interest rates and charges get hit out of the park!
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