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Sep.22.2009
(Yes, I know this is a long post. With no pictures. It's important. Please read through to the end. And then pass it on.)
While I was out of town last week, I received word of three attempts to remove two of my books from high school classrooms, Twisted and Speak.
The challenge I have the least...
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Sep.20.2009
"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." ~Thomas Jefferson, in an 1816 letter to George Logan
"Instead of serving a king...
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Jul.03.2009
Yesterday, I wrote a fairly long blog about why we celebrate Independence Day. I figured it would be my final blog of the week, but when I finished, something didn't feel right. It's sitting in my draft folder now, unused.
It took me some time to figure out just what it was that I wasn't...
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Jun.02.2009
What is so hard about a 4-way stop?? You go in the order you arrive and if there's a tie, you cede to the person to the right. Done. How come nobody understands this? The next time I get waved through a 4-way stop by another driver when I already have the right of way, I'm going to get out and hook...
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May.29.2009
The 5000 Year Leap was an eye-opener for me, providing me with a far better understanding of the Constitution and our government. Though I can’t say that I always enjoyed the author’s style, I did find the information in the book very valuable. I was captivated. Reading through the Founder’s Basic...
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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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Nov.22.2008
As reported in the Washington Post (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/19/hillary_clintons_fix.html), if President-Elect Obama offers the position of Secretary of State to Senator Clinton, and if she accepts, they will run up against the Emoluments clause of the constitution, which...
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Nov.01.2008
"Patriotism is not pinning a flag pin to one lapel to free up both hands, so you can tear up the
U.S. Constitution," Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
From newly released, must-see, independent film, "The Warning."
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Sep.26.2008
...a quaint notion, minted in early nineteenth century Europe, which has been variously juggled as a framework for the ordering of society.
Or, to put it another way: God's in His Heaven, All's right with the world. So sang Pippa, the little silk-winder from Asolo in Robert Browning's poem,...
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Sep.07.2008
It’s time to stop falling for the same old crap.
Tonight, I did what I said I was going to do while in Memphis after having evac’d from hurricane Gustav (long live New Orleans, woot woot!) - I watched Obama’s acceptance speech. Then I watched McCain’s. Then I watched Ron Paul’s speech given at the...
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