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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
My 10 yr old daughter made an amusing comment a few weeks ago. The family was sitting at our fav Japanese eatery and she says: “Why do people always portrait neanderthal’s with that wheel shaped accessory?”
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Man, I’d really rather not wade into “political waters”… But, when the shoe fits…
Interesting info to be found on the web regarding Gov spending -
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By Michelle Malkin • January 28, 2010 01:02 PM
Every Senate Democrat voted to raise the debt limit to $14.3 trillion. The vote was 60-40 on straight […]
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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Revolution calling… Got no love for politicians, all that crazy scene in DC, it’s just a power-man town…. I used to trust the media to tell us the truth, tell us the truth. But now I see the payoffs, every where I look… Who do you trust when everyone’s a crook? (read: […]
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Looks like they’ve had enough gov spending and the gov’t take over of private businesses…. Ain’t we all?
By Michelle Malkin • December 18, 2009 12:48 PM
On the Senate floor a few minutes ago, GOP Sen. Tom Coburn gave a rousing defense of the “Party of No.”
“We’re accused of being the party of […]
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Sunday, December 20th, 2009
TJ’s Wisdom. This was forwarded to me via e-mail. (I have vetted some but not all of these Jefferson quotes).
To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.
Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government […]
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Saturday, November 21st, 2009
My 10 year old was intrigued to hear that the office I work at has a problem with mice. She asked, “Are they white mice?” When I told they were brown mice and that the ladies in my office were very unhappy about them she asked “why would they hate wild mice?”
I explained […]
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009
This may not be a realistic fix for stopping our spend-drunk government from bankrupting the nation, but I sure like this idea on the surface.
What if we went to a national flat tax and allowed people to choose the areas of concern where they want their tax funds allocated - (ie: infrastructure, defense, Medicare, etc). […]
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Sunday, September 6th, 2009
An excerpt from Austin Hill’s 9/06/09 column:
Those of us who know, respect, and care about the unique history of this country, understand what makes America unique. In no small part, we are distinct within the broader context of world history, because there are no kings or queens in the United States; our President is one […]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
For the moment….
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
-P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the […]
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