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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Today is the Seventh of March. Until the 1960s revolutionized education (for the worse, in my opinion), no course on American history would have been complete without mentioning Daniel Webster, arguably one of the 10 greatest Senators of all time. His reputation was built to a considerable degree, not ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Protesters at campuses nationwide demanded more money be spent on them. These 'students' took time out of the classroom to demand their 'right' to a college education be funded. Without having hard data to back it up, one can surmise that students majoring in engineering, computer science, architecture and ...
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
A Tea Party insurgent is within striking distance of forcing a runoff in the Texas GOp primary. Gov. perry may have to square off against a Ron Paulesque woman who talks up Austrian School economics and St. Augustine. Debra Medina appears to be the real deal - no teleprompter ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
America's entry into what forecaster Gerald Celente calls "The Greatest Depression" was preceded by Michigan's falling into a one-state Slough of Despond in 2001 from which the Big Mitten has yet to recover. As Americans come to grips with the reality of national bankruptcy and what a friend of ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Every 16 years, Michigan's Constitution of 1963 requires a referendum on holding a Convention. The current Constitution came into being after the State of Michigan was unable to meet payroll in the last of a series of periodic fiscal crises that plagued it since the beginning of the 20th ...
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Ruling by Judge William Young, US District Court.Prior to sentencing, the Judge asked the defendant if he had anything to say. His response: After admitting his guilt to the court for the record, Reid also admitted his 'allegiance to Osama bin Laden, to Islam, and to the religion of Allah,' ...
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-Sk This YouTube video is both hilarious and accurate in presenting the opposing worldviews of the Austrian and Keynesian schools of economic thought. Given our continuing slide into depression and debt crisis, what could be more topical than economics? Watch and enjoy!
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Today the Obamessiah is reported to have tied "passage of Health Insurance Bill to American Decency".Those who value American Freedom and traditional values don't see how collectivists taking over one sixth of the economy can be seen as a "victory for decency".Where is the decency in trying to build a ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Readers of my occasional writings (few though they be) know
that I do not condone torture, nor do I approve of detaining
'suspects' indefinitely without charges or opportunity to clear their
names. Neither of the foregoing applies to foreigners entering our
country intending to do ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
If the Tea Party becomes an actual party this year, one poll shows their generic candidate beating the Republican and Democratic nominees in a hypothetical match-up. The GOP finishes third, as they haven't since the Bull Moose year of 1912. Going into the election season, perhaps it would entertain and ...
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