Monthly Archives: November 2012

Prescription for Defeating Obamacare?

FreedomWorks is reporting that the number of states telling the Feds “No thanks” on the HHS health care exchanges has now grown to 22. Good news for the health of our sick economy. 🙂   Obamacare essentially decrees to the … Continue reading

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Higher Taxes and the Law of Diminishing Returns

With all the D.C. debate about the “Fiscal Cliff,” and the Obama administration’s nonsensical proposal to address the growing economic calamity; suck more money from the private sector to grow government, you may have heard some mention of the “Laffer … Continue reading

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Benghazi: What the MSM continues to ignore

Canada Free Press has a new eye-popping interview with a government insider who claims to know the truth about what really happened in Libya [Benghazi explained: Interview with an “Intelligence Insider” – Part one of a multi-part story] ~   … Continue reading

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Bill Whittle for President!

Bill Whittle recently delivered a knock-out speech at David Horowitz’s Restoration Weekend 2012 ~     • No apologies for success • No demographic divisiveness • No capitulation to the Left’s phony narratives • No RINO insecurities   We’ll never … Continue reading

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Founding Wisdom – Flouted by the Foolish

It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it … Continue reading

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And this year’s Turkey Award goes to…

… the teachers at Old Rochester Regional Junior High School in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts! Like most of New England, the small town of Mattapoisett, is rich in early American history. It was first settled in 1750 in a area previously occupied … Continue reading

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The Impossible Dream

When I’m really feeling the need for inspiration, this song works wonders! True confession: I often find myself belting it out for the benefit of our backyard wildlife. 🙂    

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Sandy Relief Swamped by Big Government Bureaucracy

“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” ~ Ronald Reagan ~   In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, politicians were eager to appear in the hardest hit communities, … Continue reading

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How to Hijack the Vote

Last week there was a video making the rounds which showed a computer programmer testifying before the Ohio state legislature. It featured the attention-grabbing headline: “Programmer under oath admits computers rig elections!”   Oh boy – just the sort of … Continue reading

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A Psalm of Obama

  Recent election results seem to indicate that America has decided we are now One Nation Under Obama. Doug Giles has composed an appropriate Psalm to commemorate the transition ~   Psalm 666: The State Is My Shepherd, I Shall … Continue reading

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Saturday Shorts – 11-24-12

Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:   Liberty Counsel’s Annual Naughty & Nice List ~ Which retailers are “Christmas-friendly” and which just want your “holiday” bucks … Continue reading

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Post Pilgrim America

Still stuffed with turkey, and in no mood to battle the Black Friday crowds 😯 (most of my Christmas shopping is of the cyber, low-stress variety), I finally had a chance to relax today and reflect on the origins and … Continue reading

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