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About AmendmentX

Christian, patriot, old enough to know better, young and daring enough to do it anyhow.

A ponderable question…

OK, Spanky, help me here: I see that the President is considering pulling oil out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve because oil and therefore gasoline prices are escalating, and this move will thereby bring prices down.Okay…so if MORE oil (aka … Continue reading

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Expectations

As we hear that the Egyptian ruling party is entertaining the the representatives of the “religion of peace”, we have a foretaste of what to expect from those people from the “religion of peace” from this article . So, of … Continue reading

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Why NPR (National Public Radio) needs to be defunded now

As I was driving home this evening, I heard this clip (click on the “Listen to the Story” link to hear the full audio) from NPR played uninterrupted. It was Daisy Hernandez commenting on her hearing about the horrible mass … Continue reading

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Oh the ironicalness!

Ya gotta admit, sometimes The Daily Show does really expose the radical hypocrisy of the lefties.San Francisco has banned McDonald’s Happy Meals. The Daily Show is on it.For me the deep irony highlight comes when the Assemblyman was asked about … Continue reading

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Even atheists will have a "come to Jesus" time

I make no bones that I’m a born again Christian. There are a number of references in Scripture that state there is a time certain when “every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Original Tea Party!!!

Yes true patriots, today is the 236th anniversary of that daring foray into telling the government to “stick it!”, the original Boston Tea Party. There is a Fox News story where the telling comment is “ By the 1760s, American … Continue reading

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What I learned from Al Franken

I was asked to be involved in the Emmer/Dayton recount. I was a Floor Captain for Scott County. It was my job to organize and watch over the process as it evolved.I keep reading the comments in Prairie Pravda from … Continue reading

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Even yacht owners!

Not knowing that my two entries this week would involve boats, there is this story about how even the uber rich (well, at least those who marry the ones who married the uber rich) seem to appreciate money…when it comes … Continue reading

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What I learned about economics from dinghys

Ponder, if you would, the two images below: I’ve raced sailboats for over a quarter century. The sailor who taught me to sail and race raced on boats similar to the ones on the right. He raced in a class … Continue reading

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SCOTUS redux two years later

After a long hiatus, I find it interesting that my first entry is basically a link to an entry I wrote almost exactly two years ago. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), in its typical year end flurry … Continue reading

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