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About AmendmentX

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

The debate

Tomorrow night, the first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama is scheduled to take place. Whether or not is happens as scheduled is up in the air.The Christian Science Monitor has proposed fifteen questions for the two large party … Continue reading

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The direction

A few weeks ago I heard a very disturbing phrase on the radio from a candidate. I didn’t hear who it was, but I kept thinking about that phrase over and over as it was so disturbing and at the … Continue reading

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Your grief counselor

There is at least one point that where I disagree with Jim Angle : we had an opportunity to avoid this mess by never getting into it. There is no authority in the Constitution for Congress to authorize a Freddie … Continue reading

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A larger carbon footprint from burning the midnight oil…I'm sure

Those intrepid ABC reporters are at it again, wasting no time in discovering a document, more than likely the Golden Key, that will send Sarah Palin crashing to earth!Nixon had his Oval Office tapes, Bill Clinton a stained blue dress. … Continue reading

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Timing is everything…and the 35W Bridge

I got up this morning at 3:15 a.m. to get ready to pickup my Mom for our great adventure to cross the 35W Bridge.My concern was that we would get there too early when I heard that MNDOT and the … Continue reading

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B,B,B,B…and Thoreau Part III

Power Line and Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air have the best short explanations of the one of the trunks (not roots) of the current financial disaster brought to you the people under the marble dome in Foggy Bottom.BTW, the … Continue reading

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B,B,B,B…and Thoreau Part II

It as if they haven’t learned a thing: “Fed rescues AIG with $85 billion loan for 80% stake” (There is no place, repeat no place in the Constitution that allows this or even hints at the government owning an insurance … Continue reading

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Bridges, Banks, Bernake, Band aids…and Thoreau

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root” ThoreauLast week, as we heard the news that the new 35W bridge would probably be completed this week, my Mom and I … Continue reading

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See I told you so.

Amendment X often criticizes my eating habit –Such as my latest discovery “Chick Fried Bacon“(Winner Best Food Texas State Fair) But science proves that maybe us Meatatarians are onto something: Eating veggies shrinks the brainMELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going … Continue reading

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As if we need another reason

I was in Kansas City, MO at a rugby tournament when there was a double dose of news: The Saturday Night Massacre and the first Arab Oil Embargo. At that time we imported just over 20% of our daily oil … Continue reading

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