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About AmendmentX

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

What are they afraid of?????

The MN GOP announced on Monday that they were mailing an interactive CD out to selected voters regarding the pending Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). This interactive CD is a voter ID tool. There is a short video presentation that … Continue reading

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Just a SMALL government inefficiency

I subscribed to Rep. Ron Paul’s email newsletter.And I got an auto-reply from the Congressional computer to confirm that it was me that was asking for the subscription. So I did.I then received THREE different confirming responses that my subscription … Continue reading

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The solution to too big? Make it BIGGER!

Well, we’ve got Katrina six months behind us. And a review of what happens when citizens depend on government in the first place. And what happens when government “comes to the rescue”. Well, the evidence proves Ronald Reagan’s pronouncement that … Continue reading

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Charlie Brown, a football, and $60,000,000,000,000

In my last post, I referred to Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt and the decades long saga of those two and a football.Last night I was talking to a good friend of mine and we were lamenting the huge … Continue reading

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The bellwether to the north

The Canadian Health Care system is much vaunted by the left here in America. They keep telling us how well it works. That we should have something just like it. And yet there is incredible irony with socialized medicine and … Continue reading

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Reflection on the ports issue

I have to admit that I had a knee jerk reaction when I heard that a UAE company was buying the British company that was overseeing port operations (NOT security!). I read James Lileks and his concerns. And I agree … Continue reading

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Oh my oh my oh my…oh my oh my oh my

I was reading one of my favorite columnists, historians,analysts Victor Davis Hanson (VDH).He’s just returned from Iraq and visiting the boots on the ground and the commanders. Go and either read or listen to the mp3 file on his interview … Continue reading

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A million, a million there…

Well, here we are at the beginning of the legislative free for all with your and my money, I see that there is a projected $88,000,000 surplus. And the tag line from Prairie Pravda in their editorial “ Black ink … Continue reading

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Father knows best!

The gents at Powerline direct our attention to this article (via the Washington Times) in Foreign Policy magazine. “Across the globe, people are choosing to have fewer children or none at all. Governments are desperate to halt the trend, but … Continue reading

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From tiny acorns…morality vs justice vs fairness

Where I go to church there is a real nice sounding movement called “Social Justice”. A few years ago we closed down our counseling center and made it into “The Center for Spiritual Formation”. Very catchy title. Really bad formation. … Continue reading

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