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Remember how we learned as youngsters on How A Bill becomes Law? … Read entire article »

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1867 French Franc

1867 French Franc

It’s amazing what you find when looking through Dad’s old things… As near as I can tell it’s an 1867 French Franc… 1 franc Napoléon III, tête laurée – 1867 On the front: NAPOLEON III – EMPEREUR / K. On the back: EMPIRE – FRANÇAIS// 1 – F/1867. with central design (crossed staffs surmounted by crown) What I have learned so far: All coins in … Read entire article »

The Trucking Duck

A video my sister sent me… … Read entire article »

Obama Surrenders Gulf oil to Moscow

Offshore oil production makes economic sense. It creates jobs and helps fulfill America’s vast energy needs. It contributes to the gross domestic product and does not increase the trade deficit. Higher oil supply helps keep a lid on rising prices, and greater American production gives the United States more influence over the global market. From the Washington Times The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the United States attempts to shift gears to alternative fuels to battle … Read entire article »

100,000 Federal Employees Owe $962 Million in Back Taxes

More proof of a system that is too big to even govern itself? From ABC News Working for Uncle Sam comes with some great perks, like job stability, posh benefits packages, and in many cases, average salaries that are higher than what the same job pays in the private sector. Rep. Jason Chaffetz from Utah opts to sleep on a cot in his D.C. office. That’s why Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is irked that nearly 100,000 civilian federal employees owe the IRS $962 million in back taxes. He thinks they should pay up or be fired. Chaffetz has introduced a bill that calls for the federal government to “ferret out” civilian employees who have “seriously delinquent tax debt” and … Read entire article »

One Page Health Care Plan

Ann Coulter thinks she has a good plan for the health care and it will only take one page instead of 2000. Her ideas: Congress will amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act to allow interstate competition in health insurance. We can’t have a free market in health insurance until Congress eliminates the antitrust exemption protecting health insurance companies from competition. If Democrats really wanted to punish insurance companies, which they manifestly do not, they’d make insurers compete. Provide that the exclusive regulator of insurance companies will be the state where the company’s home office is. Every insurance company in the country would incorporate in the state with the fewest government mandates, just as … Read entire article »

Health Care Bill A Job Killer?

There seems to be a few conclusions out there on the Health Care Bill related to jobs: Nancy Pelosi declared that the bill would create four million jobs over the next ten years, with 400,000 new jobs created almost immediately. Pelosi relied on a study written by the left-wing advocacy group Center for American Progress for those figures, although the Bureau of Labor Statistics already predicts growth in the health-care industry of 3.2 million jobs without ObamaCare. Now, Americans for Tax Reform and the Beacon Hill Institute have conducted their own study using CAP’s methodology and determined that ObamaCare will destroy jobs, not create them. Hot Air has an exclusive first look at … Read entire article »

Barack Obama threatens to withdraw support from wavering Democrats

I question things, especially our leaders, and here is one I had to ask myself. Obama promised bipartisanship on the campaign trail. I didn’t believe it then and it doesn’t look very good so far for keeping his promise. But how believable can he be, when he threatens his own party when they don’t agree with him on everything? From the Telegraph: Barack Obama threatens to withdraw support from wavering Democrats Barack Obama has said he will not campaign for any Democratic congressmen who fails to support health care reform. The president will refuse to make fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill. A one-night presidential appearance can bring in hundreds … Read entire article »

Beatitudes of Marriage

Beatitudes of Marriage

Blessed are the husband and wife who continue to be affectionate, considerate, and loving after the wedding bells have ceased ringing. Blessed are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends. Blessed are they who love their mates more than any other person in the world, and … Read entire article »

Bailouts Predicted by the New York Times in 1999

Jimmy Carter signed the Community Reinvestment Act in 1977. This required financial institutions to make loans to lower-income individuals in the communities they served. Non-compliance with this Act would prevent a bank or savings and loan from being able to expand within the states it was currently in and beyond. It’s interesting to note when the current  housing and financial crisis, the above statement is often ignored. Even the New York Times in 1999 predicted a possible bailout, here is an excerpt from that paper: In a move that could help increase home ownership rates among minorities and low-income consumers, the Fannie Mae Corporation is easing the credit requirements on … Read entire article »

Baltimore Colts Memorabilia Found

Baltimore Colts Memorabilia Found

My dad must have been one of those that never threw anything away, but he didn’t leave it out in the open either. Many years since he passed away, we are still finding treasures that he kept, almost hidden away! This past weekend, Enric and I were in the shed and found these ashtrays and mug that looked like the front … Read entire article »

Bengy and the Zipper

My sister sent me this. It starts out slow, but gets very funny. Imagine a man and wife in an argument as they are getting ready and are late for a formal affair. She asks him to pull up her long zipper in her dress. He does, and breaks it. The rest is hilarious. … Read entire article »

Embers For Ashes Recher Theater

Embers For Ashes Recher Theater

Last night Embers for Ashes played Recher Theater. This was my third time seeing them at this venue. All the shows there have been very good, but last night they connected with the crowd, and with each other, and it made for a great show. … Read entire article »

Flax Seed Oil

Flax Seed Oil

Tonight at the party, Chrissy mentioned the health benefits of Flax Seed Oil, which led me to look up some information on it. I don’t know if all the claims are true. Here are a few of the things that was said: Flax Seed Oil contains omega-6 and omega-9 essential fatty acids, B vitamins, potassium, lecithin, magnesium, fiber, protein, and zinc and … Read entire article »

Cameron’s Third Birthday

Cameron’s Third Birthday

Today we went to Cameron’s birthday party! It was also a treat for Silas! Laura (one of his babysitters) holds him in the kitchen. Silas gets chased by a girl with a gun! Cameron opens presents. The cake! A kiss for mommy. … Read entire article »

Where Is It Written That Congress Can Regulate Health Care?

Judge Andrew Napolitano gives a speech from the heart about freedom and from where our rights come. The Judge explains the hard core truth about the Constitution and why we must fight to regain and retain our freedoms. He says: Medicare, broken. Social Security, broken. Medicaid, broken. Amtrak, broken. Post office, broken. Who in their right mind – with that track record – would give health care to the same people that have broken everything they have tried to manage? … Read entire article »

Drawing Heaven

A young self-taught painter with a lot of talent. A video from CNN, and it’s amazing! … Read entire article »

Bravo

Silas got a little recorder today… yay, Bravo! … Read entire article »

Democrats Reveal Facts About Health Care

“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” —Vladimir Lenin For the first time, Democrats admit what Americans already know about their health care bill: it would raise premiums, it’s a windfall for drug companies and insurance companies, votes were secured through backroom deals, it cuts hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicare, and it raises taxes. … Read entire article »

World’s Richest Man – Not a Santa Claus

World’s Richest Man – Not a Santa Claus

Mexico’s Carlos Slim, named the world’s richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family. As a youngster he also kept accounting ledgers of what he earned and spent and bought a government savings bond from which he learned valuable lessons … Read entire article »

Obama Health Care: Soprano Tactics?

I am only one of many, a majority of people, who recognize that the health care system in the USA needs help, but are totally against the one Obama has ready for us. For those who still favor the idea, perhaps they should ask themselves, is it a good bill? If so, then why did it take so many sweetheart deals to get it pushed through this far, and that STILL might not be enough? Why can’t this bill stand on its own merit??? From the New York Post: President Obama’s attempts to ram health- care reform through an increasingly reluctant Congress are starting to resemble a really eventful episode of “The Sopranos.” Whether or not … Read entire article »

Pride…Secretly Fears All Competition and Dreads All Rivals

An article from Chuck Norris: Obama’s Oscar by Chuck Norris I am no pinnacle of humility, and I’ve learned my fair share of hard lessons from the camps of conceit. But I’m not sure the former Chicago politician occupying the White House ever has been schooled with a primer on the perils of pride. It’s one thing (though still distasteful) to be boastful in a sports or fighting ring; it’s quite another in the Oval Office. We were promised change, but it seems to me this White House’s smug swagger and strut rival the great taunts and bluster of Muhammad Ali in his heyday. In fact, if I were handing out awards, President Barack Obama would win hands … Read entire article »

Kinder Park Farm

Kinder Park Farm

I often speak of Kinder Park, but I often forget one of the things that is so precious about it…FARM. Kinder also has a farm on its land, and it makes it really special. Before that though, we took Silas to the playground. We first had a bit of  a walk to get there, Laura took her bike. Silas hardly knew where to start … Read entire article »

Crocus Signals Spring

Crocus Signals Spring

We were so pleased to see one tiny flower in bloom today as we walked out the front door. … Read entire article »

Grandma Buried Alive

Keep in mind as you read this, that China makes up the people that own most of our economy these days. From Fox News Grandma in China Fighting Property Developers Reportedly Buried Alive Wang Cuyun from Hubei Province was struggling with workers trying to tear down her house and was allegedly beaten by a worker wielding a wooden stick. She was dumped in a drainage ditch that ringed her property and a bulldozer covered her with earth, burying her alive. Witnesses said three policemen were present to supervise the eviction but did nothing to intervene or protect her. Her son joined other relatives trying to rescue her. It took more than half an hour to pull … Read entire article »

Silas Gets a Taste of Spring

Silas Gets a Taste of Spring

Ok, so it’s not yet spring, but the weather has indeed been springlike. He started on the trampoline… He then became very fascinated with the lock on the barn door. Frolicking in the sun. Then Silas rather likes the bar that we used to use as a device to lock the steering wheel of our car… But to Silas, it’s not a security device for … Read entire article »

Pelosi Wants to Pass it So You Can Know What’s In It.

If you ever had a doubt that our representatives read the bills they sign into law, spending trillions of dollars, or if they really care about transparency about what is IN the bills they sign, let Pelosi answer this for you. In answer to the Health Care Bill, she says, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” … Read entire article »

Back to the B&A Trail

Back to the B&A Trail

Today the good weather took Laura and I to the B&A Trail. It seems like forever that we had been there. The trail has about an 8-foot wide paved surface and is in good condition. The total length is 13 miles between Annapolis and Glen Burnie, MD. Once you reach the northern terminus, a short connector path will … Read entire article »

Health Care Gets Ugly

It’s getting ugly this health care thing… To push his health care bill through, Obama has been trying to vilify the Insurance companies. ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: President Obama and Democrats launched a campaign to vilify insurance companies in the final stretch of their health reform effort.Republicans, meanwhile, pointed out that those very same insurance companies would get huge checks from the government if health reform is enacted. “(Health Insurers) will keep on doing this for as long as they can get away with it. This is no secret,” the president said. “They’re telling their investors this – ‘We are in the money.  We are going to keep on making … Read entire article »

Back to Kinder Park

Back to Kinder Park

With the nice change of weather in the upper 50’s, Laura and I decided to go to Kinder Park. The fact that it is technically still winter was still there, with snow from our last blizzards still in scattered places around the park… Because of the winter, not much was “alive” at Kinder today. Some berries… …some ducks too. Of course, the ever present silos … Read entire article »

There’s A Communist Living in the White House

I didn’t know what to make of this. Victoria Jackson from Saturday Night Live strumming a ukulele and singing, “There’s a communist living in the White House.” … Read entire article »

One Way to Get Fit

US Naval Academy Performance Kings Firecrackers … Read entire article »

Choices

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about choices. We make them each day, and we’re accountable for them… today this was a story read in church: Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!” He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation. Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I … Read entire article »

Entice Travel to the U.S. Charge $10?

Apparently travel to the U.S. is down. So to help this we will charge visitors $10? I don’t get it. According to Breitbart: The US Travel Association industry group estimates that a 10-year drop in US tourism — much of it after the September 11, 2001 attacks — has cost some 440,000 jobs and a half-trillion dollars in related spending. Yahoo posts: President Barack Obama has signed a bill creating a program to promote the U.S. as a premier tourism destination for international travelers.The U.S. Travel Association calls it a major step in addressing the drop-off in such visits to the U.S. during the past decade. The association says the U.S. welcomed … Read entire article »

Desktop Independent

Desktop Independent

As I ponder whether or not to get a new desktop (the one I have, an HP,  is over 8 years old and acting it’s age, and I already have a laptop), I stumble upon this article: “Desktops dead in three years” A charming young buck by the name of John Herlihy of Google Europe believes, like most people in … Read entire article »

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