Category: General

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I’m So Sick Lenin Style

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin, was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. “[Socialized] Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” “The goal of socialism is communism..” ~Vladimir Lenin

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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Gold Medals, Beer, Champagne, Cigars, Condoms

Somehow, the following doesn’t meet my image of an Olympic Athlete: Drinking beer, champagne, and smoking cigars celebrating a win in plain view. I don’t know what was the message here… Canada’s top Olympic official sees no reason to put a damper on the women’s hockey team’s beer-swigging, cigar-smoking celebration...

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Great Danger to be Feared

“I place the economy among the first and most important virtues and public debt as the great danger to be feared. To preserve your independence, we must not let our leaders load us with perpetual debt. We mus t make our choice between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude.”...

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Freckles

So sweet a story… An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. “You’ve got so...

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Carbon Gravy Train

From the Australian: …thanks to what now goes by the name of climategate, it turns out the real scandal lies elsewhere. Climategate concerns some of the world’s leading climate scientists working in tandem to block Freedom of Information requests, blackball dissenting scientists, manipulate the peer-review process, and obscure, destroy or...

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Treaty of Copenhagen

The draft Treaty of Copenhagen, to be signed in mid-December 2009, would create an unelected world government with direct power over all financial and trading markets, and direct power to intervene over the heads of elected governments in the economic and environmental affairs of all nations that sign the Treaty....

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers

You might be interested to read the truth about the Founding Fathers — and how they would lead America today. This was a generation without equal, and it deserves to be rescued from the politically correct textbooks, teachers, and professors who want to dismiss the Founders as a cadre of...

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Escape Hell

Today we read in Laura’s American Literature book an excerpt from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards. “All wicked men’s pains and contrivance they use to escape hell, while they continue to reject Christ, and so remain wicked men, do not secure them from hell,...

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Blackmailing David Letterman

I am sorry, but when you stand in front of the world on national TV, and call a mom and decent lady a “slutty fight attendant”, or that they look like one, and you are sleeping with more than one of your staff in secret, I do believe there is...

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Digital Camera with Built-in Projector

Now here is an interesting idea. Have you taken photos and  you want to share them with your friends, but haven’t downloaded them yet on your computer? You don’t want to use the small screen in the back of the camera either? Well, you can with the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj...

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Don’t Interfere with Our Sexual Mores

Once the late Julian Huxley, a leader among Darwinists, was asked on the Merv Griffin show, ‘Why do people believe in evolution?” Huxley honestly answered, “The reason we accepted Darwinism even without proof, is because we didn’t want God to interfere with our sexual mores.” According to I Don’t Have...

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New Fonts

Always happy to add fonts to my collection! CK Little Women.ttf GE HandyScript.ttf GE Martine Script Normal.ttf GE Mona Lisa Script Normal.ttf GE Quintet Script Bold.ttf GE Quintet Script Normal.ttf GE TravelScript.ttf Music DBZ.ttf Music Hall.ttf Mx1urban.ttf Mx2urban.ttf My Old Remington.ttf Savoye Plain.ttf SignPainter HouseCasual.ttf

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Martin Luther King Was a Republican

The title of this post surprised me at first. I don’t recall ever being taught MLK’s party affiliation in school. No doubt they don’t teach it now. To make sure, I checked and re-checked. According to Human Events: In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its...

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Our Candy Comes from Mexico

These days, the odds are good that the candy we buy comes from Mexico. From jellied hearts to chocolates, Mexico’s candy exports to the United States have more than doubled since 2002 as cheaper labor and sugar draw U.S. candy-makers south of the border. The latest candy company, Hershey’s. Why...

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Life Is Short

Yesterday I got a shocking reminder that life is very short… As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. ~Zachary Scott Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand...

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Updating My Postcard Collection

Recently, Miranda sent me a lovely postcard from Wisconsin, so I put it together with Petra’s from Graceland and New Orleans. Also, I found an old one sent to me from Morocco and then I found one from the Mackinac Bridge, Niagara Falls, Washington D.C., and finally one from Baltimore....

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If Tomorrow Never Comes

This man, Kevin Skinner, came out on the show, Americas Got Talent, with his accent, his funny job (Chicken Catcher), his rough around the edges hat and clothes, and the panel of judges and audience had to surpress laughing at him. He soon had their serious attention with his guitar...

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Sarah Palin, More Than Just Alaska’s Governor

July 3rd, when Sarah Palin announced she was stepping down as governor of Alaska, I was surprised, but I didn’t think it was a huge news story. I guess I was wrong, because what has followed has been on all channels speculating as to why she would do such a...

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Archie

I never read a lot of comic books when I was younger, but I do remember Mad Magazine and Archie Comics. (This is so funny, because not too long ago, I just taught Cameron the “Sugar Sugar” song!) Seems Archie will FINALLY propose! According to the article, he chose Veronica...

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545 People

545 PEOPLEBy Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits WHY do we have deficitsHave you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and...

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Patrick of Ireland (c. 389 – 463)

Around the year 389, a boy named Sucat was born to a Christian couple in northern Britannia (part of modern Scotland). Despite his parents’ zealous faith, the boy grew up to be a rebellious youth. One day, as Sucat was playing near the seashore, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates...

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Union Dues?

AFL-CIO Union Execs Hold Winter Meeting at Luxury Miami Resort. In spite of how these executives felt about the bank execs who received bailout help, and in spite of union members losing their jobs, AFL-CIO execs will “party it up” in a luxury resort that room prices begin at $400...

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The Park in the Sky

A happy news story for a change, for star lovers that is. Words like “Starlight Reserve” and “Heritage Park in the Sky” are being used to describe New Zealand town, dedicated to keeping its lights down low to allow for the night stars to shine through. It’s already attracting “Astro...

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Packet Loss

When can you have the best connection, a strong signal, and the fastest speed tests ever with your internet, and still be stressed by your connection? Apparently something called packet loss. I did numerous speed tests, only to find that the speeds were amazingly fast: The speeds didn’t make sense...

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Broccoli and Cheddar Soup

After a cold morning having gone to church, Laura and I arrived home and set about making Broccoli and Cheddar Soup. We used a recipe we found at All Recipes.com . (Mom had a giggle about how we brought the laptop on the kitchen counter to use to follow the recipe)....

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History Lesson, Present Tense?

“Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.” ~Cicero Laura and I have resumed our regular schedule now that the holidays are truly over. Our history lesson today, to me, read something like our modern times…. “The transformation of Rome from an Italian city-state to the seat...

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Early Christmas Presents

While Enric, Miranda, and Silas were here we couldn’t resist to have an early Christmas. After all, it’s a season, not just a day to me.    

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Haircut

Mommy and Daddy decided it was time for Silas to have a little haircut. Daddy starts Silas isn’t so sure about this…he wants to wiggle. Mommy reassures Silas

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A Visit to La Tasca

As an extra pre Christmas treat, I took everyone to La Tasca, located in Baltimore’s inner harbor. Around the holidays, my children grew up enjoying tapas, and I wanted to continue the tradition since we were all together. Silas was seated and looked ready for some different things to enjoy....

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Christmas Comes Early!

As a Christmas present to my mom, my children, and myself, I flew Enric, Miranda, and Silas in from Wisconsin to visit us! Silas is getting so big! Enric tinkered around the house and car to check things out that aren’t working 100% or at all. 🙂 Miranda and Silas

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What Do We Know of Love?

I think of the word love and wonder how much do we really understand love. One of my favorite hymms speaks of divine love. O love divine, amazing love That brought to earth from heav’n above The Son of God for us to die That we might dwell on high...

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Time, He’s Coming to an End

A rare video of Phil Keaggy with his song, Time, which has thought-provoking lyrics. Well He hasn’t always been around And He won’t always be. But He’s on the move at this moment Measuring life for you and me. I fear we all submit to him Existing anxiously, And no...

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Houston, We Have a Problem

For some reason, a huge issue in this country was largely ignored in this past election campaign. Not the media, nor neither of any of the candidates touched on the issue of illegal immigration. Not too long after the election is over and settled, comes the latest headline, something we...