Posted By freesnake on April 28, 2010
Another post worth a read from The Bahnsen Viewpoint
The new commercial General Motors is inundating the airwaves with is a piece of work, primarily because I only found out it was not a Saturday Night Live skit today. How many “takes” did it take for GM Chairman, Ed Whitacre, to say with a straight face to the camera that “General Motors has paid back the bailout loan in full? more…
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Posted By freesnake on March 23, 2010
This is a blog post worth sharing, from David Bahnsen…
One of the most egregious acts of political bullying in American history was successfully completed Sunday night. “Bullying” is an inadequate word, because most bullies use a sort of intimidating force to get what they want, and leave lying and bribery (overt bribery) for people of less character. There is no such thing as “character” when talking about this Congress, and there is no such thing… read more
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Posted By freesnake on December 30, 2009
As Christmas 2009 came and went and I reflected on the Senate vote of Christmas Eve, my mind turned to a story first heard as a child- and the famous painting of it- Washington Crossing the Delaware. (more…)
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Posted By freesnake on October 29, 2009
The Star recently published a well written editorial “Cline’s goal, sadly, comes up dry.” A strong point was made that unfortunately, Cleveland County should walk away from the plan of a reservoir in the northern part of the county.
John was a visionary. He understood better than most (and before any) that Cleveland County could not grow and flourish without jobs; that jobs came from industry; and that industry would not come to Cleveland County without the (more…)
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Posted By freesnake on October 9, 2009
If you’ve not heard about this one, you will. It’s a great new book by Clemson great and NFL star, Perry Tuttle. You can purchase the book at perrytuttle.com
Good review here.
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Posted By freesnake on September 16, 2009
Suppose you ran a restaurant that offered an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. For a modest price, customers could help themselves to as much as they wanted from a variety of your dishes. But you also set certain restrictions—for instance, customers were forbidden to share their food with other customers or take food off the premises (no “doggie bags”). Most people would find such rules completely reasonable.
Read the full article at The Objectivst Standard.
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Posted By freesnake on September 10, 2009
Well stated, clear and simple. If you spent an hour with the President tonight, this is a must read… http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/08/a_doctor_responds_to_obamas_ny.html
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Posted By freesnake on September 9, 2009
Periodically I watch MSNBC. It helps me to ground myself; sometimes I feel like I’m a radical- part of Hillary’s “Right Wing Conspiracy”. MSNBC establishes my objection to the federal government as truly American.
Tonight, Rachael Maddow referred to me as a “tenther”- one who actually believes that the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution prevents the federal government from taking over nearly (more…)
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Posted By freesnake on September 2, 2009
“It was a calendar the mayor of New York had erected last year on the top of a building, so that citizens might tell the day of the month as they told the hours of the day, by glancing up at a public tower. A white rectangle hung over the city, imparting the date to the men in the streets below. In the rusty light of this evening’s sunset, the rectangle said: September 2.”
On this day, the greatest story of the century begin with the question (more…)
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