I’m sure Andre Carson’s grandmother would approve of his radical idiocy but I don’t think she would have gone so far as to falsely state that the Tea party wants blacks ‘hanging on a tree’.
“The nature of the encroachment upon American constitution is such, as to grow every day more and more encroaching. Like a cancer; it eats faster and faster every hour. The revenue creates pensioners, and the pensioners urge for more revenue. The people grow less steady, spirited and virtuous, the seekers more numerous and more corrupt, [...]
On the first reports of Irene growing from a tropical storm to “up to” a class 3 hurricane I said to myself this is going to be yet one more opportunity for the media to hype up a non-hurricane since the doomsayers forecast of bigger, stronger and more dangerous hurricanes due to man made global [...]
One of the most respected scientific entities in the world has determined that (shock!) climate change is caused by the sun. Naturally the media has rushed to get this story out before we damage our economy further chasing man made global warming… not. In reality the story is not being covered.
Its not like I need yet another reason to never willingly set foot in Illinois but here it is anyway.
“Human government is more or less perfect as it approaches nearer or diverges farther from the imitation of this perfect plan of divine and moral government.” John Adams, 1770
“How prone all human institutions have been to decay; how subject the best-formed and most wisely organized governments have been to lose their check and totally dissolve; how difficult it has been for mankind, in all ages and countries, to preserve their dearest rights and best privileges, impelled as it were by an irresistible fate [...]
“The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.” Thomas [...]
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.” James Madison, 1833
Apparently there is a new phone scam going around. I just received a call from a woman who knew all my information (name, address, etc). She said she was from IT Support something or other (Indian accent but understandable) and was calling to give my PC or laptop an “offline checkup” because their systems were [...]
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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