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Year: 2008

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For my last post of the year

(Via WorldNet Daily) I’m going out on a positive note: In this sleepy country town, which sprang up around a railroad junction and the start…

December 31, 2008February 15, 2021
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Catching a clue?

(Via WorldNet Daily) Republican Party officials say they will try next month to pass a resolution accusing President Bush and congressional Republican leaders of embracing…

December 31, 2008February 15, 2021
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A road well-traveled

(Via the Drudge Report) The Wall Street Journal has some thought on the current Minnesota Senate election: Sorry Minnesota, but the sequel is never as…

December 31, 2008February 15, 2021
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Quick and dirty log cabin

(I’ve had this open in a browser tab for a few days’ and I don’t recall where I found it. If you’re the originator, let…

December 28, 2008February 13, 2021
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Be careful what you ask for

(Via the Drudge Report) It seems that President-elect Big O is not happy with the confines of his new gilded cage. Let’s hope he gets…

December 28, 2008February 15, 2021
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Famous doesn’t mean intelligent

(Via the Drudge Report) Or well-educated, or possessing common sense, or able to read at an 8th grade level, apparently: When it comes to science,…

December 27, 2008February 15, 2021
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Well I didn’t know this

(Via The High Road) If you’re a citizen of the State of North Carolina with a concealed carry permit, your name, date of birth, address…

December 26, 2008February 13, 2021
So, what did Santa bring you?
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So, what did Santa bring you?

Well, outside of the pleasure of having family and friends about, I got a DVD (There Will Be Blood; I’m wondering about my daughter…), a…

December 25, 2008February 13, 2021
Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

The Family Freeholder would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas. Please take a moment to remember the real reason for the…

December 25, 2008February 15, 2021
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This just in

This just came in via the Slice of Sci-Fi RSS feed. I gotta share: “Nothing says Christmas like subjecting the lesser races and exterminating all…

December 24, 2008February 13, 2021
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Success is evil

Bloomberg writer Bob Ivry seems to have an advanced case of wealth envy. He can take the closing of a Wisconsin paper mill, which “pretty…

December 23, 2008February 13, 2021
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How screwed up…

…does the law need to be before We The People decide to take matters in hand? Bear in mind, this isn’t a rhetorical question for…

December 23, 2008February 15, 2021
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The mechanics of election theft

FoxNews has a very interesting article on the Minnesota Senate election recount. I wonder if Norm Coleman has called 911 yet. He should, because he’s…

December 23, 2008February 13, 2021
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Heh

Days of our Trailers has posted his favorite picture of Che Guevarra, beloved of foolish college students, opportunistic t-shirt manufacturers and leftists world-wide. Viva the…

December 22, 2008February 15, 2021
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What is it with you people in Minnesota?

An election is being stolen, a few votes at a time, right in front of your faces, and you aren’t raising hell in the streets?…

December 21, 2008February 13, 2021
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What you can do this week

So now that you’ve had some time to work on my first couple of suggestions, it’s time for another idea. This one is sort of…

December 21, 2008February 13, 2021
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Hardly a surprise

Bush caves, TARP funds get raided for a use that was never discussed during the legislative process, and the UAW gets its bailout. Of course,…

December 19, 2008February 15, 2021
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Oh look, more of the Chicago Mafia coming to Washington

A few weeks ago, many looked at the Big O’s appointments (most Clinton administration retreads) and said “It looks like 4 more years of the…

December 16, 2008February 13, 2021
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Is this “Change we can believe in”?

The U.S. Treasury may adopt a plan that would let a car czar or the Treasury secretary force General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC into…

December 16, 2008February 15, 2021
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Almost missed it

Today is Bill of Rights Day. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of…

December 15, 2008February 15, 2021
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The logic of the left

(Via the Drudge Report) It’s OK to laugh and point if you happen to run into Seth Borenstein, AP “writer”: Mother Nature, of course, is…

December 15, 2008February 13, 2021
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“…the U.S. should probably declare bankruptcy.”

Yeah, you know it’s going to be a warm and fuzzy day when you see a remark like that in the traditional press, even if…

December 15, 2008February 15, 2021
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Thomasville High School–NC 1AA Football Champions!

For the 4th time in 5 years. Way to go Bulldogs! Pictures of the game are here.

December 14, 2008February 13, 2021
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The way things used to be

Sure, it’s convenient to make one stop at Walmart and get everything from groceries to an oil change. But we’ve given up something special for…

December 14, 2008February 13, 2021
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Google News…news

(Via the Drudge Report) If Google News is one of your information sources, you might want to read this piece from The Register. Short version–the…

December 14, 2008February 15, 2021
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Things we’ve lost

(Via Varifrank) Flying’s Golden Age.

December 13, 2008February 13, 2021
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Uncommon valor

It seems that uncommon valor is quite common in one place–America’s military: By the end of the six-hour battle deep within the Shok Valley, Walton…

December 13, 2008February 13, 2021
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Defending her civil rights

(Via SayUncle) I’ve blogged before on Meleanie Hain, the Pennsylvania mother who had her concealed carry permit revoked because she open carried at a kid’s…

December 12, 2008February 15, 2021
Our parents’ “dirty pictures”
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Our parents’ “dirty pictures”

(Via Days of Our Trailers) Bettie Page has died at 85. While her photos were pretty risque for their day, they’re considered pretty tame now.…

December 12, 2008February 13, 2021
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OK, time for politics

Time for some politics. I recommend to you “Team Obamavitch” by Mark Alexander. I suppose this is the reality of the “Change” we all were…

December 12, 2008February 13, 2021

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