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Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. Milton Friedman

July 31, 2012
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Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive. Milton Friedman

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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Milton Friedman

July 31, 2012
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Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it. Milton Friedman

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These are the times that try men’s souls.

July 31, 2012
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“The Crisis”  by Thomas Paine -  Dec 23rd 1776   (from http://www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/c-01.htm) Interesting reading.  This was written when American independence hung in the balance.  Battered and beaten to retreat out of New York, and across New Jersey into Pennsylvania.  A bleak time before the famous Delaware crossing into Trenton and a greatly needed victory.  Much is simple historical detail, but just…

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I wonder what accent he will use next?

July 31, 2012
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After in Puerto Rico,  Jon Stewart Mocks Obama’s Fake ‘Puerto Rican’ Accent. When at the NAACP, he speaks as if from the deep south, (of Hawaii?) When in front of the Mexican ambassador,  “Cinco de Cuatro” – really… the 4th of the 5th? When in Ireland, he is heard speaking with the Irish lilt. I’m curious to see him…

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You didn’t build that.

July 26, 2012
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“You didn’t build that”.   Just for a moment, forget the immediate reaction and controversy over the exact wording.  What if he really did mean roads and bridges instead of the business that benefit from them.  Beyond the hubbub, what was his point? Let me, a simple man, try to follow what he was talking about.   Pull…

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Taxation Without Representation – what about the Children?

July 18, 2012
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What about the Children? Kids under 18 should be getting mad, and to the untold unborn should get mad once they are born and are old enough to figure this out. Children are being taxed without any representation.  For many, they will get zero benefit from the taxes they will have to pay since the money…

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Anyone can become American

July 18, 2012
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America is unique in many ways.    Anyone can become American.   Try to move to France and become French, or move to Germany and become German.   It don’t work…  more to come.

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