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Archive for June, 2008

Us po’ folk are suckers for a good deal. That’s probably why there are so many of us. Come to think of it, that’s probably why we are po’ in the first place. Take those good deals the banks were offering us a few years ago. Buy a house, just like [...]

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed down its decision on the Constitutionality of the District of Columbia gun control ordinance. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court’s so called “swing vote” sided with Justices Roberts, Thomas, Scalia and Alito in declaring the ordinance unconstitutional and upholding the right of individuals to own and carry handguns.
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The First Amendment is a tough one to get around, Nevertheless, liberals, socialist, Democrats and other enemies of the Constitution keep trying. Assaults on the First Amendment are nothing new. The first one of any consequence was the “Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798“.
The Sedition Act was one of four laws passed by [...]

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It seems congress is only interested in the right to privacy when they believe they can make it appear the Bush administration is violating that right. The right to privacy is great when it allows a woman to kill her baby, and it’s great when it allows America’s enemies to plot their next terrorist [...]

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It’s difficult to get the attention of the American people. Most work hard to improve the lives of their families, and provide an education for their children. Often there is barely enough time to keep up with the fortunes of their favorite sports team or who got voted off American Idol. For [...]

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References to the Constitution are becoming more frequent in the campaign rhetoric of both parties as the presidential race heats up after the primaries. Most of the time they would be better served if they did not bring it up. Invariably the candidates or their surrogates, in talking about “restoring the Constitution,” proceeds [...]

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At 5:01 P.M. on Monday, the state of California began issuing marriage licenses to gays. The California Supreme Court last month overruled an earlier decision by the California Court of Appeals and a California law to, in effect; write new law extending the “right” of marriage to same-sex couples. In doing so, the [...]

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On July 4, 1776, fifty-six men pledged their “lives, liberty and sacred honor” to secure the blessings of liberty for you and me. Since then millions of men and women have faced the horrors of war on every continent of the world to preserve those liberties. Over one-and-a-half million have given their lives [...]

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Most conservatives will probably vote for John McCain in the coming election. The reason most often given for supporting McCain, in spite of his liberal approach to so many issues important to conservatives, is “homeland security”. Although I too will probably vote for McCain, I have to give him an F- as far [...]

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Since 1776, more than 1,500,000 soldiers have died in battle to secure and protect our liberty. Yet we have far less liberty today than we had at the end of the Revolutionary War. We have a better standard of living. We live longer. We are blessed with all sorts of technology. [...]

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