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Category Archives: America

Diversity Statement

Many people consider the diversity of its people to be a foundation of the success and innovation of the State of California and the United States of America. I am not one of these people.

Obama Bows to Japanese Emperor

The American president should never bow to any king.

Obama Countdown Clock Code

Obama Countdown Clock code snippets, both PHP and JavaScript.

Living Document?

The Constitution is able to change. It is designed to change as needed. However, it is NOT designed to change at the whim of nine lawyers/judges. Nor was it designed to change easily.

Federalist #45

“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined.” -James Madison, Federalist #45

Great Depression Article

http://fee.org/articles/articles/great-myths-of-the-great-depression/
I recommend you read this article about the actual causes of the Great Depression.  “Great Myths of the Great Depression” was written by Lawrence W. Reed of the Foundation for Economic Education.
The article outlines the faulty government policies of the 1920’s and 1930’s, along with their consequences, which turned a recession into a depression, and [...]

Senator Dead Kennedy

Ted Kennedy was not a prince. I’ve said it before; I’ll say it again. America has no royalty. America needs no royalty. America is designed to exist without royalty.
Ted Kennedy endeavored to damage America over the past half century. He worked to force the good people of America to become more dependent upon and fearful [...]

American Royalty?

I was reading my local newspaper this morning, and a frustrating AP headline caught my eye: America’s royalty matriarch gravely ill.  The article was about Eunice Kennedy Shriver, of the infamous Kennedy clan. I was frustrated because I realize that a small, yet vocal, group of people still make the laughable claim that this particular [...]

Rights

There exists a great deal of confusion and/or misinformation abound regarding our rights. I will try to clear things up a bit with one of my incessant ramblings.
The applicable Merriam-Webster definition of a right is “something to which one has a just claim”. That something may be material, like a piece of property, or abstract, [...]

Star Spangled Banner Fourth Verse

I propose we should sing the fourth verse of The Star Spangled Banner at sporting events and other activities, instead of the first verse which we currently sing. I am serious.
The following is the fourth verse of The Star Spangled Banner, originally titled Defence of Fort McHenry, written by Francis Scott Key in September 1814:
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