Greatest President Ever? no…
February 13, 2009
A great article by The Patriot Post detailing the real Abraham Lincoln. (Warning: PDF)
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Local Pride *rollseyes*
February 10, 2009
A young man came to our house the other day trying to sell us a subscription to the Post Falls Press. He gave us a free sample issue with a couple sections. The front page of the paper, dating Monday, February 9, 2009, was an article called “Guiding Light.” It was written by AP writer Hillel Italie on the Lincoln Bicentennial. Here is the first paragraph excerpted from The Daily Journal:
Two hundred years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, we still seek him in words and in action, in lessons from his life, in reminders of his legend - and in pilgrimages to the temple built in his honor.
Funny thing though, our hometown paper seemed to have edited the article a bit. That is, I assume it was edited locally because I can’t find this version anywhere online. From the Post Falls Press:
Two score after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, we still seek him in words and in action, in lessons from his life, in reminders of his legend - and in pilgrimages to the temple built in his honor.
Now, as witty as “Two score” sounds, doesn’t whoever wrote that know that a “score” is only 20 years? So unless Honest Abe was born in 1969, someone’s math is off.
I won’t be buying a subscription.
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Umm…
January 27, 2009
Regardless of political persuasion….this is creepy. (Especially the bathroom etiquette pledge at 2:25)
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An Interesting Concept:
January 26, 2009
From the New York Times:
The local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers. Now, thanks to the Web, it is expanding to include far-away farmers too.
A new start-up, Foodzie, is an online farmers market where small, artisan food producers and growers can sell their products. Foodies in Florida, say, can order raw, handcrafted pepperjack cheese from Traver, Calif., or organic, fair-trade coffee truffles from Boulder, Colo.
What a great idea! And why not take it one step further? Farmers could band together and form large organizations–call them “corporations”–to grow and distribute mass quantities of food. Retail operations could be set up in every town; they would be sort of super farmers markets, or “supermarkets” for short. Soon everyone everywhere would be able to buy local food from all over the world!
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This is a cool job
December 19, 2008
This is my cousin Tony’s wife, Kenda. This is what she does for a living.
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The Good Word On Keynesian Economics and The Minimum Wage
December 17, 2008
Via the Cato Institute:
and Milton Friedman:
Hat Tip Right Wing News.
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Death By Asteroid
November 28, 2008
I’ve been reading stories lately about the UN getting all up in arms about asteroids falling from the sky and killing us all. As far as I can tell, that’s great. They have decided that being relevant through global warming isn’t going to work so they are changing threats.
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to prevent an asteroid strike, at least anything that affects my wallet. There are no asteroid credits to be purchased or asteroid independent cars to buy. There’s really nothing for the government to regulate. This is a global crisis that I am willing to get on board with.
On the one hand, nothing about my life will change. On the other hand, the governments of the world will build sophisticated space lasers…which are definitely a plus for my life…somehow…
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Get Off The Stick
October 31, 2008
I’ve been into Facebook a little bit more lately. The ad that I always seem to get on Facebook is for the Rolling Razor. It seems like it might be a great idea…i guess. There are testimonials and even videos of men and women using it to shave, which is weird. Go to the site, but make sure you have your speakers on…it’ll definitely make you want to take down some serious follicle.
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For JuJu
October 27, 2008
Charis got a super cool ball in June at Auntie Juju’s house. She still has it.
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