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- Neighborhood Walk (2)
Gen X Revert: "My brother lives in Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) and whenever I visit I realize how out of shape I am. Just walking the neighborhood with the large hills…"
- Gay Marriage in California (14)
Peter: "gbm3: Weekends are usually when I have the time to participate in blogs. But my office is moving this weekend and I may not have time to respond to…"
Jerry: "Well, you picked a good book to be incensed by, not a strawman. Perhaps you could write up a critique of some key part of the book in the future for…"
Peter: "Introduction to Christianity.…"
- Engaged Encounter Part I: House of God? (8)
whizkidforte: ""Sing of the Lord's Goodness" actually kinda reminds me of "Take Five" by the late, great jazz saxophonist Dave Brubeck. . . Not that that's a good…"
Ales Rarus
A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse, of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be concealed or disclosed, or disclosed in such parts & at such times as will best suit particular views; and because the body of the people are less capable of judging & are more under the influence of prejudices, on that branch of their affairs, than of any other. Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions agst. danger real or pretended from abroad.
— , Letter to Thomas Jefferson [1798]
Lew Rockwell
Ron Paul: Compassionless Conservative?
Here's proof that I don't blindly agree with every word spoken or decision made by Ron Paul. Recently, the House of Representatives passed HR 1181 ("Expressing condolences and sympathy to the people of Burma for the grave loss of life and vast destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis.") 410-1. Guess who the "1" was. That he […]
Evil or Stupid?
Apparently, Lew Rockwell doesn't like unions any more than I do. However, Mr. Rockwell's feelings seem to be much stronger than mine, prompting him to call them evil. IMHO, he would do well to remember Napoleon's wise maxim, "Never attribute to malice what could be sufficiently explained by ineptitude." While some unions have certainly arrogated […]
