Posted in Government, Politics on Feb 20th, 2009
Question is, will Obama and his cronies listen? Russian Prime Minister Vladamir Putin has said the US should take a lesson from the pages of Russian history and not exercise “excessive intervention in economic activity and blind faith in the state’s omnipotence”. “In the 20th century, the Soviet Union made the state’s role absolute,” Putin [...]
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Posted in Life on Feb 19th, 2009
Forbes magazine has come up with the top 10 most miserable cities in the U.S. If you live in any of these cities, you should be miserable. If you’re not miserable, shame on you. If you don’t live in Stockton, California, just remember, it could be worse. For those of you living in Stockton, California, [...]
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Posted in Life on Feb 16th, 2009
Scientists at Duke University have completed a study on Splenda. Some people might be surprised by the findings. After all, isn’t the FDA supposed to approve this stuff? Isn’t this supposed to be safe for us to consume? Here’s what James Turner, chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health had to say: [...]
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Posted in Government, Health, Life, Parenting on Feb 15th, 2009
During his presidential campaign, Obama stated that if either one of his daughters made a “mistake,” he wouldn’t want them “punished with a baby.” On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Obama, with the stroke of a pen, lifted the ban on funding for international abortions. In a television interview, Nancy Pelosi explains (no [...]
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Posted in Life on Feb 14th, 2009
A yummy Valentine’s Day present.
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Posted in Government, Politics on Feb 13th, 2009
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Posted in Genealogy, Government on Feb 12th, 2009
The US will be coming up on another census next year. The Obama administration would like to take control of the census from the commerce department and move it to the White House. Why is this important and not a good idea? Watch the video below.
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Posted in Life on Feb 11th, 2009
Even though we are said to be in a recession, Missouri’s casinos are doing well. January is usually a slow month for casinos, yet Missouri’s casinos did better this January than in January 2008. Casino admissions jumped sharply in normally sluggish January, up 6.3 percent over the same month a year ago, while the market’ [...]
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Posted in Fun, Life on Feb 10th, 2009
I cannot take credit for finding this. I saw it on another blog. It is hilarious. My teens and I read it together. It took us about 10 minutes to read it, because we had to take breaks from all the laughter. My Colonoscopy by Dave Barry Publish at Scribd or explore others: Other Research [...]
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Posted in Education, Health, Life on Feb 8th, 2009
A new study shows that what’s in your blood (not your genes) is what determines your SAT score! Nearly half of the change in the national average SAT score can be attributed to variations in lead in the blood, the study says. Sixty-five percent of the fluctuation of the math score and 45 percent of [...]
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Posted in Government on Feb 8th, 2009
The audio is not very good on this video, so you will need to turn it up to hear what’s being said. A FEMA representative tells the local police that the founding fathers were terrorists!
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Posted in Government, Life on Feb 7th, 2009
Television stations were scheduled to turn off their analog signals by February 17, 2009. Now, a bill has passed to delay the deadline until June 12, 2009. Why? Because congress believes that there are too many people that are not ready for the change. Gee, I thought the Obama administration was all about change and [...]
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Posted in Government on Feb 6th, 2009