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I really wonder if those of us in the rest of the world, will ever know how many gallons of Iranian blood watered the tree. This time, it was the blood of patriots that provided the "natural manure" for the Iranian tree of liberty. Next time?
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Death
This post is not about independence in the U.S. It is about the kind of life, relative lack of liberty, and the ''pursuit" of death on the streets of Tehran, that I am seeing playing out on television.
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"In Flanders Fields": Memorial Day, 2009
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America, we are not worthy. But, we are truly blessed. Let’s make this Memorial Day a day of true respect, admiration, and awe for our military!
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George Washington: Still "First in Our Hearts"?
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When we look back at Revolutionary Times through the eyes of our ultra-modern 21st century, we wonder how George Washington led his army to victory over the mighty British Empire.
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America: "Land That I (will always) Love"
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I’m thinking about the great country that America used to be, and can still be, but I can almost hear dirges or ''Taps'' threatening to begin playing in the background.
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If Only I Were a Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
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I want to be a Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse! You know: that endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay area salt marshes, that was lucky enough to find itself on the receiving end of a $30 million earmark in the president’s 2009 Stimulus Package.
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Attorney General Holder Is Correct--but Not in the Way He Thinks
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A mini brouhaha erupted when Attorney General Eric Holder declared that Americans are “a nation of cowards” when it comes to racial matters. Many were outraged that he dared level this insult.
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Serf's Up!
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Once upon a time, in a nation called the United States of America, people who were sturdy, hardworking, innovative, God-fearing, country-loving and--if not uniformly prosperous--had most of their needs and wants met.
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Greed Is King, but Now His Kingdom Is on Life Supports
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“Greed is good,” proclaimed the main character in the 1987 movie, “Wall Street.” In the actual New York business area on which the movie was based, it is now clear that too many traders, arbitragers, hedge-fund managers, et al., believed in and assiduously practiced that mantra, as did those on Capitol Hill who jumped in the shark and became financial sharks themselves.
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Honor the King
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President-Elect Obama, I will have to respectfully decline to go along with you on this killing of the unborn, and follow the dictates of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You can promise to deliver unto me health care, green jobs, sharing of the wealth, and other earthly and very temporal stuff. God has a monopoly on the keys to eternal life, and I am not about to mess that one up.
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Blogs by this Author
Published 10/16/2008
We have been on a looooong journey of electing a president of this republic. The politicians have spoken. They have given us lessons in elocution...
Published 11/29/2008
Somehow present times are beginning to feel like the Middle Ages, when physical plagues decimated some seventy-five million of the world’s popul...
Published 06/8/2009
No, the “Denizens” are not our new neighbors. They are you and me.
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Published 07/1/2009
Ah, the fourth day of July, 2009. Bring on the barbecues. Uncork the champagne. Rev up the RV Party like it is 1776!
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Ercille I. Christmas was born on the tiny Caribbean island of St. Kitts, and is thrilled to be an American citizen. Her book, "Thoughts of a Proud American," can be obtained on 
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