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What part of “Shall NOT Be Infringed” isn’t perfectly clear?

Amendment II ~ A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Infringe ~ transitive verb. 1: to encroach upon in a … Continue reading

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What if Melville Were Alive Today?

“Look ye Starbuck, all visible objects are but a pasteboard mask. Some inscrutable yet reasoning thing puts forth the molding of their features. The White Whale tasks me…he heaps me. Yet he is but a mask. It is the thing … Continue reading

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A “Facade with Guns”!

Government is now a facade, with guns. It has failed miserably at governance and shifted its focus to survival. ~ Monty Pelerin Well it took a little more than 200 years to get here, but we’ve arrived at what is … Continue reading

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The “Titanic” Value of Oath Keepers!

You come to me from your washed out, down & out, lost & found-place of make believe. From your easy chair in the air, titanic decks are getting wet from the icebergs of misery. ~ Chip Murray, New Earth There … Continue reading

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The Bubble on the Wall!

I had a couple of beers one night last week with a general contractor friend. He told me the story of an older client of his that had him fix a couple of things in his house. While he was … Continue reading

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Two Brothers & Our 2nd Amendment Right!

We are all brothers in search of the Truth. It’s what we do with it after we find it that separates us! The first brother is Virtue. He recognizes Truth as the key to human liberty and freedom. He endeavors … Continue reading

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The “New” Western Front!

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual – for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil … Continue reading

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The Gravity of Collectivism

“Punishment is now unfashionable… because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.” ~ Thomas S. Szasz Gravity~ n. 1. seriousness 2. weight 3. … Continue reading

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King Bluff & the American Voyeur?

I was never any good at poker for the simple reason that I’m not very good at pretending to be someone I am not, or having something I don’t have. But I bet ya that, generally speaking, good politicians are … Continue reading

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It’s All Athens to Me!

The 13 minute YouTube at the end of this piece is a wonderfully powerful documentary about a true story known and memorialized as The Battle of Athens. It’s a remarkable story that takes place in rural 1946 Tennessee when the … Continue reading

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