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"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Alexander Tytler "Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage."

In the news recently, there has been much said about a Veteran (90+ years old), recipient of the Medal of Honor, and homeowner who was threatened with legal action if he did not remove a flag pole upon which he flew the American flag.  Not the first time this sort of thing happened and won't be the last. We should not have to take into account the fact the Veteran was 90 years, or medal of honor recipient, or homeowner - he IS an American home owner who just so happened to be proud of that fact!  He has all the right in this country to fly the American flag (period)....condominium or no condominium. In a letter last week, Sen. Webb of Virginia urged the association to "consider the exceptional nature of Col. Barfoot's service when considering his pride and determination in honoring our flag".  Nice words, Senator...but you should have done your homework!  Wow! this Senator doesn't even get it... "If that act of patriotism offends anyone, then so be it...

On the web today, yet another, school says it will put a halt to celebrating the Christmas Holiday since one person says it is against their belief or offensive to them.   That is all it takes...one person!   If they have one (just one person) person say that a specific celebration, such as Christmas, is offensive to them, then the school overreacts and rules out all celebrations as potentially offensive.  Many public school educators don't get it.  They simply don't want to offend anyone.  However, they take it a step further and say the school will only celebrate the season as a "winter holiday" in order to offend no one.  Well, here is something they should think about and take into consideration:  Celebrating Winter Solstice as a "Winter Holiday":   Winter Solstice, also known as Yule, is the shortest day and longest night of the year.  Winter Solstice occurs usually on the 21st December, although astronomically speaking, the ...

Over one month ago, I wrote that Obama was wondering how he could pander (without appearing to be pandering) to the American voters before sending more troops to Afghanistan.  He did as I predicted; he pandered - and then sent more!  He originally had four options, regarding the war: bring them home, statuesque, send more, or send none.  What he stated, after committing 30 thousand more troops, is truly odd to say the least.  He sent troops, and in the same breathe, he decided to bring them home, after 18 months. Wait, the WH (guarantee this) will retract the "18 month" as an oversight comment (monitor was on the blink perhaps!).  Can't begin to imagine how Robert Gibbs will answer those questions! He hasn't figured it out that you just can't please everyone in America or the World.  He is still trying to please everyone and forgets to help those that needed an honest commitment most - the Warriors in Afghanistan!  I would really like to know the t...