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When The Extraordinary Becomes Ordinary

Dear Friends, It seems to me, that the extraordinary has become commonplace, means we live in extraordinary times. So much of what we don’t bat an eye at, even a decade ago, would have shocked the most progressive person. I … Continue reading

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Failure and Government… But I Repeat Myself

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the US government used 911 as justification to implement many constitutionally questionable laws, courts and agencies… to combat the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Now, twenty years later, every one of those new agencies powers … Continue reading

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Perpetual Wars

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the war on drugs and the war on terror have been spectacular successes, at destroying our liberty. Both have been amazingly successful in separating us from our rights as enumerated in our Constitution. Today … Continue reading

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Obama’s Policies Against Islamofascism

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the Obama policy of making friends with Islamofascist terrorists has been an utter failure, in every way and in every sense. Say what you will about Bush, and I have plenty, but after 911 … Continue reading

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What Could Have Been… But Wasn’t.

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the state of humanity would be much better had Richard Nixon had continued the space program, and his successors had followed. Instead of fighting a war on terror we would be racing against each … Continue reading

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Obama’s War on Ideas

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the newest war the US and Britain are fighting, the war on extremism, is a very dangerous slippery slope. The bottom of that slope is arbitrary rule. A slippery slope is when doing a … Continue reading

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Pseudo Wars

“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” ? James Madison Dear Friends, It seems to me, all the “wars” the US has engaged in as of late, are nothing but pseudo wars, not wars at … Continue reading

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Water No Longer Wets Us…

Dear Friends, It seems to me, our leaders want us to believe, that water no longer wets us and fire no longer burns. Taken from a line from the Rudyard Kipling poem, Gods of the Copybook Headings, it describes the … Continue reading

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Appeasement Begets War

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, it takes two for peace, and only one for war. Where one party to a conflict is intent upon war, war is inevitable, usually on the aggressor’s terms. No matter how much the … Continue reading

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