Category Archives: history

Yelena Bonner, RIP (via sitting on the edge of the sandbox, biting my tongue)

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov are people Baby Boomers saw in action and their children should have grown up learning about. Sakharov died a hero a couple of decades ago. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the … Continue reading →

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HUMOROUS CHAIN EMAIL: Duct Tape or a Nail?

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

  This has a very important lesson. Duct Tape or a Nail? A man dies and goes to heaven. St. Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates and says, ‘Here’s how it works. You need 100 points to make it … Continue reading →

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WHEN OUR PEOPLE WERE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

When I got the video below in a chain email, I decided to do a little research. However, I quickly found my efforts would be redundant. Here is a well-researched post at the National Parks Traveler, Rare Motion Pictures Show Civil War Veterans … Continue reading →

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ABOUT THREE BIG CHANGES IN HUMAN SOCIETY

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

H/T to Thatmrgguy’s Blog. From Bill Whittle;

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PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER — ANOTHER CHAIN EMAIL

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

Here is an interesting bit of interpretive history from the National Firearms Museum that is making its way around via email. Here are a several related links. The Girandoni air rifle: Lewis and Clark’s secret weapon from the NRA Blog Girandoni Air Rifle … Continue reading →

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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY HAS A CONSERVATIVE POET

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

Check out the front page of the the website of the Prince William County Republican Committee. We have a poet, Ronald Reagan Remembered.

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WHY WE NEED THE RIGHT TO SAY NO! — PART 1

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

In response to MAKING AN ISSUE OUT OF IDENTITY, the four-part series named REVIEWING THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST NORMALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY (starts here), and TO BE BORN AGAIN, visitors have left some interesting comments. As our dialogue has continued, I have been reminded … Continue reading →

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THE BIBLE AND THE KORAN HAVE PARALLEL TEXTS?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by

Today I got a comment from a fellow who calls himself hystar. What is a hystar? I guess hystar refers to an acronym of some sort; looking it up did not help much.  Anyway, hystar left the same comment on my website that he left on various … Continue reading →

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