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History is Trying to Repeat Itself
23 February, 2011, 4:07 pm

I was born in rural Bienville Parish, Louisiana in 1928. The Great Depression was about to surface in a big way. As the son of a Sharecropper I had a head start. People talk about African-Americans who endured the rigors of share cropping, but there were plenty of us white people who suffered the same hardship.

My father literally dug a living out of the dirt. He never complained. He always whistled happily when coming to the house after a long work day. He worked til dark every day and a half day on Saturday. His education was limited. He had only four years of elementary school. Even so he had an appetite for reading. He had little or no money but he subscribed to the morning paper and many times he would suscribe to the evening paper.

He became a fan of Huey P. Long...

Gallup survey finds Democrats losing ground since 2008
22 February, 2011, 3:21 pm

Gallup has a new survey out which shows that, in terms of partisan affiliation, the number of "solid" Democrats states is down by half since they conducted a similar survey in 2008.  The same survey also showed the number of "competitive" states almost doubling.

They point out that every state (including the District of Columbia) now has fewer people identifying themselves as Democrats, or even independents who "lean" Democrat.  Interestingly, the greatest percentages of declines came in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Hawaii.  Hawaii aside, those others represent the north-eastern states where Republicans had been becoming a rare species.

In...

Hooray for Georgia Christian Coalition
22 February, 2011, 1:14 pm

2011 marks the 60th year of my pastoral ministry.  I am privileged to serve as Senior Pastor of the University Worship Center, Shreveport, Louisiana. During my years as pastor, there has been one social problem that stands beyond all the others - the alcohol problem.

I have been to the grave sites of people who have died of alcoholism; perished in automobile accidents due to someone's drinking; succumbed to grief and depression; died having been battered to death; and suicide. The cost of this problem is incalculable from every standpoint.

Four percent of all deaths worldwide are caused by alcohol. According to the World Health Organization approximately 2.5 million people die from alcohol related causes. It reports that "The harmful use of alcohol is especially...

Thrifty Congressmen Sleeping in Capitol Hill Offices is Not a Scandal
20 February, 2011, 5:02 pm
Despite the outcry from the liberal wing of the minority party in the House of Representatives and their counterparts in the news media about conservative Members of Congress sleeping in their offices, most Americans admire such frugality.  The incessant whining by liberals will not change the sleeping arrangements of these mostly conservative Congressmen.

Press reports have indicated that there are at least 33 members  --  26 Republicans and seven Democrats  --  who sleep where they work; apparently no female members sleep in their offices.
 
"The Hill" newspaper reported last Thursday that "Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) started sleeping in his House office in early 2009, before sleeping in congressional offices was...

Dictatorial Speaker Pelosi vs. Freedom-loving Speaker Boehner
19 February, 2011, 11:40 am
Thursday's "The Washington Post's" top-of-the-fold front-page story entitled "House opens up budget process; Some unlikely winners, losers in legislative free-for-all" exemplies Republican Speaker John Boehner's democratic leadership style in sharp contrast with Speaker Nancy Pelosi's dictatorial style when she ran roughshod over the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives these past four years.
 
In the land-mark legislation passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives last night, the "Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011," H.R.1 --  which is this Congress' first designated bill signallying to the American people that the Republicans intend to keep their promises to make dramatic spending...
Join our campaign to STOP taxpayer funding of abortion
16 February, 2011, 10:44 am

Will you help us use the Internet to pressure Congress to stop funding abortion?

Last week we launched a new campaign to STOP Taxpayer Funding of Abortion, and your support has been tremendous.  (If you haven’t signed the petition yet, please click here and do so today).

But now we want to take it to the next level.

You can help spread the word by using our “Donate your status” application with either Facebook or Twitter.  ...

King Tut is Missing
15 February, 2011, 4:11 pm

At least a gilded wood statue of him is gone. This fellow had a difficult reign and following his death things have not gone well. He was made ruler of Egypt at the age of 9. Being the product of an incestuous union he had poor health all his life. His mother was the sister of his father. These Royal rulers!!

Tut had a club foot and necrosis (tissue death) which destroyed bones in part of his foot. Scientists think he had a cleft palate. His immune system was weak which allowed for many infectuous diseases. He died of malaria. He was the last of his dynasty.

Ramses I, the new pharaoh, set about to erase all evidence that King Tut ever lived. Structures were built over Tut's tomb. 3000 years later, 1922, it was discovered. Tut and 5,000 artififacts came to life. (Resource...

Video explanation of Obama's proposed budget "cuts"
15 February, 2011, 11:23 am

There's a wonderful new video out that offers a simple, easy to understand visualization of President Obama's proposed "cuts" to the federal budget.  It demonstrates how ridiculously insignificant and insincere they truly are.

Take a moment and help educate others by promoting a link to this page, or forwarding it to others via email.

(The video is here...)