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Andy of Mayberry for President

One of the Republican talking heads was on television today saying that there are about 100 cities of over a million people in America and there are 10,000 cities with fewer than 10,000 people.  “We are a nation of small cities.” That is their defense of Sara Palin for Vice President.  Whooee!  Why don’t we […]

3Sep2008 | | 1 comment | Continued
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A Soldier’s Story

This video is the story of one soldier.  The fourth Medal of Honor recipient of the last six years.  This is the stuff of legend – regardless of the political interpretations of war – the soldiers go to war when asked, they do not question or balk.  This is one more reason the civilian Commander […]

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Speaking of Experience

Experience is a fascinating topic, given the Presidential election of 2008.  This writer thinks it is reasonable to assume that none of the Founding Fathers had experience in Washington D. C.  Some of our greatest Presidents had little experience, including Lincoln, T. R. Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.  Richard Nixon had a mere four years as […]

3Sep2008 | | Comments Off on Speaking of Experience | Continued