There is a video going around the internet, produced by the Kaiser Foundation, that is supposedly making the 'complex bill' easier to understand for the lay person.

The list of objections that I have with this video are long and detailed. And that is what this blog is for... so here goes.

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In this day and time, we are drawn as a people to our polling places (virtual in many cases) to vote for our national, state and local positions. Every 4 years at this time I am drawn back to the words of our first President, George Washington, that he presented to the congress on the eve of his final months in office. The final statement of one of ( Read more... )

I was reminded by a television show on the History Channel, why George Washington is a man apart, like no other leader before or since ( Read more... )

This article, in the Big O, really makes me wonder just exactly what kind of educational requirements there are for holding a public office, and should there be ( Read more... )

You know I haven't actually 'ranted' here for a while. So here goes ( Read more... )

This past weekend we had the opportunity to go to a homeschooling conference and hear speakers regarding homeschooling. One of the presenters was a person who sells history books. His topic was George Washingtons Farewell Address. [LINK]. It was quite the interesting presentation.

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( Click to read my RANT on the Liberal Left comments on the War in Iraq )

So we homeschool our son, and will homeschool our daughter. I didn't realize
how divisive a topic this could be. It isn't that we think we are better
than anybody else. There are many reasons to homeschool kids today; the listis very long and extensive. Our decision to homeschool is based in part on ( Read more... )

Okay I have about had it with the world politics surrounding the imminent war in Iraq.

I read today that Iraq and Kuwait got into it over who should or should not be heard during the summit of Islamic countries.

"Shut up you minion, you (U.S.) agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," he said. "You are insolent. You are a traitor to the ( Read more... )