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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free... it expects what never was, and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson

Thursday, April 09, 2015

150 years ago today: The End

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On this day 150 years ago, April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Uly...
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Thursday, April 02, 2015

150 years ago today: The beginning of the end

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It was on this day 150 years ago, April 2, 1865, that Union forces made their way through the Confederate battle lines, thereby ending the...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Excellent quote of the day

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Progressives:  Our ideas are so good, they're mandatory!
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

Battle of Franklin: 150 ago today

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It is quite likely the biggest battle of the American War for Southern Independence (AKA The Civil War) that you have never heard of. On t...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

California parents complain about Islam being taught in school... but is their complaint valid?

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I came across this article in Truth Revolt the other day, and it immediately caught my interest, as it involves one of the very subjects an...
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Monday, October 27, 2014

Generation PC

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After a few years of teaching all 8th grade U.S. History, I am teaching all 7th Grade Medieval World History this year.  It's not my fir...
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Bruised, battered, and back at blogging

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Daniel Miller: Where were you? I'm just curious. Bob Diamond: I'd tell you, but you wouldn't understand. Daniel Miller: Don...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Remember Californians, you must follow the laws this ignoramus gets passed

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Talk about low hanging fruit.  The other day, California State Senator Kevin DeLeon (a Democrat, rabid gun-hater, and wanna-be citizen contr...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Freedom died on this day 100 years ago

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Today, December 23, 2013, is the 100th anniversary of the passage in Congress of the Federal Reserve Act, which in turn, created the Federal...
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Saturday, December 14, 2013

The story of a successful hog hunt!

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A couple posts ago, I mentioned that my brother-in-law and I took a hunters safety course in order to meet the California state requirements...
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I am native of the mountains of northern California; 12-year veteran of the U.S. Army and California National Guard; Secondary School History teacher; Husband; Father of Two; and three-time honoree as Time Magazine's Person of the Year (2003, 2006, 2011).
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