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Funny animal group names
Number of Comments » 0Funny animal-group names A group of _ is called a _: Alligators: congregation Ants: army, bike, colony, swarm Apes: shrewdness, troop Bats: cloud, colony, flock Bears: sleuth, sloth Buffalo: herd, troop, gang, obstinacy Bush babies: congress, plot, gathering Cats: pride Crows: murder, storytelling Finches: charm Fish: school Foxes: skulk Kangaroos: mob Owls: parliament [...]
Thanksgiving 2022
Number of Comments » 0from a reader “Winston, come into the dining room, it’s time to eat,” Julia yelled to her husband. “In a minute, honey, it’s a tie score,” he answered. Actually Winston wasn’t very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington . Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute [...]
A battle is raging in America
Number of Comments » 0by John Porter There is a war raging in America between Socialism and Individual Freedom, a war which is trying our souls and will decide the future of America. The war was begun ninety years ago under the policies of president Theodore Roosevelt, (Republican,1901-1909). He was the first president to give birth to the vestiges of the federal government publicly [...]
Lessons about the national debt
Number of Comments » 0from a reader Why the U.S. was downgraded: • U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 • Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 • New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 • National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 • Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000 Let’s now remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget: • Annual family income: $21,700 • Money the family spent: $38,200 • [...]
The New Aristocracy
Number of Comments » 0By Theresa Camoriano The United States was established as a self-governing country in which there would be no royal class or aristocracy. You would not become rich based on your connections or your family name. What mattered most were your merits – how hard you worked, how productive you were, and how well [...]
Progressivism creates crony capitalism
Number of Comments » 0In a very real sense, “progressivism” means rule by special interests. As the leftist historian Gabriel Kolko has documented, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) — our first progressive-era federal regulatory agency — was dominated by, and served the interest of, the railroads. The main accomplishments of regulation were to outlaw price cutting, establish minimum prices [...]
Ode to the welfare state from 1949
Number of Comments » 0Wallbuilders links to historical Thanksgiving documents
Number of Comments » 0See Thanksgiving Proclamations issued by the Continental Congress in 1777, 1781, 1782, and many other historic proclamations. Learn more about the history of this holiday. (Search our website for more articles, including Celebrating Thanksgiving in America.) Read the 1795 Thanksgiving Sermon by the Rev. Thomas Baldwin in response to George Washington’s call for a Day [...]
Romney the RINO
Number of Comments » 0So the case for Romney is based on what? He lied his way to victory in a liberal state, by credibly claiming he’s a liberal? He’s only been married once? (On that basis, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid – who’ve both been married longer – are better qualified?) He had a conversion to the [...]
Honor among pushers
Number of Comments » 0BY RANDY WALTERS A recent story in the Lexington Herald Leader reported Bourbon County’s effort to have an indoor smoking ban. The story also pointed out that Bourbon County is one of Kentucky’s leading burley tobacco producers. By their standards it is acceptable to produce the drug, but not to use it. Isn’t that the [...]
