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"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." --Aesop 

Has The Morality Pendulum Swung To Its Limit? – Janet Jackson Ruckus, Mel Gibson Movie, Gov’t Spending        By Theresa Fritz Camoriano        The big fuss that occurred due to Janet Jackson’s performance at the halftime of the Superbowl suggests that Americans may finally have had enough.  We are very tolerant people, but most of us don’t think our families should be exposed to bared breasts and simulated sex on stage at the halftime of a football game.  When regular folks finally flex their wallets and refuse to buy products from the people who sponsor this stuff, then we will begin to see a real change.  I hope we will be able to look back on the Janet Jackson incident as the point where the pendulum began to swing back, and ordinary Americans began to demand moral decency – not by making indecency illegal but by refusing to support indecency with their own money.          (click to read more)

Wanted: New candidates who uphold Constitution        by Henry Lamb         There are only two systems of governance available to society. In the first system, government is the absolute authority and grants (or denies) rights and freedoms to the people. Throughout history, most people have lived under some variation of this system of governance.        (click to read more)

What Freedom Is Left After Campaign Finance Reform?       By Theresa Fritz Camoriano         We all know that politicians are selling favors and privileges.  The question is what, if anything, should be done about it.  The McCain-Feingold campaign finance law attempts to limit the ability to sell favors by restricting our free speech rights.  The recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Federal Election Commission v. McConnell upheld that law.  On February 14, the Northern Kentucky Law Review of the Salmon P. Chase College of Law presented a symposium on the subject.        (click to read more)

Terry's Tidbits       by Terry Gray

The Road to Tyranny is Poorly Paved           By Jonathan David Morris          We were on our way back from lunch last week when a colleague and I were pulled aside for speeding on a wide-open, four-lane road. It was actually pretty nice out that day. Blue skies. Puffy white clouds like you see in cartoons. A departure from recent chill winds. And there we were, cruising along in said colleague's car -- one of three total, going east or west -- when my buddy slammed his brakes at the sight of a squad car parked on a grassy knoll. An assortment of curse words ran through our heads just then -- some starting with "F," others "S," as it were. The cop pulled off the median and into the lane behind us, following us to a red light at what felt like a legal speed.         (click to read more)

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE

STRAIGHT TALK WITH SAM  (Sam Graves – Missouri Congressman)    Common Sense and the Endangered Species Act         If you are looking for a little common sense, you best not visit Washington D.C. Like many of you, I am just shocked on how common sense gets lost in the bureaucracy of Washington. Unfortunately, this lack of common sense has ramifications that extend all the way to Missouri. This month, I am going to be chairing a hearing in the Sixth District about the Endangered Species Act.        (click to read more)

"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From Bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."

--Alexander Tyler

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