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  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    We had a lot to be thankful about this year. The only thing wrong with the meal was that we only bought two bottles of Martinelli Apple Cider! Should have bought a case! The funnest thing we did was play a card game called "Bullshit." The teenagers taught it to [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:34pm EST
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  • The year in a photo collage

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    Daughter Kim likes to create photo collages. These are some of the photos she and I took in 2009. Click on the photo to enlarge. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:03pm EST
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  • Pretentious Elitism

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    While we are comparing the National Enquirer with supposedly more professional "news" magazines like Time, I want to make one more point. Who was it that alerted us to the fact that John Edwards, the pretentious elitist who ran as V.P. candidate with perhaps the most pretentious elitist ever to [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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  • Which publication is trash?

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    In the supermarket the other day I noticed Time Magazine has published a special edition about the year 1989. Of course there was Tiennamen Square, with the famous photo of the lone man standing in front of the line of tanks. Then, there were photos of Germans tearing down the [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:35pm EST
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  • Wake up, America!

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    How the hell can this happen at Fort Hood? Diversity and multi-culturalism have even infected our military. You just cannot tell me that nobody ever heard this insane psychiatrist spout off his insane jihadist-supporting views. He openly expressed his admiration of suicide bombers. He urged all infidels to convert to [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:23am EST
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  • Are elections relevant?

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    Herbert Schlossberg shows in his 1983 book Idols for Destruction how the czars and bureaucrats of the Utopian elite "cash in on our guilt" for polluting the earth, for example. They "do not merely regulate industries, disburse funds, and enforce laws;" they determine what choices we have in almost all [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:54pm EST
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  • The illusions of compassion and rationality

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    I am amazed at the prescience of Herbert Schlossberg. Writing Idols for Destruction in 1983, he has captured what has happened to America in 2009! He writes about how unelected leftist intellectual elites gain power in bureaucracies. Like the Pharisees of old, they convince the people that they have wisdom [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:06am EST
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  • "Disheartened?" Or "Angry?"

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    Peggy Noonan is given a prominent place in the Wall Street Journal's opinion pages, because she always seems to have something important to say. In yesterday's column she wonders how this administration could be so "callous" that they don't even seem to care that so many people have become "disheartened."' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:29am EDT
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  • "The greater the pretentions to righteousness, the greater the potential for evil"

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    If Barack Obama is the savior, then salvation can be found only in becoming a follower of Obama and his government allies. Herbert Schlossberg explains in Idols for Destruction that the state becomes an idol in the hands of the "theologians of political redemption." As much as we might prefer [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:36pm EDT
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  • The Christian perspective versus the humanitarian perspective

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    Does toleration have limits? Are weakness, impotence, and dependence signs of moral superiority? Are all cultures equal in value? Are Christian values superior to any others? Should we discriminate against our most productive citizens? Who are they? Is the exercise of power the real aim of humanitarians who use the [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 11:20am EDT
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  • Why do they need health insurance?

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    What group of Americans receives more hospital care than any other group? Those living below the poverty line! When the poor get sick, they go to the hospital and use the emergency room. All hospitals in America are required by the federal government to post a sign (in English and [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:23pm EDT
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  • Thought for today

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    The longer you hold on to some perceived injury, the longer you allow the person who injured you to control you! Let it go! Don't wallow in victimhood!

    Don't let Democrats or other statists convince you that you are somebody's victim. All they are interested in is power and' [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 12:08pm EDT
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  • "At the first sign of a cold or the flu..."

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    I stopped to talk with an 87-year-old woman who was purchasing several containers of hydrogen peroxide. I asked her if she was a terrorist (terror suspect Zazi was found to have purchased large quantities of hydrogen peroxide from beauty supply stores). The woman told me that she was not a [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:54pm EDT
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  • Christian love versus altruism and resentiment

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    A friend at work gave me a book to read, Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg. Schlossberg's idea for the book seems to come from the Biblical story in Hosea 8:4, "...they made idols for their own destruction." In his chapter on Idols of Humanity, Schlossberg quotes from a book' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
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  • Rosie, surrounded by poodles and ...

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    Rosie, surrounded by poodles and a Burnese Mountain dog, stays close to the grain buckets. We get spent grain from a Colorado brewery. Rosie is more than a little fond of it.
    The egg ladies are wondering what happened to the sunshine.
    We're looking' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 10:12am EDT
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  • Restore your faith and hope

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    Do your sinuses need clearing out, like mine? Read Woody Paige's column in today's Denver Post. It is about how a previously immature, but sensationally gifted, athlete has befriended a 12-year-old girl who has a rare disease called dysautonomia. [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
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  • Comparing and contrasting two types of parents

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    Colorado again was in the world's spotlight last week when a six-year-old boy was believed to be aloft over the high plains in his father's flying saucer-shaped helium balloon. I highly recommend a column in today's Denver Post entitled A better image of parenthood by Tina Griego. In her column' [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 11:34am EDT
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  • Are you ready for some pictures?

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    Today was just a wonderful day. It was the first Sunday in over one year that I did not have to work. We headed for the mountains. The teenagers skied. The rest of us headed over the continental divide to look for beaver ponds and other lesser forms of civilization. [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 7:19pm EDT
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  • Saving money at what cost?

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    Denver Post writer Kirk Mitchell has an above-the-fold front page story today that reads like something one might see in my favorite newspaper, The Onion. Colorado's Democrat Governor Bill Ritter has decided to release prisoners early in order to save money it would cost to keep them in prison until' [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 11:09am EDT
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  • Later, girls!

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    Law enforcement now has Zazi on videotape going in to a beauty supply store to purchase the bomb-making chemicals. The clerk remembers asking him why he was buying so many chemicals. "I have lots of girl friends," was Zazi's reply. A CEO of another chain of beauty supply stores has' [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:22pm EDT
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  • You do what you have to do to stop terrorists from acting out their fantasies!

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    The big issue here now, unbelievably, is this: did alleged terrorist Zazi's lawyer err in allowing the F.B.I. to question him for 30 hours? You've got to be kidding me! Since 9-11-2001 our nation's security guys have followed the principal of acting fast to prevent terrorists from killing more of' [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 8:57am EDT
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  • At least some of us can get credit!

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    The terror suspect arrested and charged with lying to the feds lives a mere 20 minutes from our farm (if the roads aren't clogged with 10 inches of snow, as they are predicted to be tomorrow). Kudos to law enforcement for watching this guy and the others who are suspects.' [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
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  • Lived long enough?

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    Garrison Keillor, of Lake Wobegon fame, has written a beautiful and provocative column about health care. Keiller recently suffered a stroke, received superb care, and wrote about it. I really identified with some parts of it, after being treated for heart problems a while back. I especially liked his comments [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 11:12am EDT
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  • Pay it forward!

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    Recently, a man and his daughter were shopping at our local Wal-Mart. He sought to purchase $179 worth of groceries, but his credit card was denied. The man kept taking things out of his basket and asking the cashier to take those items off his bill. He was sure that [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 9:02pm EDT
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  • Photos from Colorado

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    Steamboat Lake is one of the family's favorite camping spots. Unfortunately, I did not get to join with the family on this trip, but I am glad Kim had her camera.
    This is my beautiful wife Colleen, who is happiest when outside or in the barn milking' [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:17pm EDT
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  • Here is Jon with our ...

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    Here is Jon with our calf Lucy. [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
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  • Hello friends

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    Some water spilled on Colleen's computer, and we thought we had lost it. All we needed to do is pull out the battery and plug it back in. Since the computer is hers, I have refrained from using it, but tonight she invited me to say hello to you. I' [...]
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    Posted: September 18, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
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  • Being well-organized is a good thing!

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    I have been trying to make two arguments here in several posts over the last month. One is that Saul Alinsky was not the monster he is being portrayed to be by our leaders of the conservative movement. Unfortunately, conservatives have read that argument, and are so shocked by the [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 9:21am EDT
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  • Harsanyi joins Will

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    I was pleased to read David Harsanyi's column today in which he agreed with George Will regarding Afghanistan. He writes, "If every military engagement includes an open-ended plan for nation-building that pins our fortunes on the predilections of a backward nation, we are setting ourselves up for failure." Harsanyi points [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 11:00am EDT
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  • Religious intolerance?

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    Last night my wife and I were celebrating our son's twentieth birthday with him, and Colleen was telling him about a recent incident at our farm. Our partner in the farm lives up the road from us. She called Colleen one day and said she was bringing over some people [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:26pm EDT
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  • Get out of Afghanistan?

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    Conservative columnist George Will has written a Washington Post column today advocating that America should get out of Afghanistan, and conduct our operations against Al Qaeda's Pakistan caves from the sea. Given who we have as president, it's probably a good idea. The will (no pun intended) is not there [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 6:01pm EDT
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  • Don't let them think we are not organized! We've got the left right where we want them!

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    Today I listened to Andrew Breitbart guest-hosting the Dennis Miller radio show. I have immense respect for Breitbart, as he has attempted to fight back against the left's fascistic control over the entertainment industry. However, I heard Breitbart joining the chorus of attacks on Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, and it [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 11:17am EDT
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  • Spiritual events

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    This morning while gardening a hummingbird joined me. I had not seen one in a few years. She was greenish with black wings tipped in white. It felt to me like a spiritual event. I discovered that she was thirsty. I got the hose and squirted some water on the [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 10:19am EDT
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  • How can one not love a kid who thinks like that?

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    Today as I was tending my garden, son Greg walked up. "Your garden has so many colors in it, Dad, that it looks like a rainbow fell down from the sky and landed in your garden." [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
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  • Stop it, Rush!

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    Have you been hearing Rush Limbaugh, the foremost practitioner in today's world of Saul Alinsky's tactics, badmouth Alinsky day after day? You can tell Rush has read Alinsky's Rules for Radicals, because he quotes from it almost daily. Today he quoted from Alinsky's "rule" that a good organizer always uses [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 12:48pm EDT
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  • Click to enlarge daughter Kim's ...

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    Click to enlarge daughter Kim's latest collage of photos from a recent camping trip. [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 10:15am EDT
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  • If you think Obamacare is bad...

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    If you think people are upset about government plans to take over the healthcare industry, wait until the predicted severe sugar shortage occurs in 2010! No Hershey bars, no Oreos, no Chips Ahoy, thousands more workers laid off, no M&Ms, no chewing gum, no wafers, no Fruit Loops: get my [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 9:28pm EDT
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  • Telling the truth

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    So who has the guts to buck the media adoration of Ted Kennedy? Rush Limbaugh! After saying that he admired the way Ted fought and struggled to try to overcome his health problems, Rush went on to tell it like it is: the Senator from Massachusetts was a lion all [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 7:41pm EDT
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  • What's a parent to do?

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    Kay Hymowitz writes a review in today's WSJ of the book Nurture Shock, which looks at years of research on child development. Does high self esteem improve grades? No. Does it reduce anti-social behavior? No. Does it deter alcohol drinking, or do much of anything good for kids? No. Even' [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 1:26pm EDT
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  • Too Polarizing?

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    Reader Terri Wagner thinks Rush Limbaugh is too polarizing to run successfully for the presidency. Yes, that may be true, but...

    Rush has lost over eighty pounds, and is still happily on his diet. I just wonder if a run for the presidency might be in the back of [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:20am EDT
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  • Who will carry forth the Alinsky torch?

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    Reader Terri Wagner asked how I could compare Rush Limbaugh and Saul Alinsky. Rush has all the qualities Alinsky hoped for in an organizer of people. He uses humor effectively. I dare you to listen to Rush for an hour and not get a chuckle. He is comfortable with conflict. [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 11:14am EDT
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  • Who is the foremost practitioner of Saul Alinsky's tactics in today's world?

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    After finishing reading Alinsky's Rules for Radicals I Googled Saul Alinsky and saw that he died in June, 1972, which was the year following publication of the book. Barack Obama was eleven years old that year! The way Rush Limbaugh makes it sound, Alinsky and Obama were buddies! Don't get' [...]
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    Posted: August 22, 2009, 10:51pm EDT
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  • "American Lie"

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    If you have not heard it, go to Rush Limbaugh.com to listen to Paul Shanklin sing "American Lie." It is to the tune of "American Pie," and I think it is absolutely brilliant. [...]
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    Posted: August 21, 2009, 2:15pm EDT
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  • Where did I part company with Saul Alinsky?

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    So if I was so fond of Saul Alinsky, why did I part company with him and others like him? I think it was because of the inconsistency (a word he hated) in his respect for the individual, on the one hand, and his purposely polarizing people in power and [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
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  • Paying people to support leftist causes

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    Mrs. Who (House of Zathras on the sidebar) revealed in a recent post that the dems are paying people to come to the town hall meetings. Today on the Denver Craig's list going back four days, there are 25 listings under the "non-profit" heading for jobs in the Denver metro [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 12:58pm EDT
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  • A Word About Words

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    In Rules for Radicals Saul Alinsky takes time out to write a chapter about words. He quotes Mark Twain: "The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug." William McGurn points out in today's WSJ that Nancy Pelosi is using [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 11:54am EDT
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  • We are organized!

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    The left is desperate. They are afraid the great middle class of America is organizing and might want to take away their power! They are accusing us of being a mob. The one thing they do not want is for us to become organized!

    Although they are doing a [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 10:09am EDT
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  • Some recent photos taken with ...

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    Some recent photos taken with daughter Kim's camera:

    Sara loves to camp!
    It's non-stop play for these two guys (photo taken before the back-to-school haircuts).
    Coby is our most playful dog.
    [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 10:41am EDT
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  • Are you a doer, or a non-doer?

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    Saul Alinsky saw life itself as a battle. He also saw duality and complementarity everywhere: "everything has an indivisible partner of its converse." He noted that the "CIO was once a militant champion of America's workers, but now is an entrenched member of the establishment" (Is it ever!) Alinsky saw [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 9:50am EDT
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  • "Oh"

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    Nine-year-old Jon: "Dad, what is the difference between leftist, liberal, and Democrat?
    "Well, son. that is a great question. Let me think about it...I'd say they are pretty much the same."
    "But there is such a thing as a conservative Democrat."
    "There is?"
    "Yes, Mom says Grandpa is a conservative' [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 9:43am EDT
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