Quote of the day--Thomas Jefferson

The Democrats will be running the White House, the House and the Senate soon. Before they make drastic changes, they may want to consider some interesting quotations on government. My favorites reveal a general wariness of government — a key principle upon which our republic was founded: “A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take everything you have” — Barry Goldwater. “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country ... more

Un mec qui dirait ça aujourd’hui, il prend vingt ans au minimum... "je pense que les institutions bancaires sont plus dangereuses pour nos libertés que des armées entières prêtes au combat. Si le peuple américain permet un jour que des banques privées contôlent leur monnaie, les banques et toutes les institutions qui fleuriront autour des banques priveront les gens de toute possession,d’abord par l’inflation, ensuite par la récession, jusqu’au jour où leurs enfants s... more

It was the quote of the day today . I added it to my Quotes plugin that displays a random quote on my right-most side bar. I like to find quotes that means something to me and share them there… today I found one interesting enough to do a post on. The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. Why is that interesting?  Well it is interesting to think about what Jefferson was getting at with that comment.  Was it some deep commen... more

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Xenia posted a little bit about her Boomershoot experience .  It includes pictures by and of Sara and Lexi. This weblog is sponsored by Boomershoot and UltiMAK ... more

In the 1840s Americans still thought Manifest Destiny was really cool and got the president to fight a war to get more land from Mexico including Texas and California. Texas said it was already free, but Mexico didn’t think so until after America kicked their butt. Xenia Joy Huffman-Scott 4:00 AM, May 1, 2006 On the day the history project was due. [There is other great stuff in her timeline of American history too, check it out.--Joe] ... more

I haven’t update the general public on the battle with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in a long time.  I needed to keep things quiet for a while.  I can give out a few hints now. I grew up on a farm and we had a few head of cattle at various times.  And sometimes I helped my nearby uncles with there many head of cattle.  When you are herding them often they don’t want to go where you want them to go.  You could... more