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Convention Call: The World is Run by Those Who Show Up

Posted on 3 May 2012 by JC

Some 80 odd citizens of Southwest Minnesota gathered tonight from across nine counties  all or part of Minnesota’s Senate District 22 for the local GOP legislative endorsing convention at the Fulda American Legion Hall.  This is grassroots politics nitty-gritty.  The … Continue reading →

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A Planner’s Guide to The Hunger Games

Posted on 31 March 2012 by JC

A good story sets the scene as a supporting character, as much as a necessary backdrop.  Few stories are good stories.  Most stories—like many of our modern lives—could take place anywhere, anytime.  There is no ‘there’ there. The Hunger Games, … Continue reading →

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My Blog is About to Sue Me For Abandonement

Posted on 26 March 2012 by JC

Blame reading The Hunger Games series ahead of the movie release.  So I’ll repost this from my Scouting blog: SM Minute—Your Hunger Games Many of you have read, or may have seen the new movie based on the teen novel, … Continue reading →

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The Laborer’s Ends: Not a Hardship but a Pastime

Posted on 5 September 2011 by JC

Henry David Thoreau, comments in Walden, on the laborer’s ends: As I preferred some things to others, and especially valued my freedom, as I could fare hard and yet succeed well, I did not wish to spend my time in … Continue reading →

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Shooter—4th of July

Posted on 4 July 2011 by JC

…And I’m looking at you With the world in the rear view. You were pretty as can be Sitting in the front seat Looking at me Telling me you love me And you’re happy to be with me On the … Continue reading →

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Texas Declaration of Independence 1836

Posted on 2 March 2011 by JC

Unanimous Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas in General Convention at the town of Washington [on-the-Brazos] on the 2nd day of March 1836. When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty and … Continue reading →

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A Reagan 100

Posted on 1 February 2011 by JC

Back in college, I found a lot of good resources for Conservative students from the Young America’s Foundation.  This year, YAF is participating in celebrations of President Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday.  I noticed this announcement for the college crowd, and … Continue reading →

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The 11th Hour of the 11th Day

Posted on 11 November 2010 by JC

IN FLANDER’S FIELD by John McCrae In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are … Continue reading →

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When the World Stopped Turning

Posted on 11 September 2010 by JC

Alan Jackson Where Were You? “Eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty…” —Andrew Jackson, 1837 Never Forget 9.11.2001 .

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And the Wall Came a' Tumbling Down

Posted on 9 November 2009 by JC

The Berlin Wall went up in 1961, to keep the people in. And we said “Let them come to Berlin.” There are many people in the world who really don’t understand, or say they don’t, what is the great issue … Continue reading →

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