The American Spectator : Obama Steals Mao’s Slogan

Forward!

Comrades, you can’t make it up. Can you say “campaign blunder”? Or is it a blunder? Is it deliberate? The socialist mind at work in campaign mode?

The Obama campaign has picked a portion of one of the most infamous socialist slogans of 20th century history to . . . → Read More: The American Spectator : Obama Steals Mao’s Slogan

Fourth Turning – Skies Darkening | Shanon Brooks

The economic news worsens by the day. Worldwide tensions grow. There are fingers of instability throughout the system. All it will take is a grain of sand falling on the wrong part of the pile to initiate an avalanche of pain and suffering. Our Archduke Ferdinand moment awaits.

“Thus might the next Fourth Turning . . . → Read More: Fourth Turning – Skies Darkening | Shanon Brooks

Plain Speaking

from: http://www.libertyextra.com/commentary/2012/04/plain-speaking/

Saturday, April 7, 2012 Plain Speaking By Lisa Fabrizio I was speaking the other day to my friend Charles who’s a very intelligent man; in fact, a brilliant polyglot, who opined that the U.S. Constitution, like the Declaration of Independence, is written in language that is far too difficult for the average . . . → Read More: Plain Speaking

The 10 Cannots

William J. H. Boetcker (not Abraham Lincoln) wrote the 10 Cannots :

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help little men by tearing down big men. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help . . . → Read More: The 10 Cannots

1895 8th Grade Final

This came in via e-mail.  Although I haven’t verified, it seems plausible.

This is why we grew into the greatest Nation in the World. 1895 8th grade final exam

  What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents . . . → Read More: 1895 8th Grade Final

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