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Look! Is That A Squirrel, Or a Gay Marriage Protest?
Average Americans are earning $8,000 – $10,000 a year less now than they were in 2007. The value of the average home (where members of the middle class hold most of their wealth) is $35,000 less now...
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Those Troubling Consenting Adults
Everybody’s doing it. Well, maybe Morrissey isn’t doing it. For some reason, every interview he does, the lame nut holding the microphone feels the need to ask that question. And on each occasion, he’s...
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Reconsidering the Game of RISK
North Korea says, “We’ll rain fire down upon the White House.” North Korea says, “We’ll test missiles whenever we want.” North Korea says, “We’re closing the North/South border.” North Korea says,...
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Adversity lessons in youth should be embraced, not avoided
Growing up in the 70′s, I thought long lines at gas stations were the norm. Having double-digit home interest rates was the status quo. The misery index started at 10.57 when Richard Nixon took...
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The Year of Living Cancerously
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones.” – Richard Dawkins “What will you wish you’d done before you died?” – Chuck Palahniuk “The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Jack Kornfield...
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Political Terrorism Language
So, what exactly is a “Weapon of Mass Destruction?” The Boston bomber has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction for setting off a homemade explosive made from black powder and nails....
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Sissy Journalism Fails to Cut at the Roots
Benghazi. Benghazi. Benghazi. For a week now, the angle to come at this has plagued me. What are we dealing with? What’s the story? A terrorist attack spawned by an anti-Muslim movie? An unchecked...
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The IRS: A Henchman, By Design
On April 13, 1999, one day before I’d turn twenty-nine-years-old, the following letter was emailed to then sitting Senator, William V. Roth, Jr. of Delaware. It also went out to various newspapers and...
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All or Nothing?
Rand Paul said, “I’m not a Libertarian.” Rand Paul said, “I’m a Libertarian Republican.” Rand Paul said, “I’m a Constitutional Conservative.” He said all these things on May 10, 2013 at a luncheon with...
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Culture of yes-men do what is expected of them
I had a pleasant conversation recently with a business leader about my time in the Navy and my career since then. It started off innocently enough. We’d gone out to eat together along with our wives...
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America Through PRISM Colored Glasses
Edward Snowden. Say the name and the Feds go wilder than a college girl in a Joe Francis film. Intelligence Agents go deeper into the Rabbit Hole. And journalists keep regurgitating ‘Official Sources’,...
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Freedom is…?
If you follow us on Twitter, you have seen that over the past few months, Freedom Cocktail has been spitting out quotes, old and recent, regarding the issue of Freedom. On this Fourth of July, we asked...
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Trayvon, Martin and John
On November 22, 2013, we will mourn the fiftieth anniversary of the loss of President John F. Kennedy. To some, he’ll be remembered as king of Camelot. To some, he’ll be remembered as the president who...
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No One’s Making You Work There
A bit ago, McDonalds posted a sample budget showing that one could survive financially on what they pay. They were smart enough to include the fact that you’d need a second job to make all your bills...
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Healthcare is not a right
To delve into this topic, we first need to understand and agree upon the definition of “rights” as used and implemented by the Founding Fathers and the framers of our Constitution. The first stop is...
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Syria: Who do you side with — the Governor or the walkers?
Fans of the AMC series, The Walking Dead, would find themselves pausing awkwardly when trying to answer this question. For those who have never once seen an episode of the show, we can ask this another...
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An Alcoholic, Letting His Body Die
There’s a reason why airlines instruct passengers to put their own oxygen masks on first before assisting anyone else in case of an emergency. Everything has to be good at home before you can help on...
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The violence blame-game goes to the Stooges
In the middle of the golden age of Hollywood, a slap-stick trio of buffoons managed to work their way to the top of the comedy ladder, continuing to be an inspiration to many, while known to all but...
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Green Eggs & Prayer
So we had another Filibuster. Although this one is a little “f”. It didn’t stop a vote. It stalled it. The blabby-blab-blabathon clocked in at over twenty-one hours. Technically, not a big “F”...
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It’s about time
It’s about time. There is new legislation going through the halls of Congress to help protect drivers, especially those with pre-existing damage or points on their license, to get the car insurance...
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