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The War Prayer
By Mark Twain
It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of patriotism; the drums were beating, the bands playing, the toy pistols popping, the bunched firecrackers hissing and spluttering; on every hand and far  down
the receding and fading
spread of roofs and
balconies a fluttering
wilderness of flags
flashed in the sun;
daily the young
volunteers marched down
the wide avenue gay and
fine in their new
uniforms, the proud
fathers and mothers and
sisters and sweethearts
cheering them with
voices choked with happy
emotion as they swung
by; nightly the packed
mass meetings listened,
panting, to patriot
oratory which stirred
the deepest deeps of
their hearts, and which
they interrupted at
briefest intervals with
cyclones of applause,
the tears running down
their cheeks the while;
in the churches the
pastors preached
devotion to flag and
country, and invoked the
God of Battles
beseeching His aid in
our good cause in
outpourings of fervid
eloquence which moved
every listener. It was
indeed a glad and
gracious time, and the
half dozen rash spirits
that ventured to
disapprove of the war
and cast a doubt upon
its righteousness
straightway got such a
stern and angry warning
that for their personal
safety's sake they
quickly shrank out of
sight and offended no
more in that
way................................More
Good Men Have to Speak Up
By Marc Guttman Published on 11/8/2009
I
recently saw a bumper sticker I liked, "If
Congress represents me, then I must be
really evil." If evil is defined as policies
that unjustly burden, restrict, or harm
innocent people and unfairly benefit other
persons then, despite all good intentions,
many of our governments' laws are evil.
I had hope that Obama would intervene less overseas. In the first few months of his presidency, Obama condemned torture and detention without due process, and talked less tough on our overseas ambitions. I conceded to some of my friends who had supported him that Obama was off to a good start. Soon enough though the rhetoric proved hollow.................More
Ned Vare,
Champion of Free Learning, R.I.P.
Ned
Vare, whose passions were so extensive he would have made a
Renaissance man proud, died July 22 in his home in Guilford at
the age of 75. He had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis
and in declining health for several months.
He found in
golf, architecture, and even politics avenues to explore his
appetite for adventure and excellence. Author of books on golf
and home schooling, he was also an avid gardener who lectured on
that subject, as well....................More
Then
They Came for the Small Farmer
This year, HB 6313, which would ban the sale of unpasteurized milk
in
Re-emergence of an American Tradition:
Historically,
thousands of brave citizens have refused to pay taxes so as not to
support what they believe are Peace activist heroes throughout history have participated in this type of civil disobedience. Henry David Thoreau was imprisoned for refusing to pay taxes as a protest against the American war on Mexico and slavery. He is famous for assailing, "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison." ...................................................More
R.I.P. THE CONSTITUTION
Banker Bailout
Only
Declaration of Independence
When in the Course of human events, it
becomes necessary for
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness..............More
The True Spoilers Have Sold Out Our Liberties
And Our Property
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I
did not vote for either Barack Obama or John
McCain. There seemed no
significant difference between them on
either domestic or foreign policy issues.
Unfortunately, the election was likely going
to be won by one of them and between the
two, I favored Obama. 
retail stores and only allow raw milk sales at the farm where it
is produced, was introduced in the state legislature. Another, HB
6312, would impose a criminal penalty for the sale of “adulterated”
milk and would prohibit the sale of any milk product from an
unlicensed facility or unregistered dairy farm. 
immoral actions by our government. Tax resistance has again
increased in popularity over the last decade with many protesting
the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
like Wal-Mart. In public, everyone says that Wal-Mart is
awful, filled with shoddy foreign products and
exploiting workers. But in private, we buy the
well-priced, quality goods, and long lines of people
hope to be hired. 
