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Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your MIND

Thursday, March 26, 2015

A conscience is a terrible thing to waste!

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    Back in the 1970's an ad-campaign by the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) had a very simple and catchy phrase: Because a mind is ...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Words forgotten in the American dialect

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    There are 4 (well 5 actually since one is a conjugate of 2 words) words that we seem to have gone out of style in our normal dialect tha...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

When everything becomes "political"

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      Yesterday, Starbucks announced their new "race together" campaign in which they encourage their baristas to engage with th...
Monday, March 16, 2015

We need more Ambassadors

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    What comes to mind when you think of an Ambassador?     Some common attributes: Lives in a foreign country Speaks their language (i...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

A lesson on "Mental Toughness"

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   Okay, I admit it.  I am a die-hard New England Patriots fan.  So those of you who aren't will be quick to go on to your next blog, bu...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Bill Nye the LYING Guy

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     Lately a lot of attention has been placed on the air pressure of footballs.   A subject that normally would bore the crap out of you is...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Why I don't plan on seeing the movie Selma

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      My Uncle Carl, who was a farmer, once said, "Cow manure doesn't stink until you rake it up!".   His simple proverb simp...
Thursday, January 8, 2015

Freedom's Balloon

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     Freedom is constantly under attack by those around us.  When you think about it freedom is a scary concept.  It requires you to surre...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Don't mock a comic

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   There's an old saying that says, "Don't get into arguments with people who buy ink by the barrel".       This adage ...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Congress is merely window-dressing

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   Here is a video of Congressman Trey Gowdy questioning an immigration official about the President's new executive-order/law on immig...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

What would you do?

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      A friend of mine was working as a cashier in a Walmart store when he saw a family come through with 2 carts loaded with every imaginab...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Mike Brown and the Boston Massacre

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   Karl Marx once referred to religion as "the opiate of the masses" because to him it placated the people to not rise up in viole...
Monday, December 1, 2014

Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?

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   Any time someone wants to point out the "obvious" they sometimes make a reference to an old riddle that says, "Who is buri...
Friday, November 21, 2014

Time is up!

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    The President has declared:  TIME IS UP!   Like a teacher timing his students during an exam, his congressional-egg-timer on his desk ha...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The most dangerous court to be convicted in

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   What court do you think is the worst one to be found in as a citizen?   Some think its a court in Dallas Texas or some small town in New ...
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