“Are America’s youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies?

Yes.
 
Reprinted from AKSFiles and U. S. Army Statistics:
“Are America’s youth too fat, dumb or dishonest to defend the nation against its enemies?
The latest Army statistics show a stunning 70 percent of military-age youth are ineligible to join the military because they are overweight, can’t pass entrance exams, have dropped out of high school or had [...]

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Next Stop Edisto

I didn’t realize that it had been so long since I last blogged.  I really have no excuse for neglecting blogging except laziness.  Also, for a long time, I have hade anything earth-shattering to write about.  You see, don’t you, how that last sentence validates the first, at least in my mind.  Anyway, tomorrow, we [...]

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Stolen from Boortz

Doesn’t it bother you to be celebrating freedom but the government says you can’t do it with fireworks?

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Super Bowl 43

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Pun One

NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU PUSH THE ENVELOPE, IT WILL STILL  BE
STATIONERY.

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It’s Not Easy Being Literate

Okay, I admit it.  I have put Moby Dick back on the shelf twice, and retrieved it both times.  I am going to finish this book.  I had the same struggle with Mere Christianity but through a combined effort of discipline and sweat I was able to finish it.  Moby Dick will require more “blood, sweat, and [...]

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Merry Christmas

A Merry Christmas to All

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The Nichols Saga As An Indictment of the Death Penalty

After three years and several millions of taxpayer dollars Brian Nichols was found guilty by a jury for killing four people in a courthouse in Atlanta.  One of these four people was a judge, a fact that is repeatedly highlighted by the media as if a judge’s life is worth more than the life of [...]

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While Reading The Grapes of Wrath

I am reminded of the parents who spend all kinds of money on Christmas presents for their kids, and the kids spend all day Christmas playing with the boxes in which the presents were wrapped.  After a couple of months shopping for books, joining two book clubs, and spending time in the Book Tavern and [...]

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Christmas Thought One

I was just thinking that if the Christians are serious about fighting the perceived secularization of Christmas then maybe they should refuse to participate in the rampant commercialization by not buying anything until the society returns to celebrating a religious holiday as it should be.  Just a thought.

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