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By Kathleen Marquardt "Environmentalism" is a word we hear almost everyday, but what does it mean? My dictionary does not define environmentalism but it defines environmentalist as "an expert on environmental problems; any person who advocates or works to protect the air, water, animals, plants, and other natural resources from ...
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Quietly, almost unnoticed, private property is disappearing throughout America at an alarming rate. Through an almost unintelligible maze of federal, state, county and local environmental laws, regulations, programs and taxes - combined with a concerted effort by highly-funded and politically-powerful environmental groups - property owners are disappearing like the dinosaurs ...
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Code Word For "This Is a Stick-Up-Give Me Your Property" "A PLAN TO SAVE HUMANITY IS ALMOST ALWAYS A FALSE FRONT FOR THE URGE TO RULE." H.L. MENCKEN "AL CAPONE'S ENFORCERS USED FEAR TO FORCE SHOPKEEPERS TO BUY 'INSURANCE'..." PAUL HARVEY "...AND YOU TELL ME OVER AND OVER MY FRIEND, ...
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The Sad Saga of the Careers Act By Tom DeWeese In 1992, Hillary Clinton came to the White House with a vision. That vision was clearly articulated by her colleague Marc Tucker, (president of the National Center on Education and the Economy), in a report entitled "A Human Resource Development ...
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The alarm sounds throughout the countryside. As the alert is heard, one by one, two by two, the patriots respond. They are a loosely-organized, ragtag band, without official leaders, without uniforms, without official orders. Some gather together in small groups, others work alone. But armed with an overpowering idea of ...
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Kids can learn - if somebody bothers to teach them. Why do children know facts about everyday life - but not about history? Because they live in the everyday world. That's why they know current details, like the names of rock stars, movie stars or even the name of the ...
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There they go again. Buck McKeon, Republican of California and Bill Goodling, Republican of Pennsylvania marshalled H.R. 1385, "The Employment, Training and Literacy Enhancement Act or 1997" through the Education and Workforce Committee on a voice vote with no hearings. And then, only two weeks out of committee, these amazing ...
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In a remarkable ad, State Farm Insurance has announced it is presenting its "Good Neighbor Award" to a first grade teacher for teaching her students to spell incorrectly. Under the headline, "In Ms. White's Class, Some Of The Best Writers Can't Even Read Yet", the ad praises the teacher for ...
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BUT A PECK ON THE CHEEK CAN GET A FIRST GRADER SUSPENDED... I'm sure you've read the story by now. Poor little six-year-old Johnathan Prevette liked a little girl in his class - and apparently she liked him - and so he kissed her. Immediately our politically correct (we know ...
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