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You hear the words “extremist Islamic terrorists” thrown around a lot these days. The people who use this terminology will be quick to point out that they don’t believe all Muslims are extremists or terrorists, but implied in their original statement is the idea that all terrorists and all extremists are Islamic. To […]

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If you have been reading about Ron Paul and like what you’ve read, the only way you will be able to vote for him in the General Elections in November is if he wins the Republican nomination during the Primaries. His website has put together a table of the Primary and Caucus information for […]

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I’ve been a Dr. Ron Paul fan for many years. I first heard of Congressman Paul in 2000(ish) in a Yahoo Politics Chat room. One of the other conservative libertarians in the room asked me what I thought of Ron Paul and I had to confess that I’d never heard of him. […]

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There aren’t a lot of good things to be said about living in base housing on a Navy base. But there are a few nice things. I guess it’s like a gated community in that there are armed guards controlling who can access the community. On the down side, you sure don’t […]

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In 2003, I left one of my favorite jobs that I’d ever had in Illinois to move with my new wife to Virginia. She had joined the Navy, so she didn’t have much choice about where she was going to be. To save our relationship and build our future, leaving that company was […]

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