Posted By JeffreyB on July 3, 2009
1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed. It will take 117 years before someone gets around to saying, “Hey, maybe we should preserve this thing.”
Writing the Declaration of Independence may have fallen to Thomas Jefferson (center, wearing red vest), but how to keep the document in shape has been anything but self-evident.
The Declaration of Independence can be fairly said to stand alongside the Magna Carta and Bill of Rights as the most important documents in the history of democracy. Its significance was understood from the moment it was signed, so one is left to wonder why its preservation was ignored for so long. (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on July 1, 2009
Happy Birthday Uvon.
July 1, 2009 - Back to the grind. But, has anything really changed? Hell no - the world hasn’t stopped turning - BUT it is spinning out of control.
Sheesh! I was SHOCKED - SHOCKED mind you, to discover that Michael Jackson had died in San Diego too. I thought that he had only died in Phoenix.
His Momma gets temporary custody of the kids - his Daddy gets NOTHING and the lush - Diana Ross apparently fits into this mess somehow. The “mother”? She get’s cut out altogether.
Well - that all the news that ain’t fit to print! We’ll get back to work here in awhile with commentary worthy of the Federal Observer.
Without apology I am
Not happy to be baaaaack!
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Posted By JeffreyB on July 1, 2009
June 30, 2009 - Although I do not watch much television, I have been loathe to even turn mine on recently. It seems that no matter where I go I am inundated with news about the death of Michael Jackson.
I was on my way to the kitchen this afternoon to get a drink and I happened to hear a snippet about how Michael Jackson had wrote a letter to Lisa Marie Presley saying he was afraid that some day he would end up like her father, Elvis.
Elvis was known as the King of Rock n Roll and he had, still has for that matter, throngs of adoring fans. Michael Jackson was known as the King of Pop, and he also had/has throngs of adoring fans.
What is it with us that we put people up on pedestals to worship them? The television show American Idol has some of the highest ratings among all the worthless trash that people call entertainment. (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 29, 2009
June 28, 2009 - The time has come for me to once again foray out into the world. I will be away until late on the 29th, and will return to the printed page on June 30th.
Please bear with us, as there is much going on in the world, which we will once again address on our return.
Ed McMahon - DEAD!
Farrah Fawcett - DEAD!
Michael Jackson - DEAD!
Billy Mays (the Oxi-Clean pitchman) - DEAD!
The Republic of the United States of America - DEAD!
Don’t think so?
The funeral arrangements are being made.
Without Apology, I am,
Jeffrey Bennett
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 26, 2009
June 27, 2009 - The actress Natasha Richardson died after falling skiing in Canada. It took eight hours to drive her to a hospital. If Canada had our healthcare she might be alive today. We now have helicopters that would have gotten her to the hospital in 30 minutes. Obama wants to have our healthcare like Canada’s and England’s.
In England anyone over 59 cannot receive heart repairs or stents or bypass because it is not covered as being too expensive and not needed. (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 26, 2009
June 27, 2009 - This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That’s over. It is not coming back. And what is to come will be very, very painful.
Barack Obama, and the criminal class on Wall Street, aided by a corporate media that continues to peddle fatuous gossip and trash talk as news while we endure the greatest economic crisis in our history, may have fooled us, but the rest of the world knows we are bankrupt. (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 25, 2009
June 26, 2009 - America was born out of a bloody revolution, a revolution created by the rising tyranny of a King. Much blood was spilled in that painful birth of freedom. The second American revolution, the unCivil War, was born out of a schism between states rights and federal power, over the issue of slavery. Much blood was spilled in that war to “test whether our nation, or any nation, conceived in liberty, can long endure.” Even today, almost 150 years later, the scars left over from that war simmers as a constant undercurrent of anger and resentment in some parts of the nation.
Now as free Americans are pushed, shoved, cajoled and coerced towards the precipice of enslavement by an out-of-control government, will much blood have to be spilled to once again reclaim our freedom? (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 25, 2009
June 26, 2009 - One might be tempted to dismiss the recent findings of the US State Department on human trafficking as largely political. But do not be too hasty.
Criticism of the State Department’s report on trafficked persons, issued on 16 June, should be rife. The language describing US allies’ efforts to combat the problem seems undeserved, especially when one examines the nearly 320- page report and observes the minuscule efforts of these governments. Also, it was hardly surprising to find that Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria — Washington’s foremost foes — languish in the report’s Tier 3 category, i.e. countries where the problem is most grave and least combated. Offenders in Tier 3 are subject to US sanctions, while governments of countries in Tier 1 are perceived as vigilant in fighting human trafficking. (more…)
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 25, 2009
Make everyday count, as if it were your last.
She is now with the Angels.
She tried - which is more than most will ever do. Rest in Peace Farrah - you are deserving.
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Posted By JeffreyB on June 25, 2009
June 25, 2009 - For those of you who have become accustomed to reading my articles on a regular basis I regretfully apologize for the sudden drought of writings on my part. I was engrossed in a book, and then, when I had just about finished it, my wife suffered an injury at work which caused her to temporarily lose the use of her right hand. So I have been a bit overloaded with chores and making sure she is comfortable.
As some of you may know, the book I was reading was Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. Although it is a work of fiction I found that much of the story closely parallels what is going on in this country at this time. (more…)
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