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Federal Land Purchases: Bad News For The Deficit, The Economy and Lands

Cindy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:25:55 +0000

The Obama administration’s plan to acquire millions of acres of private land is a bad idea since the government cannot maintain the lands it already owns, according to H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis.

According to Burnett:

The federal government owns approximately one-third of the land in the United States, and [...]

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Cindy — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:46:36 +0000

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,
and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;
another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or
hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their [...]

NAACP passes resolution condemning racism in Tea Party

Cindy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:04:41 +0000

The NAACP passed a resolution Tuesday night condemning Tea Party activists, or at least some Tea Party activists, as racists who want “to push our country back to the pre-civil rights era.”

Tea Party groups across the country have vehemently denied that charge, calling Tuesday’s resolution a hypocritical act on the part of the NAACP — which [...]