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I havent darkened your doorstep for a while but this really is troubling. I came across a news story that reported that leftist protestors refused to let congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis talk at their little hoohaa down in Atlanta. . You can see the report here at Human Events..... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46728 OK to be fair, its their party and they can be racist

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"He (Obama) is not a devil, an alien, a socialist. He is a loser. And this is America, where nobody loves a loser." Peggy Noonan, WSJ

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Defence of Fort McHenry O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O! say does that

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First Reactions: So Osama is finally taking a long deserved dirt nap but I am feeling a little ambivalent at the moment. Maybe a picture of the dead dirtbag would help. Perhaps its because retribution was so long in coming. Or perhaps its because at the moment I have more questions than President Obama's speech answered. President Obama: "A small team of Americans carried out the operation with

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Iowa Man On Beer-Only Diet For Lent CORNING, Iowa - Instead of giving something up for Lent, a central Iowa man is only drinking beer. J Wilson is from Corning. On Ash Wednesday, he pledged to live though lent only on beer and water. And with Easter just days away, he's made good on his promise. And if you were expecting a beer belly, you won't find it. He's lost 22 and a half pounds, and is

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I heard that Austin Texas was ablaze as is several thousand acres of West Texas prairie so I wrote my little brother to see if they were homeless. His reply: West Texas wildfires have burned over a million acres of land so far and none of them are under 50% contained. These fires are normal during this time of year but things are dryer than normal and the reason for the more than double the acres

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I am currently working on a research project about Iowan Henry Wallace and his role as a New Dealer in the Roosevelt administration. The Wallace family published the influential Wallace's Farmer magazine in Des Moines and were active in Midwest farm politics throughout the early part of the 20th century which led to his father's appointment to the Secretary of Agriculture post in the Harding

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Hmmm, the family is off to the spring cleanup at Church Camp. It is April 16th and as I gaze out across the Salmon Estate big wet fluffy flakes are again covering the lawn. Just more signs of global warming. On lazy days like these the mind naturally turns to things like Zombies. How long could you hold out. Take the quiz, and no cheating, the only one youll be fooling is yourself. 76%

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Obama Lied, People Died is not a refrain your likely to hear from  the anti-Bush anti-war crowd anytime soon, but you should. From the Boston Globe: EVIDENCE IS now in that President Barack Obama grossly exaggerated the humanitarian threat to justify military action in Libya. The president claimed that intervention was necessary to prevent a “bloodbath’’ in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city

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From the desk of Victor Davis-Hanson: Obama VS. Obama The president gave the sort of scare speech he not long ago warned against, and blasted the income-tax rates he not long ago agreed were necessary — in a context in which he has just presented a budget with a $1.6 trillion deficit of the sort he now says is unsustainable, and has warned about recklessly voting against raising the debt

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I just love the feel of smoke being blown up my backside, don't you? Yesterday, after the world hailed the budget deal as a divine miracle pulling us back from the brink of disaster we learn the comprimise was just smoke and mirrors, it was just a fabrication, it was just plain made up. From John Podhoretz:   The big news today is that the $38.5 billion in budget cuts announced with such fanfare

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Nobel Economist Paul Krugman has gone off on the policies of Barack Obama in the past but I think this is a first in attacking him personally.  Evidently the Ones performance in last weeks budget debate rose up and smacked Krugman with a big right cross. Today he writes: What have they done with President Obama? What happened to the inspirational figure his supporters thought they elected? Who

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The Salmon son just extended another six years. In a response to his friends he writes: Even with all the talk of not getting paid 2 of us extended our contracts till 2018 today. I have already been called crazy and out of my mind amongst other things but we all know we do it for the pride, the men and women we stand beside everyday, and above all else our loved ones. I am proud to say that I am

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Progress means not just changing, but changing for the better. -C. S. Lewis

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Today we grieve for the families who have lost loved ones, the hearts that have been broken, and the young lives that could have been. America, it's time to start bringing our troops home. It's time to admit that no amount of American lives can resolve the political disagreement that lies at the heart of someone else's civil war. -Barack H. Obama

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What took so long?

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I caught this on  CNN this morning and I have to wonder who has the means to build a steel Ark for 180 of their closest friends and large enough to store five years worth of food and supplies. What do these people know that you don't know? Or did they think "2012" was a documentary? Check it out here.

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The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” -Barrak H. Obama

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Now, let me be clear – I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power. He has repeatedly defied U.N. resolutions, thwarted U.N. inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity. He's a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. ...

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While giving alms may sometimes require contributing what has been earned through human labor, the gift of oneself is of greater value. After all, the debt incurred by sin wasn't paid in the currency of the world but in the flesh of Christ. ~ Fr. Gary Caster, The Little Way of Lent

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My apologies to Edwin Starr but it must be tough to be an anti war song writer at the moment. (the original is on the sidebar for those too young to remember this song) Kinetic Military Action! huh-yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Uh-huh Kinetic Military Action! huh good God What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Listen to me? Kinetic Military Action ! It ain't nothing but a

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This came across the facebook page today and I just want to pass it along to my brother and his pecan eating squirrel friends. Steven, you cant win they are just too darn smart!

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It wasn't that long ago, back when there was still a semblance of reason in the world,  that John Swiftboat Kerry and Hillary Red Queen Clinton were beating the former Republican President about the head and shoulders with claims that he had put our troops smack dab in the middle of a civil war. Meanwhile Senator Present was campaigning on a platform of "No force unless US interests are directly

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Wanted Poster Courtesy: Red Dawn 2011Review here. Beware of Spoilers The movie was scheduled for last year but it went back to the cutting room to make it less offensive to our overlords.... errr bondholders errr. Our friends the Chicoms. Damn, my  rebel nature is why I spent every afternoon cleaning erasers in sixth grade and why I'll inevitably end up in someones re-education camp! I'm

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...and let them be kids instead of pawns. During the recent Madison protests I cringed when I saw people showing up with kids in strollers considering the passions, participants, and the possibility of events spiralling out of control. I was equally appalled that teachers encouraged their students to participate in the protests. Its one thing to be an idiot with your own kids its entirely 

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Our hearts and prayers are with the people of Japan in this time of tragedy. How long before some idiot calls it divine retribution or something? Update 3/15- Well That didnt take long, from the Church of the Everlasting Goracle Climate Change Advocates Glom Onto Tsunami to Advance Arguments

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The Salmon son heads back to Afghanistan today after two weeks of leave. Be safe Justin, we love you.

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The run up the Yukon River has a way of sorting out the wheat from the chaff in any given year. Of the three racers to watch in my last post, only Hugh Neff is still hanging with the leaders in fourth place. Martin Buser, as has been his m.o. for the past several years, looked strong at the start but began his fade in the middle. And as has happened to every four time winner, Lance Mackey may

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The Iditarod Rush Hour At about midnight Alaska time last night the Takotna Dam finally let loose and the pack of mushers spending their 24 hour layovers there poured out onto the trail once again. Musher Trent Herbst pushed on to Iditarod to earn the halfway prize of $4000 but he is about to be deluged with the flood of mushers now bearing down on the ghost town. As the screenshot shows this is

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From the You Got To Be Tough in the North Country Department: Swenson says mushing with apparently broken collar bone is "not so bad" (Anchorage Daily News) Rolling up plastic for his dog sled runners? That's hard. Lifting his left arm above his chest? That hurts. But mushing with what appears to be a broken collar bone isn't as bad as five-time Iditarod champion Rick Swenson expected. "It’s

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I couldnt drag my team away from the hydrant so I am a couple days late with the annual Salmon Iditarod Coverage. Once again the lady that lets me live with her has treated me to the Iditarod Insider Package and the racer GPS live tracker. The race began from Willow Sunday morning with 63 mushers. Four time champ Martin Buser led the pack into Nicoli today 243 miles down the trail. One hundred

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UPDATE: Whats in a Wave? It looks like the folks in Libya didn't hear President Obama's Cairo speech; lumping our own dear leader in with despots like  King Abdullah, Hansi Mubarak, and Colonel Q-daffy. But wait... who's that turbaned fellow back row center with the big shit eatin grin? Why, its none other than the stalwart of Lebonese democracy, Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah fame. What the heck

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I got the fever, Iditarod fever that is. Its time to shake off those winter blues and gear up for the start of Iditarod 2011. One week from today 62 mushers including 13 rookies and 15 women will leave Anchorage for the adventure of a lifetime. Lance Mackey of Fairbanks is back with hopes of making it five unbelievable wins in a row, and tying the record of Rick Swenson of Two Rivers. Race

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Caution: This is really loud. But I guess Anarchy always is.

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A teacher unionist friend of mine forwarded the above cartoon but added that it should have read "Koch (Coke)" in a can" instead of Price Albert. Now that would be a funny twist on a liberal talking point, unfortunately I don't think there are any funny liberal cartoonists (see example above.) According to the women that lets me live with her, I am the funniest guy I know,  so I replied to him..

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The other day I stole a quote from CK Chestertonin in a piece about the Egyptian brouhaha. CK once wrote “You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy, you must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.” Today Jerry Brower at Forbes expands this idea in a piece titled, Democracy: The God that Failed. One of the tenets of classical political theory is that people get the

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We have relatives in Madison and rumor has it that the Democratic Senators have slipped across the border into Iowa. My guess is they are hiding out at one of the casinos in Dubuque, probably playing with someone elses money. I was wondering how long the teachers would be allowed to disrupt the little cheeseheads schooling before Governor Walker could terminate them for an illegal strike. I

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A good but annoying friend of mine who regales me with his liberal Shinola on a regular basis just to pull my chain forwarded this Paul Krugman piece recently that just proves that if there were a Nobel prize for being a HACK, Krugman would get the lifetime achievement award. He begins, "There was a time when Republicans used to refer to themselves, proudly, as “the party of Lincoln.” But you

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I realize I haven’t written anything substantial for quite some time but this has been rattling around in the old melon since the start of the Egyptian kerfuffle. When this thing so unexpected began catching everyone flatfooted I remembered a piece by GK Chesterton where he compared revolutions to the wind blowing through the trees. A child might mistakenly think that it is the tree that makes

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Will bring a tear to the eye of everyone that has a Cinderella of their own. Enjoy.

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Dennis Miller is probably the most intellectual comic out there, who skillfully weaves often obscure but hilarious similes into his astute social observations. He once noted about Harry Reid that every time he sees the man he "expects CSI to run out and draw a chalk outline around him." This clip like a  fine wine starts out strong,  a little dry in the middle, but has a fine robust finish.

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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the

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The Salmon Kid landed in Afghanastan a few weeks ago and is cooling his jets at Bagram while he awaits a transfer to a FOB to train the Afghan military. He passed along the following video. This was a favorite of mine when I was his age. Everything old is new again I suppose and this version is actually better than the original.

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The Hoover Institution's Peter Berkowitz in a long but thorough primer on Barack Obama and the sources of his deeply ingrained modern progressivism comes to this conclusion: One reason for the resounding rebuke delivered by the electorate to the Democratic Party and its leader last month was the immoderation and un-pragmatic character of President Obama’s progressivism. In its pursuit of a

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As you know posting has been pretty non-existent here for the better part of two months because the teaching program I am in prides itself on weeding out us "undesirables" by burying them in up to there neck in crap and covering their heads with honey. I am proud to say I think I survived. With only few loose ends to wrap up today I have the next couple weeks off to prepare for Christmas. So to

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THE CELL PHONE ENTITLEMENT Via: Heritage Welfare recipients in approximately 20 states–with more to follow– are currently eligible to receive a free cell phone with a limited number of monthly minutes. All individuals that qualify for state or federal welfare–food stamps, Medicaid, etc.–and have an income at or below 135% of the poverty level, are eligible. According to a Fox News report, the

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We the People were mad in 2006 and in disgust handed the congress to the Democrats. By 2008 we were thoroughly pissed and doubled down on a man that claimed to be a post partisan post racialist,  promising to unite the country, heal the planet, and stop the rise of the oceans. He won with 52 percent of the vote and took office with the support of nearly 70% of the population. Determining

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No I haven't died yet, just busier than a one armed shoplifter at Wal-Mart right now. I am taking a full load of classes and have two practicums in two different schools, in two different towns. So in the interest of keeping this blog on life support a  while longer here is a little piece of optimism that you can play over and over and over....... (Via Ace) From the Just Want to Scream

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"This is the issue of this election. Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." Ronald Reagan

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Update 10/26: The best critique of the D logo so far:Campaign-time, Team Obama knew marketing. The best visual talent crafted a campaign "look and feel" as polished as any roll out by Apple.Remember that glorious day on the Mall in January? The new Pepsi cans were everywhere, its new logo ripping off the red, white and blue "O" sunrise glyph. For the next year, it seemed like everything coming

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Another year has passed since evil descended upon America and we are no closer to resolving this conflict with Islam than we were in 2001. In fact we are probably in a worse position than we were on 9/12. I base that on the two recent events that have again pitted Americans against the Religion of Peace. The Ground Zero Mosque controversy where this week the Imam makes the not so subtle hint

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Sorry for the lack of posting lately but me and the little salmon have spent the last week getting back to the school. In the video below Governor Christie of New Jersey, who in my book was begining to look like a conservative Superman, comes off today looking like a whiney little snot nose, stomping his foot and saying "thats not fair." An inadvertent one page error in a grant application to

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Fairchild-Republic A10 Thunderbolt Every pilot has a list of favorite aircraft and if  money were no object we would fill our hangers with them. Now I haven't seen any A10s for sale on Ebay but If I had to do it all over again I may have reenlisted for the chance to fly one of these puppies.  You start with one 20 foot long Gatling gun and then you simply build a plane around it. Details Here

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Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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I wish I could say that I’m beginning to feel a little sorry for this President who has begun to morph into a Kerry-esque Muppet character that’s not quite ready to report for duty, “I was against the mosque before I was for the mosque before let me be clear it’s a local matter.” Bob Beckel wrote in 2008 at the beginning of the Age of Obama (it seems likes eons ago doesn’t it) that Obama is

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Washington Post September 2009: President Obama is distancing himself from the National Day of Prayer by nixing a formal early morning service and not attending a large Catholic prayer breakfast the next morning. All Mr. Obama will do for the National Day of Prayer, which is Thursday, is sign a proclamation honoring the day, which originated in 1952 when Congress set aside the first Thursday in

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For the last several days I have been following the story of another Alaska plane crash. On Sunday a PA 32 with five flightseers on board crashed at the 8000 foot level of Knik Glacier north of Anchorage. By the time the rescue was over 12 people were stranded on the ice and the army was out one Blackhawk helicopter. Fortunately no one was killed and all were safely back home today. Story here.

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The Anchorage Daily News snidely referred to Ted Stevens as Senator for Life and if not for a corruption charge in 2008 that might have come true. Prosecutorial misconduct resulted in an acquittal but it also cost Stevens his seat in the US Senate. It was a sad ending for a man that had spent his entire life in the service of the people of Alaska. Today Stevens and a group of friends returning

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On the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing we were once again bombarded by those commentators that feel that the bombing was a mistake. But what if those in power at the time didn't know what they were unleashing? What if Truman who was kept in the dark about the Manhattan Project until after the death of Roosevelt wasn't fully informed about the effects of the bomb? What if General Groves who

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To my deaf friends, sorry.

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Today a couple thousand family and friends gathered at the Cedar Rapids Cellular Center to say our final goodbyes to our sons and daughters who are part of the recent Iowa National Guard deployment to Afghanistan. This is Justin’s second trip to that God forsaken spot on the globe and although I am still overflowing with pride in my sons commitment to the Guard and his dedication to his fellow

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Our friend Fred from the flatlands of western Iowa, upon returing from eight glorious days (except for the mosquito infested campground) was kind enough to pass along this Oshkosh video for your viewing pleasure. Fred writes, "...I spent about 10-12 hours a day on the grounds doing a lot of forums and talking to total strangers about airplanes and life in general. All 3 concerts were great. (

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At the controls of a LSA How long does it take to polish one of these babies? Beautiful! From the deck of an Air Force KC 135 Did I mention it was hot there? Screaming Above is a few shots of our Oshkosh outing. We purchased a new camera before vacation thinking we would retire our bruised and battered Olympus Camedia which we purchased at the dawn of the digital photography age. We

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Tuesday afternoon we arrived in Madison, Wisconsin, the Midwest's Bastion of Socialism, the place my brother in law affectionately calls "45 square miles surrounded by reality." That night we were treated to a dinner cruise on Lake Mendota which abuts downtown and the University of Wisconsin. Above, the little Salmon takes a turn at the helm. Wednesday we visited the Vilas Zoo in Madison. In

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The girl from Homer Ak wows the crowd at the Gas Light Karaoke Bar.Undercover Karaoke with Jewel from JewelVia: Tigerhawk

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If there is one sure thing in American politics its that there are no sure things. Following the election of Barack Obama the future of the Republican Party seemed more than a little bleak to most of us. The left-0-sphere was celebrating that the remnants of the GOP as nothing more than a southern Rump party, but as Granddad used to say, "Rave on cat shit... you'll get covered up."In January 2009

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Our friend Fred from the flatlands of western Iowa forwarded the following video as a reminder that EAA Airventure 2010 starts Monday. The last two years the women that lets me live with her was gracious enough to send me there with a friend for the week. This year we going to make it a family affair and go up for just day to get a little airplane fix and introduce the little Salmon to the world

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Obama dog Bo takes private jet to Maine vacation.U.S. Authorities Shut Down WordPress Host With 73,000 Blogs

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It came to my attention that the Justice Department has revamped its web site and out of curiosity I went back to previous DOJ banners to see just how the new effort stacks up. The first is from 2001 and as we see it was the government standard issue web page of the times. Plain and purely utilitarian in nature, it was in a way a reflection of then Attorney General John Ashcroft. America was

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Pundits the world over have been trying to analyze the Tea Party movement and while some have genuinely tried to understand its origins and motives most critiques follow one of two lines. The first, and perhaps most vile, is the writer that starts with the premise that the tea party is a reaction to the election of Barrack Obama and the members are simply crypto-klansmen, end of discussion.The

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Awww, Johnston-Palin Announce Nuptials. From People Magazine:You can call me cynical here but I think young Levi seeing his 15 minutes sputtering to an inglorious end has taken to the adage, "Its not your fault if your daddy don't have money. But it is your fault if your wife's daddy don't have money." Just sayin...Awww Part II, "Birthing a Moose"One of Those Unique Alaskan Summer ActivitiesKenia

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Jay Leno has made a career proving that idiots are easy to find. The old man in this piece proves however that at one time we were able to pass on civic knowledge through the education system. The question is why we have failed to do so in the last 30 years despite ever growing education budgets. Obviously there is little correlation between knowledge and money.What is disturbing about the trend

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I believe in the United States of America, as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed

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It is hard to believe that nearly three months have passed since the last post. For those that inquired if the Salmon had finally gone belly up I appreciate your concern. Actually, the usual end of semester overload and a recent vacation to the north woods of Michigan put blogging on the back burner for a spell. The sabbatical got to feeling so good that it was going to take something special,

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"I've always wanted to see Alaska", is the the first thing I hear when people find that we used to live in the 49th State. Then of course it is hard to explain how a person could leave such an awe inspiring place. Alaska can be hard, cold, and lonley, but as Robert Service described in his poem "Spell of the Yukon", the land and its people becomes a part of you, that you never totally leave

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After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, approached, rolled back the stone, and sat upon it. His appearance was like lightning and his clothing was white as snow.The guards were shaken with fear of him and became like dead men. Then

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From Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin Should America bid farewell to exceptional freedom and follow the retreat to European social welfare paternalism ... or should we make a new start, in the faith that boundless opportunities belong to the workers, the builders, the industrious, and the free?We are at the beginning of an election campaign like you've never seen before!We are challenged to answer

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Moved back to the top from last year, to save the energy it takes to write something witty. Let There be Light! When I got home Friday evening the lady that lets me live with her asked if we were going to turn off the lights for Earth Hour. I had to say, and pardon the pun here, I was in the dark about the whole Earth Hour phenomena. But I can say that about most inane attempts at enlightenment

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The numbers above are pretty stunning, indicating that all is not well in Hopenchangeland. The 33% that favor Obamacare is only slightly more than those that self -identify as liberal or very liberal. Nearly half of all democrats reject the legislation. In normal times numbers like those would have politicians racing to placate the public’s fears. These obviously are not normal times.We have seen

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Socialism by Any Other Name is Still Socialism:“This is also an income shift, it’s a shift, it’s a leveling to help lower income middle income Americans. Too often, much of late, the last couple three years the mal-distribution of income in America is gone up way too much, the wealthy are getting way, way too wealthy, and the middle income class is left behind. Wages have not kept up with

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I sat huddled by the phone praying for an invitation. A chance to glimpse, to hear the voice of ... The One. I realized of course that I, a lowly serf bereft of donor list status, had nary a chance of being selected. Yet still I prayed. But alas poor Yourik, for want of an arena befitting a King instead of the lowly Iowa Fieldhouse, where a mere 3000 apparatchiks errrr citizens could assemble, I

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Stating the Obvious: “First of all, then we have to say the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama,” Al SharptonCat Escapes Bag: "The harsh fact of the matter is when you’re going to pass legislation that will cover 300 (million) American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to

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The first stop on the Presidential Image Rehabilitation tour stops in Iowa's most liberal city to explain to the masses how great healthcare reform will be for them and theirs. I for one am giddy with excitement.There is an on line application process to get tickets to this shindig so I will be surprised if I will be allowed within a mile of the University Field House on Thursday. In any event I

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Two weeks ago I attended an informational forum with Senator Tom Harkin, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Congressman Dave Loebsack and assorted local education types. The message, “Education reform is coming.”Phase one was the takeover of the college loan market that was attached to healthcare bill without debate. The next phase includes a revamped No Child Left (NCLB) behind and an updating of

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Via Powerline

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The passage of healthcare last evening marked a victory for the Liberal's Leviathan project which began in 1932. We are now living in the realm where all powerful public servants will see to your wants, needs, and desires while protecting you from the dangers of the world, some real, but most imagined.Leviathan exists because there are some that go through life in a perpetual state of fear that

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Lance Mackey Makes It Four in a Row"He could take your dogs and beat his team with your dogs. That's how good of a musher he is." Musher Hugh Neff comments on Lance Mackey.From Iditarod.comIDITAROD XXXVIII Musher Lance Mackey (Bib # 49) arrived in Nome Alaska at 2:59 pm Alaska Time with 11 dogs, and is the first musher in Iditarod Race history to win four back to back Iditarod Championships.

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Views From the Trial Mackey in the Winners Circle Former Champion Dick Mackey meets his son in Nome. Landing at Lake Hood, Anchorage. The trail from the air. Mackey in Elim. Elim Too Cute! Crossing the Norton Bay Ice.

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