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The Real Lincoln by Thomas DiLorenzo

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

Kay and I recently finished reading The Real Lincoln: A new look at Abraham Lincoln, his agenda, and an unnecessary war by Thomas DiLorenzo.  It was quite an eye-opener.  Having grown up quite a fan of Lincoln, I found the … Continue reading →

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My Two Dollar Bill

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

As a political experiment, I posted the My Two Dollar Bill Project a couple of years ago.  The idea was to see whether a simple poem and mnemonic device (keeping a 2 dollar bill in one’s wallet as a reminder) … Continue reading →

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Rule of Law Restoration

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

Battling over “Left” and “Right” when government is exceeding its lawful limits is like arguing over who gets to sit in the driver’s seat as a car speeds off a cliff. It’s time we came to our senses and put … Continue reading →

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On the American Character

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

NOTE:  The first installment of this book is now published as a free online book at www.characternotincluded.com. I’ve been working for three or four years on a book that I hope to publish online this coming winter.  In short, while … Continue reading →

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On Consumerism

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

I am concerned with the dupability of people in general and one great example of this is how they behave as consumers.  Based on my modest research to date, I have no reason to trust most mega corporations to provide … Continue reading →

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Severus Snape and Barney Fife

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

Could a more extreme opposite be imagined than the substitution of Barney Fife (Don Knotts) for Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) in Snape’s famous scene, “Turn to page three hundred ninety-four” ?  I’d pay money to hear a Knotts impersonator give … Continue reading →

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Stars Fell to Earth

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

Here’s a whimsical graphic I put together a few years back just to make a point that maybe, just maybe, not everything in the Bible was intended to be taken literally.  (This is by no means an argument that nothing … Continue reading →

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Who Programmed This?!

Posted on September 4, 2011 by jackpelham

My machine quits responding, so it asks me whether I want to force the program to close, or to wait. Not wanting to wait any longer, I decide to speed things along by forcing the program to close. Then I … Continue reading →

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Three Paradigms

Posted on September 3, 2011 by jackpelham

I’ll write more about these later…as well as to add to the list.  At present, however, there are three paradigms that Kay and I have adopted for our family.  They are: All rational, all the time.  We see no sense … Continue reading →

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