Common Folk Using Common Sense

A few quotes from author Robert A. Heinlein. Many of Heinlein’s novels are stories of revolts against political oppression, and also showcase his strong belief in Individualism and Libertarianism. “The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.” “An armed society is a polite society. Manners [...]

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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease affecting the exocrine (mucus) glands of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines, causing progressive disability due to multisystem failure. Thick mucus production results in frequent lung infections. Diminished secretion of pancreatic enzymes is the main cause of poor growth, greasy stools, and deficiency in fat-soluble vitamins. There is no [...]

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From First Coast News (Jacksonville, FL): A would-be robber was shot by a Gainesville store clerk when he tried to rob a convenience store Sunday night. The man walked into a West University Avenue business, armed and looking for quick cash. Instead, he was shot once in the torso and ran from the store. Well, [...]

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H.U. Westermayer once said, “The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” In 1863 Abraham Lincoln made the following proclamation: “It has seemed to me fit and proper that [the gifts of God] should be solemnly, reverently, and [...]

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From The Monitor (south Texas): The clerk warned Alejandro Salinas about the suspicious men who had been hanging out in front of the convenience store for the past hour. He told Salinas to be careful as he went back out to his Chevrolet Z-71 pickup truck, that he had just filled at the Aziz Convenience [...]

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From the Knoxville News Sentinel: A victim in a brutal home invasion robbery and rape spoke in court this morning before the final two perpetrators were sentenced to decades in prison for the June 2007 attack, in which the woman was forced to perform oral sex on three young men while her husband watched. Shavon [...]

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Since Obama was elected to be the next President something has happened on that has never been seen before – Wall Street is collapsing. Throughout the campaign Obama promised take care of every citizen’s needs from school to medical bills to rent and fuel-efficient cars. He promised new massive government spending. He’s suggested privatizing profits [...]

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By Brendan Keefe at WCPO-TV (Cincinnati, Ohio): There have been so many school shootings over the last 40 years that researchers have been able to develop a profile of the typical mass murderer. They’re called “active shooters” or “active killers” and their crimes play out in a matter of minutes. After the Columbine High School [...]

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Says Syd: I don’t carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and are willing to defend the ones they love. Spread The Word:

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From the UK Guardian News: Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned. Clinton would be well placed to become the country’s dominant voice in foreign affairs, replacing Condoleezza Rice. The [...]

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By Ted Nugent, via Human Events: Like any entity that abandons basic quality control, political parties rot from within. It happened to the Democrats long ago, and now has become the case with the Republican Party, which has strayed from its conservative underpinnings. There are really only four things I have a strong aversion to: [...]

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From The Art Of Driving at The Odysseus Group: What if I proposed that we hand three sticks of dynamite and a detonator to anyone who asked for them. All an applicant would need is money to pay for the explosives. You’d have to be an idiot to agree with my plan—at least based on [...]

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