The city of Bozeman, Montana, has decided to use Federal Stimulus money to put special rubber tile on several tennis courts.
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The city of Bozeman, Montana, has decided to use Federal Stimulus money to put special rubber tile on several tennis courts.
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Posted on 12/30/2009 in Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)
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I'm truly sorry at the "Blog-Silence" this week. It has been a time of:
1. Excitement over the season and the Savior's birth.
2. Introspection, gratitude, repentance and resolution.
3. The busy-ness of preparing the home for such
Posted on 12/24/2009 in American Culture, Country Life, Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Dear Friends,
Each Friday or Saturday, I am in the habit of beginning to pray, "Oh, LORD, prepare my heart and mind for worship on Sunday!" This prayer is because I recognize that sin (heart) can hinder me from true worship, but also
Continue reading "Saturday Evening Devotional, December 19, 2009" »
Posted on 12/19/2009 in Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Today is warming-up here at Cripplegate, and may reach 60 degrees this afternoon. The cold, clear nights have allowed the low temps to kill off the plants of last Spring, but the broccoli I planted about 8 weeks ago is still alive.
I previously described to you the manner in which an aged cattle water trough had become my Victory Garden, helping me discover a way to garden that overcame my back and leg disability. (See Victory Garden: Overcoming Disability. http://bit.ly/7DdEbL )
Continue reading "Victory Garden: A Lesson in Forgiveness" »
Posted on 12/19/2009 in Country Life, Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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When I was growing up in West Texas, and old man told this 10 year-old boy that an old Indian had given him a Weather Rock. It was round, discoid and approximately 3 inches thick and 7 inches in diameter.
That is hard for a boy to ignore, so, I bit the bait, and asked, "What is an Indian Weather Rock."
Continue reading "Indian Weather Rock Needed in Copenhagen" »
Posted on 12/18/2009 in Country Life, Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics, Science | Permalink | Comments (0)
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With all the legislation being passed and benefits extended regarding "Domestic Partners," have you wondered just what that is, and why someone needs these benefits?
Continue reading "How Do You Get Rid of a Domestic Partner?" »
Posted on 12/18/2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Federal Employee Domestic Partner Benefits
This week, the US Senate Committee approved benefits for Domestic Partners of Federal Employees.
Posted on 12/17/2009 in American Culture, Current Affairs, Economics, Family & Children, News Topics | Permalink | Comments (0)
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They work less. They produce nothing. They have become so Elite that they are no longer common, like Real Americans are.
Posted on 12/17/2009 in American Culture, Current Affairs, Economics, Family & Children, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Well, Sand Hill Friends, thanks for the good readership and the comments by email and on the blog. I enjoyed reading your Family Christmas Traditions, and will
Continue reading "This Week's Favorites, December 13, 2009" »
Posted on 12/13/2009 in American Culture, American History, Current Affairs, Family & Children, Homeschooling, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the LORD, and not unto men; knowing that of the LORD ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the LORD Christ. - Colossians 3:24
Posted on 12/12/2009 in Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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A few days ago, a friend, Dr. Debra Kowalski, a child psychiatrist I have known for over 30 years, did a guest blog for The Sand Hill Philosopher. In that post she talked about the importance of Family Traditions. This is how a young person learns where they came from, who their family is, and what the priorities are. Ultimately, they deduce
Posted on 12/12/2009 in American Culture, Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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This is too true to be funny.
The next time you hear a politician use the Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but try:
Posted on 12/11/2009 in American History, Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (2)
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A court has just shut-down a Charter School using a "Classical Curriculum". One of the major tools that is used in the "Classical Curriculum" is making sure that students have a very strong foundation in the Basics. Then they progress through Latin, Mathematics, Classical Literature and History, much of which is learned by the study of Original Documents.
While long a believer in this approach to education, for a better critique of this approach to education and curriculum please visit www.beehive5.blogspot.com .
Michael Medved mentioned today on his radio program that a judge has once again intervened to "save people from learning the Bible." Interestingly, this particular Classical Curriculum contains studies of the Bhagavad Gita (Hinduism), the Book of Mormon, the Code of Hammaraubi (the oldest known codex of written law, from Persia), Mohammad and Islam. Altogether, ten world religions are studied.
The Judge ruled that it was only the Bible that was a problem, and the school must either drop the Bible from the curriculum, change to another curriculum, or shut the school. This is just another example of Judicial Activism, and Judicial Bigotry.
Interestingly, the curriculum is not a "Sunday School Approach" to the Bible, but a study of its impact on culture, history and the fact that not only Christianity, but Judaism and Islam rely heavily upon the text for their religion, worldviews and customs. While the Bible is generally considered a marvelous book of literature in its own right, many classicists, including William Shakespeare, quoted it frequently. Abraham Lincoln once said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." That is a simple, profound statement, imbedded in our nation's history. Whether you are Christian or not, the import of the fact, and the clearness of expression can't be denied, even if you discover that Lincoln was quoting Jesus, speaking in Mark 3:25. These words had great impact, and directed minds to a worldview that brought an end to The Great War (US Civil War, 1861-1865).
Medved added that even though his own children attended an Orthodox Jewish High School, one of the best teachers in that school dedicated significant class time to the discussion of the Christian Doctrine referred to as "Calvinism". Was it to teach the Jews that they should become Calvinistic Christians, or Calvinistic Jews? No. It was so they could understand so much history that occurred during the Age of Reformation, and hundreds of years of politico-historical actions effecting the whole world, regardless of the student's own religion.
All religions have a worldview, which is largely drawn from their religious beliefs. By studying these religions, and worldviews, we will understand each other better. My sons all studied the Major World Religions: I'm glad they did.
Let me try to set aside my outrage over the Bible portion of the court ruling, and close by saying,
Regardless of your opinion of religion in general, your personal choice of religion, or even your denomination within one of the bodies, Don't you think that you will be better educated and understand where the other person is coming from, if you understand at least a little about where their worldview is coming from?
You can have knowledge without Faith.
Just Thinking, The Sand Hill Philosopher
This Blog Post: http://bit.ly/7lCUlo
Posted on 12/11/2009 in American Culture, American History, Books, Current Affairs, Family & Children, Hillsdale College, Homeschooling, News Topics, Politics, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Well, Sand Hill Friends, the Christmas Traditions are coming in, and this is the first one that I want to share. This friend recently was blessed to marry a (then) single father of three. They knew each other from college, and were married a little over two years ago. While trained as a teacher, and without previous family, I think a great blessing was given to her when the custodial mother allowed HER to be the children's daycare provider, and they still get all of the Dad's visitation and holiday time! Isn't God more gracious than we can conceive? She writes:
Posted on 12/10/2009 in American Culture, Economics, Family & Children, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The following is a blog post written by a friend from my first day in college at Texas Tech (Tuesday, September 5, 1978 (9:00am Biology Lab), who fought the battles of pre-med nights with me, and is now an Adolescent & Child Psychiatrist in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Continue reading "Christmas and Teens - Parenting with all the Pieces" »
Posted on 12/10/2009 in American Culture, Family & Children, Weblogs | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Rural Life is full of experiences that lead one to those sorts of maxims that can be applied over, and over, to a wide array of problems. Will Rogers claimed that that was what gave him such insight into human nature. Sitting on a porch watching the sunset, riding the plains on a good horse and saddle, or even digging postholes, gives you the time to reflect and figure out just went wrong, and how
Posted on 12/09/2009 in American Culture, Country Life, Family & Children | Permalink | Comments (0)
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As you are probably aware of by now, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made a unilateral decision to classify Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as a "poisonous" gas, and therefore subject to their regulation.
Continue reading "EPA Head Mistress Does Not Know Chemistry, or Other Stuff" »
Posted on 12/08/2009 in Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics, Science | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Continue reading "Why Isn't 'Common Courtesy' More Common?" »
Posted on 12/08/2009 in American Culture, Country Life, Family & Children, Hillsdale College, Homeschooling | Permalink
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Link to this article: http://bit.ly/2hH38p
When I was in medical school in Houston, 670 miles from Muleshoe,
Posted on 12/07/2009 in American Culture, Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics, Religion | Permalink
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Here are the posts that were most read this week, including two previous posts that continue to draw a lot of attention.
They are:
How YOU Can Stop Judicial Activism http://bit.ly/Stop_Judicial_Activism
What Everyone Needs to Know About Economics: Even You http://bit.ly/8UDPGb
Judicial "Highhandedness" Equals Jucidial Activism http://bit.ly/Judicial_Highhandedness
If Guns Kill People, Why Do People Go To Jail? http://bit.ly/54eIDP
Judge Needs Removed: Can Anyone Be "Too Religious"? http://bit.ly/6Pcgsx
These posts collectively represent three of this weeks most read articles, and the two top articles pulled by readers from previous weeks. If you missed them, don't let it happen again. You ought to at least know what others are learning about.
Just Thinking, The Sand Hill Philosopher
Posted on 12/06/2009 in Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics, Religion | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How hard do you have to look to see God? Consider a few examples of the simple (straightforward, always consistent) way in which God has arranged Creation:
Posted on 12/05/2009 in Books, Family & Children, Homeschooling, Religion, Science | Permalink | Comments (0)
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I have been shocked at many rulings, and have been an activist in pushing for the impeachment of judges who are guilty of "highhandedness", otherwise known as judicial activism, and, sometimes called, "ruling from the bench."
Continue reading "Judge Needs Removed: Can Anyone be "Too Religious"?" »
Posted on 12/04/2009 in American History, Current Affairs, Economics, Family & Children, Homeschooling, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Barbara Boxer, known for her brilliant mind, erudite learning and intimidating ability to express herself, is concerned about "stolen e-mails." J
In a taped interview, she expressed no concern about the lying scientists.
Posted on 12/03/2009 in Books, Current Affairs, Economics, News Topics, Politics, Science | Permalink | Comments (0)
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A current case worth watching for constitutionality and opportunity for Impeachment is the Federal Judge hearing the case of the GITMO prisoners. He has been pressured into taking the case by the Obama administration, and it belongs in a Military Court, or Tribunal. It also belonged there several years ago, however.
Continue reading "GITMO Judge: Constitution or Risk Impeachment ?" »
Posted on 12/03/2009 in American History, Current Affairs, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The early Father's of our Nation most frequently removed judges from office with a charge of "highhandedness."
By this term, they meant what we today call "Judicial Activism" or "Ruling from the Bench". In this abuse of power, the courts mistakenly usurp authority not granted to them in the United States Constitution, or when they misapply the Constitution, or any other law, thus rendering the law inapplicable to the type situation for which it was drafted.
Continue reading "Judicial "Highhandedness" Equals Judicial Activism" »
Posted on 12/02/2009 in American History, Current Affairs, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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It is often repeated that at a State Dinner in Britain, Winston Churchill had grown weary of the constant challenges of a woman sitting next to him. Churchill was finally overcome by the pinch of the seating arrangement and the woman's brash challenges to him, Mr. Churchill finally queried,
Continue reading "Winston Churchill Comments on Saturday Senate Vote" »
Posted on 12/01/2009 in Current Affairs, Economics, Medical Reform, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Many people hold the mistaken belief that a United States Supreme Court Justice cannot be impeached. As an introduction to the idea of cleaning our courts of Judicial Activism, I would like to first rid you of that notion. The Federal Judges, including the Supreme Court Justices, can, and have been impeached.
Continue reading "US Federal Judge William Blount Impeached" »
Posted on 12/01/2009 in American History, Books, Current Affairs, News Topics, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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