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  Paul Revere – Courage in the Face of Danger My new freedom friend, Drew Jensen, suggested that I highlight a portion of the famous poem, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” on my blog today.  Written in 1860 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, t...

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  Freedom and Politics – A Virtual Cornucopia of Knowledge and Insight I exchanged emails this evening with a deep thinking, dedicated freedom fighter, Drew Jensen, who has assembled a vast array of documents and links on the subject of freedom and politics, on his aptly...

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  A Dearth of Leadership Dearth: “an inadequate supply; scarcity; lack” When I grew up on a small southern Idaho farm, we didn’t have television in our home.  But I remember the time in 1962,  when, as an anxious n...

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  What a Way to Present the Flag! It’s late, but I must share one more video, this one referred to me by my wife, whose Facebook status today proclaimed, “ Claudia Dixon loves the red, white, and blue and all it stands for.” I believ...

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  Better Keep In Touch! I’m not sure how much this cowboy poem has to do with Freedom, but I got a kick out of it when my good friend John Olsen sent it my way.  I don’t know who wrote poem, or how old it really is.&#16...

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  In God We Still Trust Thanks for my good friend John Olsen for pointing out this uplifting video from Diamond Rio, “In God We Still Trust.”  Sorry that you can’t play it directly on this site.  If you click on th...

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  Word of the Day: Tricorn Every day, an email message from Visual Thesaurus drops in my email box with an interesting Word of the Day.  Today’s word was tricorn, in honor of Independence Day: “The children's song ...

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  Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand … In a stirring, impromptu, a cappella performance, an attendee at a Tea Party shares his love of freedom by singing the fourth verse of The Star Spangled Banner.   The lyrics he sang so powerfull...

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  Red, White and Blue for Independence Day Some of my dear family members celebrated Independence day by dressing the part – Red, White and Blue through and through. Cloe dazzles us with her big smile.  Too bad Gramps’s photo-taking skil...

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  RIP John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Thanks to my good friend Arnie Kuenn for reminding Twitterdom today that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day 184 years ago today – July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of...

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  Sparklers for the First Time Happy Independence Day!  We’ve had a busy day with church and family today, so I am just finding time to post a few of my feelings about independence and freedom on this site.  I will share ...

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