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Ignorance in America
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This little ditty http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx is making the rounds right now, typically forwarded by a knuckle-dragging right wing whacko (as opposed to the left-wing knuckle-dragging whackos) to demonstrate how ignorant people are today of their “heritage”. I took this quiz and was horrified at the number of flat-out wrong answers. (absent the questions with no right […]
Posted by neonjohn on November 24th, 2008 under Current Events, Government, Philosophy | 6 Comments »
Fire Wood the easy way or….
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Your looking at an interesting picture. It shows a number of things. How to get firewood without working How your government wastes money How to heat your cabin for a couple of years for free. What you see on the left is my GMC/Izuzu medium duty truck fill to capacity with firewood. A closeup so […]
Posted by neonjohn on November 17th, 2008 under BBQ and Food, Cool Stuff, Energy, Government | 3 Comments »
What they’re fighting against
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I don’t normally write about politics (and never partisan politics) but a couple of things I’ve run across in my web surfing absolutely demand comment. The first is this video taken by the cowardly towelhead terrorists who also fired the shot. In this video you see a couple of GIs conducting routine security operations. As […]
Posted by neonjohn on March 25th, 2008 under Current Events, Government | Comment now »
Requiem for a forest.
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Dateline: Tellico Plains, TN, Cherokee National Forest I’m sitting here in deep shock. A little while ago I returned from a drive up to State Line and back (about 5 miles to the NC border where there used to be a nice campground.) My first trip up this year. I can’t believe what I’ve just […]
Posted by neonjohn on May 31st, 2007 under Government, RV/Camping | 4 Comments »