Beautiful Tribute

If you did not have the opportunity to see the State Funeral service last night for former President Ford, you missed a most touching tribute by our current Vice President and Ford’s former Chief of Staff, Dick Cheney. You can read the full speech at the White House.gov site, but here is just a bit [...]

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And The Winner Is…

2007 Ford Focus SES in “Liquid Grey Metallic” with the safety package! (I think our oldest is a little jealous because this is sportier than the Taurus that is now her car!) We are so happy with the lease deal that we are seriously considering trading in our Jeep Cherokee for the Ford Fusion! We [...]

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Ding Dong, the Butcher’s Dead

Michael Ramirez – Townhall

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Keep An Eye On Them

No, not your children, your husbands! Here is an e-mail from my step-mother and it’s a hoot! I’m sure that some of my readers will have either experienced this embarrassing behavior in a loved one or may have done these things themselves and yes, I’m thinking of you, Stew! Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are retired. [...]

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New Cars

It’s been over four months that I’ve pretty much been without a car (that’s when our oldest got her license) so, we’re looking to lease a new car. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and research and would like to get some input from people who may be currently driving a new car and [...]

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Gerald R. Ford

Gerald R. Ford – 1913-2006 Tonight America lost a good man. Gerald R. Ford, known as “the accidental President” died Tuesday, December 26th, at the age of 93. He was not elected to either of his highest offices. He was appointed to the Vice Presidency after Spiro Agnew stepped down because of scandal. Then, just [...]

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Wednesday Hero – 12/27/06

Every once and awhile I’ll do a Wednesday Hero that doesn’t profile a single soldier. Sometimes it’s been two or three from the same unit, sometimes it’s been an entire group of soldiers like the Navajo Code Talkers. I even did an organization once, Operation Iraqi Children. This weeks Wednesday Hero is one of those [...]

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Quote for the New Year

“Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.” Theodore Roosevelt From a speech at The Groton School, Groton, MA, May 24, 1904

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Blessings of Christmas

Christ Child and Angels by Marianne Stokes May the blessings of Christmas be upon you and yours!

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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve by Gustave Dore. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Let your heart be light Next year, All our troubles will be out of sight Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the yuletide gay Next year all our troubles will be miles away Once again as in [...]

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