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Demolish the IRS…Vote for Huckabee!

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Look carefully and you’ll see my decorated windshield for Huckabee!  If you’re a Huckabee supporter, decorating your windshield is a great way to spread the word. Taxes generate revenue to keep our government functioning.  I don’t dispute the need for a people to submit to taxation for the public good…what I do object to is the current method of taxation.  It is antiquated and confusing. It is ironic that one of the most complicated pieces of legislation in the history of the US was started by one of the shortest amendments to the US Constitution.  Amendment 16 states: The Congress … Continue reading Demolish the IRS…Vote for Huckabee!

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Rising or Setting Sun?

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After four long months spent haggling over what is now the most important document in our country’s history — the U.S. Constitution — George Washington stood up from his chairman’s chair and walked over to sign his name.  As he stood up, the back of the chair was visible.  It was hand-carved with a design of a sun that was either rising or setting.  As Benjamin Franklin looked at the now-empty chair, he said: I have often looked at that (sun) behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting, but now….I have the happiness … Continue reading Rising or Setting Sun?

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This Homeschooler is still for Huckabee

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This post is a rebuttal to a 3-part post against Huckabee by SpunkyHomeschooler, another homeschooler. Before reading my discourse, you might want to read hers. It can be found here. A friend sent me the link to her site. I have only been homeschooling for one-and-a-half years. Before I had my daughter, I taught in a Texas public school for three years. I loved my students with every ounce of my being; teaching was an emotional roller coaster. They came from homes and backgrounds that I could not possibly relate to — 97 percent of the students in our school … Continue reading This Homeschooler is still for Huckabee