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I Don't Drink The Kool-Aid. For Anybody.

In Defense of the Boycotters

By Byron / July 23, 2012 /

I recognized the older gentleman in jeans as one of our “semi-regulars” (definition: I have a decent idea of what he’ll order, but unlike our actual regulars, I don’t really know for sure) when he walked into the store this morning. “This will be my last dollars spent at Chick-fil-A”, he said, and then proceeded…

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What Huffington Wouldn't Post

By Byron / July 19, 2012 /

Here, without amendment, is the original post I sent to the Huffington Post in response to this article on Chick-fil-A (Note: I’m sending the response I tried to get posted, which I had to edit a tad at the end, because apparently they have a word limit; nothing significant is changed from what I wrote.…

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Trading Freedom for Security

By Byron / June 30, 2012 /

“He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.” – attributed to Ben Franklin This is the quintessential answer to supporters of Obamacare.

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As Long as We Can Keep It

By Byron / June 28, 2012 /

It was the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September, 1787, and expectations were running high. Having worked long and hard at crafting the document, and emerging from the room, Benjamin Franklin was asked by an anxious citizen, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” Came the response from…

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Here's the Truth about the Republican Nomination

By Byron / February 15, 2012 /

Conservatives just don’t want Flip Flopney to be the nominee. Period. Now, that may not sound like news, and I guess in one sense it isn’t, but there seems to be no clearer storyline about this entire (sordid, sorry) process than the fact that Republicans, right or wrong, seem to be searching for somebody, anybody,…

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