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Quote of the Week

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; …. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they … Continue reading →

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Those Who’ve Gone Before

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Don Merritt

It sure is easy to think that nobody has ever lived through the trials and tribulations that we go through, and yet many have done so. Some times we might think that our modern age is so vastly different that … Continue reading →

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You Never Can Tell

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Don Merritt

No sir, you really can’t tell! Take a look at this young man; go ahead, look closely. I wonder how old he is here, and what sort of a young man he was, I wonder what ever became of him… … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Don Merritt

“It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.” — Friedrich A. Hayek

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Don Merritt

“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. “ — Will Rogers

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Photographic Musings

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Don Merritt

Have you ever looked at an old photograph of someone… really looked at it? I don’t just mean to notice that they dressed differently than we do or to give it a glance as though they aren’t really normal people, I … Continue reading →

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Modern Conveniences

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Don Merritt

In 2004 we were shopping for a new house, and I am including two photos we took in one of the houses that we considered. Sadly, this one was not the one that we ultimately bought… In the photo above … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.” Frederic Bastiat

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Quote of the Week

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Don Merritt

“Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.” Thomas Jefferson,

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Quote of the Week

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Don Merritt

“He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” Thomas Paine Something to think about…