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Higher Ed IT Professional by vocation. Historian by education. Theologian by avocation.

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Great Moments in April Fools Day History

April 1, 2013

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A Supreme Court Verdict We Can All Love

March 28, 2013

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That Ain't Country: The Rise and Fall of the Dixie Chicks

March 22, 2013

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February 13, 2013

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That Power Outage Was Obviously Fishy, Right?

February 4, 2013

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Obama Lies; Obama Despises You. So, Nothing New There, Then

January 22, 2013

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How Many of You are Married?

December 28, 2012

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Re: Great Moments in April Fools Day History

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"He's tanned, rested, and ready. Nixon '92."

Like it could've been any worse than the circus we had with Bubba & Big Ears...

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April 1, 2013 at 8:39pm ·
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Re: A Supreme Court Verdict We Can All Love

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Jennykins: As a proud Hoosier whose youngest child currently attends Purdue University, I can attest to the fact that the public square's loss is definitely Purdue's gain. Mitch Daniels has already sent parents and students a letter stating that Purdue will freeze tuition and fees for the next two years, and he's challenged EVERY department, dean, professor, and faculty member to actively look for ways in which to save 1-2% in spending. He's also cutting out merit raises for the next two years for any faculty member making more than $50,000 a year.

First, thanks for sending your kid to Purdue - my paycheck appreciates it. ;)

Second, the part of your post that I've bolded is incorrect. The merit raise freeze is for "senior administrators, deans, and administrative and professional staff" making > $50K/yr. Mitch is all about admin bloat thus far...

Mitch has been very clear about making nice with the faculty at WL, and that he's not looking to save $$$ at their (and thus, the students') expense. Considering how much grant money some/many of the faculty bring in, it's not all that bad a strategy.

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Re: That Ain't Country: The Rise and Fall of the Dixie Chicks

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Fricosis Guy: I saw your tweet, then couldn't stop reading the piece on my mobile at nearly midnight.

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Yup, me too.

Great piece of writing & a surprisingly fascinating topic - lots of layers & good food/object lessons for thought...

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Re: Please comment on this thread...

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Engaged in some DVR-enabled time shifting. Can't say I remember exactly what we watched, but I can say that we enjoyed it more than anything POTUS/SOTU related...

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Re: Rewriting History

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Future Historiography will bear out that the Academy went off the beam, and did it quickly, drawn (pushed?) by the politicized siren song of Social History's fetid offspring.

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Re: The Emperor Has No Clothes

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Mr Tall

BrentB67: Liberals hear: The deficit is exploding, we have to get it under control it takes 500,000+ years to count to $16Trillion, the only way to solve the problem is a flat tax with a rate of around 75%.

I doubt it -- the flat tax is anathema to liberals; 'progressive' taxation is a cornerstone of their economic belief system.

I think what they hear is this: 'This rich 1% doctor is a hypocrite "Christian" quoting God to advocate a flat tax because it would benefit him. What is there in his resume we can exploit to take him down before anyone hears what he's saying?' · _{18 hours ago}

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Obama couldn't help but react when Carson stated that taxation wasn't supposed to hurt the guy who just dumped $1 billion into the pot. That flinch surely indicated that he (and so many on the left) believes that taxation is meant to be punitive & hurtful to those who don't toe the ideological line...

Priceless!

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February 8, 2013 at 10:11pm ·
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Re: That Power Outage Was Obviously Fishy, Right?

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Nice job, Brownie!

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Re: Free Speech is the Enemy

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Conservatives believe we have Freedom to do; Progressives believe we must have freedom from what others might do. Conservative Freedom celebrates the individual; Progressive Freedom enshrines the collective. Conservative Freedom takes risks; Progressive Freedom shuns danger. · _{18 hours ago}

Gospel freedom vs. Law freedom

All very fascinating in its insidiousness, showing how common words yield differing languages & meanings...

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Re: Obama Lies; Obama Despises You. So, Nothing New There, Then

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Barkha Herman: I am still morning the complete loss of rain forests, predicted in the 70s and 80s... · _{32 minutes ago}

Don't forget the population explosion that killed them!

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Re: How Many of You are Married?

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Married.

22 y/o. (married a 19 y/0)

23 yrs. (just celebrated on 12/23)

2 kids.

note: from my nuclear family I was the oldest to marry - parents were 18 & 20 (dad older than mom), and older sister was 21. all are still married (parents 55 yrs & bigsis 34 yrs) & all are Ricochet-level conservative, fwiw...