On a Fluke: A Cute Little iMac (G4 PowerPC)

I wrote this article to begin chronicling my experience in taking a Mac computer I knew almost nothing about from an inoperable state to a working unit. I found a lot of helpful websites and information along the way which I thought may be helpful to others. In the process, I learned a whole lot […]

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Oklahoma: Preliminary Returns Indicate that Fiscal Sanity has Reigned In Bartlesville BISD Spending — For Now!

Fiscal sanity reigns in Bartlesville -- both bonds failed to achieve 60% margin to 'pass'; there is still much work to be done to get our house in order so that all levels of government learn to live within their means. The school board needs to make some operational changes and listen to the people or they will need to be replaced in the days ahead.

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R3s: Total Donations by Active Military – 3Q YTD 2011 – Ron Paul Leads ALL

Total Donations by Active Military - 3Q YTD 2011 Ron Paul $113,739 Obama $68,661 Romney $11,555 all others less than $10k see graphic for more detail. R3publican.com H/T to RonPaulForums for graphic. Ron Paul is the military's "top tier" candidate.

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R3s: Ron Paul’s Honesty Is Courageous.

At [recent CNN] debate, Jim Cramer, in his sweaty, too-close-at-the-party way, asked Ron Paul the following question: I'm on the frontlines of the stock market. We were down 400 points today. We're not going to be done going down if this keeps going on, if Italy keeps -- the rates keep going up. Surely you must recognize that this is a moment-to-moment situation for people who have 401(k)s and IRAs on the line and you wouldn't just let it fail, just go away and take our banking system with it? Paul, totally unruffled by the "gotcha" question, answered directly from his convictions. No, you have to let it -- you have to let it liquidate. We've had -- we took 40 years to build up this worldwide debt. We're in a debt crisis never seen before in our history. The sovereign debt of this world is equal to the GDP, as ours is in this country. If you prop it up, you'll do exactly what we did in the depression, prolong the agony. If you do -- if you prop it up, you do what Japan has done for 20 years...

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R3s: A Special Thanksgiving Proclamation and a Blessing

When we pray for our nation this Thanksgiving Day, let our prayer be first that its people return to God; only then can our nation return to the government and freedoms that God blessed us with at it at its founding, wherein we recognized that all men have been endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.. It is only when we understand from whence our rights come that we can have the proper perspective on what are our political responsibilities as believers.

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R3s: Eye Candy – 2011 Ron Paul Straw Poll Results Thus Far

Special thanks to Miss Annie via Ron Paul Forums who says, "I think we can use a little bit of a reminder of how good things REALLY are going, in spite of the all of the medias efforts to black things out! Here are some straw poll results, tell me this doesn't make ya smile!"

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It’s official: Rick Perry to replace Eddie Murphy as host of the Oscars

There is one candidate who won’t have those problems. Ron Paul. While everybody else eats leftovers and watches the football game, his people, including the old people who have lost their hard earned savings from the past and the legions of young college students who have lost their futures will be waiting patiently in the snow to cast their vote of protest.

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