Independence Day

You have got to be kidding me.

Published on April 14, 2020 by Marica

So I signed up to take an online course from Hillsdale College. (I do this from time to time.) This is a special opportunistic course offering from Hillsdale, Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution. More crappy old stuff. I was scrolling through the syllabus– standard stuff. A bit too much from that

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Happy Independence Day! Grievances Survey

Published on July 4, 2019 by Marica

An annotated Declaration of Independence is here, complete with what prompted the inclusion of each Grievance. As I could not figure out how to embed a real survey, we will do this the old fashioned way. Please use the Comments to answer the following three questions. Thanks! Which of the Grievances is your favorite? Which

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The Grievances– Final Edition: #27 of 27

Published on July 4, 2019 by Marica

Originally posted July 3, 2013. Thomas Jefferson & Co. presented The Grievances in ascending order of importance. Taxation without Consent was #17. In TJ’s mind then, Taxation without Representation wasn’t the worst of what the American People– a people whose heritage of freedom dated to the Magna Carta– had endured under the reign of King

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That is final.

Published on July 4, 2019 by Marica

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The Grievances: Things that Could Never Happen Now

Published on July 3, 2019 by Marica

Originally posted July 3, 2013. Reformatted. As just a reminder, “TL;DR” will not be published in the comments. This is the history of your country, for crying out loud! but are interesting historical notes. Can you imagine having to house troops in your barn? Or being denied the right to a trial by jury? Or

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The Grievances: A Classic

Published on July 3, 2019 by Marica

Originally posted July 2, 2013. Reformatted. Contemporary commentary, if any, in blue. Grievance 17 of 27 For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent [From The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War (Walter Lord, Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1960). How anyone could refer to the years that brought us the

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The Grievances: Swarms! (minor update)

Published on July 2, 2019 by Marica

In late June, 2013, I began my “study” of the Grievances. Originally published June 30, 2013. Contemporary commentary in blue. And no– I do not want to see one singe TL;DR in comments. 😉 As I mentioned the other day, I thought I might study The Grievances— the 27 specific gripes the Colonists had with

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The Grievances

Published on July 1, 2019 by Marica

Originally published June 28, 2018. Reformatted. Contemporary commentary in blue. Every American knows by heart how the Declaration of Independence begins. When in the Course of Human Events… I cannot recall what the circumstances were exactly six years ago, nor can I recall my state of mind, and I’m not inclined to go looking. But

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What lies in between

Published on July 1, 2019 by Marica

Some years ago I studied The Grievances– the middle part of the Declaration of Independence. In the coming days, I will repost my reports of those studies with contemporary commentary. Also– SueK sent a recipe and I little story which I am also going to post tomorrow if she says it’s okay– stay tuned. Missy

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And Speaking of Joseph Warren… | I Laughed So Hard I Almost Cried

Published on June 5, 2019 by Marica

Originally published June 12, 2013; formatting updated A bit of background about why I found this article so so so funny… . Yesterday I had occasion to learn a bit about Joseph Warren, who among other things, helped craft the Suffolk Resolves of 1774 which denounced Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. Paul Revere carried

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An Experiment

Published on July 4, 2017 by Marica

Was it an experiment designed to test a hypothesis, or one to identify underlying variables? I think the former. It was inevitable. You could see it coming from the western frontier.

It’s July 2nd

Published on July 2, 2017 by Marica

Insert some history. Search: Independence Day

Don’t you?
Love this blog?
Do you think I could monetize myself?
…
No.
So Mr. Big Food and and have been talking about being frugal.
Like saving your chicken broth.

I carry a Hungarian knife

Published on August 13, 2016 by Marica

and a .357 snub nose. Link via Instapundit.com. 🙂

In other news

Published on July 30, 2016 by Marica

I have been hopefully– wishful thinkingly– thinking that I’d vote Libertarian. Pardon my language for just one minute but… How the hell do you take a moment in time when a serious advocate of Liberty and Freedom might have made a point or two– might have perked up and ear or two as Good Old

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Marica Cooks Monday Tuesday

Published on July 5, 2016 by Marica

It will be a cold supper again. More as the story develops. In other news, I ran a stop sign on my way home from Starkvegas this morning. And now I’m going to violate federal law by using this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling. AND THEN I’m gonna replace that burnt out

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The circumstances of Life

Published on July 4, 2016 by Marica

I touched on our particular circumstances the other day. Rest in Peace, Nana. If you are a praying sort, please pray for Jordan and his family. I knew her only through Daughter C and the J-Man. Sometimes, things just don’t align. I wish I’d known her personally. And I wish the J-Man and Tony had

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Final

Published on July 4, 2016 by Marica

“About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very

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