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Archive for March, 2010

William Augustus Bowles – Creek War Chief

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

After Galvez captured West Florida the British defenders of Pensacola were shipped off to Havana and thence to Long Island, where they would wait out the remainder of the “rebellion” in paroled status. What this meant was that they were forbidden to fight against Spain and her allies, but perfectly free to get back [...]

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Don’t Vote Like a Sheep

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

I wrote in a recent post about how Fox News garners the largest share of the cable news audience by preaching to them. Americans watch Fox News because it’s fun to watch. A close friend of mine, who is a liberal Democrat, watches Glenn Beck every day because he is so outrageously over [...]

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I got some feedback from my recent article on Brit Hume’s proselytizing on Fox News Sunday in January.  Few were willing to put their opinions “on the air” however.  The feedback did not appear on my website for all to see, but came in the form of Facebook messages, which are (presumably) private, and emails.
Criticism ranged [...]

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It has come to my attention that there are a couple places in the world claiming to have sand that is whiter than our beaches here on the Emerald Coast.  I take issue with that, and would like to settle the matter.  Since I’ve only had 350 readers of my blog so far, [...]

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