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Here are a few Cajun words and sayings you may hear when visiting Louisiana extracted from here. Allons [Al lohn]: Let’s go. Ça c’est bon (Sa say bohn): That’s good. Ça va (Sa va): That’s enough. C’est tout (Say too): That’s all. Cher [sha]: A term of endearment usually used with women, similar to ‘dear’ […]
Continue ReadingThe Umbrella – a touching story On a rainy afternoon, a group of protesters were gathered outside the grocery store handing out pamphlets on the evils of America. I politely declined to take one. There was an elderly woman behind me and a young (20-ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The […]
Continue ReadingJames Mattis: 15 Quotes from Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pick from Breitbart’s article here. by JOHN HAYWARD 2 Dec 201668 Retired Marine Corps General James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, is one of the most quotable figures in modern public life. He rarely gives a speech without saying something that should be emblazoned on coffee mugs, or in […]
Continue Reading“Contract with the American Voter” policies detailed by Trump: Propose a Constitutional Amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress Institute a hiring freeze on all federal employees to reduce federal workforce through attrition (exempting military, public safety, and public health) Require for every new federal regulation, two existing regulations must be eliminated. […]
Continue ReadingIn Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling about the lineup of speakers scheduled to present during the weekend. […]
Continue ReadingReceived by email 12/22/2015 from NRA-ILA Texas Attorney General Releases Numerous Opinions Affecting Carry Licensees; Open Carry Law Set to Take Effect on January 1 On Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) released four opinions relating to the ability to carry on campus and individuals with Licenses to Carry (LTCs, formerly known as Concealed Handgun […]
Continue Reading“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the […]
Continue ReadingFrom a small book entitled, “Reflections on Pearl Harbor” by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Sunday, December 7th, 1941–Admiral Chester Nimitz was attending a concert in Washington D.C. He was paged and told there was a phone call for him. When he answered the phone, it was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.He told Admiral Nimitz that he (Nimitz) […]
Continue ReadingThe phrase was a motto of the Texas revolution. It’s said that when the Persian emperor Xerxes demanded King Leonidas and his Spartan army of 300 men lay down their arms and surrender at the battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas replied “Molon Labe,” which is Greek for “Come and take [them].” Pronounced: mo-lone lah-veh
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