Watch this! Do it! 
Feel rebellious? 
The House opened its session this morning by reading the Constitution. 
Bristol Palin and her dance coach/partner Mark Ballas
9/11 is a good day to read the speech Geert Wilders gave to an audience at the New York Four Seasons in 2008. Not familiar with Geert Wilders? Freedom loving people all over the world should read his work. Here's Wilder's web site and here is his message to Muslims. Please give his web site a few minutes of your time this 9/11 weekend.
Update 9/12/10: Geert Wilders speaks at 9/11 Rally of Remembrance in NYC. Did you even know about this huge rally? This is how a president of the United States should speak about his country.
Everyday we get out of bed and head out into the mix of things going on in our part of the world and we do the best we can with whatever presents itself that day. Most people we know are doing the same thing. You have too. But the future is looking pretty bleak for those who dare to look; the monstrous global debt, the bureaucratization and czarification of the great United States of American, instability in every aspect of our lives. These current conditions are gnawing away at nearly everyone's ability to make a living. So what do you do? Really, what do you do? I'm asking. We drove out to the little farm town of Wilbur, Wa and ate a big, yummy, juicy hamburger with a towering side of greasy french fries. That felt pretty good at the time. There may come a day when the fat czar will have you arrested for eating a meal like that, but for now you still can.
Our Founding Fathers and the people they represented wanted to get the world back on proper course and create a government that protects, by law, people's rights to be free, to pursue happiness and prosper. This is what humans are here for. This country was to be a shining example to all others. The document our Founders sent to King George, defining man's God-given rights, was and still is one of the greatest ever written. Another one is our Constitution. (That came later) Read the Declaration of Independence and you will know the word of God reasoned by a group of the smartest men on the planet at the time, maybe of all time so far. The governmental structure they put in place and approved by the citizens, set free a powerful force for good. People around the world, who understand and promote these inalienable rights, celebrate with us today. This powerful, loving force has done more to improve the lives of humans and all living things on this planet than any other method. We must stand proud. 
We are all tightening our belts in these times of economic tribulation, well nearly all of us. There is one among us that has landed a dream job that allows him to live it up on the taxpayer teat. That, of course, is Barack Obama. As a Montana boy, I grew up with a term that meant indulgence beyond expectation, "livin high on the hog". It simply meant that someone was affording themselves the sweeter meats. For example, having crates of lobster flown in to Belgrade, Montana for a well staged town meeting that was well populated by ACORN and SEIU individuals. I'm from Montana, and the first thing I said when footage of the crowd was shown was,"Those aren't Montanan's". If Obama was really a man of the people that he claims to be, he would done in Greece as the Greeks do, have some incredible Montana beef with real Montanans. It seems that the only worthy Americans in Barack's eyes are cynical socialists and communists that are bent on the destruction of our long held principles and the rest of us can just "eat cake". Any man that can claim to be in support of the little guy and treats himself and cohorts like royalty is not a man pure of heart, far from it.
The Skirt is still feeling feisty. Did you read P. J. O'Rourke's excellent piece in the Wall Street Journal? A customer told us about it. 
Roll on, Americans. 
Whew! The Skirt finished "Atlas Shrugged" over the weekend. Actually, I still have one chapter to finish, "This is John Galt Speaking." I'm not sure I can get through it. (Sorry) I was thinking John Galt was this attractive man of action and few words until I came up on that chapter. Yes, "Atlas Shrugged" is a long book, yes some of the male characters lean toward hysteria and you can get a little uncomfortable reading it, and yes, at times it's old-fashioned and strange up against our technologification, but there is a reason people are discovering it again after all these years, it's still relevant. If you are still on the fence about what intrusive governmental policies and misguided press and citizenry can do to your God given liberties read Ayn Rand's novel. See what can happen when people don't speak up and fight back. Humans are here on earth to pursue their individual rights to live and acquire property. Think about it. 
The Skirt's copy of Atlas Shrugged arrived today, all 1168 pages and two 1/2 pounds of it. There has been a lot of talk recently about the book. A capitalist pig we follow said reading it will change your life. That intrigued me enough to want to read it. So, if you call or stop by the shop over the next few weeks, I'll probably have my nose stuck in it. By the way, there are long waiting lists for the book at most public libraries across the country.
We watched In the Shadow of the Moon this weekend, an unpretentious documentary about NASA's Apollo program. The movie consists of skillfully edited archive footage and interviews with some of the Apollo astronauts. It all unfolds in a relaxed, casual pace, but you can't shake this sense of danger, even though you know how it turned out. These crazy guys seemed to just take the danger part all in stride. I guess that's why they had "the right stuff." Put this movie on your list and watch for the unexpected and more pleasing part of the storytelling from astronaut Mike Collins, the man who orbited around the moon when Armstrong and Aldrin went off to stardom. Most touching is each man's soulful perspective of life on Earth upon his return. Mankind used to do such fascinating things. It makes you think about all the ridiculous stuff we are mired in these days. God help us.
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