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Money doesn’t grow on trees. Or does it?

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Thought occurred to me recently concerning the size of the national debt. Follow me for a minute.

There are roughly 250,000 leaves on a typical tree. Found this out by googling it. In addition there are typically 350 trees per acre in a mature forest.

250000
X 350
87500000

Ok, so we have 87.5 million leaves per acre.

Next we have 640 acres per square mile.

87500000
X 640
56000000000

This gives us 56 Billion leaves per square mile.

Now as a part time resident (and native) I knew WV has about 25000 square miles. Turns out 24231 is exactly the right answer.

56000000000
X 24231
1356936000000000

1356 Trillion leaves. That’s a [...]

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Why Repeal ObamaCare?

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Why do we think the American Drive In should focus on ObamaCare when there are so many other problems that need attention?

Here are a few points to consider:

In the past, the big government, statist, RINO types have been all too happy to see us fractured into 5 or 10 different issues. It is easy to distract away from their poor performance if they can point to the five things they voted for, while accomplishing none of them. By focusing on ObamaCare, a single issue, there can be no doubt how each Representative and Senator votes. Most Americans agree we need to stop excessive spending, lower taxes, control illegal immigration, balance the budget, repeal financial reform and more; ObamaCare, more [...]

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The REAL problem with airport security

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and with financial reform, and health care, and Social Security, and MediCare/caid, and terrorism is this;

We have a government that thrives by driving us with fear. If they can scare us, they get more power. It is like a Pavlovian parlor trick.

Create FEAR = get POWER.

etc, etc, ad nauseum.

It is not that these problems (the supposed underlying problem) don’t all have some risks associated with them. Poverty, injury, death. But the government has a vested interested in overblowing the danger in order to get us to release power to them. In fact, all too often, we DEMAND they take the power and do something.

We will never be free as long as [...]

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I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry

Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.

It is on their shoulders we [...]

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Will America always be free?Will America always be free?

Seems like every time I turn around I hear or read somebody saying America will get through this current crisis. Or Obama’s socialist debauchery or Romney’s Progressive activities. That the American Spirit is indomitable. It will always shine through, waters will part, the sun will shine, liberty will prevail, Gawd will never let America fall no matter how far she um, er, falls?!!!

These are the people who in the 90’s said it was a new economy and the markets would now always go up.

I disagree with the premise that somehow as Americans we are immune to the march of history. I hear “We will never long surrender our freedoms!!!” Really?

If we compare America of 1809 with America of 2009, [...]

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Money doesn’t grow on trees. Or does it?

Why Repeal ObamaCare?

The REAL problem with airport security

I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry

Will America always be free?Will America always be free?