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Friday, August 06, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: HARD BEING A LIBERAL WHEN FACED WITH REALITY

Thanks to an article on the Internet, I think that I have finally figured out why liberals have such a chip on their shoulder; why they prefer to shout conservatives…...

Monday, August 02, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: JUDGING CHARACTER AND THE GINGHAM DRESS

I received several comments on the last story I told so I decided to tell another one. This story is called, “The Gingham Dress” and it is a true story,…...

Friday, July 30, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: FREEDOM, FIRST PRINCIPLES, AND TEA PARTY LIES

As the Tea Party movement in America becomes more and more important, those who don’t understand it or are afraid of its growing strength, ie..liberal politicians and the liberal media,…...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

JOEL SWANSON:  GOD BLESSED US WITH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS

It is impossible to discuss our founding fathers without being in awe of what they accomplished. How did so many, obviously brilliant, like-minded, freedom-loving, God-fearing, and committed men, come together…...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: OBAMA AND MEDIA SHILLING FOR ILLEGALITY

Well, the Obama Administration “acted stupidly” again last week. On direct orders from the President, a team of Justice Department lawyers flew to Phoenix and filed a lawsuit challenging the…...

Friday, July 02, 2010

JOEL SWANSON; AMERICA, COMPLACENT IN COMFORT ON JULY 4?

Information for today’s Commentary is taken from the June 24th issue of The Patriot Post. Founding Father James Madison wrote “The people of the United States owe their independence and…...

Monday, June 21, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: GOD’S AUTHOR OF AMERICAN FREEDOM

In honor of the approach of the 4th of July, my comment today is again about the Constitution of the United States. It is easy these days for us to…...

Friday, June 11, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: BEARING ARMS

  I am certainly not a “Constitutional Scholar”, or anything close to it; but I do know that the Second Amendment to our Constitution gives us, the Citizens of the…...

Friday, June 04, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: LOVING OUR FLAG

June 14th is Flag Day; and almost everywhere you look this week, especially this coming weekend, you will see the American Flag, “Old Glory”, “The Stars and Stripes”; whatever you…...

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: MARRIAGE AND ABANDONING AUTHORITY

My wife and I just celebrated our wedding anniversary. I won’t tell you which one, but suffice it to say that we have now been married twice as long as…...

Monday, May 24, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: MEMORIAL DAY

Benjamin Franklin said that “The way to be safe is never to be secure.” In order to stay free, we must always be on guard; ever vigilant.   As we…...

Monday, May 10, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: THE FIGHTING SIOUX HONOR

I am one of those people who has always thought that when a high school, college or professional sports team had a Native American name and logo, that it was…...

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

JOEL SWENSON: THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

They call themselves the Red River Freethinkers! Well, they’re half right. They are from the Fargo Red River area, and I assume they are not incarcerated, so that makes them…...

Monday, April 26, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: REAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA

You might think it’s a little strange, but I have a favorite judge. His name is Bill Young, and he is a U.S. District Court Judge. He has been my…...

Monday, April 19, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: TEA PARTY AS PATRIOTIC DUTY

The Tea Party means different things to different people. To some Americans, it is simply a “populist protest movement that promotes fiscal conservatism”. To others, the Tea Party is a…...

Monday, April 05, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: UPHOLD AND DEFEND

When he or she is sworn into office, every elected federal official in the United States, including the President raises his or her hand and swears to “uphold and defend…...

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: NORTH DAKOTA’S THREE AMIGOS…. REPRESENTING HARRY, NANCY AND BARACK?

An editorial in the Fargo Forum says that North Dakotans should be “disappointed in Representative Earl Pomeroy and Senators Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad for going against the sentiments of…...

Friday, March 19, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: 1969 AND WOODSTOCK

I recently watched bits and pieces of a documentary about the “Baby Boomer” Generation, of which I, like many of you, am a member in good standing.  According to Tom…...

Friday, March 12, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: THE COST OF FREEDOM LOST

If you would ask 10 different people what freedom is? What freedom means to them? You would most likely get 10 different answers. That is the beauty of the meaning…...

Friday, March 05, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION

While China seems to be taking the world lead in another new category every day; there is one category where the United States is catching up to the Chinese; the…...

Thursday, February 25, 2010

JOEL SWANSON: SUCH A THING AS A GOOD POLITICIANS?

Is there such a thing as a “Good Politician”?  Or, is a politician, by definition, innately a self-serving, know-it-all, in league with the devil?  The approval rating of our politicians…...

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