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A Border Wall and Robert Frost

March 23, 2019February 21, 2019 Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE

Mending Wall Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun,

Sunday Morning Opera: Black History Month – Part I

February 10, 2019February 3, 2019 Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, Music, OPERA, Racism

Once upon a time there was an episode of Bonanza about the good people of Virginia City engaging the top opera singer of the

Do I Look This Stupid?

February 6, 2019February 3, 2019 Ancient, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Meteorology, Roman, SCIENCE, Scotland, Tsunami, Victoriana, Vulcanology

First published on February 3, 2014 Think Progress has a headline that screams, UK’s January Flooding Surpasses all 247 Years of Data on the

Understanding Henry VIII

February 5, 2019February 3, 2019 Anglican, Catholic, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Pope Francis 2

First published on February 18, 2017 I never truly understood the disgust Henry VIII had for the Vatican, for refusing to abdicate its role

The Lasting Power of Hollywood

January 4, 2019January 3, 2019 20th Century US, American, Classic Hollywood, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, MAIN PAGE, Music, Terror, World War II

First published on May 23, 2018. Let’s get one thing perfectly clear. It doesn’t matter what one’s nationality or patriotic leanings are, the most

Online Censorship

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Abuse, Antifa, Bigotry, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Fighting Pedophiles, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, Pedophiles, Racism

New Year’s Eve is one of those times when we like to look back and see what is going on in our world, and

The Duplicity of the Left

December 29, 2018December 28, 2018 Barack Obama, Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, ECONOMY, Historial Ignorance, IMMIGRATION, MAIN PAGE

First published on June 19, 2018. What kind of a parent is so abusive they would allow their children to be put in a

The Feast of Stephen

December 26, 2018December 25, 2018 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY

From the Chambers Book of Days: Born:Gulielmus Xylander, translator of the classics, 1532, Augsburg; Thomas Gray, poet, 1716, Cornhill, London. Died:Antoine Houdart de in

The Christ Was a Refugee Canard

December 21, 2018December 20, 2018 Ancient, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Roman

One more time… First published on December 28, 2017. In order to make people who oppose allowing certain individuals of the Islamic faith, with

Cat Haters Out in Force Ignoring Damage Birds Do & Feral Dog Problems

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 CATS, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Family, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL 2

First published on January 30, 2013. The day after Christmas, here in New Mexico an 8 year old boy was killed by feral dogs.

Cheesy Christmas Movies

December 8, 2018December 7, 2018 Art, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

Originally published on December 21, 2014 During the month I basically stayed with my mother, with only 2 days of relief, she spent much

Bias & the Sanctimonious Progressive Mind

December 5, 2018December 4, 2018 Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL

First published December 15, 2015. The other week or so I was on Twitter, first stating ‘If we dare say we dislike ‘happy holidays’

My First Annual the Holy Family Were Not Refugees Rant of the Season

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 Ancient, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Pope Francis, Revisionism, Roman

Once again it’s the time of year where the concept of the Holy Family’s journey into Egypt is being classified in such a way

I Detest Historical Stupidity and Ignorance

November 24, 2018November 23, 2018 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY

What totally pisses me off is when people compare MY Mayflower, Mary & John, and so forth and so on with today’s low-life, migrant,

Hooked on History

November 19, 2018November 18, 2018 American, American Revolution, Ancient, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Henry VIII, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Medical, OK Corral, Roman, SCIENCE, Wild West, WYATT EARP

Being hooked on trying to prove the historical viability of Arthur is as obsessive as playing with Wyatt Earp. They’re both the same person.

Tomorrow We Vote

November 5, 2018November 4, 2018 CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, IMMIGRATION, New McCarthyism

I love voting. I think exercising my right to a free vote is the most important thing I can possibly do in life. As

Putting the Life of Wyatt Earp into Perspective

November 2, 2018November 1, 2018 American, As a Christian, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cochise County Cowboy War, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Doc John Henry Holiday, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Morgan Earp, Movies about Wyatt Earp, OK Corral, Senior Citizen, TOMBSTONE, Vendetta Ride, Virgil Earp, Wild West, WYATT EARP

First published October 29, 2013 How do we put Wyatt Earp into perspective? By now, you will have come to realize I love history.

St. Crispin’s Day

October 25, 2018October 25, 2018 Art, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE

If we follow the letter of the speech, then I must honor St. Crispin’s Day. One of my Clements ancestors was knighted on the

Lying Liberals

September 21, 2018September 20, 2018 Abuse, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, New McCarthyism

If she is lying, a good man is being destroyed without due process. As a woman who was abused, I think Ford is lying.

Evil Is As Evil Does

September 20, 2018September 19, 2018 Bigotry, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate

Thanks to the Democrats and the Me Too Movement, if a woman who is a liberal activist says she was raped by the devil

And Did These Feet…

September 19, 2018September 18, 2018 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, New McCarthyism

Jerusalem Hymn And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountain green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant

Looking Back

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018 American, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, ISLAM & WAR ON TERROR, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, Problems with Islam, Terror

It still hurts. What hurts even more are the jerks who think they are better than everyone else for refusing to salute our flag

Liberal Compassion

August 25, 2018August 24, 2018 Abuse, Bigotry, CRIME, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Donald Trump, Historial Ignorance, IMMIGRATION, POLITICAL

Information is starting to surface that the person who allegedly murdered Mollie Tibbetts was a very creepy stalker. She was not his first victim,

She Hates Trump So the US Presidency Should Be Abolished?

August 14, 2018August 13, 2018 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, MAIN PAGE, New McCarthyism

You read the headline correctly. Liberal writer and comedian Tina Dupuy thinks the role of President of the United States should be abolished. It’s

The Beauty of Hate

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Abuse, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Hate Crimes, Historial Ignorance, Liberal Hate, Racism

Hate is a wonderful thing, if you want to destroy, not only the hated but the hater. It is a tool to manipulate others,

Men, Religion, and Shaky Scholarship

August 8, 2018August 7, 2018 Bigotry, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE

1 Timothy 2:11-12 Let a woman learn in silence with full submission. I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a

Sunday Morning Opera: Sharkweek

July 22, 2018July 21, 2018 Baritones, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, Music, OPERA, Thomas Hampson

Yes, you can find a way to celebrate Sharkweek via opera! Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear And it shows them pearly

To Boldly Go: STEM, the Arts & Wells Fargo, Inc.

July 18, 2018July 17, 2018 Art, Barack Obama, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Music, Obama Administration, OPERA, Science Fiction, Star Trek

First published on September 6, 2016. FYI: My internet service has been down all day. In the mid-1960s, the late Doug Chaffee, a very

My Mother’s Cats and Victor Laszlo

July 16, 2018July 15, 2018 20th Century US, American, CATS, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Family, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL

A year ago, as I worried about the sale of the ranch, and where I was going to move and how I was going

Once Upon a Time Bisbee Miners Tried to Organize

July 12, 2018July 5, 2018 American, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Wild West, WYATT EARP

First published on July 15, 2013. “…The Bisbee Deportation was the illegal deportation of about 1,300 striking mine workers, their supporters, and citizen

The Pink Flamingo

Category: Cultural Illiteracy

A Border Wall and Robert Frost

Sunday Morning Opera: Black History Month – Part I

Do I Look This Stupid?

Understanding Henry VIII

The Lasting Power of Hollywood

The Duplicity of the Left

The Feast of Stephen

The Christ Was a Refugee Canard

Cat Haters Out in Force Ignoring Damage Birds Do & Feral Dog Problems

Cheesy Christmas Movies

Bias & the Sanctimonious Progressive Mind

My First Annual the Holy Family Were Not Refugees Rant of the Season

I Detest Historical Stupidity and Ignorance

Hooked on History

Tomorrow We Vote

Putting the Life of Wyatt Earp into Perspective

St. Crispin’s Day

Lying Liberals

Evil Is As Evil Does

And Did These Feet…

Looking Back

Liberal Compassion

She Hates Trump So the US Presidency Should Be Abolished?

The Beauty of Hate

Men, Religion, and Shaky Scholarship

Sunday Morning Opera: Sharkweek

To Boldly Go: STEM, the Arts & Wells Fargo, Inc.

My Mother’s Cats and Victor Laszlo

Once Upon a Time Bisbee Miners Tried to Organize