Spencer Holly
Total live articles: 10
Questions: 0
Answers: 0
Spencer Holly is an AngryCalifornian, who loves his country, and loves his State of California, and is an is angry about the sad state of affairs, in California, and America. His self-taught knowledge of American era history, and just plain common sense, combine to channel his anger and disgust at our politicians, and any other self-promoting, selfserving individuals, and groups, who have only their agenda, and best interest, at heart, in spite of the harm that is being done to California, and to America. He is angry. (Twitter: AngryCalifornia)
Recent Activity
By now, everyone has heard about the on going controversy over the new airport security procedures enacted by the Transportation Security Agency (TSA). The TSA is now in the process of installing hundreds of scanning machines at airport security check-points that are used to scan the bodies of passengers. Now, instead of just scanning your personal effects, they scan your whole body.
Let me get this straight....according to John Pistole, head of the TSA, if I want to fly on a commercial airplane, I have three basic choices: submit, or submit, or submit.
Since TSA is now hanging-tough on it's intention to perform "enhanced" pat-downs on passengers, I've been thinking about ways that I can mitigate the humiliation if I'm ever forced to decide. Really, the only choices are....
In attempting to reduce high unemployment rates, the conventional wisdom is that unemployment is caused by a lack of jobs. That makes sense, until you analyze the size of the employed workforce. The reality is, if you reduce the size of the employed workforce, you will effectively decrease the unemployment rate. It is a fact that workers who drop out of the workforce will decrease unemployment
Do you have trouble controlling your teenager ? This proposal will absolutely resolve all teenager issues, and you will have a new child who is kind, and helpful, and loving.
Over 600,000 Americans died during the Civil War. This book tells that story in the fine dramatic prose of the post-Victorian era. This is a comprehensive textual work that is supported by hundreds of actual battlefield photographs.
February 12th, 2009, is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincolns’ birthday. Arguably one of the greatest American presidents, the life of Abraham Lincoln is the story of the promise and dream of the American era. He epitomizes the belief that any American child can grow up to be President of the United States. This book tells that story in words that young people can understand.
Abraham Lincoln was President at a time of great crisis, and it will do well for us to reflect on some of the hard times that Lincoln, and the Nation faced, and remember that, in those former times, their problems were perceived to be just as serious as our current problems, and yet, they survived, and over came them.
Anyone who thinks that the building of the Panama Canal was just a matter of digging a long ditch, does not know Panama history. It was a monumental task that could not have been completely envisioned from the start. And its profound and prominent place in American history is undeniable.
Anyone who says that it is a waste of time to read American era history from antiquarian (antique) books is missing a great history resource. Antiquarian books are a rich source of historical information that is unfettered and undiluted by modern historical researchers. It's a pleasure to read a history book that is not just another repetition of facts and figures and a sequence of events like every other book on a given subject, and that is not full of politically correct platitudes.
