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September 2, 2020

Herb

Award Winning Wednesday – Tony Laplume At Tony Laplume

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22125-696: Tonight's award is a little different because I actually do know Tony in person. We became acquainted when we both worked at the big blue box.…

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August 11, 2020

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Tag Me Tuesday – Lisa Mae’s Questions

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22103-674: Lisa Mae over at The Road Back To Life nominated me for an award. The Liebster, I think. Hold on, let me check. Yeah. Normally I…

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The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him. He must always tell the truth. He must be gentle with children, the elderly, and animals. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas. He must help people in distress. He must be a good worker. He must keep himself clean in thought, speech, action, and personal habits. He must respect women, parents, and his nation's laws. The Cowboy is a patriot. - Gene Autry's Cowboy Code

"...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.'' Hamilton Fed Paper #29