An Inconvenient Debt

US Economy: The Philosopher's Stone

Hingsight is 20/20, Ron Paul should have been elected President.

This is the best Ron Paul, Peter Schiff video I have seen yet.

A New Use For Soda Pop

Really makes me want to go out and chug a big gulp. Not!

Spying on Pacifists, Environmentalists and Nuns...

Read this LA Times Article

Then chew on this from Court Justice Douglas back in the 70's:


"This case involves a cancer in our body politic. It is a measure of the disease which aflicts us. Army surveillance, like Army regimentation, is at war with the principles of the First Amendment. Those who already walk submissively will say there is no cause for alarm. But submissiveness is not our heritage. The First Amendment was designed to allow rebellion to remain as our heritage. The Constitution was designed to keep government off the backs of the people. The Bill of Rights was added to keep the precincts of belief and expression, of the press, of political and social activities free from surveillance. The Bill of Rights was designed to keep agents of government and official eavesdroppers away from assemblies of people. The aim was to allow men to be free and independent and to assert their rights against government. There can be no influence more paralyzing of that objective than Army surveillance. When an intelligence officer looks over every nonconformist's shoulder in the library, or walks invisibly by his side in a picket line, or infiltrates his club, the America once extolled as the voice of liberty heard around the world no longer is cast in the image which Jefferson and Madison designed, but more in the Russian image..."Laird v. Tatum, 408 U.S. 1, 28, 92 S.Ct. 2318, 2333 (1972)(Dissent by Douglas).

A Wake-up Call Over The Anti-Christian Agenda of Public Education

From WorldNetDaily.com

The young man reported on in the above article from WorldNetDaily.com took his own life after receiving pressure from his peers and allegedly a Professor over his Christian beliefs. His Professor challenged him to read Dawkin's book "The God Delusion".

Several of his loved ones mentioned the fact that he liked to debate the issues. While I like debating probably more than the next person, it is not something that should be jumped into lightly. Atheists and non-Christians can get very nasty with their name calling in defending their philosophies of life.

Being a homeschooling mom I take these stories very seriously. But I do hope and pray that this was a rare, isolated occurrence. Although my skeptical head tells me it's not. It may just be that young influential teens don't always take these extreme measures when confronted with similar situations that question their beliefs.

Homeschooling only goes so far though. I can teach them strong values all the way through High School if my husband and I choose to. But once they reach college they may be suddenly exposed to similar discussions in classrooms and with peers at a young and vulnerable age when peer pressure can be overwhelming. I pray that I can establish the roots in my own children today to give them the strength in their faith they will need in a world of tomorrow. This world of tomorrow will no doubt be farther away from the morals of God than we faced in our school years. All the more reason for Christians to be in the world but not of the world.

I hope the anti-Christian agenda of today will start to be seen for what it is, anti, not neutral. Schools should not lean one way or the other. Yet everything they are teaching leans more towards atheism rather than neutrality and equality.

At the same time, our fight in the public school system should not necessarily be one of a pro-Christian agenda, which is arguably unconstitutional, but rather an equal rights agenda. We are not much better than Islamic extremists or the State Church that drove the pilgrims to seek an existence separate from their oppressive views. These establishments said, "My way or the highway". If we try to force our agenda on others they will fight back with their own agenda equally as persistently. By seeking equal rights for all, as our founding fathers intended, we may have a better chance to change things one person at a time.

Obama's Reason for Fighting Overseas Wars

This was taken directly from Obama's website, no not change.gov that has been virtually wiped clean of any hint of the once specific agenda of the Obama administration. This was taken from his campaign site BarackObama.com under the Issue of Defense. Why oh why doesn't this surprise me? I imagine it too will be taken down soon, once thinking people get sight of it. I have read and re-read this because I thought surely they wouldn't put something like this on their website. Maybe I misread it or misunderstood what they were trying to say. Please tell me I'm wrong! Taken directly from his site, see if you can catch it:

• "Preserve Global Reach in the Air: We must preserve our unparalleled airpower capabilities to deter and defeat any conventional competitors, swiftly respond to crises across the globe, and support our ground forces. We need greater investment in advanced technology ranging from the revolutionary, like Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and electronic warfare capabilities, to essential systems like the C-17 cargo and KC-X air refueling aircraft, which provide the backbone of our ability to extend global power. "

Well folks if you didn't see it, read the last line of the paragraph again and then go to his website to verify it. We are fighting wars globally in order to "extend global power." The only thing I can't figure out yet is: Are we more like Ancient Rome or Nazi Germany?

A Not So Rigid Schedule

For some reason wherever I go on the internet in regards to homeschooling, parents always ask "What is your schedule?" So here is a quick rundown of the daily schedule for our First Grader. My 4 yo DD is doing PK which I intermix with helping my first grade DD. Our schedule is by no means set in stone. My daughter chooses pretty much what order she wants to do each subject. I'm not including times because of the great variences. I quickly found out that it just frustrates me too much when we are off of schedule from interruptions or things taking longer than scheduled. But this is a rough idea of how it usually ends up going. School is completed shortly after lunch and the rest of the afternoon is spent playing outside, chores and getting ready for dinner.

--Monday--

* AM Chores/Breakfast
* Math (CIMT-MEP Year 2)(Daily)
* Literature Reading (Currently she's reading a chapter a day of "Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton Burgess)
* Language Arts-
Word Mastery (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Journal Entry (Daily)
Copywork (Daily)
* Poetry - A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
* History - Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (Often includes extra worksheets/mini books/lapbooks to supplement)
*Bible - Leading Little Ones to God
Scripture Memory
*Personal Development - Laying Down Rails: Charlotte Mason Habits Handbook


--Tuesday--

* AM Chores/Breakfast
* Math (CIMT-MEP Year 2)(Daily)
* Literature Reading (Currently she's reading a chapter a day of "Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton Burgess)
* Language Arts-
McGuffey's 2nd Reader (Tues/Thurs)
Journal Entry (Daily)
Copywork (Daily)
* Picture Study - Just finished 6 weeks of John James Audubon, now we started Monet
* Science - Exploring God's Creation With Astronomy
Astronomy Notebook
*Bible - Leading Little Ones to God
Scripture Memory


--Wednesday--

* AM Chores/Breakfast
* Math (CIMT-MEP Year 2)(Daily)
* Literature Reading (Currently she's reading a chapter a day of "Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton Burgess)
* Language Arts-
Word Mastery (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Journal Entry (Daily)
Copywork (Daily)
* Nature Study
* History - Stories of American Life and Adventure (Often includes extra worksheets/mini books/lapbooks to supplement)
*Bible - Leading Little Ones to God
Scripture Memory
*Handicraft/Life Skills


--Thursday--

* AM Chores/Breakfast
* Math (CIMT-MEP Year 2)(Daily)
* Literature Reading (Currently she's reading a chapter a day of "Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton Burgess)
* Language Arts-
McGuffey's 2nd Reader (Tues/Thurs)
Journal Entry (Daily)
Copywork (Daily)
* Music Study - Just finished 6 week study of Bach, Now on to Mozart
* Science - Exploring God's Creation With Astronomy
Astronomy Notebook
*Bible - Leading Little Ones to God
Scripture Memory


--Friday--

* AM Chores/Breakfast
* Math (CIMT-MEP Year 2)(Daily)
* Literature Reading (Currently she's reading a chapter a day of "Poor Mrs. Quack by Thornton Burgess)
* Language Arts-
Word Mastery (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Journal Entry (Daily)
Copywork (Daily)
* Drawing - Draw Write Now and other books/internet resources
* Social Studies/Geography - Seven Little Sisters Who Lived on the Round Ball that Floats in the Air (Often includes extra worksheets/mini books/lapbooks to supplement)
*Bible - Leading Little Ones to God
Scripture Memory
*Handicraft/Life Skills


We homeschool year round but do cut back during the summer, mainly focusing on the basics and utilizing more lapbooks and unit studies.


Our curriculum and schedule comes mainly from a mix of 2 sites:

Old Fashioned Education and Simply Charlotte Mason