Hemp/industrial hemp and marijuana are two distinct varieties of the same plant species. Hemp is a fiber crop. Marijuana is a drug crop. However, these definitions have become confused in the last 60 years. Recently, a movement has begun to distinguish the terms again. It is important to...
Consider the presidential election system we have today: Every state has a number of electors, equal to their amount of representatives and senators, who vote for the President of the United States. In most states, every elector goes to the candidate who achieves the most popular votes,...
With Mid Term elections just around the corner maybe it’s time for us to start taking a harder look at what has happened to OUR civil liberties. What we once took for granted as the cornerstone of being an American would seem to be in the process of disappearing on an almost daily...
Statistics from the National Federation of State High School Associations reveal that, in 1999, 15 students perished while playing in high school football games. This fact received little to no coverage in the national media. Angry parents did not parade into Washington, D.C., in order to demand...
The second amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American the right to bear arms. Has any law ever been so ambiguous? What are arms? What does it mean to bear them? At least with the first amendment we know exactly where we stand: Freedom of speech. It couldn’t be any...
Two proposals set out by the government during the last quarter of 2007 are likely to have major impact on the house building industry in 2008 and beyond. The first being the call for 3 million new homes by 2020, and the second and most significant, the proposed introduction of a statutory new...
You have all seen them before, ads featuring GOVERNMENT AUCTION, HUGE SAVINGS ON CARS, JEWELRY, AND MORE! But the problem is that they are usually advertised in such a cheesy and unbelievable way that the more discerning shoppers simply write them off as being too good to be true.
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Threatened once again by our governing bodies, how much more can we take. I hear we are to be penalized with higher council taxes for making our houses into a home by decorating or adding a conservatory.
People are going to be weary of putting a lick of paint on the walls. Heaven forbid...
The number-one question people ask us is, “What possessed you to move to Mexico?” The number-one answer we give is that we simply could no longer afford to live in America, so we found a country where we could, and moved there.
We found ourselves in a position not unlike many...
On the heels of Super Tuesday Two, it may not be immediately clear whether the democratic presidential nominee will be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, but talk show host and conservative author Ann Coulter has it right. Ralph Nader notwithstanding and irrespective of how one feels about...
Global Peace Plans – Who is Right? Review of Rick Warren’s Global Peace Plan.
Rick Warren, author of the best selling book The Purpose Driven Life and leader of the Saddleback mega church in California has launched a global PEACE plan which aims to enlist one billion foot...
Haven’t you ever had time you wanted to get away from it all? In March/April 1978, www.motherearthnews.com published a story about a couple who bought McLeod’s Island a 90-acre island off the coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.
They have a few animals, spend...