| At the risk of starting the argument of
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| | pay to print this stuff! Every product we
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| all time, I feel compelled to point out
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| | purchase includes warning labels in its
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| that Americans today are simply not made
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| | purchase price now. It's a multi-billion
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| of the same stern stuff as our ancestors.
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| | dollar industry!
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| You disagree? Please write and tell me
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| | The search for safe energy has brought
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| honestly what you think your nearest
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| | the search for renewable energy to a
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| neighbor would do if awakened at midnight
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| | standstill. Terrestrial energy sources
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| by the warning, "The redcoats are
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| | are dangerous, whether we are talking
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| coming!" Frankly, my next door neighbor
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| | about the merely overwhelming, like
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| is an active duty Marine, but tucking
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| | hydroelectric power, or other flammable,
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| tail is the first thing that comes to
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| | explosive or radioactive sources. Solar
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| mind. I certainly cannot imagine him
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| | power is reasonably safe, but it is weak
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| handing a rifle to his wife or daughter
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| | and unreliable as yet. Chemical sources
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| and telling them to "lock and load."
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| | are dangerous because of the kinetic
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| Not in this lifetime, at any rate. He'd
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| | energy locked up in the substances
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| be too worried about his retirement.
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| | involved. You can't get away from that
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| Our ancestors had one or two advantages
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| | without changing the laws of physics.
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| over us. In the first place, most of
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| | Hydrogen is the most plentiful element in
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| those who lived on the American continent
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| | the entire universe. Combined with
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| at the time of the signing of the
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| | oxygen, it burns hot and clean and could
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| Declaration of Independence were no more
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| | provide us with energy for the life of
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| than one or two generations removed from
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| | the human race. It is also dangerous.
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| individuals who had possessed the courage
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| | Because of our fear, because of our
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| and vision to leave every single thing
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| | cowardice, we are still dependent on
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| they had ever owned for unspecified
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| | energy sources developed before we became
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| opportunity in a new and savage land. It
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| | so timid as a society. The largest
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| was one hell of a winnowing, and their
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| | deposits of those energy sources are
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| descendants were the best of the best
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| | located in a part of the world that calls
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| that Europe had to offer.
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| | America the "Great Satan." Our president
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| Throughout history, winnowings such as
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| | is taking us to war as I write this for
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| the settlement of our American continent
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| | control of those resources, an evil and
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| have brought forth the most shining
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| | immoral war that cannot possibly have a
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| examples of human courage and
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| | happy ending for anyone.
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| achievement. Sadly, we have just about
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| | If you still believe that we are going to
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| run out of Earthly frontiers now, and it
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| | war with Saddam Hussein because of
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| cannot happen again until we begin to
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| | weapons of mass destruction, please tell
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| colonize Antarctica - or outer space.
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| | me why we are not preparing to attack
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| We have now experienced a full hundred
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| | North Korea, which has just admitted to
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| years of urban civilization. One hundred
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| | nuclear weapons.
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| years separate us from the last of our
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| | Cowardice carries its own penalties.
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| ancestors who fought the Native Americans
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| | America needs to take a collective deep
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| for their survival. One hundred years
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| | breath and get a grip. Life is hazardous
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| separate us from the last remnant of
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| | to our health. No one gets out of it
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| frontiersmen who strapped on their guns
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| | alive. No one. Perhaps we could begin by
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| and went out to wrest a living from an
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| | accepting that one simple fact, because
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| unforgiving land.
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| | it makes everything else so much easier.
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| We've become the sort of weaklings our
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| | Are you tired of ruinous taxes? Are you
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| ancestors would be ashamed to claim as
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| | tired of government regulators with their
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| descendants. Oh, there remain a few here
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| | fingers in every part of your life, from
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| and there who would make our common
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| | the cradle to the grave? Are you tired of
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| ancestors proud, and they or their
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| | being forced to pay into a Social
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| children will almost certainly be the
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| | Security system that your legislators
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| first to colonize a new planet, but they
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| | systematically loot?
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| are now so widely scattered among the
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| | Are you tired of paying billions to fight
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| rest of us that they are hard to find.
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| | a war against drugs that merely results
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| A fellow by the name of Todd Beamer comes
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| | in your loss of freedom - and makes
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| to mind, but when I think of that
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| | street drugs more prevalent than ever?
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| magnificent young man and his friends, I
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| | Are you tired of vicious federal agents
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| am also forced to recall that the
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| | who manufacture evidence and burn women
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| passengers on three other airplanes
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| | and children alive in their homes while
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| submitted meekly to hijackers with mere
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| | blatantly violating the Second Amendment
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| box cutters - hijackers they outnumbered
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| | of the U.S. Constitution by trying to
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| by roughly ten to one.
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| | jail people for the heinous crime of
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| The awful truth today is that just
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| | owning the wrong sort of firearms?
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| teaching your child courage and
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| | What part of "shall not be infringed" is
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| self-reliance can lead to accusations of
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| | giving them trouble, anyway?
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| child abuse.
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| | If you are tired of these things, if you
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| I remember (painfully) one occasion when
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| | truly want these things to go away, then
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| I was barely two years old. I laboriously
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| | you are eventually going to have to give
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| climbed to the top of about a six foot
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| | up the so-called protections of
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| slide in Central Park, then lost my grip
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| | government. You must learn
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| and tumbled off said slide head first. I
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| | self-sufficiency. You can't work to
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| wound up with a goose egg the size of
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| | dismantle an overbearing government with
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| Kansas right in the middle of my
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| | one hand while your other hand is
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| forehead, saw whole galaxies of stars,
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| | outstretched for what that government
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| and my mother's hair turned a shade or
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| | will give you.
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| two whiter on the spot.
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| | You can start by purchasing a handgun and
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| If that had happened in today's world, my
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| | learning to use it. It's only a very
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| parents would have had a very unpleasant
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| | small part of the process, but it's good
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| visit from Child Protective Services, and
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| | for you psychologically to realize that
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| it is quite possible that they would have
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| | you don't need help defending your life
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| lost custody of their daughter
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| | or your property any longer. You hold
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| altogether.
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| | your head just a little bit higher. A man
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| I remember hanging upside down from
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| | or a woman who cannot or will not defend
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| Jungle Jim bars. I remember swinging so
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| | immediate family is not worthy of the
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| hard on swing sets that I pulled the legs
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| | name "human." Even animals defend their
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| of the swing sets clean out of the
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| | young.
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| ground. I remember running back and forth
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| | Take some chances! It may sound silly,
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| on a seesaw, wildly keeping my balance as
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| | but a skydiving course is not a bad idea.
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| it tipped each way.
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| | You will find out that life is fun when
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| Compared to my great-great-grandmother,
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| | you aren't wrapped in cotton. You may
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| who climbed aboard a covered wagon in
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| | find that you like your fellow skydivers
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| Missouri at the ripe old age of 16 years
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| | better than most of the people you know.
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| and drove it to Texas, having a baby on
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| | Life tastes very sweet when you take big
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| the way, I am your original pansy - but
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| | bites. It needn't be skydiving. Try
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| compared to today's sissy kids, I am
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| | flying an airplane, scuba diving, or rock
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| Attila The Hun in drag.
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| | climbing - but find something you love to
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| Unfortunately, the progression is obvious
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| | do, maybe something just a little bit
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| and not too flattering to today's
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| | risky, and do it. It is never too late to
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| generation.
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| | learn physical courage.
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| The more we demand safety, the more our
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| | Learn to hunt! This is terribly difficult
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| government tightens its grip.
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| | and painful for animal lovers like
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| We demand safe drugs, so our Food and
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| | myself, but it is crucially important to
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| Drug Administration has made the
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| | any man or woman to know that they can
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| requirements for testing new drugs so
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| | provide their own food. Long range
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| stringent and expensive that drug
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| | shooting has been an important skill for
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| development has ground almost completely
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| | centuries. Only in the last hundred years
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| to a halt. Those few new drugs that are
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| | has it fallen into disrepute. Learning to
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| being developed are priced right out of
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| | hunt is more than learning to shoot,
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| reach for the people who need them the
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| | though. You must also learn to field
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| most. This government agency actually has
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| | dress the carcass and prepare the meat
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| the unmitigated gall to tell you what you
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| | for consumption. These are survival
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| can and cannot try when you have a
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| | skills that every single one of your
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| terminal illness!
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| | ancestors possessed. They would be
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| Dozens and dozens of wonderful children's
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| | appalled to learn that you do not.
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| toys are no longer on the market, because
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| | If you do not want to be treated like a
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| of potential risks if parents were not
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| | helpless infant by your government, the
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| vigilant, or allowed children of the
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| | first step is to cease to be a helpless
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| wrong age group to play with them, etc.
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| | infant.
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| Have you read the idiot warnings on
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| | That is only the beginning, though. It
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| labels lately? Honestly, the last time I
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| | will not be enough.
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| purchased a firearm, it had a big label
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| | Government is a cancer. It feeds on
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| that said that firearms could be
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| | itself. Those who possess power over your
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| hazardous to my health! By itself, this
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| | life will not give it up easily. When
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| was merely amusing, but it does lose its
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| | they learn that you are trying to free
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| humor rapidly when you consider what it
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| | yourself from their grip, their
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| says about our society.
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| | jackbooted thugs will come for you.
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| The last motorcycle helmet I purchased
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| | They will come for all of us, and for our
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| warned me sternly that it was designed to
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| | families.
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| be worn on my head, not on other parts of
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| | The day is approaching when each of us
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| my body.
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| | will have to decide what we choose to
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| The warnings on knives are frankly
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| | defend with our lives. We must decide if
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| hilarious.
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| | we will accept slavery, or if we are
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| I shudder to think what will come with my
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| | willing, as our ancestors were, to pledge
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| next motorcycle, but I'm sure it will be
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| | our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
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| a good-sized book.
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| | honor to secure our freedom.
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| The worst insult of all is that we have
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| | The redcoats are coming!
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