Archive for June, 2008
Boston Dynamics’ BIGDOG
I recently received an email (for the third time) about a military K9 unit in Iraq. It’s about an allegedly 200 pound dog named Brutus whose heroic rescue of four American soldiers captured by insurgents earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Most would read this account and immediately smell bullshit or, in this case, [...]
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Can You Identify These People Before It’s Too Late??? Part III
If the Fire Dies, Use Your Old Census Records
Millions of people ruin their eyes every day at old microfilm machines trying to construct their family trees. Millions of people develop grumpy personalities scouring over records on ancestry.com and similar sites. If your name is Sydlowkawitsz, it’s likely that it’s misspelled almost everywhere in old records. [...]
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Can You Identify These People Before It’s Too Late??? Part II
Old Photos Make Great Kindling
We’ve already determined that you aren’t going to write your biography just yet, and I’ll take bets that most of you aren’t going to chronicle the achievements of your ancestors (unless you see some $$$ in it!) So, let’s do a couple of relatively simple things to give a future hand [...]
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A Positive Lesson from Scott McClellan’s Tell-All Book: “What Happened”
Can You Identify These People Before It’s Too Late??? Part I
If you’re a regular reader of TheCandidacy you’ve no doubt read the guest-posts written by my born-again historian father, Dick Miller. Today is the first of a 3-parter explaining the importance of documentation. Dad has lectured at my school several times over the past few [...]
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Brad Pitt is Getting Married
Well, not exactly. In September of 2006, Brad Pitt abandoned what little self-respect he had left (after abandoning America’s Sweetheart Jennifer Anniston for the former Billy-Bob Thornton-banging monster known as Angelina Jolie) and stated that he would consider marrying said monster only after gays were given the same right. Well, Brad, that day has arguably [...]
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The Declaration of Independence
As some of you have noticed and pointed out Randall and I have been recycling some older posts. We’ve been doing this for two reasons: 1. We have a lot of great posts in our archives that were written and published months ago (before our blog became popular) and many of them have [...]
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Why I am not a Libertarian
About 4 years ago I was discussing local politics with some of my high school students when one of them asked me “why can’t we get a decent government here like in the United States so more people can be prosperous?” You see, Dominican politics is just plain dirty from top to bottom. That’s not [...]
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Why I’m not a Republican
If you haven’t read my post on Why I am not a Democrat, it’s somewhat required reading for this post. If you have, keep reading and enjoy!
General Colin Powell is one of the most recognized and respected Americans around the globe, and yet his political affiliation and opinions were completely unknown until his illustrious 35 [...]
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Why I am not a Democrat
I’ve been a registered voter for almost 20 years. When I registered to vote for the first time I was a senior in high school and registered as a Democrat because, well, in Massachusetts everybody seemed to be a Democrat. That’s not to imply that I was forced or coerced into doing so, but there [...]
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What are Moonbats and Wingnuts (Part II of II)
In yesterday’s post, I explained what a moonbat is and gave Cindy Sheehan as the ultimate example. In today’s post, I will finish our vocabulary lesson by defining exactly what a wingnut is. Pay close attention, there will be a quiz at the end.
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