If you lived in the American Colonies 232 years ago you where in quite a quandary, a few days ago a large group of your fellow citizens decided that they were going to commit treason and rebel against the duly anointed King. You’ve got to ask yourself one question, do I stay loyal? Well do ya, punk?

It is easy in 2008 to know what the right answer is, the USA is the world leader in basically everything and we have done very well for ourselves. However, in 1776 this was not the case; it would be the equivalent of Appalachia wanting to declare independence from the United States. In 1776 Great Brittan was the world’s largest and strongest empire. Eventually the empire would be large that the sun would never set on the British Empire.

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First, let me apologize for my absence the last couple weeks. There is no need to fear, your favorite political correspondent was not kidnapped by “They” as was speculated following my last blog.  My wife and I were in Guatemala visiting family. We certainly had a wonderful time but, I digress.
 
While in Guatemala, the subject of politics came up as it normally does. My uncle has been involved in Guatemalan politics for years and has met every US President since Ronald Reagan.  He hates all three of candidates for President and is rooting for Barack Obama.  Not because he believes in “Yes, we can” but rather because he feels like he will be the worst candidate and that it will finally wake up Americans and remind them of what made America the greatest nation in the world.
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During a recent trip to Wal-Mart with my good friend, we stumbled into the toy section after roaming around the store collecting items. My friend wanted to find something small to bring with her to Europe to take pictures with, as many people do with gnomes or small stuffed animals. Our search came up empty, but something else caught our eye.

Placed in a display all to themselves were historical figures, but not just any historical figures, Canadian historical figures. John A. Macdonald, Sir Isaac Brock and Sir Wilfred Laurier packaged up and being sold as action figures under the Canadian Legends line.  Continue Reading

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In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte lead his army on a mission of conquest of Russia.  His plan was to take Moscow and winter the harsh Russian winter there.   He would then complete his conquest of this giant country the following spring and be the Master of Europe.  In 1812 there was no army in the world that could compete against France on land and Russia was no exception.
 
One thing that Napoleon did not count on was the fighting spirit of the Russians and their ability to suffer.  If Napoleon was going to take their country, he was going to wish that he had not. Continue Reading

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