In honor of the soldiers who have given their lives

In honor of the soldiers who have given their lives for our country.

Home School Blog

Be sure to check out our home school blog at http://firststateacademy.blogspot.com/

If you home school you are sure to find some interesting material here.

U.S. Rights Group Sues to Protect Right to Swear

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuits earlier, argues that the right to use profanity is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Fear not Americans for your right to use those four letter words are being protected. LOL

http://www.reuters.com/article

Open Letter to Obama

Dear President Obama,

I'm planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me. We're planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. Into Mexico, and we'll need your help to make a few arrangements. We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Calderon, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.

3. Please print all Mexican government forms in English.

4. I want my grandchildren to be taught Spanish by English-speaking (bi-lingual) teachers.

5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on American culture and history.

6. I want my grandchildren to see the American flag on one of the flag poles at their school.

7. Please plan to feed my grandchildren at school for both breakfast and lunch.

8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.

9. I do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but, I don't plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won't make any special effort to learn local traffic laws.

10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from their president to leave me alone, please be sure that every patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.

11. I plan to fly the U.S. Flag from my house top, put U S. Flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.

12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any business I may start.

13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people to be extremely nice and never say critical things about me or my family, or about the strain we might place on their economy.

14. I want to receive free food stamps.

15. Naturally, I'll expect free rent subsidies.

16. I'll need Income tax credits so that although I don't pay Mexican Taxes, I'll receive money from the government.

17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican Gov't pays $4,500 to help me buy a new car.

18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the Mexican Social Security program so that I'll get a monthly income in retirement.

I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all his people who walk over to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Calderon won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.

Thank you so much for your kind help. You're the man!!!

Curing and Stretching Hides and Skins

Curing Skins. Stretchers. The Hoop Stretcher. Tanning Skins. To Tan Mink And Muskrat Skins. How To Tan The Skins Of Beaver, Otter, Raccoon, And Marten. Observations On The History Of Furs And The Fur Trade. Market Value Of Fur Skins. American Fur Skins—Their Uses At Home And Abroad.

http://www.ssrsi.org/Onsite/hides01.htm

Curing and Using Hides and Skins

Many a man has suffered untold privations, and many more have lost their lives, while surrounded with food and all the necessities of life, merely through ignorance of the woods and wild life, or through inability to wrest a livelihood from nature.

http://www.ssrsi.org/Onsite/hides1917.htm

Mexico's Calderon to protest Arizona law to Obama

Mexican President Felipe Calderon will protest to U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington next week about Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants. I say if you don't like it then take all your illegals home with you.....

http://www.optionetics.com/marketdata/news.asp?storyID=1273798002nN13235425

Home School Blog

Be sure to check out our homeschool blog at http://firststateacademy.blogspot.com/

If you homeschool you are sure to find some interesting material here.

Octopus and Green Bean Soup

"Octopus and Green Bean Soup" By Joseph Parish. As a survivalist I am always on the lookout for new and interesting recipes, in fact I spend a considerable number of hours experimenting in the kitchen. Usually I try to create recipes that can be used in a bug out or emergency survival situation. My recent conception consists of Octopus and Green Beans. Click here

Keep Talking by Pink Floyd

Its been awhile since we featured any sort of musical video so without further ado I would like to present Pink Floyd s "Keep Talking". If you would like to see the lyrics to this fine song click here

Kitchen Herb Garden

If you have available yard or garden space, you can plant a kitchen herb garden . An ideal location would be a few steps from your kitchen, but any spot that gets about six hours of sun a day is good. Herbs can be added to any garden, and perennial herbs provide years of fresh herbs.

http://www.hgtv.com/landscaping/kitchen-herb-garden/index.html

Having Bugs as a Dinner Guest

As you may suspect, there are many ways of preparing and cooking food procured in the wild. Often, we get lucky and bag a rabbit, or perhaps a squirrel. Yep, I know all about making Apache foot snares (often used for deer) and huge figure four traps, but lets be honest here, the odds are remote that you will feed on venison or bear in a survival situation. Most game procured will be small game, unless you have a gun along. It you have a gun and lot’s of game in the area, then this article isn’t for you. Most of us will have to settle for less for dinner.

http://www.simplesurvival.net/bugs.htm