Archive for the 'History' Category

Feeling The Fourth, God Bless America. Pass The Hot Dogs

There is only one day of the year that Americans will give a date in that reverse European way and that is the birth date of our great republic.  On the 4th of July there is only one song that I want to hear as a red blooded American citizen, Stars And Stripes Forever by […]

The Bill Of Rights

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security […]

The Great Document Of Freedom

 Adopted by Congress on July 4th 1776
The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to […]

The Dawn Of The Great Republic

From the great HBO miniseries John Adams, the Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence.  TSE is in full 4th of July mode.

The Sunshine Empire Celebrates Our Domain-aversary

This evening marks the official one year anniversary of the birth of www.thesunshineempire.com.  From September of 2006 until July 1st of 2007 I wrote The Sunshine Empire at sunshineempire.blogspot.com.  Yet in the early part of 2007 while working with an SEO specialist named Josh I was convinced to take the blog out onto my own […]

On Independence And Freedom As The Fourth Approaches

“Freedom has been hunted around the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, all it wants, is the liberty of appearing. In such a situation, man becomes what he ought to be.”
Thomas Paine (American […]

Am I Just Guilty, And White?

I was just watching Reliable Sources on CNN and the discussion centered around attention-needy child Ralph Nader.  The discussion featured Biggus Rickus’s personal lord and savior Jonah Goldberg, and Goldberg insisted that some of the allure of Barack Obama is white guilt.  Now I think that too much in this Presidential election those who are […]

T.S. Eliot and Hollow Men


Michelle X vs. Less-Than-Zero McCain

I’m starting to feel that the same person that calls sports radio talk shows, is the same guy who gets in bitter battles with people on comment boards.  I separate this from the standard sort of person that comments with a retort to the written piece, and even a well reasoned reply to another commenter.  […]