Monthly Archives: December 2008

Private Property Ownership, Real Estate, Your Money (Issue 144)

By Freedom Lady | December 31, 2008

As the credit crunch tightens, the price of houses decline, and mortgage payments still remain high, the housing market still presents problems for many.
 
I live in a town in Northeast Georgia by Lake Lanier—the nation’s largest man-made lake—an area where real estate was a large booming business for many years. Hundreds of very expensive homes [...]

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“He Who Knows and Knows that He Knows is Wise—Follow Him” (Issue 143)

By Freedom Lady | December 31, 2008

A Persian Proverb:
“He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool—shun him.  He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child—teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep—wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is wise—follow him.”
 
Over the [...]

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Freedom: What It Is and What It Is Not (Issue 142)

By Freedom Lady | December 30, 2008

During the long political campaign for a new president of this country, I became a sort of news junkie listening to all of the speeches, which began with dozens of candidates seeking the office of power.
 
I kept listening to hear one of them talk about freedom, but no one ever did, except one. And that [...]

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Freedom is an Inalienable Right Granted to Us by a Creator (Issue 141)

By Freedom Lady | December 29, 2008

Less than a year ago, I began writing articles on my very own blog site. When my son offered to create a site for me to write and express ideas on, the first thing I did was e-mail a friend to ask her what a blog was. She said it’s taken from two words, Web [...]

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Another Christmas Came and Went . . . Here’s My Story (Issue 140)

By Freedom Lady | December 28, 2008

I enjoyed another great Christmas. Again we all gathered at my son’s house, which was so beautifully decorated. Their normal dining room looked like a picture from House Beautiful.
 
My daughter-in-law, Liz, had several relatives visiting from out of state. Relatives originally from New York whom I had not seen in several years, but delightful and [...]

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