Monthly Archives: March 2009

Living Through the Great Depression – Part Three (Issue 186)

By Freedom Lady | March 18, 2009

 So much about life in the Great Depression years of the 1930s ,growing up on a farm in Northeast Georgia centered around, growing things, creating things, conserving and preserving things, learning things, doing things and appreciating things.
 
Quite different from today living in a throwaway society, with so much available, we do not have to be [...]

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My Life and Times Living Through the Great Depression of the 1930’s – Part Two (Issue 185)

By Freedom Lady | March 18, 2009

MY LIFE AND TIMES LIVING THRU THE GREAT DEPRESION OF THE 1930s
 
PART TWO
 
I have written a few other articles about life in the Great Depression of the 1930s. Because of the increased interest at this time, I decided to write more about it.
 
Things have changed rather dramatically in this country in the past year. Currently, unemployment [...]

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RePrint From A Blogger Friend: About Traffic Cameras (Issue 184)

By Freedom Lady | March 18, 2009

REPRINT FROM A BLOGGER FRIEND:
 
 
This article by a blogging friend is so true, funny, and entertaining. She granted permission to re-print in its entirety. It tells the story of traffic cameras in metro Atlanta, Georgia. Detailing why they were installed, the astronomical cost, the trapping of victimes, cost of fines, etc. It is an interesting article.
 

Avast, [...]

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Before the Great Depression – Life of My Parents and Mine During Great Depression. Part One (Issue 183)

By Freedom Lady | March 18, 2009

From time to time I have written bits and pieces about segments of my life. Today, I started to write more stories about The Great Depression of the 1930s but decided I should write about a time before the crash of 1929, from stories my mother told.
 
My mother was without a doubt the most interesting [...]

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The Tail Is Waggin The Dog Over Socialistic Schools (Issue 182)

By Freedom Lady | March 18, 2009

This is a follow up on a previous article I wrote about tax supported schools in this country. I quoted a newspaper article last December which stated, “Education represents more than 55 percent of nearly 8.2 billion of Georgia’s fiscal year 2009 budget, according to the governor’s office of planning and budget.
 
I’m going to round [...]

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