In addition to being the day on which World War I ended and Veterans’ Day is celebrated, November 11 also is the anniversary of the “Mayflower Compact” signed by the handful of settlers at the New Plymouth Colony. The Compact was signed on November 11, 1620. According to the text available on the Yale Law [...]
Archive for November 11th, 2009
The Mayflower Compact, 389 Years Later
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, American History, Government, Mayflower Compact, New Plymouth Colony, Pilgrims, Politics on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Extra Credit
Posted in America, tagged America, School, School fundraising on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Goldsboro Middle School in Wayne County, North Carolina came up with a straightforward way to raise money — in exchange for a $20 donations, students would be given 20 “points” they could distribute among two tests and increase their grades. Apparently the fundraising concept was the brainchild of a parents’ advisory council and was [...]
Stimu-Less
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, economy, Government spending, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, stimulus, stimulus bill, stimulus package, stimulus spending on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It seems like every day there is another news story on the utter phoniness of the federal government’s shameless reporting of jobs “saved or created” by the $787 billion “stimulus” bill passed by Congress earlier this year. The latest article exposing the bogus jobs claims comes from the Boston Globe, which reports that the claims [...]
Veterans’ Day
Posted in America, World, tagged America, Armistice Day, Military, Veterans' Day, World, World War I on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
November 11 is known as Veterans’ Day in America, Armistice Day in England, and Remembrance Day in Australia. All three holidays commemorate the end of World War I — the Great War — on November 11, 1918 and the sacrifices of soldiers in the later wars that have occurred since the War to End All [...]
