EXCERPT: In less than a month after taking office, Obama signed into law the economic stimulus plan that included $237 billion in tax cuts for individuals and $51 billion for companies. Much of the stimulus spending is just beginning to trickle through the economy, with spending expected to peak sometime later this year or in early 2010. The government has funneled about $60 billion of the $288 billion in promised tax cuts to U.S. households, while about $84 billion of the $499 billion in...

EXCERPT: Obama Steals Bush’s Speechwriters
By Matthew RothschildDecember 05, 2009 "The Progressive" -- December 2, 2009 -- If you closed your eyes during much of the President’s speech on Afghanistan Tuesday night and just listened to the words, you easily could have concluded that George W. Bush was still in the Oval Office.Or, at the very least, that Obama had stolen his speechwriters.Because, like Bush, Obama had barely cleared his throat when out came the first mention of September 11,...

EXCERPT: For centuries, Kokopelli's image has appeared on canyon walls and boulders in the Southwest in both petroglyphs and pictographs. His likeness varies almost as much as his legends. He is usually shown as a humpbacked flute player (often with a large phallus and antenna-like protrusions on his head). Some images show knobby knees and club feet. These physical deformities, along with the humpback and permanent erection are the result of Pot's Disease, a form of tuberculosis.
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EXCERPT: Its History: The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950. These ears, ranging in size from smaller than a penny to approximately 2 inches in length, are about 4,000 years old. In 1519, Cortes got his first sight of popcorn when he invaded Mexico and came into contact with the Aztec Indians. Popcorn was an important source of food, and was also used as decoration for ceremonial headdresses, necklaces and ornaments on...

EXCERPT: Sun-dried tomatoes are the ultimate ingredient. Tomatoes are washed, sorted, cut & placed on redwood trays to dry naturally under the sun. The result is a brilliant red, intensely flavored ingredient. Sixteen pounds of fresh tomatoes are used to produce one pound of sun-dried tomatoes!
History of the Sun-Dried Tomato: Before the availability of modern canning methods, Italians dried tomatoes on their tile roofs for use during the winter when fresh tomatoes were not a possibility....

EXCERPT: Background: The culinary use of flowers dates back thousands of years. Many different cultures have used flowers in their traditional foods. The Chinese have been using daylilies, lotus & chrysanthemums for centuries. Italian & Hispanic cultures use stuffed squash blossoms. American colonists made violet vinegar & mutton broth with marigolds. Odysseus encountered the lotus-eating Sybarites on his way home from Troy. Dandelions were one of the bitter herbs referred to in...

EXCERPT: The Tree of Life: The mesquite is a tree or bush that grows in desert regions throughout the world, areas not suitable for most agriculture. On 25% of our planet species of mesquite can be found growing without any assistance from fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation or capitalization. This is not surprising since the mesquite tree's root system can grow more than 100 feet down in search of water, making it a hardy survivor in harsh climates. Like many members of the legume...

EXCERPT: According to Wikipedia, herbs are seed-bearing plants without woody stems, that die down to the ground after flowering. They have a variety of uses, including culinary and medicinal. Culinary herbs typically make use of the green, leafy part of the plant, whereas medicinal herbs make use of the roots, flowers, seeds, root bark, inner bark, berries and sometimes other portions.
Usage: Culinary herbs are probably the most useful to herb gardeners. They have long been used to add flavor...

EXCERPT: Have you heard the figure for this Afghanistan effort?   In addition to the $30,000,000,000.00 to get those 30,000 troops over there at $1,000,000.00 per trooper, the effort is going to cost us $100,000,000,000.00 per year!  You know what I always say: If you’re going to go, go BIG!   George’s Hobby war in Iraq and the hunt for Osama in Afghanistan has cost us just $1,000,000,000,000.00 to date.  It’s a damned good thing we didn’t...

EXCERPT:  Scottsdale Limousines has been serving the valley since 2004. We are the premier provider of luxury sedans, suv's, stretch limousines, passenger buses & party buses. With our wide variety of luxury late model vehicles, reliable on time service, & affordable rates its no wonder we are miles ahead of our...