Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Wonderful Stuff!!!


BABY HUMMINGBIRD


 
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Quote of the Day:
"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives." --John Adams, Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1756

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sterling Silver 925 Vintage Seahorse Brooch



Vintage Sterling Silver 925 Seahorse Brooch



Measuring 2 3/4 Inches in height, this vintage sterling silver Seahorse Brooch is in excellent condition. The back is marked "Sterling".

Available at our online store at: http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_68&products_id=349

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Quote of the Day:
"In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any." --James Madison, Federalist No. 14, 1787

The Right of the People to Bear Arms




THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BEAR ARMS

The right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defense is justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the law of society."  Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England.

"Arms in the hands of individual citizens may be used at individual discretion...in private self-defense." John Adams, A Defense of the Constitutions (1787-88).

"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." Samuel Adams, during Massachusetts' U.S. Constitution Ratification Convention (1788).

"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation...(where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." James Madison, The Federalist #46.

"Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence." George Washington.

"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." Thomas Jefferson, Proposed Virginia Constitution (1776), Jefferson Papers 344 (J. Boyd, ed. 1950).

"The great object is, that every man be armed...Everyone who is able may have a gun..." Patrick Henry, 3 Elliott Debates 386.

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding are deprived of the use of them." Thomas Paine, Thoughts on Defensive War (1775).

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined." Patrick Henry, during Virginia's ratification convention (1788).

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America can not enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States." Noah Webster, An Examination Into the Leading Principals of the Federal Constitution (1787).

"To disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them..." George Mason, 3 Elliott Debates (on the Constitution).

MILITIA
"A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms. To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms..."

Richard Henry Lee, Additional letters from The Federal Farmer 53 (1788).

"I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them." George Mason, during Virginia's ratification convention (1788).

"Congress has no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birth-right of an American..The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

Tench Coxe, Pennsylvania Gazette, February 20, 1788.
Current law: "The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age. The classes of the militia are (1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard, and (2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members on the militia who are not members of the National Guard."

Title 10, Section 311(a) of the United States Code.

"On every question of construction let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying to determine what meaning can be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed."   Thomas Jefferson.

"VALUES" REGARDING OUR GOVERNMENT
"We have staked the whole future of the American civilization, not upon the power of the government (but) upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."  James Madison.

"Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any others."  John Adams.

"I feel no anxiety at the large armament designed against us. The remarkable interposition of Heaven in our favor can not be too gratefully acknowledged. He who fed the Israelites in the wilderness, who clothed the lilies in the field, and who feeds the young ravens when they cry...will not forsake a people engaged in so righteous a cause..if we remember His loving kindness."  Abigail Adams, June 18, 1776.

"Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1) Those who fear and distrust the people 2) Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe depository of the public interest." Thomas Jefferson.

"A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted." Niccolo Machiavelli.
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania (1759).

"In Switzerland, where the citizens are most armed, they are most free." Niccolo Machiavelli.

"When firearms go, all goes. We need them every hour." George Washington..

"There are more instances of abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments...than by violent and sudden usurpations." James Madison, June 16, 1788.

MORE RECENT QUOTES
"As one studies history, especially the history of the Western Hemisphere, it is difficult to dismiss the premise that God had a plan for America."  George Will.

"The State, in its criminal code, forbids citizens to have firearms or other weapons, but does not undertake to defend them." Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago.

"I blame the deaths of my parents on those legislators who deny me my right to defend myself." Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (referring to the incident at Luby's cafe in Killeen, TX, in which a murderer killed her parents and 22 other people in her presence).

"The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches us that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so." Adolph Hitler, Hitler's Table-Talk at the Fuhrer's Headquarters, 1941-1942.

"Those who can not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana.

"Gun registration is not enough." Attorney General, Janet Reno, December 10, 1993 (A.P.).

"The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian population." Attorney General, Janet Reno, 1991 speech to B'nai B'rith in Fort Lauderdale (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 25, 1996, p. 3B).

"What good does it do to ban some guns? All guns should be banned." Sen. Howard Metzanbaum.

"Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed." Sara Brady, Chairman, Handgun Control, to Sen.Howard Metzanbaum, The National Educator, January 1994, p. 3.

"We're going to have to take this one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily— given the political realities— going to be very modest. Our ultimate goal—total control of all guns—is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered, and the final problem is to make possession of all handguns, and all handgun ammunition totally illegal."  Nelson T. (Pete) Shields, III, founding Chair of Handgun Control, Inc.

"The only real justification (for the assault weapons ban) is not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation." Charles Krauthammer, "To Control Crime, Control Guns" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 7, 1996, p.3B, emphasis added).

"All military type firearms are to be handed in immediately..The S.S., S.A., and Stahlhelm give every respectable German man the opportunity of campaigning with them, therefore, anyone who does not belong to one of the above organizations and who unjustifiably keeps his weapon...must be regarded as an enemy of the national government." SA Oberfuhrer of Bad Tolz (March, 1933).

"I see creeping fascism in America, just as in Germany, a drip at a time: a law here, a law there, all supposedly passed to protect the public. The German people really believed that only hoodlums owned such (unregistered) guns. What fools we were. It truly frightens me to see how the government, media, and some police groups in America are pushing for the same mindset."  Theodore Haas, survivor of Dachau and the Holocaust.

"The authority of the (state) is not limited by checks and controls, by special autonomous bodies or individual rights. The concept of personal liberties of the individual as opposed to the authority of the state had to disappear. There are no personal liberties of the individual which fall outside of the realm of the state. The Constitution is therefore not based upon a system of inborn and inalienable rights of the individual." Ernst Huber, 1933 speech to National Socialist Workers (NAZI) Party, quoted in The Ominous Parallels, Leonard Peikoff (Stein & Day, N.Y. 1982) p.6.

"Citizens! Turn in your weapons.." English translation of Soviet Union Poster (1919).

"Armas para que?" ("Guns for what?") Fidel Castro, 1959, in a speech urging the people to turn in their guns because they were no longer needed with him in control.

"In today's Cuba, only those who hold absolute power over the people are armed."  Max Jorge (Cuban exile).

Contrast with:
"There is only one fundamental right (all the others are its consequences or corollaries): A man's right to his own life. The Bill of Rights was not directed against private citizens, but against the government— as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power."  Ayn Rand, "Man's Rights," The Virtue of Selfishness, at 108, 110-112 (Signet Books, N.Y.., 1970).

"The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are constitutional rights secure." Albert Einstein.

"The right of the citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically had proved to be always possible."  Senator Hubert Humphrey.

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." Ronald Reagan.

BACK TO THE FUTURE?
"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go around repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence."  Charles A. Beard.

THERE IS NO "NEW" WISDOM!
Thomas Jefferson carefully hand-copied the following passage into his personal journal from renown 18th century criminologist, Cesare Beccaria, On Crimes and Punishment, 87-88 (Henry Palolucci trans., 1964. 1764). Beccaria is generally regarded as the founder of criminology. The complete quotation, without editing:
"False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary of trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evil, except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm those only who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Can it be supposed that those who have the courage to violate the most sacred laws of humanity, the most important of the code, will respect the less important and arbitrary ones, which can be violated with ease and impunity, and which, if strictly obeyed, would put an end to personal liberty -- so dear to men, so dear to the enlightened legislator -- and subject innocent persons to all the vexations that the guilty alone ought to suffer? Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. They ought to be designated as laws not preventive but fearful of crimes, produced by the tumultuous impression of a few isolated facts, and not by thoughtful consideration of the inconveniences and advantages of a universal decree."

FROM: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Second Continental Congress July 4, 1776
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.." Unanimous Declaration of the Second Continental Congress.

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Quote of the Day:
"We are not to consider ourselves, while here, as at church or school, to listen to the harangues of speculative piety; we are here to talk of the political interests committed to our charge." --Fisher Ames, speech in the United States House of Representatives, 1789

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Antique Nautical Salt & Pepper Shakers



ANTIQUE NAUTICAL SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS


From a family Estate Sale, these shakers are very old, although there are no dates or manufacturer's markings on them. The inner cylinder is green glass and the outer container is metal. They were constructed to appear "rustic" and resemble a ship's lantern. Standing 3 inches tall and 2 inches in diameter, these shakers are in very good condition, with no chips or cracks; and are available at our online store at: http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_56&products_id=65



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Quote of the Day:

"There exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness … we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained." --George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789















Tuesday, January 25, 2011

How Did Jefferson Know?



How did Jefferson know?
Thomas Jefferson was a very remarkable man who started learning very early in life and never stopped.

                                             Thomas Jefferson

· At 5, began studying under his cousins’ tutor.
· At 9, studied Latin, Greek and French.
· At 14, studied classical literature and additional languages.
· At 16, entered the College of William and Mary.
· At 19, studied Law for 5 years starting under George Wythe.
· At 23, started his own law practice.
· At 25, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
· At 31, wrote the widely circulated "Summary View of the Rights of British America" and retired from his law practice.
· At 32, was a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress.
· At 33, wrote the Declaration of Independence.
· At 33, took three years to revise Virginia 's legal code and wrote a Public Education bill and a statute for Religious Freedom.
· At 36, was elected the second Governor of Virginia succeeding Patrick Henry.
· At 40, served in Congress for two years.
· At 41, was the American minister to France and negotiated commercial treaties with European nations along with Ben Franklin and John Adams.
· At 46, served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
· At 53, served as Vice President and was elected president of the American Philosophical Society.
· At 55, drafted the Kentucky Resolutions and became the active head of Republican Party.
· At 57, was elected the third president of the United States .
· At 60, obtained the Louisiana Purchase doubling the nation's size.
· At 61, was elected to a second term as President.
· At 65, retired to Monticello .
· At 80, helped President Monroe shape the Monroe Doctrine.
· At 81, almost single-handedly created the University of Virginia and served as its first president.
· At 83, died on the 50th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence along with John Adams

Thomas Jefferson knew because he-himself studied the previous failed attempts at government. He understood actual history, the nature of God, His laws and the nature of man. That happens to be way more than what most understand today.

Jefferson really knew his stuff.

A voice from the past to lead us in the future:
John F. Kennedy held a dinner in the white House for a group of the brightest minds in the nation at that time. He made this statement:"This is perhaps the assembly of the most intelligence ever to gather at one time in the White House with the exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

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Quote of the Day:
"[Confinement] to a passive commerce would [compel us] to see the profits of our trade snatched from us, to enrich our enemies and persecutors. [Our] spirit of enterprise ... an inexhaustible mine of national wealth, would be stifled and lost; and poverty and disgrace would overspread our country." Alexander Hamilton


 

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Aluminum Tidbit Dish With Cover and Handles

Aluminum Tidbit Dish With Cover and Handles, Circa 1950's or prior.




Measuring 7 Inches in diameter to the end of the handles, and 3 Inches in height to the cover finial, this vintage aluminum dish is in EXCELLENT condition.

Marks: There are no manufacturer's marks.

Available at our online store at: http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_108&products_id=527

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Quote of the Day:
"As on the one hand, the necessity for borrowing in particular emergencies cannot be doubted, so on the other, it is equally evident that to be able to borrow upon good terms, it is essential that the credit of a nation should be well established." --Alexander Hamilton, Report on Public Credit, 1790

Tuesday's Twitter

Tuesday's Twitter--some funny--some not so. Enjoy!


History: Ineligible & Unconstitutionally Elected & Seated State & Federal Officials Can & Have Been Removed http://tinyurl.com/36vv2tt

The Tragedy of CP http://t.co/UEjdQA4

Seven Men, Nine Days, One New Monetary Cartel, Pt. 1 http://tinyurl.com/4urpwj7 Who controls the Fed?

Seven Men, Nine Days, One New Monetary Cartel, Pt. 2: November 1910, seven men retreated to JP Mor... http://bit.ly/ei4cQN

Remembering: http://tinyurl.com/4seqnt4 Assassinations are nothing new & guns are not always involved.  People kill people--guns & knives do not!

We have to retweet the tweet so we can find out what's in it.

Breaking: Fox News Hires Keith Olbermann http://bit.ly/gOih46

Octopus Volcano! by National Geographic. You might find this interesting! http://ping.fm/8eNND
  
Monitor the TX border from your computer http://www.blueservo.net/ Virtual Stake Outs/Live Border Cameras.This works 4 TX--why not DHS?


Funny video: If Star Wars was made by environmentalists: Environmentalists may find this funny Star Wars parody ... http://bit.ly/ifrk6P

 Anti-Drilling Policies Costing Federal Government Billions in Lost Revenue http://ow.ly/3EHvE
 
Soros-funded Criminals Lobby Sparks Prison Revolt http://island-adv.com/?p=22840
 
Weren’t the Dems hysterical about wiretaps? Now they are expanding their use http://is.gd/fwAqA
 
Good Riddance: Mookie al Sadr Heads Back to The Iranian Hills http://goo.gl/F6X4G
 
4th Annual Defending the American Dream Summit http://tinyurl.com/63twl8t Apr 30, 2011 @ Chattahoochee Technical College, Jasper, GA
 
How Obama is locking up our land,continued http://is.gd/ekNGh Feds already own 1 out of 3 acres in the US!
 
Owned by UNIONS,baby. Murkowski: worried that Republicans are spending too much time on ObamaCare http://bit.ly/fMnWRP Not GOP no mo'
 
California Court Strikes Down Ammunition Law! http://tinyurl.com/4fe6kwl AB 962 ruled unconstitutional
 
Barack’s Five Lies About ObamaCare http://tinyurl.com/5rux6n5 Human Events
 
Read this from the WSJ: Nearly 40% of US corn goes to ethanol, even as world food dema... http://ow.ly/3Imv7
 
Moving Forward on Entitlements: Practical Steps to Reform http://tinyurl.com/6ag9jf5 Feb. 11th from 2-4 p.m., Nat'l Taxpayers Union
 
Say what you will about Keith Olbermann, but... well, okay, say what you will.
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Quote of the Day:
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison









 

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Carved Metal Vintage Potpourri Jar

Carved Metal Vintage Potpourri Jar - $29.99 plus shipping

Measuring approximately 4 Inches in height and 3 Inches in diameter at the widest point, this intricately carved metal vintage potpourri jar is in MINT condition. It stands on a metal base and is a one-owner item from a family estate--a souvenir purchased in London, England in the 1950's or prior.


Base markings:"J.N. Taylor, London"
Also included is a tag: "Liberty & Co, Ltd., 2/9 Regent Street, London W."
Liberty & Co imported numerous items from the Orient; and this may be one of them.



This unusual vintage potpourri jar is available at our online store at: http://pennysantiquesandwedgwoodpantry.chshops.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=23_41&products_id=654

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Quote of the Day:
"There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Hunters Comprise The Largest Army In The World

From Godlike Productions:

The state of Wisconsin has gone an entire deer hunting season without someone getting killed. That's great. There were over 600,000 hunters.

Allow me to restate that number. Over the last two months, the eighth largest army in the world - more men under arms than Iran; more than France and Germany combined - deployed to the woods of a single American state to help keep the deer menace at bay.

But that pales in comparison to the 750,000 who are in the woods of Pennsylvania this week. Michigan's 700,000 hunters have now returned home. Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it is literally the case that the hunters of those four states alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

The point? America will forever be safe from foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown firepower. All we need is for the government to leave our Right To Bear Arms alone!!

Hunting -- it's not just a way to fill the freezer. It's a matter of national security.

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Quote of the Day:
"For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the federal legislature will be likely to attach themselves too much to local objects." --James Madison, Federalist No. 46, 1788

Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet



Kepler Mission Discovers Its First Rocky Planet



                             Artist concept of Kepler 10b. Credit: NASA.

by Staff Writers
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 11, 2011

NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system.

The discovery of this so-called exoplanet is based on more than eight months of data collected by the spacecraft from May 2009 to early January 2010.

"All of Kepler's best capabilities have converged to yield the first solid evidence of a rocky planet orbiting a star other than our sun," said Natalie Batalha, Kepler's deputy science team lead at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., and primary author of a paper on the discovery accepted by the Astrophysical Journal.  See entire article at: http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Kepler_Mission_Discovers_Its_First_Rocky_Planet_999.html
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Quote of the Day:
"It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they would be the sole judges of the good or evil, it would be also a power to do whatever evil they please. Certainly no such universal power was meant to be given them. It [the Constitution] was intended to lace them up straightly within the enumerated powers and those without which, as means, these powers could not be carried into effect." --Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on a National Bank, 1791