The Exercise of Vital Powers

Wow, I’m not sure I could even answer all of these:

8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.

3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of theRebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates:
1607
1620
1800
1849
1865

Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is theocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.

More evidence of the failure of the Bush Administration: GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote

When Wall Street is donating to the Democrats you know the GOP has f’ed things up royally.

Some well-known business leaders have openly changed allegiances. Morgan Stanley Chairman and Chief Executive John Mack, formerly a big Bush backer, now supports Democratic front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. John Canning Jr., chairman and chief executive of Madison Dearborn Partners, a large private-equity firm, now donates to Democrats after a lifetime as a Republican. Recently, he told one Democratic Party leader: “The Republican Party left me”

Its not just a few people who have jumped ship, donations are down across the board:

Federal campaign-finance reports document shifting support in some quarters of the business community. Hedge funds last year gave 77% of their contributions in congressional races to Democrats, up from 71% during the 2004 election, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan analyst of campaign finances. Last year the securities industry gave 45% of its money to Republicans, down from 58% in 1996, the center said.

I’m about ready to declare war on the record of the Bush Administration. Fact is they’ve been grossly incompetent and will lead us to another President Clinton. I lopped my first volley over at Peach Pundit:

9/11 was a major changing point for the GOP. Had 9/11 not happened, then there would have been a lot more opposition within GOP ranks to the President’s domestic policies. But with 9/11 we were all hoodwinked into thinking that the “Global War on Terror” was the paramount fight of our generation. Everything else, civil rights, limited government, fiscal responsibility, became secondary.

Well, I’ve got news for you (GOP) folks. Hillary Clinton’s health care proposal will kill more Americans then Saddam’s nukes would have. President Bush, those in his administration who botched the whole effort, the frigtards in congress, and those of us in the GOP who held our tongue and supported him bear responsibility for where we are today.

If anyone is looking for a good wedding gift, either of the Bowmore Islay ones would be fine.

World’s Most Expensive Scotchesl

H/T: Dink

Campaign short on zombie policies | Blunt Instrument | Brisbane Times Blogs

Nearly one whole week has passed and I have yet to hear a single candidate from any party say word one about the pressing, clawing, biting issue of the Undead.

So says Stephen Moore:

World-wide illiteracy rates have fallen by half since 1970 and now stand at an all-time low of 18%. More people live in free countries than ever before. The average human being today will live 50% longer in 2025 than one born in 1955.

To what do we owe this improvement? Capitalism, according to the U.N. Free trade is rightly recognized as the engine of global prosperity in recent years. In 1981, 40% of the world’s population lived on less than $1 a day. Now that percentage is only 25%, adjusted for inflation. And at current rates of growth, “world poverty will be cut in half between 2000 and 2015″ — which is arguably one of the greatest triumphs in human history.

Now I know why they call themselves Stonewall Democrats. I always figured it had something to do with Stonewall Jackson.

“Lyon Tyler, whom John Tyler sired at the spry young age of 63, went on to continue the family tradition and in 1928, at the age of 75, fathered a child himself. That son, Harrison Tyler (at right, in 2006) is still alive. The grandson of the tenth president of the United States, the grandson of a man born in 1790, is alive today. He currently lives on his grandfather’s estate, Sherwood Forest, in Virginia. And ladies, if you’re interested, he may be looking to continue the family legacy.” From :mental_floss magazine - Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix