A Must Read Editorial By Sarah.
To Sum it up, we must pray for Favor like Esther, we need his strength to handle the Pressure.
By The Grace of God.
It's the only way.
Posted on 11/18/2015 9:04:38 PM PST by KC_Lion
We've sought answers amid shifting cultural sands, flighty influences, and perpetual disappointments in politicians and public policy. People ask me all the time, "I want a happy, productive life for me and my country, but what can we do? What is the answer?" Well, the answer is within your grasp.
First, look back at our foundation.
Inland from the rocky shores welcoming our nation’s first settlers were towering evergreen trees and white pines soaring 250 feet in the air, solidly rooted to support their enormous girth. This massive find of a healthy natural resource was better than striking gold. The evergreens would be put to good use to build and heat homes, lay trails, and build rugged ship masts for maritime shipping and a future navy.
Our Founders responsibly utilized the timber until Great Britain passed a law that claimed the trees for the English government. When the Crown prohibited hardworking colonists from using what God had provided, resentment grew along with determination to fight for what was right. The evergreen was partially responsible for the Revolution.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Second, this is a Fantastic Article, a Must Read for All Well Informed FReepers.
Inspiring!
A Must Read Editorial By Sarah.
To Sum it up, we must pray for Favor like Esther, we need his strength to handle the Pressure.
By The Grace of God.
It's the only way.
Butt President OMuslim does...
You never use pine for firewood in a fireplace or stove that cannot completely burn the pitch fumes. There;s a reason why.
Exploding pitch fumes?
The fumes condense in the flue/chimney as creosote.
If a large buildup of it catches fire; you’ve got a REALLY hot fire on your hands and poor construction of the exhaust system will burn yer house down!
http://www.csia.org/homeowner-resources/the_facts_about_chimney_fires.aspx
ABC, I think it was (might have been NBC) did an interview that ran on the overnight news. They ran up there and spent quite a bit of time putting it together, but the final product was sort of herky-jerky and "put-together".
There was the usual obligatory shot of Sarah's freezer full of moose venison and chat about Bristol's engagement breaking up (ex-fiance is an Army MOH winner), just as Bristol finds out she's pregnant again.
"Well, gee, Sarah, what price your 'morals' now?" kind of questions ensued, gotta get the "gotcha" in there -- "Your daughter is a slut, and you're a hypocrite and a failure -- how does it FEEEELLLL ?" The usual mediaslime stuff.
But Sarah's a battler, and that showed through, too, so that MSM harpies picking on her in her winter of discontent couldn't make her look bad. Go ahead and call me names; but I think this woman is the real deal. She's the by-God granddaughter of Teddy Roosevelt out of Annie Oakley and a direct descendant of Molly Pitcher.
The article quotes Palin as saying:
"The evergreens would be put to good use to build and heat homes, . . ."
Apparently you did not read the text of the article closely enough so as to follow Palin's argument regarding the value of pine to the early colonists. Th value of pine wood for home heating is negative, not positive as Palin claims.
Go back and read Post #6, whose import you may have missed.
Seriously? That is what you got from the article?
The evergreens would be put to good use to build and heat homes, lay trails, and build rugged ship masts for maritime shipping and a future navy.Mmm, if it's a choice between burning pine and freezing to death, I know what I'd do.
It's not like they could have picked up an canister of propane at the local Home Depot.
Mmm, you might burn pine indoors until the first time you had burned down your house from blaze in your chimney stoked with pine resin condensed in the flues. After which you'd be not only freezing but homeless. Pine makes great kindling, but you feed your kitchen range, fireplace, or parlor stove with cherry, ash, oak, maple hickory, beech, or other hardwoods that don't burn fast or leave much carbon in the chimney.
But then, you probably don't know much about other trivia that any country boy or colonial citizen would have known way before Home Depot. Perhaps you might improve your education by reading Post #6 of this thread.
Mmmm.
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