thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
If today is Tuesday, what is the day after the day before the day before tomorrow?                                                                    Answer Spelled Backwards = yadseuT
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thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2010
But we are at an inflexion point and the middle class is largely being squeezed out. A recent study from the Commerce Department shed some light on an issue that we already know. Over the past 20 years the middle class has been falling behind: Everything is relative in this world. Incomes have gone up […]
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thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2010
We have many more people simply trying to stay afloat let alone pursuing the middle class ideal. Over 37 million Americans are now part of the food stamp program, not only is this the highest number ever but also the highest percentage of Americans ever to be on food assistance:  More at : http://www.mybudget360.com/
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thestatedtruth.com | January 25, 2010
Lessons from the Panic of 1907 by Clif Droke January 25, 2010 In their timely look at the panic of 1907, Robert Bruner and Sean Carr focus attention on what they believe to be the underlying causes of the ’07 stock market crash and recession, drawing parallels between it and the credit crisis of more […]
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thestatedtruth.com | January 18, 2010
A Blonde’s Year in Review  January Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight.. February Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels…… Helllloooo!!!……..bottles won’t fit in printer !!! March Got really excited……finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months….. box said “2-4 years!” April Trapped on escalator for hours …. power […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 30, 2009
Security experts say the scanners may be the best defense in stopping attacks such as an attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound aircraft Christmas Day.
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thestatedtruth.com | December 6, 2009
 I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations.  The bad news is I had to take him down after just 2 days.   There were more people coming up to my house screaming than ever before. Aflac tried to sell me accident insurance…….then the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost had near […]
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thestatedtruth.com | December 2, 2009
From www.ingerletter.com
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thestatedtruth.com | October 13, 2009
October 13, 1792 White House Cornerstone Laid The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the “White House” because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 11, 2009
In the 1700’s, at local taverns , pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid’s job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in ‘pints’ and who was drinking in ‘quarts,’ hence the term ‘minding your […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 6, 2009
In the late 1700’s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The ‘head of the household’ always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 5, 2009
In the 1700’s men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October). Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn’t wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 3, 2009
In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 4, 2009
A History Lesson On Railroads And Other Things……….    Does the statement, ‘We’ve always done it like that’ ring any bells? The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in England, and English expatriates […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 14, 2009
Boeing Halted Work on 787 Sections Due to ‘Wrinkles’ By Susanna Ray Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co. said it stopped work more than a month ago on two sections for the 787 Dreamliner after tiny wrinkles were discovered in the composite-material fuselages supplied by Italian vendor Alenia Aeronautica. The flaws were found on 23 […]
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thestatedtruth.com | July 12, 2009
 The year is 1909. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 : ************ ********* ********* ******  The average life expectancy was 47 years.  Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.  Only 8 percent of the homes had a […]
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