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The Republican Tea Party’s Agenda

I find it quite disturbing that current polling has the Republican Party winning a majority in the House and coming close to winning a majority in the Senate too. I really just don’t understand how the memory of the average voter could be so incredibly short. It really wasn’t that long ago that the Republicans […]

Why Do Socialists Sabotage Education?

Summary: Socialists tend to believe in grandiose social engineering plans. Students who know too much, citizens who can think for themselves, tend to be a problem. What’s the answer? Talk a lot about education; but make sure nobody has much of it. ———— All the way back in 1848 (the year Karl Marx published his […]

Japanese Political Waves Come Again

As politicians in Japan, “undermining the king,” said Ichiro Ozawa announced the morning of August 26 and ran for the Democratic Party, the party first, the Japanese political revival, in addition to the Prime Minister may undergo, the “political big reshuffle,” the trend has been revealed clues. Last year in August, the Japanese Democratic Party […]

Journal Entry – the U.S. Military Power Getting Weaker and Older

Young Americans have repeatedly been told that the U.S. military is oversized and expensive. Some even argue our deficit problems are due to the big defense budget and two expensive wars. In reality, defense spending is close to historically low levels. Regular defense programs combined with two wars amounts to less than 20% of the […]

Black Veterans Still Not Receiving Their Due

With a Black President, many discussions have been re-kindled regarding the treatment of Blacks in various facets of American society. One area that still lacks in the depth required to first, identify problems and issues, and second, outline and implement solutions involves the care and support of Black veterans. Unfortunately, it is difficult to determine […]

Journal Entry – New Nuclear Weapons Treaty With Russia Accomplishes Almost Nothing

President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (or New START) on April 8, 2010. President Obama celebrated it as a step forward towards a nuclear weapons-free world. A closer look at the new treaty suggests it is a baby step, if anything. New START requires only minimal and […]

Time For Young Americans to Wake Up: We Were Tricked in ’08

For the last few decades, the Democratic Party has promoted itself as the party of young, idealistic, and energetic Americans wanting to change the world for the better. Unfortunately, there is not a bit of truth to this image. Recently the Democratic Agenda has been a recycling of the same liberal ideas that have been […]

The Watergate Burglary an American Political Watershed

“Watergate” what is considered by many in the political and news analysis fields to be a watershed of American political scandals began on June 17, 1972, when five burglars were captured in the Democratic National Committee headquarters located in the Watergate Office Building in Washington. In terms of comparisons to present and even past events […]

Journal Entry – the Iranian Threat

The United States and Iran have been enemies since the 1979. The theocratic regime in Iran has labeled the U.S. the “Great Satan”. It has also funded terrorist organizations in the Middle East bent on destroying Israel but it is Iran’s nuclear weapons program that presents the greatest danger to the United States. Iran has […]

Journal Entry – Democrats Desperate to Save Professional Guilds

Some of the largest special interest groups are professional, trade, and commercial associations. Groups such as the National Association of Realtors, National Automotive Dealers Association, American Federation of Teachers, American Bankers Association, American Medical Association (AMA), American Federation of State/County/Municipal Employees, National Education Association (NEA), and American Association for Justice (Trial Lawyers) are among the […]