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More Slick Wordsmithing: Don’t Be Fooled. It’s Blatant Chicanery and Changes Nothing

admin | March 17, 2009

In a Spiegel Online interview Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was asked about her apparent refusal to say the word ‘terrorism’: [Source]
Spiegel: Madame Secretary, in your first testimony to the US Congress as Homeland Security Secretary you never mentioned the word "terrorism." Does Islamist terrorism suddenly no longer pose a threat to your country? [...]

More on Individualism vs Collectivism - Redux!

admin | March 13, 2009

A relevant [and slightly edited] re-post from last October:
I was thinking this morning about people who are far too accepting of their loss of freedoms/rights… but my mind automatically swung to the belief that as Americans, who we fundamentally ARE, surely the majority of us cannot -will not- allow the very foundation, and fundamental beliefs, [...]

Why The Stimulus Won’t Work Now… or anytime soon.

admin | January 31, 2009

Donald Lambro @ WashingtonTimes
It will take a lot longer than almost anyone thinks for the Obama administration to get the $825 billion stimulus money into the economy. Don’t believe me? Read the Congressional Budget Office’s recent analysis of the Democrats’ plan.
President Obama has said he intends to give the economy "a jolt" by quickly injecting [...]

King Obama: Lord of the Realm, King of America???

admin | January 19, 2009

 In their freaking dreams…
thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z

H.J.RES.5
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/6/2009)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest [...]

‘Hopey-Changey’ Framing of Socialism is Dangerous in the Extreme

admin | December 14, 2008

Another sodahead discussion on defining socialism:
bear to beadfulheart

Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating common market paradigms often based in state, internationally merged corporations and collective ownership which addresses the administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and an egalitarian society characterized by equal [...]

It Ain’t Kumabaya, Kids.

admin | December 12, 2008

 

 MARKETWATCH - PRESS RELEASE
New Poll Warns Daschle, Obama: Mandatory Health Insurance Big Loser with Public; Voters Want Return on Stem Cell Research

Last update: 12:12 p.m. EST Dec. 11, 2008

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Less than 15% of U.S. voters support, and 53% oppose, a proposal pushed by health insurers requiring [...]