Politics
Dec 25th, 2009 |
By David Blane |
Category: Featured, Politics
It’s too hard to define political parties… and why do we care?
I did some searching for some popular articles today trying to figure out what the major feeling was in America before the new year when it comes to politics and the media. I found some articles that are trying to categorize political parties in [...]
Tags: 2010, democrat, new year, new year 2010, parties, political, political parties, political parties 2010, Politics, republican Posted in Featured, Politics |
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Oct 28th, 2009 |
By Peter Blane |
Category: All Content, Politics
That title is funny to me because Matt Costa wrote a song called “Sunshine“. The reason that I think it’s funny is because Senate bill 604 is referred to as the Sunshine Act (or the Transparency Act in the House of Reps – 1207).
If you’re not familiar with Ron Paul, you may not be aware [...]
Tags: FED, federal reserve, GAO, Government Accountability Office Posted in All Content, Politics |
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Oct 26th, 2009 |
By Laura Ashley |
Category: All Content, Commentary, News, Politics
Obama’s Fox Hunt
By: Laura-Ashley
10/27/09
The Obama administration officially launched its own “War on Terror,” against Fox News On Friday, October 23 for “not rendering its coverage and the fairness of that coverage fair,” stated Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary in an interview conducted by ABC’s, Jake Tapper. Source
The New York Times reported that Anita Dunn, [...]
Tags: Administration, Bill O'Rielly, Fairness Doctrine, Fox, Fox and Obama, Fox News, Freedom of the press, Media, Obama, Obama Vs. Fox, White House Posted in All Content, Commentary, News, Politics |
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Oct 15th, 2009 |
By Kris |
Category: All Content, Finance, Politics
You might know a little about the Fair Tax. You might not. Whatever the case may be, The Fair Tax has gained steam in the past two years. Today I’d like to take a look at this notion that the Fair Tax is, indeed, fair.
The Fair Tax is officially called H.R. 25. If you want [...]
Tags: 16th amendment, abolish the irs, Economics, Fair, Fair Tax, Finance, H.R. 25, HR 25, IRS, Tax, tax code, taxes Posted in All Content, Finance, Politics |
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Oct 13th, 2009 |
By Laura Ashley |
Category: All Content, Politics
Our President’s Accomplishments
By: Laura-Ashley
Oct. 12, 2009
According to the committee of the Noble Peace Prize, Obama has been awarded “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” He was nominated for the prize while less than two weeks in office. How he accomplished “international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” in less than [...]
Tags: Barrack Obama, government, Obama, Obama promises, Obama's accomplishments, office, president, Training on the job Posted in All Content, Politics |
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Oct 9th, 2009 |
By michael2l |
Category: All Content, Economics, Politics
Try at all to be a responsible citizen and follow how the government is spending your money, and you will consistently run across articles where sums in the millions, billions, and even trillions are tossed around as if they were pocket change. It can become very difficult to juggle these massive sums in your head [...]
Tags: Congress, Deficit, Economics, Obama, Politics Posted in All Content, Economics, Politics |
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Aug 6th, 2009 |
By David Blane |
Category: All Content, Politics, Random Thoughts
By David Blane
8-6-09
Have you seen this photo?
You can take it here http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html
It’s the latest mainstream, misguiding, and misdirected quiz out there. Floating around on Facebook and what not. What people need to realize is by forming statements that don’t ask basic questions, these quizzes often leave out valuable view points that appeal to [...]
Tags: affiliation, center, commentary, conservative, democrat, ethics, inaccurate, left, legislation, liberal, libertarian, morals, Philosophy, political, psychology, quiz, regulation, republican, right, spectrum Posted in All Content, Politics, Random Thoughts |
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Jul 16th, 2009 |
By David Blane |
Category: All Content, Media, Politics, Random Thoughts
Double check your perspective.
By David Blane
Atlanta, Ga 7/8/2009
In Michael Mann’s latest film adaptation of outlaw story Public Enemies, the Dillinger gangs’ historical and influential robbery sprees across America seem to be somewhat justified. Mann’s depiction of public enemy number one John Dillinger is less of a psychopath and more of an entrepreneur or [...]
Tags: bank, depp, depression, dillinger, economy, enemies, government, hero, john, johnny, mann, michael, mobster, outlaw, Politics, public, robber Posted in All Content, Media, Politics, Random Thoughts |
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Jun 22nd, 2009 |
By David Blane |
Category: All Content, Politics
“Those of us who still mention the Constitution, even now, and our obligation to observe it, are sometimes answered with the curt reply, “We’re at war.” We are indeed fighting undeclared wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and an open-ended war against terrorism worldwide. But if the president claims extraordinary wartime powers, and we fight undeclared [...]
Tags: abuse, branch, excerpt, executive, paul, power, president, revolution, ron, the Posted in All Content, Politics |
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