Politics

Time To Trade In The Republican Jalopy

Time To Trade In The Republican Jalopy
It's time that conservatives awaken to the reality that political parties come and go, that they are merely political vehicles through which principles may be transported into public policy. Whenever a political party abandons the principles people believe in, it is the duty of people to abandon the party for a more reliable form of transportation.

The Lie's The Limit? Where Does It End?
Those Americans not dumbed-down by media propaganda are already more than up to speed regarding the extracurricular activities of the Bush administration and the lies told by President George W. Bush to engineer an unnecessary war against a defenseless Third World dictatorship. If human rights are an issue, where was America relative to the cause for world justice as regards Rwanda? Considering the grounds for the impeachment of President George Bush, corruption wasn’t previously high up on the list of this administration’s betrayal of the public trust. It is now!

Give Me Back My Republic,
I am sick and tired of military empire
Since there is virtually no coverage of the Defense Department other than the SecDef's smart-alecky news conferences, I highly recommend Johnson's new book as well as his old one, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of an American Empire. If you look at the original publication date of his first book, you will find that it is quite prophetic.

Stress Epidemic Strikes American Forces in Iraq
Up to one in five of the American military personnel in Iraq will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, say senior forces' medical staff dealing with the psychiatric fallout of the war. This revelation follows the disclosure last month that more than 600 US servicemen and women have been evacuated from the country for psychiatric reasons since the conflict started last March.

Guard Member Charged For Refusing Anthrax Vaccine
An Ohio National Guard member has been charged by the Army with disobeying a lawful order after he again refused to take the anthrax vaccine. Specialist Kurt Hickman refused to take the series of shots on January 14 after his unit was deployed to Camp Atterbury in Indiana in preparation for going overseas. Hickman, who has said the vaccine can cause serious side effects, was formally charged on Friday as an active duty member of the Army, which places the case under the federal uniform code of military justice, according to Army Major Chris Pfaff.

US Troops Face Iraq Abuse Charges
Four US marine reservists are due in a military court on Monday to face charges of abusing Iraqi prisoners. The incidents are alleged to have happened last year at a detention facility in southern Iraq. Two of them face charges of negligent homicide, arising from the death of a Baath Party official.

Lincoln's Civil War Against New York
Between 1861 and 1865 there were two wars being fought simultaneously in the United States by Abraham Lincoln and his Republican administration. The first was to prevent the independence of the seceded Southern states. The second was a civil war in the North upon the six states controlled by the Democratic Party: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. The Union army was called upon to crush out their guerrilla war, insurrectionary acts, and full-scale military defiance. This opposition was provoked by Lincoln's attempt to insure loyalty through terror: arbitrary arrests of civilians, martial law and military trials for civilians hundreds of miles outside the war zone, confiscation of property of suspected traitors and the closing of anti-Republican periodicals. Thirty-eight thousand Northerners were arrested and taken to unknown places of confinement, without benefit of habeas corpus or trial by jury.

So, Is Radical Feminism A Socialist Front?
For the past 30 years I have followed the trajectory of feminism. Originally I was an ardent supporter of the ideology. But 15 years ago, it became clear that this religion of gender liberation had lost its moral compass. Now, feminism has become a parody of the very ideals it claims to promote. It was this dialectic that led me to research this series of articles on Socialism and Feminism.

Congress Cannot Be Appointed
In the months following the September 11th terrorist attacks, questions arose about whether Congress could continue to function if many of its members were killed or injured in a future terrorist attack. These concerns resulted in the creation of a commission that advocated a first in American history, namely the appointment of individuals to the U.S. House. A constitutional amendment has been proposed that would provide the method for such appointments following a catastrophe that killed or disabled a majority of the people in Congress.

Top Fiscal Watchdog Delivers Stinging Attack on Deficit
WASHINGTON --The U.S. comptroller general, David Walker, laid out a blistering attack on the nation's growing deficit yesterday, saying it is undermining the future of the nation and putting an all-but-intolerable tax burden on future generations. "The path we're on is imprudent and unsustainable,'' he said.

Bills Would Limit Lobbying by Campaign Consultants
The California Assembly on Monday unanimously approved two measures that would prohibit political consultants from lobbying state officeholders they help elect.

Ice Storm Pounds D.C. Area
A second blast of winter weather was expected to coat the region with ice last night, creating treacherous driving conditions this morning and the possibility of outages by the afternoon if tree limbs weighted with ice crash onto power lines. As the Washington area continued to dig out from the about 4 inches of snow that fell Sunday, forecasters predicted heavy freezing rain this afternoon lasting 3 to 6 hours, followed by light snow expected to start after 7 p.m.

Posted by Editor at January 27, 2004 11:04 AM