New Bill Honors Cold War Veterans

Several Senators, including my Senator - Olympia Snowe, introduced a new bill that will honor Cold War Veterans for their service to our country and democracy.

COLD WAR SERVICE MEDALS ACT OF 2009

MIKE PENCE FOR PRESIDENT!

Watch this guy. I've had the pleasure of seeing him speak and also wrote a research paper on him. Although I don't think his chances of a 2012 bid are all that good, keep an eye on him for the future. I think he we wants to seriously consider a run for president, he needs to put himself in a "leadership" role. Run for governor, run for senate, or take on a leadership role in the House. Don't quote me on this, but I don't believe that a Representative has ever been elected straight to the White House. Interesting fellow though.

Pence's Trips to Iowa, South Carolina, Spur White House Chatter

Is China More Capitalistic than the US?

Easy answer. YES! Just look at the policies coming out of Washington. And here is a question for you...since when has New York City and the Empire State Building been so sympathetic of the human rights abusing Chinese communist dictatorship??????? Just look at the picture in this article. And, of course, read it if you have the time.

Marching to World Domination

WORDS WILL ALWAYS RETAIN THEIR POWER

More Than a Two-Party System in the US?

This is an interesting article posted on TheHill.com. It goes on to explain the idea's behind a possible three party system amidst the political atmosphere in the United States today. This is a thought that has come up often in political discussion of the late 20th and early 21st century - mainly due to the rise in registered "Independent" or "Non-Affiliate" voters. Many discredit claims that there will ever be a multi-party system in the United States, due to the fact that our political environment and governing bodies don't allow more than a two party system...organizationally speaking. I believe this to be true.

However, what I believe hasn't been assessed strongly enough is the rise of other factions or caucuses within the Democratic and Republican parties that exist today. For example, the Tea Party movement has given way to increased in "conservative Republicans." In the recent congressional special election of New York's 23 district, the Republican party was forced to nominate the Conservative Party candidate. We've seen a division of the Democratic Party in congress the last 6 months or so, due mostly to the ideological differences of traditional liberal-Democrats and fiscally conservative "Blue Dogs." This past summer, talk show host and political pundit Rush Limbaugh stated, when speaking about the division of Democratic Party amongst the Blue Dogs and Liberals, "We will see the MOTHER of ALL political battles ahead of us." Forget an Independent Party. The better question is, will we see the introduction of a new "Conservative Democrat Party" or the re-introduction of a "Conservative Party?"

Likely the answer is no. The long established Republican and Democrat Parties are far to powerful to allow factions among them. It is not in their better interest, and their leaders will stress for unification. For example, this is quite possible what defined Ronald Reagan. He re-united the Republican Party by bringing together moderates and conservatives.

But who really knows? What do you think?

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/66489-the-big-question-will-we-see-more-third-party-candidates

These People are Running America?!

While I'm not going to defend, nor deny, President Bush and his infamous "Bush-isms," but take a look at what our current leaders have to say:

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed, he said 'look, here's what happened.'" - Vice President Joe Biden

FDR was not President when the stock market crashed, and television had not yet been invented.

"It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There's a lot of - I don't know what the term is in Austrian - wheeling and dealing..." - President Barack Obama

Austrian isn't a language, it is a country. Austrians speak German.

"If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong." - Vice President Joe Biden

"Every month that we do not have an economic recovery package, 500 million Americans lost their jobs." - Speaker Nancy Pelosi

At the of this comment, there were only 300 million Americans.

"Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go." - President Barack Obama

Need I say anything?

SOURCE - REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, GRASSROOTS QUARTERLY, FALL 2009

IRONY

This is a quoted response from columnist/blogger Camille Paglia. Ms. Paglia is a self-described liberal and feminist, however often comments with the utmost utilization of common sense. This quote is a response to, among other things, a comment regarding the tea party movement and the liberal reaction:

"It is bizarre that liberals who celebrate the unruly demostrations of our youth would malign or impugn the motivation of today's protestors with opposing views."

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