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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Obama’s Troubling Choices for Libya
President Barack Obama has a difficult problem when it comes to responding to a situation like Libya. This is true regardless of his political party. The President of the United States does not have the luxury of being able to just fly in the Marines to save Libyan civilians, without some sort of approval from the international community at large. Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, International Politics, Muslim Opinion of the West, Western Opinion of Islam
Tagged Adolph Hitler genocide, Ben Wedeman of CNN reaches Benghazi, CNN Libya Coverage, Joseph Stalin genocide, Liberation of Paris, Pol Pot genocide, President Barack Obama Libya Response, President's Libya Diplomacy, send in the Marines, United States as international policeman
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Why Egyptians Should Demand Freedom of Religion in Their Constitution
Freedom of Religion is the first of the Freedoms mentioned in the 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. We Americans had good reason for putting it there! European colonization of North America was largely driven by religious warfare. It is very likely that a majority of Americans are descended from peoples who were seeking Freedom of Religion. I know my ancestors were. Continue reading
Posted in 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Ethics in Religion, Freedom of Religion, Western Opinion of Islam
Tagged 1st Amendment of the Constitution, Coptic Christians in Egypt, Examples of Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Religion in Islam, Freedom of Religion in the Constitution, Freedom of Religion in the Muslim World, Freedom of Religion in the New Constitution of Egypt, Freedom of Religion in the United States, New Egyptian Constitution, President George W. Bush Mistakes in Iraq
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Myth of the Social Security Solvency Crisis
Conservatives want you to believe that Social Security will go bankrupt. Their strategy is the usual. Let’s scare middle class Americans into doing what really benefits only the rich. Conservatives want to blame the so-called Baby Boom for Social Security insolvency, when bankruptcy has not and will not happen. We only need to be sensible and pay attention to the real numbers. Continue reading
Posted in Election, Politics, Republican, Right Wing, Social Security, Tea Party
Tagged baby boom generation social security, conservative scare tactics, Glenn Beck, gop scare tactics, political scare tactics, Rush Limbaugh, social security bankrupt, social security benefits calculator, social security insolvency, will social security go bankrupt
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Constitution for Egypt Revolution 2.0 and Beyond
The 45 words of the 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the United States are the essence of the strength of the United States. I say this because the rights contained there allow us to build our country by a tempering process analogous to turning iron into steel by pounding the impurities out of the iron.
Whenever any of our thousands of religious, ethnic, national, social, political and many other interest groups comes up with a bad idea, these Freedoms allow the other groups to beat it out of the system by vigorous debate. Whenever a good idea comes from any group, we all adopt it quickly, which often assures that such ideas will be adopted around the world. Continue reading
Posted in 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, American Politics, Freedom of Speech
Tagged 1st Amendment, Benjamin Franklin and the Constitution of the United States, Egypt Revolution 2.0, First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances, James Madison and at the Constitution of the United States, Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court
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Conservatives Increase the US National Debt
Yes, it is true, our National Debt is too large, and needs to be brought under control. But, the next time the Conservatives want you to believe that the National Debt history shows them as the reducers, don’t you believe it! They have consistently added to the National Debt from the time that President Richard M. Nixon was still a respected figure on the world stage. It’s been four decades! Continue reading
Economics Trumps the Myth of Military Power
What we have seen in Tahrir Square in Cairo, the streets of Tunisia, and throughout the Middle East is populations fed up with being starved by their own leaders. We will see economic opportunity improve in those countries, and the threat of terrorism aimed at the United States gradually fade away, once these economic inequities are rectified. The people don’t need guns to achieve these results. What they need is an understanding of the power of economics. Continue reading
Posted in 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Freedom of Speech, Politics
Tagged Chinese military threat to us, civil rights movement, economic super power, Gandhi at his spinning wheel, Martin Luther King bus boycott, Martin Luther King movement, Mohandas K. Gandhi Salt March of 1930 and General Strikes, power economics, power of economics, world economic powers
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