Articles from The Dissident Awakens

An Update
2007-12-07 15:49:00
My life has been a little turbulent lately to say the least. I have recently moved to Hawaii and have began a new life here pretty much. I think about writing often, but don't always have a lot of time to do so, and I don't want to be posting half ass stories and thoughts.Stay tuned, over the next few days I'm going to try to get back into it....In the meantime, get involved. Pick up a newspaper or a book and start educating yourself. It's time we took our sovereign nation back. ...

The Dem Debate Meltdown
2007-10-31 09:56:00
I decided that I was going to sit down and watch the Democratic Debates last night. I've watched every one thus far regardless of party so I sat down anxiously anticipating a rousing debate on this issues. Boy was I wrong.Let's start of with Dennis Kucinich. He first caught my attention early on when he claimed that nuclear power was the most expensive and most dangerous power source ever created. Now, we don't need to debate this whole issue, you can read the Wiki entry and draw your own conclusions there. Believe it or not, I'm going to now reference France in a positive light. Yes, they apply nuclear energy, reuse the waste, and have some of the cheapest power anywhere in Europe. You be the judge there, it's in the above link.The thing that angers me in this scenario is we have yet another politician (red or blue) stating their opinion as public fact. This is the same type of spin that we need to get rid of in politics. Yes, people should be smart enough to draw their ...

Edwards Better Advocate for Women!?
2007-07-17 14:05:00
Just when you thought it was going to be a slow day on the campaign trail, Elizabeth Edwards opens her big mouth again, this time stating that her husband is a better advocate for women than Hilary Clinton. I'm pretty sure it was a thinly veiled shot claiming Hilary is really a man. ;)Actually, if you really think about it, Edwards does have nicer hair, dress better, and is at least tolerable in his speaking voiceMaybe Elizabeth Edwards is on to something after all.... ...

Giuliani to Reveal Five-Star Conservative Judicial Advisory Panel?
2007-07-16 14:02:00
So it seems that Giuliani wants to put on a good impression by announcing a power house Judicial Advisory Panel. I just don't see Conservatives getting behind Giuliani on this move alone, he leans a little more to the right than I think most people would like.Last week, he was smeared by Firefighters for a myriad of thier own reasons. What I find hilarious about all of this is if the issue centered around 9/11 then why are just now hearing about it? Say it with me, election year is coming.I think we can easily conclude that this is certainly another checkmark in the long line of smear campaigns leading up to the primary. The question is how will the general voting populace receive it?Of course, this is all probably unimportant information. The second Fred Thompson or Newt Gingrich announce, we can stick a fork in Rudy as well. ...

Edwards Kicks off Poverty Tour
2007-07-16 13:38:00
Does anybody else find the idea of a poverty tour kind of odd? If poverty is a big issue you want to address, wouldn't taking the fat loads of money you're spending to tour poverty stricken areas and donating to feed said poverty striken people a better idea?I know I don't need to say this, but it's just another photo opportunity, plain and simple. Instead of trying to help people that are poverty stricken, why don't we get them jobs and offer them low income housing? Oh wait, we have the welfare system, nevermind.As long as we have a system in place that makes it too easy for people to not work and make money, we're always going to have 'poverty' issues. Let's help empower people and get them employed, which in turn would more than likely get them health care as well.Seems like a good many of the issues Mr. Edwards is concerned about would quickly dissapear, and the kicker is it would probably cost less tax payer dollars to do so instead of hemmoraging money to support th ...

More Staff Depart From McCain Campaign
2007-07-16 13:21:00
When I said last week that the McCain Campaign was finished, I really wasn't kidding.More major defections today, citing the campaign leaders are no longer there, so these people don't want to be either.McCain started his decline from the first debate, and continued to successfully kill any hope he had with his stances on immigration and Iraq. Oh, let's also not forget about that whole trampling of free speech.Let's be honest here, this self clearing per say is nothing but good news for Republican voters because it cleanses the pool of one option. We all knew McCain didn't have a chance in Hell with conservatives anyways, so I suppose this is one positive of the early campaigning this year. ...

The State of Affairs
2007-07-15 13:54:00
First of all let me apologize for the lack of updates. It has been a crazy week and I'm a little out of gas.I was fully prepared to relax and pick it up tomorrow but I had a great conversation with an old friend yesteday and I wanted to touch on it.I hate the word Libertarian. I'm not a Libertarian, I'm a Republican. I'm a founding father's Republican. Most conservatives really are.The problem that we have here is that we need to mobilize on it. Let's stop being segmented and looking for an alternative, let's rebuild OUR party. Instead of allowing moderates or neo-conservatives to represent us, why don't we start electing true Republicans that share our beliefs? Leaving the party to create a new one doesn't make a difference, it just muddies the water even further. We need to work together and clean house in the way we want, electing the representatives we want.The only way to fix the state of the Republican party is to assemble and use due diligence. Not seperate. I ...

Edwards and Clinton Trample YOUR Freedom
2007-07-13 16:57:00
I was completely ready to take today off until I sat down a while ago to read Drudge. When I ran across the idea that Senators Clinton and Edwards believe that only "serious candidates" should be at future debates astounded me.Now first of all, Kucinich is miffed bigtime, and rightfully so. What completely shocks me here is that these two people somehow think their opinion is just on this topic, when in reality it is the opinion of Americans.Besides all of the other things these people have said that would hinder the rights that we have in this country, this one takes the cake.Who in the world would want to vote for an elitist candidate who obviously doesn't give a spit about the opinion of the populace?Yes, I realize I'm a conservative, and although I'm not so hot on the Republican party right now, I understand how this could be percieved as typical rightist speak.Believe me when I say this, this situation is not about left or right, it's about right and wrong. What this basica ...

Iraq Progress Good?
2007-07-12 14:59:00
Our administration is stating that thus far the movement in Iraq is going well, and that 8 of 18 steps have been achieved. Of course, reactions have been mixed across the board.As I said earlier, I wish we were more concerned with the issues in our own country such as border security and foriegn energy dependencies. However, we are making great progress in the liberation of Iraq, and I applaud our troops for it.My only real qualm here is that we haven't fought this war properly since day one. Either do it, or don't. We need to stop pandering in a middle ground, and do everything we can to secure Iraq and achieve our goals there. We also need to take care of our issues at home. That should be our first priority above everything else. ...

Summer of Terror Continues
2007-07-12 12:15:00
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has a feeling that this is going to be one hot summer for terrorism. Yesterday, reports began to surface that Al-Qaeda had reached levels seen in 2001, near the 9/11 attack. Chertoff apperared on Good Morning America today however, and refuted that claim.So where does this leave us? I have to admit that personally I was all for the war on terror in the begining of this all. I also understand that pulling our troops out at this point would be nothing short catastrophic to the Iraqi people. I feel like the older I get ( a ripe old 28 now) I become more of a Nationalist. The only thing I think about this issue now is why are we there when we haven't even sealed our borders?This is in no means a slam on our troops who put their lives on the line to allow me the freedoms I have. This is however a philosophical question of why we are at this point in our country, and what can we do about it now?Right now I'm not really sure there is ...

Unity 08 and Law and Order
2007-07-11 13:16:00
I've spoken before about Fred Thompson and his Law and Order factor. I truly believe that it gives him a leg up simply because he is more recognizable to the common person. Those of us that watch politics like a hobby know all about him, Joe Blue Collar probably doesn't know where all the candidates stand.Of course it is very early, and I think the American populace has yet to garner a huge interest because of the length of time to the elections.Last night, another Law and Order star appeared on O'Reilly. Sam Waterston is now pitching the idea of Unity 08 on cable network news. The idea is pretty simple. Anyone can goto the site and nominate their idea of an ideal Presidential/Vice Presidential combo. The community will then vote their nomination, and those candidates will run as Independents.I have to say I like the idea. This is truly a for the people, by the people scenario, but I just don't see it garnering a whole lot of steam.I think a third party is a good idea, the mo ...

RFK Jr. Goes off the Deep End?
2007-07-10 14:11:00
Does anyone else find it highly ironic that a person with access to the Kennedy Trust, which was made from big business America, is now calling said corporations traitors for not doing their part to help Global Warming?So your family makes an obscene amount of money, but now that's not good enough because their horrible corporations are ruining the environment and doing nothing about it?And they say Conservatives are fear and hate mongers. Give me a break. ...

TeamWTFOnline Wants You!
2007-07-10 13:55:00
I have a group of pretty good friends that run a nice little forum based around some great causes. Team Wants To Fold Online is a group of guys that run some easy to install programs that help do research for things like cancer cures. You basically install a small program on your computer than will run in the background and churn information, helping to research certain aspects of the diseases, and hopefully lead us closer to a cure.This costs you absolutely nothing, and is a snap to install. If you like good causes, this is certainly an easy one to get into. ...

Live Earth Lukewarm
2007-07-09 15:07:00
I have to say I'm not shocked at all that Live Earth didn't draw big television ratings.I'm willing to wager that most of the people that went didn't go solely because of the cause, but probably to see the bands themseleves. I believe that the majority of the American populace probably realized what a hypocritical affair the whole idea of 27 concerts preaching conserving energy and being more green. ...

Bush Denies Congress Access to Aides
2007-07-09 14:30:00
Once again President Bush has evoked executive privledge to deny a Congressional request for testimony from two former aides.The big story here is that there really isn't any story. Once again, the President used an option that he, and every President have always been well within their defined rights to do.Unless someone can expose some major controversy they simply are not going to remove this President from office.The thing that aggrivates me more than anything about this situation is that we've wasted more time pandering and make attempts to do something that is extremely difficult at best to do at this time.Could we maybe work on getting that whole immigration deal wrapped up? Could we please apply our energies to something that will make a positive change in this country and knock off all the crap? ...

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