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McPolitics and America’s political palate 2007-08-10 03:09:22 Perhaps you caught a glimpse of Tuesday’s presentation at Soldier Field.  You know, the political fashion show displaying the Democratic presidential candidates to all the union bosses in order to determine who – if anyone – is to get the endorsement from the AFL-CIO for the run to the White House.  If you didn’t, perhaps [...] ... America

Pondering the Future of Populist America as it continues to grow and increase in organizational complexity 2007-08-09 10:43:00 As the Populist Party of America grows in size, we are faced with some challenging obstacles and difficult decisions to make regarding the future of the Party: i.e., What type of structure should be given to the Populist Party of America? Should we strive for a strong national organization? Or, contrarily, should we [...] ... America

The Surge in Iraq is probably making things even worse 2007-08-07 08:25:38 digg_url='http://digg.com/political_opinion/The_Surge_in_Iraq_is_probably_making_things_even_worse'; For those of us who have had considerable doubts as to the veracity of the latest claims coming from the Bush Administration and the select members of the Military Generalship, who serve as the Administration’s proxies, regarding the current success of the “Surge,” in Iraq, I can assure you that your cynicism is well founded. As [...] ...

Anti-war voices aren’t necessarily pro-peace 2007-08-02 09:17:29 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn In most countries that come to mind, there seems to be a very strong direct correlation between being anti-war and being pro-peace. Not in the United States. In our America being anti-war has little correlation with being pro-peace. It seems that much of the anti-war sentiment is more an anti “how the [...] ...

Enjoy the thrills of imperial adventurism without having to enlist in the Military! 2007-08-01 15:12:49 Finally, for those of us who do not want to serve in the Military, but, nevertheless, want to contribute to America’s imperial expansion, we now have the opportunity to serve in the Civilian Corps. This program, which belongs to the State Department, is designed to draw upon the patriotism and compassion of the American citizenry, [...] ...

A FIVE YEAR EDUCATION 2007-07-30 17:38:38  An Essay provided by:  Lonnie D. Story    I recently had a dream.  It was quite unusual for me.  First of all, most my dreams come at night while I am asleep.  However, this dream, although at night, wasn’t the solemn ground of deep silence and repose.  This dream came in short but in great length in a vision [...] ...

Obama’s trip to the confessional 2007-07-26 09:28:56 An Article by: Ben Tanosborn Can you picture Barak Obama held by the ear, Father Politics forcefully leading him to the confessional to be cleansed of all his foreign policy sins?  Those of us raised under the guidance of the Holy Roman and Apostolic Church, pre-Vatican Council II, are likely to appreciate best the meaning of telling [...] ...

Open Letter to the Barna Group 2007-07-25 02:40:35 I am rendering this an open letter since I seem incapable of soliciting a response from Barna Group, who were responsible for the publication of a study: http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=272 The purpose of the study is to draw comparisons between Christians and atheists on a slate of behaviors and attitudes related to community interactions and relations. The reason I [...] ...

Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it 2007-07-23 19:05:10 Reading laws before voting to pass them is a simple act of responsibility. Congress has failed to meet even this most basic duty to you for a long time. To counter this trend, DownsizeDC.org has created the “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA), which requires, among other things, that all bills must be read in their entirety before [...] ...

The Great Washington DC Disconnect 2007-07-17 20:16:49 An Editorial By: Chuck Adkins It seems that in Washington DC there is a great disconnect from the American people and the Congress, Senate, and ultimately with the President of the United States. Today comes the announcement from the President of the new Iraqi Government that the United States can leave anytime that it wishes. [...] ...

Another spray of “Sapience No. 5″ from Kissinger 2007-07-15 19:53:49 A week ago Henry A. Kissinger was telling us by way of an op-ed that, “Whatever our domestic timetables, the collapse of the American effort in Iraq would be a geopolitical calamity.” Another platitude from Henry! A master at giving questionable, and often ill-conceived, foreign policy advice, he always comes back years later spraying the pile [...] ...

Americans felt turning points on Vietnam, Iraq wars in ‘70, ‘07 2007-07-13 21:35:28 By Steve Hammons July 11, 2007 As many people have pointed out, there seem to be important similarities as well as significant differences when comparing the Vietnam War and the invasion and occupation of Iraq. That said, one of the similarities may turn out to be points in time when American public opinion gradually shifted from mostly optimism [...] ...

UN: Love it or leave it, just don’t deride it 2007-07-11 13:08:00 An Article by:Ben Tanosborn You know what… Ban Ki-moon might just be the right choice to lead the UN!  Americans quickly identify with him as soon as they discover he is the first secretary-general in the six-decade history of the United Nations who doesn’t speak French; yet remaining sartorially correct.  And his likeability doubles as he [...] ...

Racist Persecution of African-American High School Students in Jena, Louisiana; along with its relevancy to the political positions taken by Ron Paul 2007-07-10 09:34:44 Despite the best efforts of the luddite, Jim Crow bigots residing in the backwater town of Jena, Louisiana, the cap is about to burst on these white supremacists, who are in the process of committing what amounts to a lynching of several, young African-American males. This clinical lynching is being conducted under the veneer of [...] ... Ron Paul

Reflections on Religion and Politics 2007-07-08 16:37:19 For the past so many weeks, I have been publishing on the Midwest Populist site essays written by atheists in defense of atheism and in opposition to religious interpretations of atheists in less than flattering modes of conceptualization. Although, if one peruses through the various articles posted in support of atheology, he or she will surely [...] ...