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Focus on Peace By : Richard D. Blackstone If you truly desire "Peace" then you must "Focus on Peace." Doesn't that make sense? Why is it that we typically take our focus off of peace and put it on war? Read on to make sense of a this critical process. Logo Sponsored Presidential Hopefuls Debate - Prepping a Minority or Pandering By : Rev Michael Bresciani Two rebukes repeatedly leveled at Christians from today’s champions of “tolerance” are becoming wearisome when trying to apply scriptural admonition to the practice of homosexuality. First is the idea that calling it sin always means that believers hate homosexuals. Tyranny Terror and Moral Relativism - America's Shifting Battlefronts By : Rev Michael Bresciani America was founded on the premise that men should live without tyranny from oppressive rulers and laws. It is a battle that never really ends. Tyranny has two equally dangerous and deadly sisters creeping into America’s social fabric and both are endowed with deep skullduggeries. Animal Rights Is A Dirty Word By : Jeff Popick Are charitable organizations really dedicated to helping the cause? What about "animal rights weirdos?" Check out this enlightening article by Jeff Popick on how to really help humanity forward. Information The Government Makes Public About You By : Steven Cancel Learn about what important information can be uncovered within many US public records. Wizarding Your Way to Advocacy Success: Five Rules From Harry Potter By : Stephanie Vance From "Believe That What You're Doing is Right" to "Have the Right Allies" Harry Potter shows us five key rules for effective advocacy. What Everyone Missed in the Immigration Debate By : Doug Ragan Are we missing the big picture in the debate over immigration reform? I'm not just talking about the misguided politicians who tried to shove a ridiculous amnesty bill down our throats. Have we the people allowed what really happened to go over our heads? Can the News Media Ever be Responsible to Society? By : Richard Kuhns Fact is we're at war with terrorism--nothing new there. The news can take on the role of being informative or it can take on the role of Tokyo Rose during War War II. What is needed is a responsibility rating to aid in managing stress of our nation. The Accumulation of Laws By : Shane Lamotte Men fight for freedom; then they begin to accumulate laws to take it away from themselves. - Unknown Author U.S. Foreign Policy and Terrorism By : Leon Newton The public ask the question "Why Do They Hate Us" The title sums its findings succinctly, U.S. Image Up Slightly, But Still Negative: American Character Gets Mixed Reviews Presidential Candidates and Gay Medicine By : Rev Michael Bresciani The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and other gay rights activist groups are opposing President Bush’s nomination for Surgeon General, Dr. James Holsinger. Is his science wrong? Why Democrats Should Fund The War By : Douglas Schoen Democrats will be making a profound mistake if they follow through on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s insistence that the party will refuse to provide any funding for the war in Iraq, absent some benchmarks for withdrawal of our troops at least by September 2008. To be sure, as everyone knows, the American people quite strongly support the notion of cutting off funding for the war in the absence of achieving benchmarks of success for the war in Iraq. And at this point,... Imus, Insults and Ignorance By : Max Vogt "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but this administration's approaches will do me even worse." Power Polling: How to Win Elections and Customers By : Randy Gilbert There is "money-making power" in the ability to listen to your customers, because THEY ARE YOUR VOTERS. Finding out what they want and then giving it to them is like millionaire magic. The Web and the 2008 Presidential Race By : Joem Hughes The article is about the relationship between the Internet and the upcoming 2008 presidential race. It discusses about the changes that the Internet has made on the way political campaigns are being done. It also gives information on how the candidates are taking advantage of the Internet to gain an advantage on the presidential race. Why We’re Not Winning The “War Against Terror” By : Peter Davies Few people understand why it is inevitable that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will not end in victory for the United States of America and Britain. I’m not a journalist, but I did fight as a soldier in one war against insurgents; and – in another civil war – my business suffered devastating losses when caught-up between the two factions. In both these wars, I witnessed the suffering of neutral civilians. Because I was intimately and personally involved in these two wars... The ‘Porkmeisters’…Cloaked In Secrecy…Ply Their Trade Of Separating Tax Payers By : Dale Rogers Jimmy Stewart’s character portrayed in “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” would have been right at home last week in Washington D.C. surrounded by the “Porkmeisters” of the current day. Déjà vu here we go again. Conveniently, the closure rule has been simplified removing the spectacle of a ‘elected citizen’ fighting with the Filibuster Rule. The difference here is that this spectacle occurred in the “House Of Representatives”. The strongest example of an oxymoron if they’re ever was one. Seven Ways International Organizations Can Get the U.S. Government to Listen – and Act! By : Stephanie Vance Having trouble getting the U.S. Government to listen? These seven tips will help international organizations get their message across. Benefits of Petitioning Online By : Steven Cancel Petitioning online can allow millions to view, comment, and join your cause without the complications that exist in real life. The Incredible Speed of Falling - Stand Up America By : Rev Michael Bresciani Recent polls say Americans deal with the ever changing landscape of culture and politics by retreating to the tube with remote in hand. Do we need to be reminded that David Letterman was only joking when he said “Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television." The Way Out Of Iraq For A Greater America By : Craig Howell If you subscribe to the military surge or the immediate withdrawal as the only viable options to ending the war in Iraq, there is another way. Getting Ready for Election Season By : Election season is upon us. Getting educated about the candidates can help you to make intelligent decisions when it comes time to vote. "Performers Should Shut Up!" By : Jim DeSantis Dixie Chicks, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Barbara Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, and on and on this list of politicial pundits goes. All have forgotten or ignore Richard Widmark. The Need For The Navy Reserve To Mobilize Sailors By : Victor Epand This article is about the politics and need for the Navy Reserve to mobilize sailors in the near future. Europe And NATO Are Making Defense Efforts For Security Strategies By : Victor Epand This article is about focusing on ways to effectively strengthen European defense efforts and that fresh initiative be made to debate security strategies openly within NATO. Can The USA And Israel Fight Side-By-Side? By : Victor Epand This article is about how the USA and Israel are close allies, but have yet to fight a war side-by-side. Will America Patrol Iraq in Tanks? By : Victor Epand This article evaluates whether America should Patrol Iraq in tanks or not. The Stryker Assault Vehicle By : Victor Epand This article is about the Stryker assault vehicle and what they should do to make this vehicle safer for the troops. Law Of Attraction: Clinton, Biden Blame Bush, but are Just As Responsible for War in Iraq By : Antonio Thornton Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden are blaming Bush for the war in Iraq, but it's the collective consciousness of the people of the United States (and the rest of the world) that is really responsible. Are Dual Citizens Subject to Military Call-up By : Victor Epand The article provides information about dual citizens and military call-up. AirForce C.A.P. Emergency Services Search and Rescue And New Radios By : Victor Epand This article is all about the AirForce C.A.P. Emergency Services Search and Rescue and getting new radios for their unit. Iraq Military Preparedness By : Victor Epand Overview on reconstitution the Iraqi military under new training by the US. Nuclear Power and Iran Today By : Victor Epand The aricle describes the situation with Iran and nuclear power. Will the US Military do something about the nuclear weapon in Iran? An Open Letter From The President Of The United States By : Dave Smith A letter respectfully submitted for publication on September 15th 2001 by speechwriter Rev. David B. Smith. (Still Awaiting approval) It provides an alternative Christian message to the current Christian ant-terrorism rhetoric of the Bush administration. Iran and Nuclear Power By : Victor Epand This article explains the situation about Iran and Nuclear power. A New Age Of Feminism By : Kate Loving Shenk Women Have It Good Here In America--But it Just Got better Eternal Vigilance To Protect Democracy WC 860 By : Jacob Jaffe Thomas Jefferson said, "Eternal vigilance is the price of democracy," but besides preserving our democracy we are also in a never-ending struggle to create and expand our rights. While our founding fathers called for freedom and democracy, our people had to struggle to enfranchise poor whites, to end slavery and to allow former slaves and women the right to vote. Liberties and entitlements that were never considered in the early days of our republic were later enshrined into ... Guilt, Winning and Losing By : John Eberhard I recently read a very interesting article entitled “White Guilt and the Western Past” by Shelby Steele. This article came highly recommended by Rush Limbaugh, and I felt like it really helped to explain a lot of things that are going on in politics today. “ Six Years Later – A Failed Presidency By : Richard Stoyeck President Bush came into office with great promise, and the reality has been one failure after another, and this is coming from a writer who was a conservative Republican before the President knew what the term meant. Let’s use former President Ronald Reagan’s requirements for a successful Presidency. Do you remember the last debate between then President Jimmy Carter and candidate Reagan? The former Republican Governor of California asked the American people in closing if th... The Arguement of Need: Firearms Edition By : Kelsey Hilderbrand Many times, gun banners use the arguement of "why do you need this" to justify the increasing encroachment of the 2nd ammendment rights. We put it into a different light. Whistelblower's Freedom of Speech Trial in Mid East 'Democracy' By : Eileen Fleming During this reporter's March 2006 interview with the Whistleblower of Israel's WMD Program, Mordechai Vanunu, stated, "This administration tells me I am not allowed to speak to foreigners, the Media, and the world. But I do because that is how I prove my true humanity to the world. My freedom of speech trial began January 25, 2006 for speaking to the media, the same day as the Palestinian elections." President Bush And The Great Myths Of Iraq By : Richard Stoyeck What a world we live in. Let’s look at Iraq. We know the President said ostensibly that the reason for invading was to find weapons of mass destruction, and prevent Saddam Hussein from using them. His removal from office could create a new democratic Iraq. America invaded and found no weapons of mass destruction – not even a hint of them. Now the media is basically reporting that we are involved in a Civil War in Iraq, and we are losing it. Somewhere in between the two end... Zionism Is Not Fascism, But Could Be By : Obadiah Shoher The United States and Britain did not support Israel in the 1948 War of Independence. The Soviet Union did, for a reason. Stalin remembered the huge role Russian Jews played in establishing the Soviet regime, and was sure they would build a socialist state in the Middle East. The Exile made the Jews afraid of the mob; they long for stronger state. Jews are smart and opinionated, and many want the power. Monarchies reserve the first roles for hereditary rulers. Democracies ... A Request to be Kidnapped From Jerusalem By : Eileen Fleming On the November 26, 2006 WAWA Blog, this reporter raised the question if Mordechai Vanunu's Christian conversion could be the reason the Israeli government continues to hold him captive in Jerusalem, 2 1/2 years after he was released from 18 years in jail for telling the world the truth, that Israel had gone nuclear. I received the answer December 3, 2006. Clarity Crafted From Common Sense! By : Average Joe Boomer A massive show of political unity at home will affect troop morale, on both sides! Let’s face it; we are all liberals, no matter how conservative we may be. The Puritans who founded America conquered dangers and disasters to win religious freedom, but they were liberals. In 1754, Benjamin Franklin depicted a rattlesnake cut into eight sections in his Pennsylvania Gazette. The eight sections of snake symbolized eight eastern seaboard colonies and the caption said “Join or D... America's "Happiness Index" At New Low By : Richard Stoyeck The other day it occurred to me that during Ronald Reagan’s run for the Presidency he created a “Misery Index”. This index represented a total of the rate of inflation, plus the prime rate, as an indicator of how the American people felt about how they were doing. No one has suggested resurrecting this index in recent years. My thought was to create a “Happiness Index”. How happy are you with the leadership of the country. The problem is that other than taking an outright pol... Politics and the 80/20 Principle By : Wayne Messick The founding fathers, recognizing that our country was too big - even then, for everybody to sit around a big table in Philadelphia, established a representative democracy. We, the people, elect folks to represent us. New Defense Secretary Changes Everything – Perhaps By : Richard Stoyeck On Election Day, the American people spoke very strongly that the direction the President and the Republican Party was taking America towards, is not the direction the country wanted to go in. Presidents are not oblivious to polls. They may not honor them, but they are not oblivious to them. The most important issue in the campaign turned out to be two issues according to the exit polls. They were CORRUPTION, and IRAQ in that order. The President was quick with a lightenin... Friday Ritual in Bilin: Occupied Territory By : Eileen Fleming Billin, West Bank-Largely unreported by the media, thousands of Palestinians and hundreds of Israelis and Internationals have been waging a major grassroots nonviolent campaign of resistance to the construction of Israel's Wall in the Occupied Territories...Anarchy is best understood as Rebellion against UNJUST laws... Scare Mongering Juggernaut Sacked! Now What? By : James Opiko The Chickens have home to roost, so to speak. The corrupt Republican smear & scare mongering juggernaut has been sacked! A strong Democratic onslaught has left the "Quarterback" limping badly, and his "Receivers" are scattered all over the political playing field. Throw in Pastor Ted Haggard's Methamphetamine laced gay sex scandal, and not even a "Saddam Finale" could rescue the Republicans. Over the last three weeks the Republican strategy has been basically a choru... George Bush - Forgive Him, For He Knows Not What He Does By : Chuck Thunder I am a patriotic American. Politically, I consider myself slightly to the right of center. But if I held George Bush fully responsible for everything he has done, I'd consider him a war criminal. The only reason I don't see him that way is that, after watching him, I have concluded that the man is simply unconscious. There's nothing unusual about that - in fact it's quite a common condition. Indeed I wonder just how much I am unconscious of. After all, we can't be aware of wh... This Is Not Your Dad’s Republican Party Anymore By : Richard Stoyeck Stock markets are strange because they reflect the sum total of all our hopes, fears and prejudices at the end of each day. Every so often something big comes along that can have very strong influence on the stock market, and the direction the market is going to take. Bear markets when they do come, come out of nowhere. Everybody is surprised by them, but once they happen, the pundits have what seem to be perfectly reasonable explanations for why they happen. I submit to y... Internet And Cable Tv Shake Up Democracy By : Richard Stoyeck Very rarely are we given the opportunity as citizens to participate in a revolution. The citizens that founded our republic participated in a revolution that has affected every corner of the earth for more than 200 years now. Our grandfathers and fathers participated in a revolution during World War II when we successfully ridded the world of Adolph Hitler and his technology of death that was sweeping civilization. Finally we all participated in a quiet revolution when Com... From Jerusalem to Gaza By : Eileen Fleming By the sixth century before Christ, the conflicts in the land were already old news, and Jeremiah warned the people that all God could see was violence and destruction. Sickness and wounds were all around... When At War, What Our Troops Want Is The Election Issue! By : Average Joe Boomer Watching the Towers Fall and Moving Beyond Stuck-On-Stupid! Watching the twin towers of the World Trade Center come down, live on TV, had a profound affect on many Americans including this baby boomer. Probably due to age, serious motivation to join the Ohio Army Reserve did not develop, however, until 2004 when I was fifty years old. It was not only our enemies who influenced my attempt to join up; it was the mindsets of some of my closest loved ones. Those mindsets appea... The Umbrella Of Nuclear Mushroom By : Obadiah Shoher Deliberations over the UN sanctions against North Korea or Iran for their nuclear programs bring to memory the League of Nations talk before the WWII. Was German refusal to pay reparations a casus belli? Re-militarization of Rhineland? Extensive military production? No single such issue is a casus belli. Politicians bogged down in details don’t see the grand picture of the imminent war. Then and now. The West demonstrated its impotence in the face of nuclear proliferation.... Whose Land is That? By : Eileen Fleming "I am an Israeli Jew and I am responsible to change something about this situation. We all need to do this together." American Politics And Insurance By : Elizabeth Newberry Many Americans have many more complaints with the American government and politics, and how ill-prepared the government was for helping American citizens before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina struck is only one example. However, it is apparent that the American government and the politics that surround it are not just sitting around waiting for the next disaster to strike – they have been making preparations, and not just for natural disasters such as hurricanes. Nat... Obama Is Coming, Clear The Way! By : James Opiko "Obama biro, yawne yo!" (Obama is coming, clear the way) -- Tens of thousands of cheering Luo "Tribesmen" and ululating women screamed as they welcomed Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) back to his father's ancestral land -- Nyangoma Kogelo village in Luo Land, Western Kenya, several weeks ago. In a matter of hours Obama had soared to unprecedented political prominence in Kenya, eclipsing a bunch of corrupt and heartless nincompoops -- The (Mt. Kenya Mafia), who are ruthlessly g... Who Do You Trust For The Truth?: An American-Iraqi Seduction Review By : Judi Lynn Lake What your mind takes in daily forms "textual imagery," i.e., the way you see things, the way your mind creates the truth of who you are in relation to current events. Crossing Paths with a Whistleblower By : Eileen Fleming Mordechai Vanunu grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home but abandoned the faith by his mid teens. He converted to Christianity and was baptized just weeks before he was kidnapped by the Mossad, and after a closed door trial, spent the next 18 years in jail, most of it in solitary for telling the world the truth: that Israel had gone nuclear. Interview With Afshin Rattansi On Veils By : Edward Victor British-born Muslim author, Afshin Rattansi, talks about the veil debate in the UK. President Bush – Contrasting The Decision Making Skills Of Jfk And George W. Bush By : Richard Stoyeck Presidents of the United States can only make decisions based on the information they are getting from the people and other sources that are available to them. Different Presidents obtain that data flow in different ways. This is particularly important because the events we are dealing with are so much more crucial than other Presidents may be dealing with. Iraq, North Korea, high gasoline prices, competitive position versus China, long-term deficits are all huge problems tha... Peace is Not Paved With Violence By : Judi Lynn Lake There is a parallel between the war in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan in that the violence of the U.S. war has been followed by unprecedented violence during U.S. occupation. Youtube - The Left Wing Lapdog Of The Internet By : John Fair Conservative web users argue that their views are being suppressed on youtube. Even heavyweights like Republican Hollywood filmmaker David Zucker can be censored. A short film by Zucker, who worked with "Scary Movie 4," "Airplane!" and other comedies, reportedly had been offered to the Republican Party for use as an ad, but it was declined. It appeared briefly on YouTube, until it was flagged as being "inappropriate for some users". On the YouTube Web site, anyone can p... Online Sports Betting By : RD Warren After the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2005 (H.R.4777) was amended with the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act (H.R.4411) passed to Senate on July 13, 2006 by the House, there as been too much speculation about online sports betting. Commonly referred as the Leach-Goodlatte Act after Congressmen who introduced those anti-gambling initiatives, Jim Leach (R-Iowa) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia.), many questions about its viability have been ask... North Korea – Yes, You Have Our Attention By : Richard Stoyeck North Korea has tested a low yield nuclear device with 4% of the destructive power of the bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan at the end of World War II. Some believe that the device was much larger but may have failed for technical reasons. We don’t know the truth, because the United States has not devoted the resources to know what is really going on. If you are surprised, don’t be. Intelligence collection is a tricky business. When Richard Nixo... Stock Research – Republican Congress In Hot Seat By : Richard Stoyeck If the Republican Party is able to hold onto its majority in both the House and the Senate in the coming elections, it will be because of the ineptness of the Democrats. The Democrats have become a party without ideas, with an ideology that hasn’t worked in years, and I am not hopeful that it will work in the immediate future. At the same time we must recognize the notion of ACCOUNTABILITY. In my work managing money, I have to go back decades to understand certain companie... Mark Foley - Gay Congressman Resigns-The Real Deal By : Richard Stoyeck Florida Congressman Mark Foley has resigned from Congress amid charges and allegations that he had inappropriate e-mail contacts with a former teenage page in the House of Representatives. So what’s the real deal? What’s really going on? You can read the mainline press, and watch television, but you’ll never get to the real story that way. You have to ferret it out for yourself, and that’s what we have done. We have talked with the movers and the shakers, to learn what’s real... Decision 2006 - Is The Republican 'cut, Run And Scare' Strategy Running On Fumes? By : James Opiko Over the course of George Bush's six years in office it has become abundantly clear that Mr. Bush and his cronies are in a state of "willful denial" about the worsening situation in Iraq....and so is a large chunk of the American public, willingly or due to misleading partisan information. As the temperature rises and with less than 5 weeks left to the mid-term elections, some of the most zealous backers of this administration in the Republican Party are running scared lea... Harper’s UN Gibberish By : Robert Billyard PM Harper’s first speech at the UN was not lacking in either audacity or hyperbole. He quite baldly claimed that the future of the world body depends on the success of the Afghan mission. Not only is Harper wrong he is dead-wrong. The real crisis for the UN is whether or not it will survive the use and abuse of the USA with some semblance of integrity and credibility. Over the UN’s history the US has sought to use the world body to its own ends with varying degrees of succ... Do Mass Media Influence The Political Behavior Of Citizens By : Jonathon Hardcastle Outside of the academic environment, a harsh and seemingly ever-growing debate has appeared, concerning how mass media distorts the political agenda. Few would argue with the notion that the institutions of the mass media are important to contemporary politics. In the transition to liberal democratic politics in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe the media was a key battleground. In the West, elections increasingly focus around television, with the emphasis on spin and marke... Damaging Educational Cuts Signed Into Law By Dick Cheney By : Edward Charkow Funding for college education is at a critical impasse in the United States. The largest ever cuts in American educational funding were passed in December of 2006, signed into being by no other than Vice President Dick Cheney. These were historical cuts -- to the tune of approximately 20 billion dollars to be rolled out over the course of 3 years -- with the largest blows to lower income students and families. The cuts began taking effect in July of 2006. At a time when ga... Liberal View: Post September 11, 2006 Presidential Address By : Edward Charkow Last night's primetime address to the nation on the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was more of a fear-provoking missive than a reverent reflection on the traumatic events of 5 years ago. The White House had billed Present Bush's address as a time for the nation to come together under the same glow of unity we as Americans felt on that terrible day when the Twin Towers and the Pentagon were attacked in the name of a terrorist agenda. Instead, ... The Conservative Reaction To The September 11, 2006 Presidential Address By : Edward Charkow Liberal Americans claim that Bush over-politicized the Presidential Address made on the Fifth Anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – what we all remember to be the largest terrorist attacks ever on American soil. Realists contend that you cannot reflect on the events of September 11, 2001 without placing that day on a continuum of global politics. Both parties are arguing not only about the current war in Iraq, but also on the broader ide... Schwarzenegger Gives Villaraigosa More Power By : Carl Hampton Most people would now agree that the Los Angeles Unified School District is in need of some overdue changes. While classes continue to be overpopulated and text books remain in short supply, there is a real need for change. With lights and ceiling tiles falling off regularly our students just aren't able to learn, there is a real need for change. At long last change is about to happen, but will it really make a difference to our children. A bill was signed on Monday, Septe... Disney / Abc Deserve Credit-sept. 11th Abc Movie By : Richard Stoyeck It is rare, rare indeed when a major media entity bucks the trend, and does what it believes in. Recently ABC under Disney’s guidance aired the $40 million production, “The Path to 9/11”. This was a five hour-two night portrayal of the events that led to 9/11. Having gone through the history of terrorism over the last 25 years, I believe this portrayal was as accurate as you can get. The screenwriters were not politically motivated in any way. They could have come down on the... Abusive Techniques Were Authorized, Soldiers' Complaints Ignored By : Roy White Torture and other abuses against detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq were authorized and routine, even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, according to new accounts from soldiers in a Human Rights Watch report released today. The new report, containing first-hand accounts by U.S. military personnel interviewed by Human Rights Watch, details detainee abuses at an off-limits facility at Baghdad airport and at other detention centers throughout Iraq. In the 53-page report, "N... Simply Put, Pink Is Pink - Get The Colours Right By : Myles Higgins I’ve long been a proponent of an empowered and emboldened Newfoundland and Labrador but I have to admit there are times when I question whether or not my words, and those of others, are falling on deaf ears. At times there seems to be strong movement afoot to re-take control of our destiny, but at others this sentiment seems almost non-existent, a figment of an overactive imagination if you will. It’s at times like these, when frustrations run high and apathy creeps into the ... Staggering Losses In Welfare Incomes By : Roy White In Alberta, the income in real dollars of a single person on welfare has decreased by almost 50 percent since 1986. Since 1992 in Ontario, the welfare income of a lone parent with one child has decreased by almost $6,600 and a couple with two children has lost just over $8,700. The National Council of Welfare's report, Welfare Incomes 2005, paints a dismal picture, and one that is getting worse. When adjusted for inflation, many 2005 welfare incomes were lower than they we... Lennon, Vanunu and "Give Me Some Truth" By : Eileen Fleming On September 6, 2006, Mordechai Vanunu was once more inside of the Israeli Supreme Court. On 9/18/04 in London, Yoko Ono awarded Mordechai Vanunu a peace prize founded in memory of and in the spirit of John Lennon's "Give Me Some Truth" released in 1971. Irish Truthteller in Jerusalem By : Eileen Fleming "We wait in hope that we may yet see JUSTICE IN JERUSALEM.-Nobel Peace Laureate, Mairead Corrigan Maguire September 2006 Politics: Creating An Unsafe World By : Virginia Bola What have we created -- a more unstable, troubled, and violence-prone world; an earth that shudders at the armed convulsions racing across its brittle, fragile surface. Waiting for the Call: The September Eleventh Disaster At The Pentagon By : Tom Berger The conference room doors blew open. The rush of wind hit the officers in the meeting room and the concussion made their ears pop. Col. Robert Cortez instantly knew what it was. The Suitability of Government By : Adrian Barrett Men should be governed in a manner which suits them. Five Years On From Ground Zero By : Edward Victor Former Al Jazeera journalist, Afshin Rattansi, is interviewed about progress on the war on terror/ US Should Not Continue Tightening The Economic Grip On Cuba By : Jonathon Hardcastle The US government is one of the three countries in the world that have initiated and maintained the Cuba blockage. Specifically, only US, Israel and Uzbekistan are the rejecting the voice of the United Nations General Assembly to seize this type of trade treatment. More cases appear every year in the news regarding the US embargo consequences on the lives of millions of Cubans. Food, medicine and other important supplies are withheld from the citizens of this island due to it... Do Blogs Dynamically Transform The Modern American Political Culture By : Jonathon Hardcastle Recently web logs, or blogs, have exploded in popularity and have come to occupy an increasingly important place in American politics. Given the disparity in resources and organization against other actors, their influence presents a puzzle. How can a collection of decentralized, nonprofit, contrarian and discordant websites exercise any influence over political and policy outputs? As the World Wide Web approaches its teens, we have new expectations about both the right to ex... Big Bother Scenario Gets Ever Closer By : David Andrew Smith At the moment in the UK we have an ongoing debate about recycling. In particular the recycling of our household rubbish. We are reaching that point where Local Government Authorities are to be fined for not meeting their recycling targets. The councils are not getting the blame for this but the householders. The householders are being told that they are not recycling according to Council instructions. The debate going on is how to encourage a greater awareness amongst us to r... Peace and Friendship Among Nations By : Tom Berger On September 12, in Hanoi, the VVA Veterans Initiative Task Force was awarded the prestigious Medal for Peace and Friendship Among Nations in recognition of the continuing contributions VVA has made in the exchange of information about fallen Vietnamese during the war. Hope In Bipartisanship By : Tom Berger Veterans are indebted to Reps. Rehberg and Thompson for their leadership and commitment to a shining, if rare, example of real bipartisanship. Macaca And Terror Politics - America Is Headed The Wrong Way! By : James Opiko "Let's give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia." -- Sen. George Allen, Republican Presidential hopeful calling a student of Indian descent a "Monkey" in coded racist language. Allen then began talking about the "war on terror." The recent terror arrests in Britain show the need to fight "for our security in a rational, serious way rather than being bogged down in a war than is harmful to our security." -- Ned Lamont on the terror a... Is The US Again Regarded As A Paper Tiger? By : Chris McElroy There was a time when countries were scared of having the US invade their country and avoided anything that might make the US military take action against them. In chess they say, the threat of a move is worse than the move itself. Chess is based on military strategy and the phrase applies there as well. War is messy. Civilians get killed. Children get killed. That’s the reality of any way. That is exactly why you should never be for going to war unless there is absolutely... Elections - It's High Time We Demanded Reforms By : Carl Hampton We never really seem to be too far away from another election whether it’s in our communities, for the city or the state. Then there's always the “BIG” show - the Presidential election. Can anyone remember when it stopped being about issues and became a Media Circus. It's just like playing poker where the man (or woman) with the most money usually wins. It seems to me that we have allowed the “Spin Doctors” to control our lives. Negative advertising campaigns have become t... American Sleeping Giant Awakes - But is too Heavy to walk on Islamic Jihadist Eggshells By : Rev Michael Bresciani Shortly after the attack of the World Trade Towers on September 11, 2001 President George Bush said that whoever was responsible for the attack had awakened a sleeping giant. Did the giant hit the snooze button and go back to sleep? What Does It Really Mean To Be A U.S. Citizen? By : David Maillie It supposedly means we have great rights and priviledges, but in actuality, these rights are bipartisan with the rich and wealthy having one set of rights and the poor another. America is not a true democracy, but actually closer to Russia and socialism. This is an article you need to read. Prelude to War. Part IV By : Kerry Plowright Australia is an Island state surrounded by a sea of Muslims. The question is, do they want us to sink or swim? Prelude to War. Part III By : Kerry Plowright How do we defend against terrorism and the growing threat of Islam from Iran, Indonesia and other Muslim states preparing for war? Prelude to War. Part II By : Kerry Plowright Iran will start the next war and will increase increase its sponsorship of terror. Prelude to War. Part I By : Kerry Plowright We are rapidly heading for all out war. One of three events will occur, any one of them is cataclysmic. I will tell you what to look for. Spike Lee and Ray Nagin - What do They Have in Common By : Rev Michael Bresciani Spike Lee’s documentary, When the Levees Broke drew the attention of the country as the anniversary of hurricane Katrina drew near. It seemed nothing could upstage the undivided attention of the nation until Mayor Ray Nagin spoke up. Is Homeland Security “The Last Comic Standing?” By : Carl Hampton The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), the brainchild of this current administration, has an operating budget for 2006 of $40.6 billion. After three years and more than $100 billion, have we really reached the point were we can sleep better at night with the knowledge that our “Leaders” are doing everything possible to protect us against those terrorists attacks. According to the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), nothing has changed since the inception of the... Stage Being Set For Mid-term Election And The Stock Market By : Richard Stoyeck Connecticut’s 18 year Senator Joes Lieberman has failed to win his own party’s primary for reelection. The figures are almost final, and country club liberal Ned Lamont has bested the Senator by 52% to 48%. The actual vote so far is 142,000 votes to 136,000 votes. How did Lamont get it done, and what does it mean for the country in the upcoming November election, and the financial markets? Lieberman self-imploded by being out of touch with his own base. What makes the resu... Are Bumper Stickers A First Amendment Right? By : Gregg Hall What you may not know is that many states have statutes prohibiting certain kinds of statements or illustrations. Is this a violation of our rights under the First Amendment? Political Awareness 101 - The Class Almost Half of America Flunked By : Rev Michael Bresciani How many Americans know what is really going on in the Middle East? Perhaps Americans are working and playing too hard to get the true picture. What is brewing there comes with no promise to remain over there. Global conflicts don’t remain over there anymore in our shrinking world. The Importance Of Prayer And Meditation With God By : David Maillie Regardless of our choice of religion, prayer is by far one of Gods greatest gifts to us. Prayer has been proven to increase ones health, reduce stress, ward off depression, etc. Are We Being Legally Mugged? By : Carl Hampton As the FAT CAT Oil Companies get richer by the day, the average American is working harder and longer for less money. Hello!!!!! What's wrong with this picture????? How long can this go on! At the end of July, all the oil companies reported massive jumps in their revenue and profits. Was this profit made from LEGALLY MUGGING the American public? Let’s have a look at the facts. Two of the top three oil companies in the world, Exxon, Mobil and Shell recently posted combi... Walled Gardens & The Burden Of Autocratic Governance By : Derek Kerton Some wireless carriers are moving to control every bit of the content experience on their networks - setting themselves up for a job they can't handle and dissatisfied customers. Islamic Militancy - Seed for the Next Dark Ages By : Rev Michael Bresciani People who have their wits usually try to learn from their past mistakes. Whole nations work to avoid the pitfalls of yore. But will the entire globe learn from its past dark history. Sadly, it doesn’t look that way. Blood, Water and Wine By : Edward Victor What's really happening in this Middle East Crisis? Have We Issued One Blank Check To Many! By : Carl Hampton With Mid Term elections just around the corner maybe it's time for us to start taking a harder look at what has happened to “OUR” civil liberties. What we once took for granted as the cornerstone of being an American would seem to be in the process of disappearing on an almost daily basis. The White House got more than a little upset with the New York Times when it broke the news on their highly classified program of monitoring bank accounts. This story came just as the st... Equal Rights Includes Homosexuals By : Tom Baker Massachusets is considering a Contsitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage. This is another attempt to legalize discrimination under the thin guise of "democracy." Whose Uranium Will Be Used at the Proposed New Mexico Enrichment Facility? By : JamesFinch According to a New Mexico State Senator, the proposed uranium enrichment facility in New Mexico may be getting its uranium from Canada, completing shutting the U.S. out of the mining and enrichment process steps of the nuclear fuel cycle. Net Neutrality On The Hill By : Madison Lockwood The internet has always been a source of confusion and angst on Capitol Hill. It has also been one of the more glamorous issues among the lawmakers, because the impact it has had on the way Americans communicate, seek entertainment and do business. As the speed of the internet has grown, as its "bandwidth" has allowed it to carry large amounts of content at high speed, the internet highway has become an enormously lucrative commercial highway. It has also become much like ... Immigration in America - Not Everyone is Dying to Get Here By : Rev Michael Bresciani America is indeed still the land of opportunity but there is a downside about this nation. That downside is hard for us to see because we are isolated and too close to the problem. It comes under the heading of “can’t see the forest for the trees.” Masaru Emoto By : Jim Thio Masaru Emoto is a Japanese scientist. He puts words on bottles of water and then freezes the water. After that, he lets the water warm itself. Then he hired a photographer to check under a microscope the crystal structures of the water. He claimed that putting good words on the water, like thank you, or love, would result in good crystal formation. On the other hand, putting bad words on the bottles, like “I hate you” will produce bad crystal formation. You can searc... The Christian Exodus By : Eileen Fleming A House Resolution currently being circulated "condemning the persecution of Palestinian Christians by the Palestinian Authority" but neglects to address the real reasons for the Christian exodus from the Holy Land. The Final Loss of Credibility By : Kelsey Hilderbrand The Recent murder of US troops in Iraq cleary highlights just how political the anti-war groups are. Sustainable Energy Policies Debated By State Governments By : Dave Larsen Energy usage has become THE hot issue. As the price for gas and home heating oil climb into the statosphere, lots of folks are praying for relief. Will the government provide that relief? In his recent State of the Union address, President Bush declared that the United States is"addicted to oil." Lots of people thought that signaled a new push by the Bush administration to address the issues of how we're going to keep the lights on and the cars rolling in the 21st century.... The Silence was Deafening By : Eileen Fleming On June 20th International Refugee day passed without a whimper from the USA media...
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