Content Published on Jan 01, 2010 - Politics
- Blaming Barack Obama for Eight Years of George W.BushLet's not forget that a lot of the mess Obama is dealing with right now was inherited from the previous president, George W. Bush.
- President Obama's Health Care Bill is Passed by SenateOn Dec. 24, 2009, President Obama's Health Care Bill was passed by the Senate. The passing of this bill was a major victory for the Democratic Party.
- Tax on Tanning is Worth ItThe Senate passed a tax on indoor tanning to help defray the cost of the health care legislation. This was a good move on the Senate's part, because indoor tanning is a practice that should be discouraged.
- Drug Testing Welfare and Other Public Assistance RecipientsThere has not been much discussion of this lately, but there should be. Welfare and public benefits are not a right. They are a privilege. They are meant to help someone get back on their feet and not be a way of life.
- Top Ten Obama Failures for 2009My skewering analysis of what constitutes the Top Ten worst failures that Obama has committed over 2009. This relates exclusively to his policy decisions.
- I'm Busted, a PoemI'm Busted, a Poem
- The Tanning Bed Industry Gets Jammed Up by the US SenateA look at how politicians dumped a productive tax for a less productive tax to please lobbyists.
- Will Mir Hossein Mousavi Be Made a Martyr by Iran ?Mir Hossei Mousavi continues to speak out against the president and the falsified election results in Iran. Will he lose his life over his activism?
- KIDS in the WAR AFFECTED COUNTRIESThe kids who lose parents, siblings, there is no place to live, watch all the violence - their minds are affected emotionally, physically.
- Tanning Can Be a Taxing Experience If the Legislature Has a Say in ItIs a government tax on tanning really what is needed to curb medical costs? I say not. It is time to take the heavy hand of government out of our lives.
- Anwar Al Awlaki: Linked to 9/11, Fort Hood Shootings, and the Alleged Bomber of Flight #253Is religious iman Anwar al Awlaki recruiting young men for al Qaeda? Recent reports link him to many terrorism attacks against America.
- Obama's Pick to Head Watch-List Review Shows Conflict of Interest, Ideological ProblemsObama's choice, Brennan, to head the review of the anti-terror watch-list is compromised, making him perhaps untrustworthy to conduct a fair review. His being compromised relates to his closeness with the intel community whom he's supposed to "review."
- American DisappointmentThe American Dream has been replaced by the American Disappointment, as evidenced by the decade of zeros and nothings just ended. Will Americans find their revolutionary roots?
- South Carolina: 2009 - a Year of Turmoil for Governor Mark SanfordGovernor Mark Sanford, as well as SC Rep. Joe Wilson offered quite a bit of interesting news and remarks for the media in 2009. With their help SC made the Top 10 most memorable quotations for 2009, according to Fred Shapiro.
- Post-Racial American PatriotismA view of what modern patriotism really means.
- Rush Limbaugh in Hospital After Chest Pains: Suspected Heart AttackRush Limbaugh, the 58 year old radio host and political conservative commentator, was admitted to the hospital in serious condition on Dec 30th with a suspected heart attack, after suffering chest pains.