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      • Profiling Potential Terrorists.
        08/30/06
        As I watched the various cable news channels cover the latest terrorist plot to blow up commercial aircraft, I immediately began thinking about a question that has been on the minds of many Americans since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001: why do we waste our time and efforts at airport s

      • Israel's Minimalist War.
        08/25/06
        As the Israeli offensive into southern Lebanon unfolded in painstakingly slow fashion, reports of discontent from the troops on the ground made their way into news stories on several of the major cable news networks. The grumblings of the soldiers were reminiscent of the sentiments of U.S. Marines a

      • Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Urges Crackdown On Border Tunnels
        08/24/06
        According to Edwin Garcia of the San Jose Mercury News, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are teaming up to urge the federal government to take stronger action against criminals who use tunnels under the U.S.-Mexico border to smuggle drugs and traffic humans, the Califor

      • California Proposition 88 - Education Funding. Real Property Parcel Tax.
        08/22/06
        Proposition 88 is a Constitutional Amendment and Statute initiative that according to the California Secretary Of State's Office Provides additional public school funding for kindergarten through grade 12 by imposing a $50 tax on each real property parcel; exempts certain elderly and disabled h

      • DNC Party Platform Reviewed.
        08/22/06
        Part 1

        I took a look at the DNC website today to see what they were up to for the 2006 midterms. I really wanted to see what plan they had and if they really had a detailed plan. I also took a look at the RNC to see what they had for a plan for the American people. Seeing that we do not h

      • California Proposition 87 - Tax On California Oil.
        08/21/06
        Proposition 87 is a Constitutional Amendment and Statute initiative that according to the California Secretary Of States Office Establishes $4 billion program to reduce oil and gasoline usage by 25%, with research and production incentives for alternative energy, alternative energy vehicles, energy

      • California Proposition 86 - New Tax on Cigarettes, Cigars, Snuff, Etc.
        08/19/06
        According to excerpts from the California Legislative Analysts's Office, Proposition 86 is a measure that will increase excise taxes on cigarettes and on other tobacco products to provide funding for hospitals for emergency services as well as programs to increase access to health insurance for

      • Discover California.
        08/19/06
        Are you planning a vacation, but can't decide where to go or what to do? If you are, then stop worrying, vacation in sunny California.

        California has a land area of over 155,000 square miles with almost 850 miles of coastline and beaches, 25,000,000 acres of desert, mountains, includ

      • Lebanon Post-Conflict Analysis.
        08/18/06
        During the recent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged that Israel “will insist on…fulfillment of United Nations Resolution 1559” which requires the disarming of Hezbollah, while describing the fight with Hezbollah as “a national moment of truth.” Presid

      • The Press - An Enemy Of The People.
        08/15/06
        Gone are those days when we had reporters used to do fact checking and researching topics before making a statement or getting anything published. Because of this only media people have build trust among general public, but this very trait of 'holy grail' of journalism now seems to fade an

      • A Second Look at the War on Terror.
        08/12/06
        It was the headline seen on websites around the world—“Airlines Terror Plot Disrupted.” Westerners awakened on August 10th to the news that a terrorist plot of possibly unprecedented proportions had been planned for planes from the U.K. heading to the U.S. Scotland Yard reported that the diabolical

      • Joe Lieberman And The Far Left Democratic Party.
        08/09/06
        Senator Joe Liebermam who just lost the Connecticut Democratic Party primary has registered to run for a fourth term as an 'independant Democrat'. Senator Lieberman was, it seems, too moderate and too non partizan for the new far left Democratic Party. It seems that, nowdays, if you want t

      • Forget Politically Correct – Check out Politically Ignorant.
        08/06/06
        In August of 2006 CNN News conducted a poll that was meant to see how the average American viewed the Hezbollah. The result would leave anyone with an ounce of political savvy in a state of disbelief.

        The poll concluded that forty seven percent of those polled think Hezbollah is friendly

      • Iran's Solution To The Lenanese Problem.
        08/03/06
        In a speech during a meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says The real cure for the conflict is the elimination of the Zionist regime, but there should be an immediate ceasefire first. and that The losses inflicted on Lebanon should be paid by the US a

      • Hazbollah's Qana Charade [7/30/2006]
        08/01/06
        See it for what it is:

        [Let’s get back to the war Israel] When Hezbollah put their soldiers, bombs and rocket launching equipment next to building, inside building, mosques, and homes, it is only obvious, they do not care if they kill their own kind, and it can’t be allowed to stop a war

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