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      • Consequences of a Democratic Victory.
        10/31/06
        As the mid-term election cycle comes full circle, it seems as though everyone in the country has all but conceded that the Democratic Party will win the House of Representatives, and possibly the Senate. Of course, in light of recent news stories about our elected officials in Washington, this is ha

      • Discover Pasadena California.
        10/29/06
        No one thinks about the city of Pasadena, California, unless it is Rose Bowl or Rose Parade time, except for Los Angeles County residents and people who hear the song "Little Old Lady From Pasadena".

        When tourists think about visiting California they most often think about going

      • Political Correctness, Argument and the New Orthodoxy.
        10/28/06
        In an old Monty Python sketch, a character (played by Michael Palin, I believe) says something along the lines of,”an argument is a connected series of statements intending to establish a proposition not the automatic gainsaying of what the other person says”. On several discussion threads that I ha

      • Iraq and Afghanistan: Staying Until the Fight is Over.
        10/24/06
        The Armed Forces Press Service recently quoted Army Chief of Staff General Peter J. Schoomaker as saying that the current level of soldiers in Iraq could remain constant through 2010. Naturally, this sounded alarms in the mainstream media, which had been reporting for some time that the Army planned

      • Proposition 87 - Twisting, Bending And Misstating The Truth.
        10/24/06
        In my opinion California Prop 87 supporters, especially former Vice President Al Gore and former President Bill Clinton, have been twisting, bending and misstating the truth.

        They say that Proposition 87, which would place a new $4 billion tax on oil companies, would reduce our dependence

      • North Korea's Threats and China's Lukewarm Response.
        10/20/06
        When the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, it agreed to impose economic sanctions against North Korea for testing a nuclear device earlier in the month. The resolution condemned the atomic test, demanded that the DPRK conduct no further tests or ballistic missile

      • California Proposition 1E
        10/20/06
        California Prop 1D, Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, authorizes the state to sell about $4.1 billion in general obligation bonds for various flood management programs., In order to spend th

      • What North Korea Really Wants.
        10/13/06
        Conventional geopolitical thinking has long assumed that North Korea has pursued an unrelenting campaign of provocations, its illicit nuclear program, and even a nuclear weapons test with the objective of assuring the survival of its current regime. Toward that end, an exasperated Secretary of State

      • California Proposition 1D
        10/13/06
        California Prop 1D, Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, allows the state to sell $10.4 billion of general obligation bonds for K-12 school facilities ($7.3 billion) and higher

      • In the Future the Democrats May Have to Apologize to Bush Administration.
        10/09/06
        Some people who do not follow Presidential Administrations may forget that the legacy of a President really seems to be how they leave office and not necessarily the trials and tribulations along the way. Right now the media has attempted to bash the Bush Administration into oblivion over the Iraq W

      • California And Immigration
        10/09/06
        There are many things about California that I don't care for, however, having said that, there is no state where I would rather live and no country other than America that I would rather live in.

        One of the things that makes California an interesting place to live, is it's diver

      • California Proposition 1C
        10/05/06
        California Prop 1C, Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006, which according to excerpts from the California Legislative Analyst's Office, authorizes the state to sell $2.85 billion of general obligation bonds to fund 13 new and existing housing and development programs. About one-

      • The Rottweiler Pope, the Danish Cartoon, and Muslim Moderates.
        10/04/06
        It's now a couple of weeks after the pope made his speech. A few days ago I listened to an interview with Clinton (former American president, in case anyone has forgotten). His view on the pope's remarks and the Danish cartoon: they make it more difficult for Muslims moderates.

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