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Recycling The Mentally Ill
30 years ago, California, later followed by other states,decided to virtually close down the State Mental Hospitals.There had been multiple exposures of abuse throughout theNation's systems such as over-medicated individuals kept onback wards for years without clinical justification.However, the primary force leading to the widespreadclosures was economic. Providing free room, board,medication . . .
Voting Pro-Environment is Good For Jobs, Health, and Secu...
HANGING CHAD AND ALL HIS ANTI-ENVIRONMENT BUDDIESVoting Pro-Environment is Good For Jobs, Health, and SecurityThere are many issues on the minds of US voters these days, but according to national polls, the environment ranks ...um... somewhere above hemp policy and just below humane treatment for Teletubbies. People are, of course, justly concerned about top issues such as health care, terroris. . .
FIVE YEARS OF THE ARMY DICTATORSHIP IN PAKISTAN, ONE MORE...
Five years after seizing power in a bloodless coup, Pakistan’s military Dictator, and self-appointed President Pervez Musharraf remains Pakistan's most powerful man. Shortly after the 1999 coup, General Musharraf told the nation: "I shall not allow the people to be taken back to the era of sham democracy." Five years later, the people realized that Musharraf has truly kept his word. He did not. . .
Your America
Chances are your America and our politicians America are not the same place. If you are dead center on the earning scale in real-world twenty-first-century America, you make a bit less than $32,000 a year, and $32,000 is not a sum that our politicians have ever associated with “getting by” in this world. Politicians have never had a job the way you have a job, where not showing up one morning . . .
The Greatest President Ever...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is arguably the best president in American History. His views on the world were one not matched by others and his ideologies of races and freedom are only left to be improved by even recent standards.His views of America were not to divide but to bring together the American people during the Great Depression and the Second World War.FDR himself believes we are going in. . .
You're Fired!
You’re Fired!by Sheldon ReiffensteinThe scene opens in a boardroom with three men, two seated on one side of a large rosewood table, the third seated on the opposite side facing them. The third man is speaking:"George, Dick, you’ve had four years to run this business - four years! I’m looking at the balance sheet, and, frankly, I’m disappointed. Just looking at the numbers here freaks me out. W. . .
Pray Before You Vote
I was hesitant to share these words out of a concern of turning them into a religious sermon or political plight. But then I decided to share them anyway because, thanks to President George W. Bush, I am still free to speak my mind the way I choose.I consider myself to be a woman of very strong faith. Being actively involved in a wonderful Lutheran church, I can not think of a better way to spe. . .
Giving the power back to the people
Voterman- defender of the just uniter of the people, together with Voterpowerusa.com will be fighting to take back the government from corporate lobbyists, special interest groups, and dishonest politicians. Too many labels divide our voting power. What labels? Party affiliation, class, race, sex, age, and religion. “If 100 million plus Americans voted together by focusing on the major issues, . . .
An Environmental Voting Guide for US State Elections
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ECO-SHERIFFAn Environmental Voting Guide for US State ElectionsIn these times when states are suffering extreme downward pressure on budgets and spending, how is our environment making out? Did it suffer cuts right along with the Program to Assist Millionaires Become Billionaires? Are important environmental projects being dropped from the budget along with luxury items like . . .
Conservatives Should Consider The Libertarian Party
The late Ronald Reagan embodied the soul of classic liberalism – that’s right, Reagan was a liberal. His unbridled optimism and faith in the power of the individual to live his or her life independently, solve problems, and function as a contributing member of society, and his determination to expand the cause of freedom restrained only by morality are hallmarks of what the term “liberal” actua. . .
Canada Standing Still on a Downhill Slide
Available online at:http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/extra/d0930gb.htmAbout the AuthorAs a social scientist and specialist in international cooperation, Glenn Brigaldino's writing focusses on international affairs. He is a member of Canadian e-book authors and also a contributing writer to the online venture newtopiamagazine.net.. . .
Fahrenheit 9/11
I watched Fahrenheit 9/11 a few days ago and found many aspects of the movie interesting. Some of the ideas discussed within the movie I had heard before. Many from newspapers and others from news radio shows or CNN.The movie starts out showing the 2000 Presidential Election. It goes through the Florida debacle and shows video clips of what happened on the Senate floor. There were several peopl. . .
KVB: Whoever Wins, We Lose
While the rest of the world watches, Americans will be voting on November 2 to either re-elect George Bush, or John Kerry. You can be sure that as citizens of the earth, we all have a vested interest in the outcome of this election. The most powerful nation in the history of the planet is at war with terror, and terrorist organizations. This war started in New York City, on the infamous date of. . .
The Conundrum of World Improvement
The Conundrum of World ImprovementSuppose today, your deity spoke to you and said:“From this day forward, your job shall be to contemplate the problems of the world. I will give you immortality for as long as you need to think and come up with a solution. During this time, you will live comfortably and be able to dedicate yourself to this quest. At the end of your planning, you will return to . . .
A Guide to Election Night for the Non-Political Junkie
Even if you are not a political junkie like I am, you will still probably find yourself glued to your TV set on election night. Obviously, you'll be waiting to find out whether President George W. Bush will be elected or if Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts will become our 44th President. Will everything you see and hear that night be interesting? Will it even make sense to you? Well, if . . .
Captain Ahab joins the Canadian Navy
Canada’s military has been a long-standing joke for decades. On October 5th, that joke turned deadly serious when a crew member of the HMCS Chicoutimi died from injuries sustained onboard from smoke inhalation. Lieut. Chris Saunders, who leaves behind a wife and two children, will become known as the 1st Canadian to die aboard a submarine will on duty in approx. 50 years. The HMCS Chicoutimi wa. . .
Obese Government
Very few people (including members of Congress) actually grasp the numbers involved in the federal budget. The total net "economy" of the United States is about $9.25 trillion. That represents the total production, sales, purchase and consumption in the United States in 2003, according to estimates provided by the CIA. Government is the single biggest industry in the United States, both federal. . .
Slavery – It’s Economic in Today’s World
Slavery has taken a new dimension in our country. People are no longer owned and driven to perform tasks for no pay. Today, slavery is to our governments, with very little chance of ever breaking the financial bondage. On average, Americans now spend more time working to pay their taxes than they spend working to provide food, clothing, and shelter combined. According to the Tax Foundation, the. . .
The Renaissance
The Renaissance Era was a period dating from approximately the 14th century through the 16th century. It was a time of great change for Europe and the world, as a whole new culture was beginning to emerge. Beliefs were tested. The idea that humankind ruled nature developed, and has contributed greatly to modern science and technology. It is thought that Renaissance political thought was very in. . .
COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Illegals Cost Feds $10 Billion a Year; Amnesty Would Nearly Triple Cost The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has just released a new report, "The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget." The report estimates that households headed by illegal aliens used $10 billion more in government services than they paid in taxes in 2002. C-SPAN covered the release of the ne. . .
Democrats Can't Win
The only chance they had from the beginning of this campaign to win the 2004 presidential election has been to advance their best candidate and hope that the President beat himself. This is a fifty- fifty bet at any given time. Instead, they chose an anybody but Bush strategy that proclaims they don't care how qualified their candidate is, or how capable. They want to win a popularity contest.. . .
PAKISTAN UNDER MUSHARRAF MILITARY REGIME, AND THE QUESTIO...
It is been over four years that General Musharaf is been in power. Three years with a naked military regime and the last one year with a so-called democratic government and he as a president. General Musharaf is a lucky military dictator who realised the changed world situation after 11th September 2001 so he changed his policies overnight to become a partner of American imperialism in the "fi. . .
Everything's All Right in the Middle East
Can we, just for a minute, dispense with the hand-wringing and acknowledge that the problem Israel and the Palestinians have with one another is actually their mutual solution to the problem of being mortal? Of course to understand what I mean it is first necessary to recognize that it's not love or sex or money that makes the world go around but the fact of death; that what drives virtually e. . .
The Purpose of War
In today's world we have people who believe that everyone should live peacefully but we all know that this task is impossible because we are people. There will always be disagreements, dissappointments, unfairness and the list could go on and on. The question of the purpose of war seems to only surface when there is a war. The question we should ask is where would this country be if we had no w. . .
Vice President?
Christians are quite aware they are commanded to "avoid the appearance of evil." The Vice President and President of the United States of America tell us they are Christians and to rest easy, they only appear to be dealing in evil. Is the Vice President in reality, the United States President of Vice?Recently Vice President Cheney responded to a question about the awarding of no bid contracts . . .
The Politics of Torture
When the now-infamous photographs of Iraqi prisoners being sexually humiliated at the hands of U.S. military police were made public, reaction was nearly unanimous: disgust and outrage that the U.S. military were abusing prisoners at the same prison Saddam Hussein used to torture Iraqis. President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and others in the Bush administration quickl. . .
"Fahrenheit 911" Wins Round One
Every nation has its inventors. No; make it illustrious sons. (Because there are few illustrious daughters.) Look at this checklist: Alfred Nobel was an illustrious son. While his fellow Swedish natives were busy catching fishes in the North Seas, he was engaged in harnessing the destructive power of the atom. The Japanese residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War know th. . .
Ann Coulter vs. One Billion Arabs
In a recent column, Ann Coulter expressed indignation regarding an apparent Federal Aviation Administration policy not to perform searches on more than two Arabs at a time. I was not aware of this policy, but not surprisingly, Coulter would like all Arabs stopped and searched. You know, because they’re Arab. I think Coulter is applying some sort of twisted logic to this subject. Something along. . .
The Declaration of RE-Independence
Help the USA re-invent itself before we implode and sink like the TITANIC! SEE---"The Declaration of RE-Independence" on http://keeperofflame.proboards24.com/. and http://excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=1979 The country you save will be your own!! Best regards, James Sorrell About the AuthorTeacher: The Keeper of the Flame. . .
Moving America Backwards: Censoring Michael Moore
If the group Move America Forward has its way, come June 25th, you will not be able to see Michael Moore’s new film, Fahrenheit 9/11. Why? Well, the main reason seems to be…we do not like what Michael Moore has to say about America. And, being freedom-loving Americans, we want to pressure movie theater chains not to screen the film.Another question that comes to mind is, what the hell is Move A. . .
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