Government

Our Current American Political Climate: Why is Government a Four-Letter Word?

09.14.2010

Why do people imagine government workers are lazy, overpaid, and unproductive drains on society? And what positions are people imagining to personify all government workers? I’ll try to find out.

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GOP Not Interested in Governance, Only Politics

04.12.2010

The Republican Party established itself as the “Party of No,” a unified front interested only in voting against whatever Obama and the Democrats proposed, regardless of the content of that legislation.  No to the Stimulus. No to Sotomayor.  No to Healthcare. No to Extending Unemployment Benefits. And it continues. Instead of bothering to announce anything [...]

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Wall Street Flip-Flops Allegiance Back to Republicans

02.25.2010

In what was really no surprise at all, it was announced on Wednesday that the financial companies on Wall Street shifted their federal contributions from the Democrats early in 2009 to the Republicans by the year’s end. Why? Well, it’s pretty simple.  See, they usually favor the Republicans because they’re the ones who push for [...]

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Another Misleading Rasmussen Poll

02.08.2010

According to the latest Rasmussen Poll, “75% Are Angry At Government’s Current Policies.”  Upon first glance, it implies that an overwhelming majority of Americans are angry at President Obama and Democrats.  It’s written just to rally the Republican base because simply stating that you’re angry with the current policies couldn’t be a more vague response [...]

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Ft. Hood Tragedy Polarizes Nation Immediately

11.10.2009

Major Nidal Hasan sure got both sides spewing their rhetoric. One side uses the tragedy as an excuse to condemn all of Islam and its followers and to justify the wars in the Middle East.  The other side condemns those who condemn Islam. As the picture becomes clearer about Hasan and his extremist views, those [...]

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You Fail, We All Fail

10.27.2009

This is exactly the sort of thing we should expect from the Obama Administration.  He’s been preaching it since he started running for office: accountability. And now he and Rep. Barney Frank plan to require that very culpability from the financial industry in a very unique way.  Essentially, if a firm gets too big for [...]

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Why Is Spending a Four-Letter Word?

04.17.2009

States are going through their budgets right now trying to cut costs and balance the numbers before their fiscal year starts on July 1st.  States like New York are looking to raise taxes on those who make over $500,000 while Iowa wants to cut taxes on the poor and middle classes.  Naturally these changes will [...]

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This Is Not Socialism

04.04.2009

While bored, I ended up jumping around friends’ Facebook walls and read posts from random people that I may or may not have ever met.  The Six Degrees of Facebook, essentially.  On one wall I found a post that read as follows: yeah, i agree, i am not against Obama, but i disagree with the [...]

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I'm 17 and I Can (Finally) Get Plan B

03.23.2009

Another Bush fallacy gets righted. I didn’t realize how long the fight had been going on with getting Plan B – also known as the morning-after pill – approved for being an over-the-counter medicine.  I guess trying to get something logical pushed through the bureaucracy of Bush’s Administration would take both him leaving office and [...]

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Faith-Based and Government? Of course!

02.05.2009

I lied in my previous post.  I had to make a quick remark on this article. President Obama will be revamping President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.  I still am having trouble figuring out just why our federal government needs any such office, no matter how revamped it gets. President Obama said that the office: [...]

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