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Three days since the chairman of the Federal Election Commission predicted a $1 billion presidential price tag and I’m still trying to wrap my head around the news. To be frank; it makes me sad, angry and perhaps more than a little appalled for so many reasons. I am, however, hopeful that the candidates, the Presidential hopefuls, won’t cave in to media pressure and quit the race for the sake of $1 billion.

Unless certain things are done the USA will cease to exist. These things are going to be the demise of this once great country. We all need to take notice. If our forefathers were alive today I Guarantee that they would commit suicide.

Where does the social, constitutional and libertarian conservative go if neither party is for limited and honest government? Why are we voting for the lesser of two big government political parties? Will a New Conservative Party evolve in 2008?

One might say that there truly is an Axis of Evil in our world, but it doesn't involve Iraq or Iran or North Korea.

A look at television media and freedom of expression.

Recently Virginia's State assembly passed a symbolic measure expressing 'profound regret for the states past slavery.

Immigration reform is needed and everyone in the country should be happy when it happens. It will help everyone, even the people who are against it. It will help business, our economy, Social Security, the military, education, and our national security. We should all be hoping our elected officials get this done soon.

Immigration reform is needed and everyone in the country should be happy when it happens. It will help everyone, even the people who are against it. It will help business, our economy, Social Security, the military, education, and our national security. We should all be hoping our elected officials get this done soon.

The Department of Homeland Security recently published new regulations that they will use to establish security standards for chemical plants. This is a brief analysis of those regulations

When is a choice not a choice? When your casting a vote for a Democrat or Republican.

Election looms big in November-Had Enough?

had an epiphany about ten years ago when I was invited to a White House picnic for the press corps. I was there for about twenty minutes when it hit me that all these people (liberals and conservatives alike) -- all the members of the press, all the politicians, all the lobbyists -- are interrelated and they all depend on each other.

Fifteen thousand American soldiers, helped by two thousand back-up troops of the allied troops, try, without much success, to ensure a pretence of order in Afghanistan. The presidential election wanted by Washington is quite unable to bring back peace in a country divided between all-powerful lords of the war. Being based on dissatisfaction vis-a-vis with the foreign presence and the permanent insecurity, the talibans multiply the armed actions and wait their hour.

The majority of worldwide respondents to the last two global Pew enter surveys (in 2002 and 2006) regarded the United States as the greatest menace to world peace.

A Wisconsin newspaper reports new details on a propane explosion in December of 2006 that killed 3 people. Would a terrorist attack of this scale get more attention than this industrial accident got in December? Almost certainly and that causes us to ask if small scale terrorist attacks in the United States are in our future.

Manny Pacquiao has made all Filipinos proud through his various victories in the boxing arena. Beyond doubt, he is one of the most successful boxers in the world. For his countrymen, he is not just an able sportsman but also a generous man with a profound vision to uplift the impoverished people in his country. Why not give him a chance to enter politics and embark on a higher level of service?

Political parties are organized groups of people who share a set of ideas about how the United States should be governed.

Election 2006 is over. Democrats claim victory because they again control the House and Senate. Once again the American people are the real losers. The political game is rigged. Here is what to expect over the next two years.....

On June 8th 2007 there were three significant releases of Anhydrous Ammonia from cooling systems at food storage or food processing facilities across the country. These incidents would seem to support the DHS classification of these facilities as Chemical Facilities under the new regulations setting forth the standards for protecting Chemical Facilities from terrorist attack.

Recently published DHS rules require chemical facilities to submit various types of information to DHS for the purposes of protecting high-risk chemical facilities from terrorist attack. That information contains sensitive Chemical-Terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) that must be protected against unauthorized release. Properly marking CVI documents is an integral part of that protection.

Recent findings of poor background investigations for unarmed security guards point to potential problems for chemical companies having to comply with new federal regulations protecting high-risk chemical facilities from terrorist attacks.

As the world is continuing to grow and change, it is time to re-identify how the global community perceived nations and what are called world “superpowers.” At the moment, there are two such superpowers in the world. These are the United States of America, and the former Soviet Republic. Both of these countries have a large population, a stable military and economy, and hold a considerable amount of power in the international community. These countries have held their position as superpowers for some time now, and the world has grown accustomed to both of these powers being in such a place in the world.

The question that engages many Americans--not as Democrats or Republicans but as human beings--is how to restore America's place in the world.

Why does Israel flourish while Arabs in Arab nations live mostly in squalor?

The US government is one of the three countries in the world that have initiated and maintained the Cuba blockage. Specifically, only US, Israel and Uzbekistan are the rejecting the voice of the United Nations General Assembly to seize this type of trade treatment. More cases appear every year in the news regarding the US embargo consequences on the lives of millions of Cubans. Food, medicine and other important supplies are withheld from the citizens of this island due to it...

A chemical accident at a paper mill shows how easy it would be for a terrorist to use reactive chemistry to kill innocent people.

Incidents of ribbons worn on collars, backpacks, cars, or hanged on house doors have been first seen when various people attempted to envision a better future and inspire hope.

A glimpse into the world of political manipulation, and how words are used to control how people think.

DHS has established a information security classification, Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI), to help protect information submitted by chemical facilities under the new security regulations for chemical facilities from being released to business competitor or terrorist. The rules that go along with protecting CVI will place some new information security requirements on these facilities.

It’s Oscar time, so get ready to hear all about all the movies you “must” see in order to be in the know, on top of things, and popular at the water cooler. I’m always wondering who the heck has time to take in the “25 Movies You Must See Before the Oscars”?