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  • The US Ranks 19th in the Democracy of its Political System

    The Economist Magazine publishes an annual list ranking nations based on the democracy of their political institutions. In the last ranking before 2008;s catastrophically revealing presidential election cycle, the US ranked 19th. All of the countries ranking above had uniform national laws that encouraged voter participation and minimized ...
    Posted to Press Box by Issywise on October 23, 2008

  • The Big Bailout...Ha!

    There is no need for a bailout of the bank when we can bail them out through tax payer spending...heres how: America has fought hard to become an independent nation and a leader in innovation, so how can we fix our current economic downtrend efficiently? Some seem to think that throwing money at the corporations who failed us is the answer…we all ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Mejamz on September 29, 2008

  • Sore Winners—Just like the Bushies

    Although there has been much talk of all the celebrated “newcomers” Obama has inspired to become politically active, there is little media interest in examining how this new flood of “youthful enthusiasm” has transformed the tenor of acceptable political behavior and discourse in the Democratic Party. From questionable voter registration ...
    Posted to Dispatches by men o' paws on August 30, 2008

  • MoveOn.org, Progressive Promise, John Edwards Affair…

    Looking over the MoveOn.org site, they seem to focus on their progressive promise of our country. What does that mean? Progressive Promise? Ever taken a good look at the progressive socialist movement? It starts out as the people’s party with the ideals of hope and change, the desire to save the country and the environment. And where does it end ...
    Posted to Politics by MiamiVice on August 12, 2008

  • Amazing that Americans Have This Discussion

    Having studied American civics in grade school and high school, and having my doubts that Bush Cheney or anyone else in our current White House similarly learned about American history, traditions, institutions and law, it continually amazes me that this Bush Cheney Presidency has run riot so egregiously. Congress? Lay down. The Courts? Lay ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Great Review of Some Important Books . . .

    . . . BOOKS which I think all Americans need to read and consider: Making Government Work, by Fritz Hollings Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values, by Phillipe Sands The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals (Hardcover), by Jane Mayer. Terrorism and Democracy ...
    Posted to Jurisprudence by MichaelBernard1 on July 28, 2008

  • Makes Me Laugh -- Elites With Furrowed Brows AT LAST - -

    So, the FDIC Chairman is a female children's book author from Massachusetts, who started her new job running security for our Nation's bank deposits since 2006? How fortunate for her. I am a Massachusetts/New Hampshire working guy going back to 1990, originally from the Midwest, with some college but no degree, and I have been ''getting ...
    Posted to Moneybox by MichaelBernard1 on July 18, 2008

  • setting up the obama stage

    The curtain rises and there she is, standing under a single spotlight, center stage. She is very pregnant, just in time tor the polls to open, just in time to steal any last minute thunder McCain might offer. She is wearing a Jackie Kennedy hairdo and hat. WELL, it could happen, couldn't it?
    Posted to Trailhead by zook on July 12, 2008

  • I Liked Ike -- Now I Like Mike - HUCKABEE, that is

    I liked everything I heard about Mike Huckabee, even before he started running in earnest for his Party's Nomination to be our next U.S. President. The more I learned about Mike Huckabee, the better I liked his candidacy. Further, he is a very well-spoken and persuasive guy, with that down-to-Earth Midwestern style I always liked about ...
    Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard1 on July 8, 2008

  • Re: May I Suggest Reading The Transcript

    McCain is a wily coyote politician from arid Arizona, who has spent his long, post-hero career bedding women and making hay in Washington DC politics. Reminds me of George Mitchell and not a few others. Such big egos and such small results. Is George Mitchell married even yet? At least Bill Cohen found someone to settle down with. Not only would ...
    Posted to Politics by MichaelBernard1 on July 4, 2008
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