The Independent Living Movement I
I will start off by informing you that there is no real difference between the words "disabled" and "handicapped," except for the linguistic ones. They both refer to physically challenged people, who often need special living accommodations.
Barack Obama Campaign Managers, Spin Masters and Handlers Considered
As we watch the Barack Obama campaign make mistake after mistake in addressing the issues, we also see an attempt to compare him to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and even Martin Luther King. Indeed, these are all very noble and wise men to compare Barack Obama too, but I would like to take this opp
Can A Coming Energy Crisis Top The Wall Street Disaster?
The recent Wall Street disaster reminds us that citizens cannot trust industry. Greed has invaded the most profitable companies to an unacceptable and destructive degree. US citizens must consider the banking crisis as a wake up call for preventing the oil and energy industries from creating an even
Review of the South Africa NDP
The South African Government along with the National Congress approved the South Africa NDP in 2012/2013. The plan addresses key issues and strategies for economic growth by the year 2030. By implementing the NGP (New Growth Plan) and the IPAP (Industrial Policies Action Plan into the new National P
US Trade Deficit with Bordering Neighbors
The Trade Deficit of 50 Billion per Year with Canada, Money Flows to Mexico, World Trade and Relations Issues, Now What?
Today's Value of the Dollar
While the war in Iraq is costing billions and billions more are required, the problems on our very shores go without funding.Families stretch each dollar, but the government goes on living life to its fullest value and not having to answer for any shortcomings or crimes against those who placed them
The Twilight Zone World Of Joe Biden
This article examines the recent assertion by Vice President Joe Biden that the U.S. economy is moving in the right direction. Using hte latest economic indicators and data, the article concludes that Mr. Biden's assertion is not accurate at all since every economic indicator shows a deteriorat
Overseas Security And Bodyguard JobsThe Elite Of The Protection Industry
With the right education, you could be well-qualified for a variety of bodyguard jobs, including those protecting high-profile celebrities.
Nick Clegg's Social Mobility Drive Needs a Different Destination
Nick Clegg is championing the social mobility drive so getting an internship is "open and transparent" to change the "who you know not what you know" culture. Good for Nick for promoting a noble cause but if he really wants to make a difference then he needs to rethink his strate
About Peasants During the French Revolution
Rabid revolutionaries like Robespierre and Marat are perhaps the poster children for the liberty, equality and brotherhood rhetoric preceding the French Revolution. In reality, the seed of the overthrow of the nobility and--almost by misadventure--the monarchy, was sown by an antiquated feudal syste
The Enjoyment Of Bird Watching
Bird Watching is a nice and peaceful hobby for everyone, It is a popular hobby across the world.
Using Radio to Win an Election
Most people need to touch a newspaper, see a television commercial, or read a billboard to believe their advertising worked. All are effective, but radio is the most cost effective because of the number of people it reaches. In political races or issue campaigns the results always exceed expectation
The Definition of Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a form of autocratic government. Totalitarian regimes dominate every aspect of a society's political and economic life and try to control their citizen's beliefs, attitudes and values. The community's main concern becomes duty to the state and the state's goal is creating a perfec
Who Invented Parking Meters?
Oklahoma native Carl C. Magee is the person generally credited with inventing the parking meter. Thought of conversely as a nuisance to many automobile owners and as a good source of revenue by city officials, parking meters have cropped up in the United States and other nations around the world. Fi
Why Do International Terrorists Attack Transportation?
Do you ever wonder why the International Terrorists attack transportation assets? What is their weird affixation with stuff the moves? Do they believe that a moving target is harder to hit and need a challenge to augment their Islamic Radical bizarre occultish fantasies to explode into a million org
What Percentage of People Vote a Straight Racial Ticket?
The other day I was having a conversation at Starbucks with a political analyst here locally. He's been out of the game for quite a while, but he had worked on some major campaigns in his life at the state and federal level. Now he advises local politicians and works as a consultant of sorts. W
Are You Poor In America? - Well Don't Complain to Me
Okay so, not long ago I was doing a little genealogy work and I noted some royal lines in there somewhere, pretty cool. Back in those days, being a King or Queen must have been great, don't you think? Well, I am not so sure about that really.
When Hostile Forces Unite
It is often said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. But that may not be entirely so. It does stand to reason from a Machiavellian Play Book standpoint however that if you have a common cause or a common enemy then in fact you do have some common ground.
Big Spenders
Nancy Pelosi just spent $3 million in nine months, $16,000 of which went to purchase flowers. When are the American people going to realize how out of control the spending really is?
What Caused the European Nations to Gain Respect for the United States?
According to international affairs writer John Peterson, the United States and the European Union are the most powerful forces in the international system. Respect between the United States and the countries of Europe, often pivoted on the special relationship between America and Britain, helps to k