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Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Who's to blame for the Iraq war quagmire?: 4 of 19

It should seem obvious why we are still afflicted by this war. Too many Americans are stuck in the rut of voting conservatively - usually, that means for Republicans - and it appears that because of this, there may never be enough Democrats elected to office to thwart the party of the owner-class - the Republicans. Since the...
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) Princess Diana: Is it time to move on?: 3 of 13

No, it's not time, because there appears to have been an information vacuum created within the mass media ( currently controlled by less than half-a-dozen corporate entities)involving pertinent information related to the circumstances of her death.A few months prior, an incident had been reported in People magazine - which o...
Entertainment > Celebrities (Other) Political correctness and Rosie O'Donnell: 2 of 7

The real problem is not what Rosie O'Donnell is saying, but that there is any debate at all as to her right to say it.In their zeal to portray themselves as patriotic Americans, the type who detract from Rosie and those of her conviction show themselves to be the enemies of everything that this country is supposed to stand f...
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should former members of Congress be able to work as lobbyists after leaving Congress?: 3 of 10

The public is not told exactly why former Congress-people are so highly prized by lobbies.Truth is - they're the only players who are in the game for all the innings, to coin a phrase. When Congress votes on issues, the Congressional chambers are closed to outsiders, with one exception: former Congress-people! They retain th...
Politics, News & Issues > US Politics (Other) Defending the position of the United States in the world: 6 of 18

Actually, defending the position of the United States in the world would be impossible for the great majority of Americans simply because of their own ignorance of the history of this country, due in part to an unofficial news black-out of much that casts an unfavorable light on this country by the owners of the mass-media a...
Politics, News & Issues > War & Peace Should the US pull out its troops regardless of whether Iraq is ready to defend its people?: 45 of 117

Absolutely - the troops should be drawn, but not before the U.S. rectifies the inequity it created: by establishing a balance of power between the Kurds, Sunnis and Shia. Under Hussein, the Sunnis wielded power over the other 2 factions; all that the Bush administration has done is to transfer the same dictatorial power to t...
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: War in Iraq: 11 of 28

Are American oil profits a major concern of the Bush Administration?Could be.Have they arranged, within the last 5 years, to ensure high earnings for the powerful American oil lobby?Is it possible? In 2003,before the Iraqi war began, the U.N. sanctions prohibiting Iraq from re-entering the petroleum market full-force were ab...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Assessing Barack Obama's chances for the 2008 Democratic primaries: 11 of 25

Barack Obama has exactly no chance of getting the Presidency. All that we are seeing is just a typical phony-American token display of tolerance in the hypocritically self-acclaimed bastion of democracy and equality. He can't even DRIVE through white America D.W.B. (Driving While Black) - let alone expect anyone with an ounc...
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration Do immigrants really do the jobs Americans don't want?: 28 of 49

Unfortunately, we now have 5 super-rich corporate entities who own the mass-media of this country and they spew forth lies of this ilk - which impugn the very character of the average American - at their whim. The truth, of course, is that illegal immigrants work for a small fraction of the minimum wage.Claiming that America...
Politics, News & Issues > Justice System Is the death penalty just or unjust?: 26 of 38

The death penalty is incompatible with the fair dispensation of justice in this country. A good example of this is the George Whitmore case of the 1960's in New York State.The 26 year-old black male was charged - and nearly convicted - of the murders of 2 young girls in their Manhatttan apartment, while in actuality he was i...