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Right Actions, Wrong Reasons
Recently, Colin Powell intimated that one of the possible benefits of the tsunami relief efforts was that it would change the hearts of those in the world that look unfavorably on America and American values. There is a belief that our outpouring of generosity will put an end to terrorism around the world once and […]
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The Case for Invading Iraq
When President Bush made his case for the invasion of Iraq, he unfortunately did so with little regard on making the full case. This is one problem I have with his administration, not that he couldn’t have, but that he didn’t. His advisors, his intelligence, the intelligence of our friends and years of knowledge about […]
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Bush Blamed for Lunar Eclipse
October 28, 2004 — John F. Kerry today blamed President Bush for allowing the lunar eclipse to occur last night. After spending the first fifteen minutes of his speech in Boston today celebrating the Red Sox win in the World Series, Senator Kerry launched into an attack on President Bush for failing to do anything […]
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Fear Factor
The presidential election is upon us now and appropriately enough it will be within days of Halloween. That’s because the major parties are using fear to drive people to the polls, towards their candidate and away from their opponents. Perhaps we should have Joe Rogan doing a special ‘Fear Factor, Election Night’ show for us […]
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Wasted Votes
Most everyone has heard the argument before. “If you are going to vote for a third party candidate, you’re just throwing your vote away!” I’ve heard it over and over again, usually by partisans who are worried that their candidate will lose and are trying to win you over to ‘their side’. But who is […]
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The Unspoken Answer
Jeff Jacoby brought up an interesting point in an article that he wrote this morning. In the article he writes the answer that you didn’t hear in this year’s debates but SHOULD have at least one time or another. Call me a cranky libertarian conservative, but just once I would like to hear a candidate […]