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U.S. Government & Politics
Having bankrupted the economy, misdirected a war. and served as puppets of industrial execs, neo-cons predictably try to obscure their failures with a favorite smokescreen--another Flag Desecration Amendment.
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Articles Contacts Links Tanstaafl*
 
ARTICLES
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CURRENT TOPICS
Presidential Election 2008 — issues, parties, candidates Upd. 03 Jul 08
Reality Check — gun control: a letter to our gutless Congress 1999
Shorts — Star Wars II, wreck-onomix, fetal rights, etc. 01 Sep 02
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CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS
The Right to Bear Arms —aiming for a balanced view Ed. 09 May 03
Impeachment —its purpose and its perils 1998-2001
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ECONOMICS
Dubbya's Fuzzy Math — same old Voodoo Trickle-Down 11 Feb 01
The Supply-Side Fallacy — Voodoo Economix for Dummies Ed. 09 May 03
Tax Cut Fever! — What's really in it for us? Upd. 28 Feb 00
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
War against Terror the World — the lengthening Axis of Evil Ed. 05 Oct 03
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SMOKESCREENS & SCAPEGOATS
The Original Pledge of Allegiance — a lesson in fixing what wasn't broke 1999
Pornography and Censorship Ed. 02 Jul 00
Prayer in Public Schools — be careful what you ask for Rev. Dec 98
Same-Sex Marriage: What's the Threat? 17 May 08
Torching the Flag - or the Bill of Rights — symbols vs. substance 1999
Toward a Sane Drug Policy (academic paper) Ed. 25 May 01
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POLITICS AS UNUSUAL
Voices from the Right — seriously, outrageously, dangerously funny Upd. 24 Nov 02
What's Wrong with Liberals Upd 19 Nov 02
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WE TOLD YOU SO!
Faith-Based Initiatives 11 May 01
War against Terror the World — the lengthening Axis of Evil Ed. 29 Sep 04
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PONDERABLES
Civilization's Greatest Ideas — the worst and the best 23 Dec 01
Conservative Rhetoric Distilled 02 Jun 03
Historical Quotes of American Leaders — what they really thought 08 Jan 08
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW PRESIDENCY
Reasons to Vote for G.W.Bush — or on second thought... Ed. 13 Oct 04
The Bush League — clueless, and proud of it, by God! 09 Aug 04
Bushwhacked! — consistently contradictory Ed. 5 Jul 04
Dubbya's Fuzzy Math — same old Voodoo Trickle-Down 11 Feb 01
Faith-Based Initiatives 11 May 01
Trust Us! — what the GOP wants us to believe on Election Day 2006 20 Mar 06
War against Terror the World — the lengthening Axis of Evil Ed. 29 Sep 04
What Bush's Tax-Cut Plan Means to You and Me — something for nothing? 06 Sep 04
George W. Bush said WHAT? 27 Oct 04
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CONTACTS

Phone numbers, web sites, and postal and e-mail addresses for your elected national representatives can be found at...

U.S. House of Representatives http://www.house.gov OK 04 Jun 03
U.S. Senate http://www.senate.gov OK 04 Jun 03
White House http://www.whitehouse.gov OK 04 Jun 03
president@whitehouse.gov vice.president@whitehouse.gov  

If you do not know who your Representative and Senators are, the House and Senate web sites feature an easy "look up" tool using your home state and/or postal zip code.

Public cynicism and apathy may be fashionable, but they're a cop-out.  Get informed, and get involved!  These people work for us, but they need to be reminded of that fact regularly in the course of dealing with our rights, our money, and our future.  Don't let the crazies and the greedies run the show.  Write.  Call.  Vote.  Perhaps you feel that you alone cannot make a difference.  But together, we can!
 
LINKS
All Politics U.S. political news from CNN. OK 31 May 03
Dumb Laws A major reason for the general decline in respect for law. OK 31 May 03
Speak Out Express your opinion and learn how to become politically active. OK 31 May 03
 
TANSTAAFL*


Freedom is never free.  Our forefathers didn't buy our liberty with their words and their blood; the best they could do was to make the down-payment on it.  It is up to each succeeding generation to keep up the payments through vigilant and informed participation.  If we fail in this, we will show ourselves foolishly unworthy of liberty, and we will most certainly lose it, whether little by little or all at once.

There are a great many things other than politics with which I would prefer to occupy my time.  My interest in the field is solely one of survival as a free human being.  Conscientious public protest, not only against the misuse of government by a powerful few, but also against the abuse of it by a largely ignorant and easily manipulated multitude, is not only a right but a responsibility.  And failure to assume the responsibility must eventually result in abolition of the right.

=SAJ=

*TANSTAAFL: "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" — Robert A. Heinlein


 


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