Lately, my son and I have been going at it about Ron Paul and whether he is qualified enough to become President of the United States. He plans on voting for Ron Paul because he is pissed off at Obama for signing into law the National Defense Authorization Act…
By OcJim Feckless Republicans and mealy-mouthed Democrats are willing to forsake the livelihood, indeed the future of the planet, for a comparatively few shekels and short-term comfort. To justify their impersonation of viable human beings, many say that climate change, supported by 99% of the world’s scientists, is a…
By Tom Hastings @ Hastings On Nonviolence Propaganda. That's what Hugo Chavez uses to cover his ugly tracks when he imprisons judges who don't rule the way he wants. That's what Fidel used for decades of enslaving the Cuban people and making them feel happy to be in chains.…
By: Montgomery Himpton There are a lot things you can tell about a person when it comes to their habits in and around the bathroom. I call it my philosophy of the toilet. While it might seem inane or farcical to think of the toilet as anything other than…
By OcJim Recent polls show that nearly 50% of Americans believe that the earth is less than 10,000 years old. That conviction is either based on an ignorance of science, or a religious belief in some form of creationism, perhaps with a rejection of science. Accordingly the dismissal of…
By: Eugene Malwrick What does it mean to be considered far left in modern society? Previously, that question would be identified with liberal individuals who emphasized the collective good, such as unions' benefit of collective bargaining rights, protesting unfair conditions, and the general mass of society acting with conscionable…
By: Janice Bulbock What will it mean to be far-right in the spectrum not only of politics but of culture in general? Forty, thirty, twenty years ago, far-right was vastly more identifiable with conservative, reactionary outlook on society in a perpetual search for the good-ole days. From this outlook…
By: Andrea Mynstill Many know the Salvation Army for their charitable work in disaster relief, their thrift stores, youth programs, and for also being the third largest non-profit organization not in the States but the entire world, grossing billions of dollars a year in donations. And of course they…
By OcJim Grover Norquist is an American lobbyist, conservative activist and founder of Americans for Tax Reform. Most Republicans have signed his pledge not to raise taxes under any circumstances. Where does that leave us? When Republicans have a majority in the House and the means to hamstring any…
By Paul J. Burgess On June 23rd 1912, in Maida Vale, London, a boy was born who would go on to become a world legend. He was a man without whom you may not be reading this piece by means of computer technology. Without whom the United Kingdom would…