Politicians

When I grew up, I was very proud to be an American. At the local airshow my heart would swell with pride as the song "I'm Proud To Be An American" played. I dreamed of flying a fighter plane off of an aircraft carrier when I grew up. I watched "Top Gun" so many times i wore out VHS copies of it without number.  Read More »

As the presidential campaign for 2008 continues on, I can't help but take notice to how people stand on different issues. I can see now that major issues concerning Iraq, the economy, and healthcare are all headlining these campaigns -- and it begs the question: "What do we really want as the American people?"

The answer is simple, right?  Read More »

Although doing a 180° flip purely to gain more voters is, simply put, ridiculous, flipping on an issue over time demonstrates maturity and political sophistication. At least in my eyes.  Read More »

I had a teacher from my home town who was one heck of a guy. I'm almost certain he was (or still is) an alcoholic. He taught me valuable information about writing. He used to tell me, "Damnit (he seemed to like that word), I want you guys to have an opinion. I don't want any politically correct crap. When you write, use he.  Read More »

I’m not going to lie; Lincoln is probably one of my favorite presidents in history. Naturally, I bought a book that had a lot to do with him and his life in American history. Unfortunately, I found some interesting, but not great things out about him.  Read More »

In high school class president elections, Barack Obama was probably the charming, popular jock who promised to expand school lunch from meat loaf to filet mignon. Therefore, Hillary Clinton must have been the awkward yet confident bookworm who relied more on smarts than snazzy posters or campaign cupcakes.  Read More »

From July 18th to July 22, 2001, at least 100,000 up to as many as 200,000 people protested against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy. The protesters objected to the role of G8: having the eight most powerful governments in the world setting rules for everyone else to follow.  Read More »

Today's Democrat leaders have slipped into unintelligible incoherence and have long been out of touch. They believe what they want to believe, and they twist the truth to their own ends.

Now, while this statement can apply to many non-Democratic leaders as well, today, it applies most to Democrats.  Read More »