ronald reagan

I find myself wondering this election how America got here, probably like everyone else. How did we go from the vision of the "City upon the Hill" (Originally proposed by John Winthrop, a Purtian settler, not Ronald Reagan!) to this country where Americans have lost their respect from others and their self-respect.  Read More »

Ronald Reagan was born in Tampico, Illinois on February 6, 1911 to John and Nelle Reagan. He was the youngest of four children. Because they were poor, Reagan’s family constantly moved, searching for a better life. Finally, when Reagan was nine, his father was offered a job in Dixon, Illinois, where his family settled permanently.  Read More »

Eight Words or Less.....Change the world.

Take Action- Matt Bacak.
Restinpeace says " Take Action and Then your Next Action"

Writing is the doing part of thinking-Glenn Dietzel.
Rest in peace says "Start thinking and writing."

I have a dream-Martin Luther King Jr
Rest in peace says "make your dream happen."

I've been up to the Mountain Top--Martin Luther King Jr.  Read More »

The Political Mr. or Mrs Universe Pageant continues. John McCain (the phoenix) is the apparent front runner. Last night John McCain and Mitt Romney were front and center in the Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.  Read More »

Rudy Giuliani, John Edwards drop out, Romney continues attacking? At about 9:00 pm Eastern Time The associated press wire said Edwards was dropping out on January 30th 2008. Giuliani anti terrorist vote to go to McCain.  Read More »

Oh political science class....pretty much guaranteed to give me something to write about.

On of the books we're reading during this half of the term is by Bernard Goldberg (for those of you that keep up with political opinion publications, Goldberg also wrote Bias and 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America), called Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to The Right, which frankly is a disgustingly condescending piece of swill that masquerades under the guise of "Well, neither side is that great right now...but not matter what, I'm always right." All that aside though, today there was a particular portion of the book that caught my eye:  Read More »