Burning Korans and Building Mosques: America’s Blasphemy Laws
Blasphemy laws are instituted when members of a religious group decide that their belief system should be unassailable, immune from any real or perceived criticism, and protected from any disrespect or display of dissent, and are enforced through thethreat of punishment or dire consequences. America’s freedoms are being threatened by both internal and external forces exploiting the unwarranted legitimacy they receive through religious profession. If any one is going to secure their rights as an American citizen, we must all stand firmly for the rights of all American citizens.
Is Poverty The Future Of America’s Middle Class?
America’s middle class has been under attack for about 30 years. One of the main goal of Reagan, the Republicans and the pro-corporate Democrats was to dismantle the few critical social programs and safety nets put together by FDR and later Lyndon Johnson. Bush Sr. kept pushing for the same social Darwinist policies of deconstruction […]
Great Recession: Are War Spending And Wealth Concentration To Blame?
A superficial analysis of the recession and the global financial crash, with their long lasting effects on the world economy, put the blame on the burst of the US real estate market bubble. However, some much bigger forces and overall budget trends have being at play for 30 years within the US economy. In the […]
Iraq War Redux: Goodbye “Iraqi Freedom”, Hello “New Dawn”
On August 31, 2010, President Obama declared, in his oval office address to the nation, that the United States combat operations in Iraq were officially over. This is obviously an effort by the President to convince Americans, right before the November elections, that he has fulfilled one of his key 2008 campaign promises: To end […]
US Military: The Uninvited Guest Who Just Never Leaves
Today, President Obama will address the nation from the oval office, and will praise the sacrifice made by the US military in Iraq. The President will also claim that the “US combat operations in Iraq are over”. However, this upcoming statement is part truth part political spin for US domestic consumption. The reality of Iraq […]
