The economics of planned American Empire

It is a matter of fact that all empires end in economic collapse. The U.S. superpower is performing its closing act. Over the last 20 days, the dollar (relative to the Euro) has lost over 4% of its value. The dollar is down over 13% in the last year. Over the last two years, M3 [...]

Letter response from Senator Bob Corker, (R), TN

Senator Corker responds to my letter about FISA Amendments
Dear Mr. _______,
Thank you for taking the time to contact my office regarding S. 2248, the FISA Amendments Act of 2007. Your input is important to me, and I appreciate the time you took to share your thoughts.
Like you, I believe that protecting our civil liberties is [...]

Bush America: a state of constant fear

The article that belongs here is one I cannot safely write, so I will refer you to this one.

Federal Homeowner Preservation Corporation: a blank check from taxpayers

Bank of America announced it will acquire Countrywide, universally thought to be a toxic mortgage corporation, for $4.1 billion on January 11, 2008. This action gave Bank of America about 20% of U.S. market share in the mortgage loan industry. On February 23, the New York Times blew the whistle on a confidential proposal being [...]

The “Blame-Iraq-First” Crowd

Almost everyone agrees that Al-Qaeda was directly responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. However, in the months and years following that day, it became apparent that the situation was not limited to Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden. A tragedy of such large scale, the people reasoned, had to be the result of something [...]

What a true conservative looks like (and says)

 Ron Paul is the true conservative no one (Rush, Levin, Hannity, hello?) seems to be able to find, and here are some quotes as evidence.  If you think you are a conservative, and these quotes don’t make perfect sense, you’ve been Neo-conned!  Turn off the liberal Fox News (of Trotskyist descent), and read something you trust (like the [...]

Letter to Representative John Duncan, Jr., (R), TN

Congressman Duncan,
I think you are acquainted with my parents, _______ and _____ _______.  I am in college, and I have become very interested in history, economics, and government. 
I had heard your name numerous times growing up in Knoxville, but I never took the time to research your politics.  Now that I have done that, I [...]

The Road to 1984: Corporatism and the International Police State

Below is an excerpt from my upcoming book (title undetermined): 
Washington, D.C. is broken. The tweaks and levers of contemporary politics offer no fixes for the economic and social problems the United States faces, as they are more of the same. The more energetic a government becomes, the fewer freedoms its citizens enjoy.  Still, the petty partisan battles [...]

Common Sense

I just finished reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the pamphlet that inspired American independence.  There is so much in it still relevant today.  The last paragraph of the work:
“And here without anger or resentment I bid you farewell, sincerely wishing, that as men and christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and [...]

Huckabee, Schmuckabee

“The handcuffs are on government not people…the government’s position is hands off in either preferring one religion to another or prohibiting one.” – Mike Huckabee
It would be nice if Huckabee practiced what he preached. This statement directly opposes a marriage amendment. How does banning gay marriage in the U.S. enhance freedom or limit government? It [...]