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Critique of “Occupy Wall Street”

Critique of “Occupy Wall Street”

I have two main criticisms of the so-called “Occupy Wall Street Protests.” First, that their message is overly broad, with regards to Wall Street. Secondly, that their message is too narrow with regards to bail outs. The typical critique we have heard of this group is that they have no message, or that the message...
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Liberals Responsible for Civil Rights Movement?

Liberals Responsible for Civil Rights Movement?

In this interview, Lawrence O’Donnell hits on one of the main arguments that comes from the left, only he does it in much more explicit terms than usual. He says that liberal activists are responsible for the civil rights movement. This is one of the...
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Glen Beck, NY Times & Woodrow Wilson

Glen Beck, NY Times & Woodrow Wilson

The New York Times ran a debate forum today, with several writers wondering why Glen Beck has focused his animosity toward President Woodrow Wilson. (See story here). Some wonder why he doesn’t focus more on Roosevelt and Johnson. Others try to create prejudices against...
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Hypocrites of Social Security

Hypocrites of Social Security

Congressional members tell us over and over that social security is a bed-rock foundation of safety-net-America. Therefore, they are unwilling to talk like adults about entitlement reform. In the article here, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Shultz reveals the extraordinary hypocrisy most congress members have on this...
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Progressives Now Demand “Economic Patriotism”

Progressives Now Demand “Economic Patriotism”

I have a lot of respect for Independent Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders. He is one of the most honest and well meaning Senators in Washington. His integrity brings himself and I together on more issues than where we disagree. But I respectfully and...
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The Glass City’s Glass – Made in China

The Glass City’s Glass – Made in China

In response to this article: http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/30/in-toledo-the-glass-city-new-label-made-in-china/ China may be doing a lot of things wrong, but it is also doing a lot of things right. The 20th century was rough on China. Under its civil war and later forced leadership of Chairman Mao, China lost a significant...
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Beck Joins MLK

Beck Joins MLK

Many of us are genuinely trying to do what we think is right in this world. I, like many people these days, feel very much under attack for simply having an opinion that differs from others. Liberal groups are upset over Glen Beck’s speech this...
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The Irony Behind the NAACP & Tea Party Racism

The Irony Behind the NAACP & Tea Party Racism

The NAACP is considering a resolution condemning “Tea Party Racism.” Click here for the story. They say, “”I think a lot of people are not taking the tea party movement seriously, and we need to take it seriously,” said Anita Russell, head of the...
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“Stimulus” in the Pelosi Dictionary

“Stimulus” in the Pelosi Dictionary

This is the beginning of a series of blogs I will do about definitions of terms within the Democratic Party. For starters, I’ll discuss the word “stimulus.” At about the 2:40 mark in this video, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dives into an argument that unemployment...
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Meet the Democrat’s New Constituency: The Unemployed

Meet the Democrat’s New Constituency: The Unemployed

Lately, I have seen the Democrats crying foul constantly, because Republicans are adverse to voting for extensions for federal unemployment benefits. It seems the unemployed have become the Democrat’s new constituency. They now see it as their job to take money from income earners and...
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