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America is in the midst of an all-important electoral campaign. But, talking to Europeans, I've discovered that there is puzzlement and misinformation on your continent about what's happening on ours. Europeans feel an understandable confusion when faced with a political system consisting of two houses of Congress and a White House, and nobody is home in any of them. Also, America's political parties are indistinguishable to the European eye. A British journalist once described the situation thus: "America is a one-party state, but just like Americans they've got two of them." (I forget which British journalist said that. But there...

It is truly sad, but undeniable that major elections in this country are decided by the most uninformed and indecisive 10-15% of us. The folks who are swayed by commercials, celebrity name status, or even the best looking, most well versed candidate, are currently deciding the future of our country. By successfully convincing these folks of the presence of non-existent grey areas, the Democrats recently gained significant political control of our country. Unfortunately, perception alone plays a large role of getting elected in today's political environment. True beliefs and positions on key issues mean little to the liberal Democrat running...

Lib/Dem/Soc/Commies -- You've Forgotten The Lessons Of 9/11 Written by Doc Farmer Monday, September 11, 2006 Author's Note: This is a request to most of my conservative, patriotic readers. Please don't read it with yourself in mind. Instead, send it along to every lib/dem/soc/commie discussion board, mailing list or group you can find. Send it to every lib/dem/soc/commie media outlet. Call every lib/dem/soc/commie talk show with it. This message is for them, and it's high time they heard it. Five years. It's not that long a time, when you consider the history of our nation. It's a mere blink of...

ProtestWarrior Kentucky will demonstrate against a leftist fundraiser tomorrow, Saturday June 18, 2005, from approx 9 am to noon at the Louisville intersection of Douglas Blvd and Bardstown Rd. The Leftists of L-PAC (Louisville Peace Action Community) will be holding a fundraiser yard/bake sale in order to raise money for their stupid "Peace Takes Courage" media blitz. The whole point of their "Peace Takes Courage" program is to insinuate that peace takes courage and our soldiers don't have any. Bullshit, not in my town ladies. We will be there with signs supporting America, the President, our Troops, the War and...

Every day some group, liberal or conservative comes out with a new survey on how the political attitudes of the American people. ThePew Research Center for The People and the Press found that the number of people who used the internet for political information rose substantialy between 1996 and 2004. Interestingly enough, according to the Pew people, most people went to news sites run by the networks or leading newspapers. Coming in second were sites such as AOl or Yahoo, which take news leads from Reuters or other news services. What this boils down to is that although the medium...

As a disclaimer to the following, it is important to note that there is a part of mandate in the following, but also a part of research and hypothesis. It is not a Manifesto but the result of manifestations. Criticizing the following is fair and fine, of course, however some critics have for agenda to smear the information and informer in order to cover up their own professional disgraces and not have them addressed as an important issue. Most of these "enemies", however, I feel sorry for, for several reasons: 1. because they spend more on hiding than doing their...

Note: In late september / early october, the UK Guardian had a letter writing campaign. The purpose of this campaign was to influence the voters in the swing state of Ohio to vote for John Kerry. Over 10,000 people requested the address list, and I am sure that those writing wrote at least one or more letters to the citizens of ohio. The article that follows is Guardian printing some of the letters. Dear wonderful, loving friends from abroad, We Ohioans are an ornery sort and don't take meddling well, even if it comes from people we admire and with...

As a realtor, I've been able to see firsthand the effect of the tax cuts initiated by President Bush. In the last year, we've seen record numbers of first time homebuyers. In talking to these homebuyers, the most prevalent reason for their buying is having the money for the downpayment. Most rely on savings or gifts from family in order to have a downpayment but not anymore. I was astonished by those that were able to use their tax checks to move into their first home. Another thing the tax cuts accomplished was getting small businesses energized to enhance the...

Prediction Markets Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz. Related Publication 04-19. Sep 2004. We analyze the extent to which simple markets can be used to aggregate disperse information into efficient forecasts of uncertain future events. Drawing together data from a range of prediction contexts, we show that market-generated forecasts are typically fairly accurate, and that they outperform most moderately sophisticated benchmarks. Carefully designed contracts can yield insight into the market's expectations about probabilities, means and medians, and also uncertainty about these parameters. Moreover, conditional markets can effectively reveal the market's beliefs about regression coefficients, although we still have the usual problem of...

Preamble The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. We hereby appeal to Him for mercy, aid, comfort, guidance and the protection of His Providence as we work to restore and preserve these United States. This great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been and are afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here. The goal of the Constitution...

Twisted Facts and Falsehoods in Media Fund Ad Democratic group's ad claims Bush turned White House into "corporate headquarters," but backs that up with false claims. 05.14.2004 Summary The latest ad from the Media Fund -- the group headed by former Clinton White House aide Harold Ickes -- shows the White House lawn being given over to corporate logos and a neon sign saying "Corporate Headquarters." There's no question Bush is pro-business, but this ad goes far over the line on several counts. It implies Bush hasn't acted to protect pensions, fight corporate corruption or provide a "real" prescription drug...

The "Axe Murder Incident" 18 August 1976 at Panmunjom The Attack Begins On Wednesday 18 August 1976 at 1040 hours in the morning, a United Nations Command (UNC) work force of five Korean Service Corps (KSC) personnel accompanied by and UNC security force, including the Joint Security Force (JSF) Commander, Captain (P) Arthur G. Bonifas of Newburgh, New York, First Lieutenant Mark T. Barrett of Columbia, South Carolina, and one Republic of (South) Korean Army (ROKA) officer started to prune a large tree in the vicinity of UNC Check Point #3. This tree partially obscured the view between UNC Check...

Some of this hard fought battle is due to the ESTABLISHMENTS (no pun intended) ability to make each locality, state and even at the National level appear to be a LOCAL battle to implement LAWS. LIBERALS are the original folks who fought to bring down many established boundaries and lines, if I am to understand their theology correctly. In as much, they have established a new order built on an even more oppressive leadership style they will use hard-line tactics to coheres as an obligation their standards and rules. Then is it any wonder that they are so closely identified...

The Clinton Legacy Cookbook The only item to escape the Clinton Administration without DNA on it! August 27 2000, I posted a simple Thread. That was the beginning of an adventure that has lasted all of these months. A fun and fanciful look at the world of great food and witty politics expertly blended by renowned master Chef Carlo Morelli!  This 272 page collection of favorite recipes, hilarious cartoons, and whimsical humor is a true recipe for sidesplitting and tummybustin' fun. In gratitude to the collaborative effort of over 200 Freeper contributors, proceeds from the sale of this venture...

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Bush's war plans are a cover-up, Byrd saysSaturday September 21, 2002By Paul J. Nyden STAFF WRITER Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., said President Bush’s plans to invade Iraq are a conscious effort to distract public attention from growing problems at home.“This administration, all of a sudden, wants to go to war with Iraq,” Byrd said. “The [political] polls are dropping, the domestic situation has problems.... So all of a sudden we have this war talk, war fervor, the bugles of war, drums of war, clouds of war.“Don’t tell me that things suddenly went wrong. Back in August, the president had...