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Securing Energy Independence for the USA By : Klaus H Hemsath Crude oil prices have topped $140. The US dollar is losing ground against the Euro. Increasing oil demand drives Wall Street speculation and puts OPEC in full control. A novel biomass concept can make the US energy self-sufficient. To develop the technology and use this concept, the US must establish an agency with the mission, program, and budget to make the US independent of foreign oil imports! If You Want Government to Listen, You've Got To Make the Ask! By : Stephanie Vance Getting legislators to listen doesn't have to be difficult. One of the most important things you need to remember is to "make the ask." Advocacy Guru Stephanie Vance explains why, and how, in this article. The Credit Crisis Is Fuelled By Fuel Prices By : Much of the financial crisis in the world is caused by a lack of confidence between banks and financial institutions and their clients which are symptoms of the credit crunch not the root cause. Changing the supply and demand for oil which is the root cause would restore confidence and avoid financial turmoil. Jazzing Up Your Advocacy Efforts: Lessons from New Orleans By : Stephanie Vance The strategies you use to survive the New Orleans Jazz Festival are similar to the strategies you would use to survive an advocacy campaign. It's all in how you look at it. Boycotting Beijing: A History of Politics at the Olympic Games By : Jackson Kern This article discusses the Olympic stadium as a political arena in history. “Hope” & “Change” Aren’t Just Political Buzzwords By : Auriela McCarthy-8975 Auriela McCarthy, author of “The Power of the Possible,”. Senator Obama & Reverend Wright a Bi-Racial Issue By : lazy submit The question, why Presidential Candidate Barrack Obama never left the church after Rev. Wright’s statements, is not a black issue, but a bi-racial identity issue. The article addresses the issues of being bi-racial and the love and devotion for a man other then your father. Social-Political Sustainability: The Human Element By : Jackson Kern This article delves into social-political aspects of the sustainability endeavor. Simple Climate Solutions: The Elephant in the Room By : Nathan Brown The fact is the simplest solution to stop global warming involves you making a major change in your relationship to your car. Key Energy Technologies for Booming World Economies By : Klaus H Hemsath World economies will falter without the secure supply of plentiful and affordable energies. Fossil fuels are emitting harmful greenhouse gases. Three forms of energy can supply all energy needs and can be converted from inexhaustible energy sources: electricity, liquid fuels, and process gases. We must develop a few key technologies now to gain access to these virtually limitless energies. Otherwise, world economies will be harmed forever. Petroleum, the Triple Threat to World Economies By : Klaus H Hemsath Global warming and climate change are caused by fossil fuel combustion. Accelerating energy consumption by China and India will increase average global temperatures 4 to 5 degrees Celsius in 2050 from those in 1900. Petroleum is the only transportation fuel. At an annual consumption of 50 billion barrels the reserves of 1 to 2.3 trillion barrels will run out in 20 to 50 years. Lack of transportation fuels will wreck economies. The Power to Feed the World? A Tale of Sustainable Development, BioEngineering, and Citizen Activism By : Jackson Kern This article shows some of the contentious issues at stake in the battle to feed the world. Global Warming-A-Z : Biofuels By : Simon Rosser The A-Z of Global Warming: Biofuels discusses the relevance of biofuels to global warming, what they are, what they are used for, and whether they are good for the environment. What is the Outlook for the Availability of Fossil Fuels? By : Paul Calhoun Just how long do we have until we run out of fossil fuels? There are many studies that address this question and there is general agreement as when these energies are depleted. A-Z Global Warming: Amazon By : Simon Rosser This article is taken from The A-Z of Global Warming, a book on all issues relating to global warming and climate change written in unique A-Z format. The Article is first in a series of extracts from the book, to be published in May 2008. The False Promise Of Ethanol By : Klaus H Hemsath The article deals with the efficiency of ethanol as motor fuel and with its ability to contribute to a reduction in global warming. Fossil fuels are the major contributors to global warming and resulting climate change. They must be replaced by carbon-neutral motor fuels very soon. Ethanol is being promoted in the USA as a major contributor to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and control of global warming. These claims are disputed. Should a global climate agreement hold the US to a higher environmental standard than the rest of th By : Paul Calhoun An open question is should the US lead in environmental standards? A discussion is presented as to our environmental status today and the difficulties we will have in the future. Sustainable Development on the Stump: Environmental Policies of Obama, Clinton, and McCain By : Daniel Lafleche This article seeks to heighten awareness of the environmental and energy policies of America's next president-- whoever he or she might be. When Can the USA be Fossil Fuels Independent? By : Paul Calhoun The USA is behind on replacing fossil fuels electrical power generation with renewable energy. The readiness of solar energy to generate electricity is presented. A road map is presented to replace the fossil fuels power plants. Technology and Politics; The Internet's Influence on Politics By : Sharon Housley Can, and will, the next generation of politicians exploit the communication mediums available to them? Will the new communication mediums have the power to influence public opinion? Will politicians be the victims of technology, or will they use it to their benefit? Grassroots and the Elections By : Stephanie Vance Ideas for utilizing grassroots networks in election campaigns Can You Think Of Who Would Benefit From Establishing World Peace? By : Brian Ankner It is impossible to mention all the benefits of establishing a peaceful and civilized world, but without a doubt The People will be the major benefactors and since they operate the governments, religions, and corporations those things will also benefit. The Natural Common Bonds Between All People By : Brian Ankner We have been using a survey to prove a point about what common bonds All People share. These are ten questions that you can ask any person on earth and get the same answer. There are many more questions that All People will answer the same but these ten will prove the point. World Peace: The Misconception And The Truth By : Brian Ankner It is not written in the bible, ancient scriptures, modern writings, or in any present legal documents that humans must never attempt to achieve peace on earth. When we build self-imposed mental barriers based on unproven assumptions or beliefs, we retard our ability to think and reason, which hinders our natural ability to solve problems. A Message To All Peace Activist And Peace Seekers By : Brian Ankner The missing element in the peace movements has always been the lack of a practical plan for peace that provides a logical alternative to all war that will be universally accepted by everyone. This is why peace organizations rarely last the test of time. Just protesting with "stop this" or "stop that" and not providing a long lasting permanent solution to the problem will lose steam after a while. The Rational For Establishing World Peace By : Brian Ankner We can logically assume that World Peace is something that 99.9% of the 6.5 billion People in this world would want and support if there was a way to achieve that World Peace that was practical, logical, morally right, non-violent and serves the good of All People and their governmental structures equally. Alien Invasions from Secret Space By : Roberto Bell US intelligence agencies are accused of fabricating false UFO photographs as part of a wider alien disinformation campaign. Dark Secret About Healthcare Reform By : Gary Eby My emotional recovery coaching process can be applied to social conditions as well as meeting one's needs for personal growth and development. In this article I will apply eight steps listed on The Emotional Recovery Card to focus on healthcare reform. 7 Questions that Reveal Who Should be Our Next President By : Are the Presidential Candidates Disconnected from the American people? Momma's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Lobbyists By : Stephanie Vance An overview of the profession of lobbying -- and why it's NOT so terrible. Tobacco Control By : Dr. D.S. Merchant Twelve states have approved this legislation in 2007, and three more states have legislation awaiting action by the governor. “This legislation is vital in the fight to reduce the 700 to 900 deaths annually from fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials, Dark Secret About Education Part II By : Gary Eby This article further defines how to challenge the dark secret about our educational system. I encourage the reader to apply my Five Steps To Successful Living to improving our educational system. The Nursing Shortage and Catman Cohen: An Artist Memorializes The U.S. Nursing Shortage Plight By : Mary Ruff King The nursing shortage and Catman Cohen: What do these two have to do with each other? The answer is this: The nursing shortage in America has been memorialized in song and video by an unlikely hero named Catman Cohen whose body of work has struck a raw nerve in this country. Tough Love: Why the Federal Reserve Should NOT Cut Interest Rates By : Robert M. Clinger III With the real estate bubble having burst and the financial system in a tizzy over the attending fallout in the mortgage markets, bankers, investors, homeowners, and CEOs are calling on the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to cut the federal funds rate in an effort to avert a financial meltdown. However, the Federal Reserve should see through these self-serving calls and hold rates steady for the time being. Sen. Larry Craig and the Other Side of the Coin By : Rev Michael Bresciani After Larry Craig pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, offered apologies and resigned the media circus began. Scoffers, jesters, writers and besters have hopped onboard the rollicking happy critics train and left blogger sites have had a revival heretofore unprecedented. What Happened To Our Democracy? By : Brian Ankner The biggest change in American democratic history came about as a result of World War II and the introduction of the nuclear bomb. From the mid 40's to the early 50's two different directions became available for our government to choose from. One direction was for our government to embrace the principles of the newly formed United Nations, which was originally handed all the tools necessary to civilize this world. Law of Attraction Classics: Suggestion is Power - Politics By : Robert C. Worstell Have you ever thought something magic was happening in your life - that if you only knew how it worked, you could get more of these great magic things happening? Charles M. Bristol thought so - and wrote a book about it. Here we have the Law of Attraction in many, many examples throughout his personal experiences and history itself. Here, Bristol discusses how repetition of given phrases had impact during the last world war... Tyranny Terror and Moral Relativism - America's Shifting Battlefronts By : Rev Michael Bresciani America was founded on the premise that men should live without tyranny from oppressive rulers and laws. It is a battle that never really ends. Tyranny has two equally dangerous and deadly sisters creeping into America’s social fabric and both are endowed with deep skullduggeries. Wizarding Your Way to Advocacy Success: Five Rules From Harry Potter By : Stephanie Vance From "Believe That What You're Doing is Right" to "Have the Right Allies" Harry Potter shows us five key rules for effective advocacy. Sicko and Bill Clinton on Health and Wellness Trends By : Alvaro Fernandez Given the current debate around Michael Moore's Sicko, we want to share in this article some of the insights and advice on Health and Wellness trends that Bill Clinton gave recently at the Healthetc event sponsored by California Pacific Medical Center and KCBS. Strong Medicine for the Immigration Problem By : John Burke Like many California residents, I have mixed feelings about the influx of Mexican immigrants who are here illegally. I don't pretend to have all the answers, but Governor Schwarzenegger's recent proposal to insure all children in our state regardless of their immigration status struck a nerve with me as a medical professional. Is There Anything More Disingenuous Than a Whining, Petulant Political Party in America? By : Ed Bagley Presidential elections provide a lot of humor when you can recognize the joke. Every few days some new, outrageous flap kicks another outrageous flap off of the front page of our nation's daily newspapers. I do not care if political parties whine about the events of the day. What I do care about is the righteousness with which the Democrats and Republicans do whine and complain. Please spare me the soap opera Presidential Candidates and Gay Medicine By : Rev Michael Bresciani The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and other gay rights activist groups are opposing President Bush’s nomination for Surgeon General, Dr. James Holsinger. Is his science wrong? Vote Whoopi As Our NeXt President By : Jeffrey A Solochek If our forefathers were here today they would either scout out an island someplace and found a new country or commit suicide. These days it is not a choice of who will run our country the best but a choice in who will finch off the United States the fastest. Hillary could win because she is female and a Democrat but this is a scary thought, are we the next Iron Curtain? Abortion Decision Raises the Stakes in the 2008 Presidential Race By : Joem Hughes The article discusses the role of the war in Iraq, immigration, abortion and other issues on the upcoming 2008 presidential race. It discusses how these issues might affect the outcome of the election. This article also gives an update on the issue of partial birth abortion and the possible scenarios that will result from the resolution of this issue. The Blogs the Borg - Six of One Half Dozen of the Other By : Rev Michael Bresciani After several years of internet article writing and publishing I have answered blog replies less than a half dozen times. I have never regretted getting involved with the ranting but I have carefully followed and scrutinized thousands of blogs. European Socialism is supporting Islamo-fascism By : Multi-culturalism leads ineluctably to the collapse of civilization. It divides up society into groups and protest fora. It destroys the majoritarian culture and intelligent political discourse. It excuses itself from the difficult tasks of building civilization. It acquiesces as political demagogues usurp more power and more money, to appease cultural and societal sensibilities. So it comes to pass that socialist sympathy allies itself with Islamo-fascism. The Arar case - if there is smoke there is fire By : ‘Conservative’ leader and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper badly needs Arab votes to improve his political position. The Arab lobby in Montreal and Toronto is very strong. Arab and Muslim money already greases the wheels of the Liberal party federally and in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. In both major cities the Arabs and Muslims comprise 15 % of the voting populist. Harper, ever the populist, desires to maintain power and form a majority government. Welcome to the decadence of multi-cultural politics – regardless of what the truth is, or what good policy might be. Why Cuba is superior By : Dear comrades I write you while in ill health but still supremely confident of my own egotistical grandeur and historical relevance. I write you as your ageing but superlative expression of true manhood and physical male glory. I write you not as an old, tired leader worn down by my ceaseless struggles against the satanic forces that control the world political-economy; but as a prophet of socialist utopia and a caring father of our beloved island. I am dear friends, writing to you as a companion of Christ, a comrade of Che Guevara and Hugo Chavez and the greatest benefactor that Cuba has ever seen. I write to inform you of our own greatness and of my own magnificence and to make sure that beyond my life we carry on in Cuba and in all of Latin America our glorious revolution. In defence of the Christian nation state By : Nation states are necessary creations allowing varied and formulaic control over political, legal and economic processes for a defined geographically bound group of people. Nation states are more however than economic unions, common spaces, and constitutional mandates. They are organisms. Cultural mores, emotional attachments, and collective understandings are far more important to the development and maintenance of a nation state than elitist documents; arcane legal statutes; or multi-cultural inspired concepts of being nice, diverse or happy. A nation state is a collection of people with shared linguistics, histories, aptitudes, and objectives. Yet here we have the soft modern Western mind and state, engaged in a war with Islamic fascists, erecting more mindless mommy-state programs, secularism and destroying civilisational concepts and nation state creations through Islamic immigration, appeasement, multi-culturalism and post modern socialist management and ethos. It is a highly disturbing and enraging scenario. The metamorphosis of Socialism to Populist Statism By : As welfare demands, reforms and expectations have grown so too has government’s ability to recast political ideology and terms in its own self interested favour. Especially poignant has been government’s reordering of economic, moral and spatial values in the left vs. right terminology. Government reform of its economic philosophy to become more liberal and egalitarian has also instigated a redefinition of socialism’s attitude towards its own populist configuration. The old Oracle of Delphi in the new Eco-cult of Al Gore By : The original earth goddess cult at Delphi in ancient Greece has many similarities with today’s eco-fascist earth loving cult. Both are pagan. Both rely on unscientific methods. Both are regulated by a high priest caste. Both extract monies for their ‘prophecies’. Both provide gibberish dressed up as intelligence. Both desire to manipulate politics for monetary advantage. Both are deranged. Yet the Romans had to good sense to shut down the Oracle at Delphi in 390 AD. I wonder if we have the good sense to shut down the modern version of the earth goddess cult? The great historian Braudel and climate change. By : From the handy Webster dictionary the entry for ‘cult’ is: ‘…great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad.’ Devotion to a fad is the key idea. It is an apt description of the mother Gaia cult of eco-fascist hyperbole and irrationality – devoted to implausible and unscientific ideas and abstract Marxist ideology. The current ‘green’ cult is no more intelligent, rational or environmentally friendly than the earth cults of Sumeria, Assyria, ancient Egypt or the 2000 year old pagan cult centered at Delphi in Greece. Nor is it more enlightened and relevant than the Druidic cults which were smashed by the Romans in Gaul and Britain. Cults are simply bad news. Science Of Public Opinion By : Gabriel Rise Public opinion, at its simplest, can be defined as an aggregation of individual opinions. Y-2-Kyoto By : Imagine if you will, you are a judge presiding over a criminal trial. The Crown Prosecutor stands up and says, "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I say to you 'unequivocally,' that providing our computers are right, and providing the DNA evidence is correct, we are '90 percent certain' that the defendant is 'very likely' guilty." The unbearable stupidity of Al Gore By : There are many descriptions which aptly fit Al Gore the 35 year political veteran. Appellations such as dumb, deceitful, ignorant, demagogic, hypocrite, or mad would be appropriate. Gore has raised money illegally, lied incessantly on various topics, paid his own firm to trade ‘credit-emissions’ to offset his ‘carbon footprint’ and uttered phrases so mind-numbingly dumb that even G.W. Bush’s inconsistent grasp of English and logic looks Churchillian by comparison. Victims of Political Correctness By : Rev Michael Bresciani I opened up my e-mail and clicked on a published article that ended with a line that said “I don’t believe that homosexuality is immoral…” It was proudly signed by the author and accompanied with contact information to the authors e-mail. Exceptions abound but in general women are naturally left wing and Marxist By : A feminist-marxist magazine sums up some deep reservations I have about women and their massive impact socially and politically, exemplified by this column from March 2006, “..women…struggle to affirm rights and end all forms of exploitation and oppression…[and the] brutality of imperialism to block any such efforts. From the successes of the Palestinian people...to the refusal of the peoples of Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Venezuela and other countries to accept U.S. dictate…women have been in the forefront of these struggles.” Sane no. Accurate no. But relevant – incredibly so. A comparison of tax rates in the OECD By : A critical component for the elite of the current nation state is the statist and populist desire to control the resources of production and to manage the distribution of wealth and to a lesser extent consumption. This has meant that in the West we have seen an increase in the practice of private property (income streams) and capital (taxation, regulation, foreign investment controls, regulation and control of key industry sectors, FDI limitations), expropriation by the state. These ‘borrowed’ monies are then redistributed in various guises to the working classes, the old, those below certain income ranges, people in certain regions, state sponsored industry sectors, health and welfare programs, and state building programs of all sizes and shapes. Lumber - an example of Canadian trade hypocrisy By : You have to love a country that disengages itself from reality so often. The Canadians – smug, moralistic, largely ignorant about history, economics and the world at large – declare themselves superior, intelligent and advanced. The Multi-Cult club of anti-Western, anti-American and anti-Jewish policy reigns beloved. Whole industries lie under government control to the detriment of bank accounts and morality. Boards manage all commodities excluding oil. Lumber which is a politically sensitive and vital regional jobs program in many parts of the country is massively subsidized by more than $4 billion per annum. Yet to hear the Canadians chatter about lumber you would think that they are pristine virtuous virgins engaged in acts of morality while the hated Americans are planning the destruction of thousands of unionized Canadian jobs and the shuttering of Canadian villages dependent on the lumber trade. The fact that Canada will forever subsidize its lumber and never solve the systemic problems in the lumber trade highlights the poverty of big socialism. The coddling of Canada [wah wah] – an interpretation. By : Economic mismanagement. That is the basic tenor of the first article reviewing the Canadian mommy-state by the National Post. One fact is obvious in appraising the destructive array of Canadian subsidies; regulations; bureaucracies; taxation and spend policies. Without the US economy as a neighbor, Canada would be either have to reform itself or be even poorer. Blaring Double Standards in the Cultural Diversity Movement By : Rev Michael Bresciani Proponents of cultural diversity and tolerance are steadily leaving behind a trail of blaring inconsistencies and blatant double standards. Will the age of reason end with technology being the only thing society nearly mastered even while social experimentation lies weak and whimpering in the wings? Animal Farm, and Who's to blame for Oppression? By : Joseph Kraft, MD I recently read Animal Farm by George Orwell, a satirical book in which animals take over a farm and attempt to run it themselves. Chickens Allowed in House Judiciary By : Rev Michael Bresciani Current events in the United States seem to be in competition with Ripley’s Believe it or Not or in some hot pursuit of a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records What’s going on? CommonSenseGovernment.com: Liberal Bias in Our Communication Channels By : John Eberhard It has become more and more obvious in recent years that there is a strong liberal bias in those who control certain communication channels in American society. I'm talking about the mainstream news media, college campuses, and the entertainment industry. The War Against Terror: Another Incovenient Truth By : KC Perhaps the biggest challenge facing America today is the war against terror. Opinions are strong both ways whether you support or oppose it. And the national debate is heated. Is this war worth fighting or are we wasting our time and resources? Troop Surge in Iraq will deepen Quagmire By : Robert Palmer President Bush doesn't learn from history Guilt, Winning and Losing By : John Eberhard I recently read a very interesting article entitled “White Guilt and the Western Past” by Shelby Steele. This article came highly recommended by Rush Limbaugh, and I felt like it really helped to explain a lot of things that are going on in politics today. “ Six Years later – A Failed Presidency By : Robert Palmer History will show George Bush to be a "Failed President". SEZs Stealing Land in India By : property The Land Acquisition Act, 1894, was meant to help the government acquire land for projects of public interest like building roads and railway tracks. Now the Act is used to forcibly take control of land on behalf of companies. President Bush and the GREAT MYTHS of Iraq By : Robert Palmer Iraq - Old Myths and New Realities The Realities of War By : Mike J Bradley This article discusses some of the realities about war. Loss of Fertile Agricultural Land Due to SEZ By : property SEZs (special economic zones) are catering for the already Rich and privileged, while displacing people, alienating them from their livelihood and even privatizing services like water and electricity. Formation of these zones without proper government policies and regulations will destroy whatever little democracy is there and defeat the very ideas of equality and justice. Can the USA and UK win the War on Terror? By : Davinos Greeno You dont need to be told that after 9/11 the world changed, but does anybody really care or know about the full extent? Sierra Leone presidential elections in 2007: the search for the right deputy. By : Sheka Tarawalie The race for the 2007 presidential and general elections is gearing up day by day. Democrats will not win House, Republicans will lose it By : Robert Palmer Democrat's surge in House will impede Bush. This is not your dad’s Republican Party anymore By : Robert Palmer Country poised for big changes in Congressional Elections. War on Terror, the Great Divide By : Mike J Bradley Is the war on Terror seperating America from the rest of the world? Politics And The Internet By : simi Politics And The Internet Private Label Water and Political Campaigns - Pure Water for Memorable Campaign Events By : Jon M. Stout Political campaigning is all about the message. Private label drinking water is an ideal and powerful way to promote a campaign message. Political Awareness 101 - The Class Almost Half of America Flunked By : Rev Michael Bresciani How many Americans know what is really going on in the Middle East? Perhaps Americans are working and playing too hard to get the true picture. What is brewing there comes with no promise to remain over there. Global conflicts don’t remain over there anymore in our shrinking world. Jackie Robinson-A Civil Rights Hero By : bill bathe Jackie Robinson transcended the color barrier in major league baseball and became a hero for humanity. He was an icon for civil rights and helped lead the way for other ballplayers. A true inspiration to us all. An example of bravery and courage. Baseball was simply a vehicle for Jackie Robinson to Why Did We Lose The Vietnam War? By : Julee Mitchelsin - How is it that we lost the Vietnam War? We the most powerful military in the world’s history, with technology that far exceeds all other countries and made mince meat of several other and larger countries in wars before this? Well I sure can’t believe it and frankly it makes me mad. I have some ideas of why it went so badly over there and that is what I want to talk about in this article. The Vietnam War was a sort of humanitarian assistance program that slowly drew us int... King Quotes Garner Inspiration By : David Snape Because your good deeds of today may be remembered forever, you should lend a helping hand to the good and the just. You have the power to help end the suffering of millions. Because you have that power, you also have the obligation to use it.