Power in the hands of man is always subject to abuse and corruption but only under our system of government do the people have a voice in bringing it under control. Too many hide behind flourishes of rhetoric in condemning the last, best hope of mankind which is our government. For those who have grievances against the system, and I am sure there are many, our Founders provided an effective way for the people to address and correct them. But it requires true Patriots who are willing to roll up their sleeves and wade into the political arena to make it work. Life is what we make it; not what we wish it would be. Sitting on the sidelines chanting a “Pox on both your houses” neither solves anything nor inspires others to rise up to a higher level.Grade school tactics used by the Right-wing in this country such as substituting derogatory words in the place of the correct ones in titles such as Clinton News Network or National Propaganda Radio is no substitute for ideas and fails to illicit legitimate ideas of reform from those who choose to take up such a challenge. The folly is not in... [More]
Corporations paying $0 is hardly fair. Spend some time examining the US Census data and other academic research and you will find a more accurate picture as to what is going on in this country. While the poverty rate is climbing in this nation as a result of the Bush years, income distribution is being amassed at the top with very little able to trickle down to the masses. The statistics tell the story powerfully. The top 1% of our population controls 34.6% of the wealth with the next 19% controlling 50.5%. That means that 80% of our nation must exist on 15% of the money supply. It is an inequality that is anti-American and reeks of a new monarchial-style society where the rich take the position that God wills them rich and the poor to live in shanties and trash heaps. Or perhaps, your ranting against the failed Communist system is merely a ruse to misdirect us from your true sympathies. It very well could be a dastardly plan to mimic various aspects of the the old Soviet style economic system where all were equal but some more equal than others. At some point, We the People, will tire...
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Many on the Right miss the noble beauty of what our Founding Fathers established when they wrote the Constitution. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Having just survived Shay's Rebellion, they knew how important it was to promote the general welfare of all of our citizens if we were to distinguish ourselves from the tyrants of the present and the past. It is not muddle-headed philanthrapy to provide social programs to protect those in a society who cannot care for themselves. It is good policy to insure domestic tranquility. The sad rallying cry of the Republican Party right now is a solid committment to preventing Democrats from raising taxes on the billionaires while screaming to cut safety net programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. History is packed with example, after bloody example, of societies which have had a small group who controlled all wealth while the masses were oppressed. Praise God, that in the United...
Not surprisingly, the minions at the Fox Infotainment Division continue to champion the repeal of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, and every other program created by the Democratic Party to protect the poor and middle class in this country. The Murdochites proudly call for increased protection for billionaires at the expense of everyone else in our nation.
As a money manager, I'm not very good. Every year, I spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars on my students. I buy them meals, shoes, clothes, classroom supplies, and other assorted items as needed. Both of my parents were teachers and I never really considered doing anything else with my life as a career.
The Democratic Party has been asleep at the wheel and Republicans have seized the initiative to swing the pendulem back in favor of the wealthy in this country and strip what little gains working class people have made via the labor union movement in our nation. Unions are being hammered at every level and the average citizen is oblivious to the significant assault this current wave of attacks are going to have on the standard of living for the average American. For years, non-union workers have benefited from the coattails of union members and the rights won for them in hard-fought battles in every field.
The Republican Party continues to reveal itself at every turn as the bastion for the wealthy, the racist, and the anti-intellectuals. They are effectively turning back the clock to the 1920s. The question is whether or not the Democratic Party will regain...
Only 23% of high school students in Oklahoma could name the 1st President & now Glenn Beck thinks that the part of the Constitution that allowed Congress to tax the importation was meant to charge immigrants for moving to this country. "If a... nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
At a time when too many of us are divided by our political views, today is a day when we should all stop and reflect upon the sacrifices of those whose lives ended 8 years ago as the result of cowardly attacks against innocent people. Regardless of o...ur differences, we are all Americans. 9/11 should forever stand as a memorial to the cost of freedom in a world of evil.
Today, more than ever, our nation needs to keep our young people active in school and church activities in order to provide them with a positive path to follow in life. Too many of our young people are dropping out of school and setting themselves up for failure in other aspects of their life.
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When are juveniles most likely to commit violent crime?
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Violent crimes by juveniles occur most frequently in the hours immediately following the close of school on school days.
Note: Violent crimes include murder, violent sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Data are from law enforcement agencies in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
Juvenile violence peaks in the afterschool hours on school days and in the evenings on nonschool days.
On nonschool days, the incidence of juvenile violence increases through the afternoon and early evening hours, peaking between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
About half of the days in a year are school days. The other days fall in summer months, on weekends, and on holidays. Despite this, 61% of all violent crimes by juveniles occur on school days. In fact, 20% of juvenile violent crime occurs in...
Interesting questions being generated concerning the detainees at Gitmo. One of the most interesting deals with those suspects that we have openly acknowledged we tortured. The question is if charges against former President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are filed in the World Court would and should the United States honor those charges and produce the defendants for trial. If not, what would be the ramifications to our foreign policy? If so, what would be the domestic reaction to handing over even unpopular American leaders to a world tribunal?
Like millions of people, I have had a good chuckle or two at the expense of our fellow citizens who consistently have raised the alarm against Barack Obama and John McCain as secret operatives planted here to trigger the overthrow of our nation. On the face of it, our dear friends appear to have been a tad late in receiving their medication. After all, what kind of nut would think that if Obama was a plant by the Islamic extremists to enslave our proud land, the mullahs would not have named him Ralph Cramden or Joe Plumber in order to throw us off guard? And what kind of lunatic would believe that John McCain had been brainwashed by the Communists nearly 40 years ago just so that some day his handlers could use him to destroy our economy? Absurd. Ludicrous. Or is it?
Last week’s Letter to the Editor and plenty of unsupervised time on the Internet has led me to the startling revelation that our nation is at risk from a secret attack. The heroic work of the brave Alaskans who revealed Palin’s ties to the Alaskan Separatist Movement were my first clue to the puzzle. Watching her...
