Homeland Security Act = Domestic Despotism

By now you have heard the standard analysis of the latest enactment on the road to tyranny! Well, if you didn’t get the official version directly from the White House, here it is - Homeland Security Act of 2002. If you care about our nation and the reasons and principles upon which it was founded, you just might take pause when you sort out the specifics within this decree. Listing all the specifics, their unconstitutional provisions and intended march towards martial law, using terrorism as the excuse, would not fit within the confines of this space. You will hear in the coming weeks and months from scores of talking heads and pundits about the pros and cons that will inexorably alter life in America. Who will you believe, who will you trust and what conclusions are correct, true and valid? 

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Pay Back Time for Vermont

So the RepubliCANT'S won control of the Senate. Now what are they going to do to restore the Republic? Well a good start would be to send a clear message to the State that produces more than collective sour milk. Yes, ‘The Peoples' comrade community’ known as Vermont deserves swift and severe punishment. No doubt that defector Senator James Jeffords should be given a desk in the hall for any committees that he can weasel his way on, but the real retribution should be shown to traitors Senator Patrick Leahy and proclaimed socialist, Representative Bernard Sanders. 

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MAN OF LA MANCHA ... found in NYS?

With all the speculation that Tom Golisano would drop out of the New York State race for governor, we see how the media wants to make you think that business is back as usual. Well, with the just aired and paid announcement, candidate Tom Golisano puts to rest the uncertainty - he will stay in the race. No Ross Perot drop out for this self made billionaire. After that private phone call and appeal from William Jefferson Clinton to have the Rochester entrepreneur drop out and endorse Carl McCall, we see the savvy that built a major company. 

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We already know who won the elections!

With the mid term elections just around the corner, there is little suspense as to the outcome. How can you say that with so many races too close to call? Flip a coin - the victory can go either way . . . Well, how often people forget or refuse to learn! Just look at the voting turn out, the kind of people casting a ballot and the candidate choices that are allowed. Some may say that only the baffled could defend this system and protect the process. But that assessment would endow noble motives on those who bestow their consent. While there are many elements that diminish the quality level of the political selection, most are unwilling to address the most glaring. It is a given that the majority of the electorate are voting their own interests. No doubt that government employees, school teachers, pensioners and AARP retirees turn out in force. 

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Gun Control = Government Security

So says the latest reinvented panderer, a nefarious siren, from the clan of America's most disgraced political family. What a legacy from the extended progeny of the dysfunctional. But she is not speaking about mere policy direction. No; she is consumed with offending the common sense of the residents in "The Old Line State". Their motto is "Fatti maschii, parole femine" which can be interpreted as "strong deeds, gentle words" - it used to be interpreted as "manly deeds, womanly words" but it was officially reinterpreted in January 2001. This Black-Eyed Susan practiced the same carpet bag strategy that dear old dad used when RFK ran in New York State.

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Globalism’s War for Domination

Some of us were there during the struggle to stop the war in another era. How quickly our fellow neighbors forget what the struggle over Viet Nam was all about. For those born after that period of national discontent, the lessons of that conflict seem to escape them. By now it should be clear for even the most staunch supporter of that debacle and tragic chapter of our history, that the only victory of that combat was the continual march to globalize the world community. The canard that the struggle against Communism was wholly a battle between good and evil has been exposed as a false choice. The last remnants of the righteous; namely the American experiment, that once gleamed hope for mankind, dissolved an entire century before that campaign in South East Asia. 

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Reparations for the Real Slaves?

We are in the midst of the political funny season, with the latest pronouncement from the Chicago City Council voting unanimously to require disclosures from companies that held or issued insurance policies covering slaves. The extortion movement for extracting 'so called' reparations from any enterprise that can be labeled a descendant from a century and a half ago speaks more about the distorted collectivist mindset in today's society than any other political attitude. The notion that wrongs can be rectified through monetary compensation is proof positive that the legal eagles, who would be the prime beneficiaries of this scheme, are just as licentious as the slave masters on any plantation. 

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Courting disaster, as the kingdom declines

Having made eight prolonged visits over the last dozen years to the British Isles, a pattern of cultural decline becomes more evident. The symbols of tradition remain visible for tourists and history still speaks loud to those who revere its message, but English society is in crisis. The recent record post War demonstration of over 400,000, mostly rural folks to Whitehall was characterized as a rally in support of fox hunting. Fleet Street's sensationalism would have you believe that 'blood sport' is the issue. What is being kept from the public is the nature of the fundamental struggle that is evident to even the casual observer. Rural life is under attack! The differences between the "City" and the rest of urban London from the Devon and Cornwall countryside are even more stark than that of Manhattan from our own Western New York region. 

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It’s Time for a Season Change

The seasons are changing once again, but the political climate remains the same. The leaders of the WAR Party and their mouthpieces in the media only seems to live by an attitude that they are always right and disagreement with their eagerness for their own form of aggression is an affront to our country. The objective for justice, once again, is confused with the rush for perceived retribution. Balance, prudence and harmony are ignored for an improper compulsion to rescue the false pride of a ruling elite. The populace chimes in with a befuddled parody for moral outrage, while lacking a proper understanding or distinction of the self induced causes for our own insecurity. 

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Politics American Style

A good way to get a fresh perspective on U.S. politics is to read the foreign press. The Economist has a little blurb that the distinguish analyst J Olin Grabbe calls - American Politics for Dummies. What is revealing about the list of current want-a-bees is that many come from familiar families and most of the rest have been in government before. If you get past the partisan affiliations, what is clear is a pattern - to join the accepted political class one needs to adopt a willingness to get the nomination from the DemocRATS or the RepubliCANT'S. 

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To be a Skeptic or a Cynic?

The most consistent and frequent feedback we receive from readers is a desire to have solutions. Touching on this natural need to make sense out of your environment, most people presume that without answers, there is no point in dealing with the significant issues of cosmology. Politics without resolutions just becomes a nasty inevitability. The essential question that most avoid is whether it is intelligent and circumspect for anyone to hold that there are answers to the human condition? Now it is completely understandable why individuals want to evade asking, much less answering this question. But it does not absolve them from the consequences of the inherent reality that effects our planet. 

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One Year Later Minus a Month

Get ready for all the memorials and assessments. They will be non stop in a month. The airwaves, cable and print will go on a marathon that will saturate your consciousness and will leave you numb.  I will be one of the fortunate ones - and will be in the UK for the anniversary remembrance of 911.  The view from overseas, indubitably will be slanted from a different perspective. So before your tune all this out, maybe you should reflect upon what has happened and how our country has changed. How many times do we need to hear that America has rediscovered their long lost spirit of outrage? No matter were you fall on the political spectrum, we can all agree our sincere sorrow for the loss of innocent life.

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Talk Radio has Mellowed

Once the rage of the airwaves, now talk radio sounds more like a branch of the weekly presidential address. Mimicking the popular line and national mood builds careers. Just look at the latest rising star - Sean Hannity. Since 911 his script has been insufferable. We expect Rush to play to the party faithful and count on Oliver North to take the hard line, but where is the intelligent inquiry? There was a time when G Gordon Liddy could be heard to challenge the beltway crowd. Now what we get is Janet Parshall whining. For every Michael Savage there are a dozen Cal Thomas clones. Thank God for Bob Grant.

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The Real America - Celebrates Correct Choices

All too often people in the public spotlight wish to create an image of their special importance. The entire celebrity culture has been fabricated upon the notion that there is "the privileged few", while the rest of us are intended, just to serve the snobs. Well, this attitude is not the Real America. The passing of a national symbol, Ted Williams, as a relic of the rugged individualist, has been well reported. While he was a hero to many, the many are the mold for the culture. If you want to understand the actual pulse of the nation, visit the bazaars and market-places where they gather. 

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The Financial Market That Few Understand

The average investor finally, has gotten the wake up call that they have been ignoring. It required a dramatic drop after weeks of steady decline. Some analysts call it a free fall, while the more astute view it as the ultimate insider opportunity. Yes, serious money can be made from the relics of the duped. If your timing is correct, shorting the index is pure joy. Ever hear of a zero sum gain? Well, welcome to the realm of financial misery for the many and glee for the few. While Jesse Livermore was the most famous short seller, he died broke and at his own hands. How many of the believers in the American dream will befall the same fate? Mutual funds, the 401 K and IRA's are a way of life for most investors. They bought into the rising market theory and plunged in with both feet. 

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Summer Disturbed by Media Ratings Wars

The public seeks to ignore the value of their retirement accounts, while they relish in the lull of a political year from the dog day's of summer. Forget about the national pastime, the baseball whores have now become the cable programming bores. More "War on Terror" is only interrupted with the newest 'breaking news' non report about the latest child molestation case. For news junkies, this is a time of the Big Sleep. No wonder that TV executives are retooling their format appealing to the remaining viewership that takes their teeth pulling without an anesthetic. 

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The need to create Iraq as a villain

Scoundrels come in many shapes and forms. Saddam Hussein is certainly no Simon Bolivar. But what politician really seeks policies that liberates their own people? In Saddam’s case we have a dictator who often masters surprising political skills. He is another one of those infamous survivors. Since we have heard the unending drum beat that this one man is the Pol Pot of the middle east, it should not surprise anyone that any efforts that attempt to defuse the looming hostilities to remove this tyrant, will encounter domestic criticism. We all know the routine. It's only time before he has operational weapons of mass destruction. Defining explicit details and evidence is usually short on specifics and long of hype. There is no doubt that a despot can be an Iranian shah or an Iraqi butcher. 

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Now we know what makes up the ‘Pol’

As the country expresses its public disgust over the insult from the California court, we all seem to relish in the latest round of flag waving. Yes, emotional patriotism is the national sport. No doubt this one is a slam dunk, but why do so many people chime in on this concern, when they ignore the systemic abuses? It is not about the decisions of a few wacky judges, it has always been about the culture of the political class that represents your interests. But when was the last time your true interests were taken up by your representatives?  A particular attitude, after the pledge of allegiance decision has made the rounds on many sites.

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Health care from your Governor

Recently a well know publisher featured a column on the MSHPA. Now how many people have even heard about this creation! What is it another federal agency? No this time these obscure letters stand for the Model State Health Powers Act. So what can be so disturbing about another law? Doesn't the government pass them all the time? Well, we all know the horror stories that the federal government causes, but this time we have to worry about what individual states are up to. The MSHPA is a law being introduced in all 50 state legislatures granting emergency powers to governors and public-health authorities.

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Duty as a Virtue and Service as an Obligation

One of the primary tasks of a White House press secretary is to fabricate, invent or misdirect government policy, for popular consumption. Another is to translate what the President really means after he just said it. And sometimes he plays the cheer leader before a major speech. Well, Ari Fleischer had the admirable assignment of putting on a happy face while his words ring with the clarity of a skilled orator. 

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Security is a state of mind

Look at the chart of the major Intelligence Community agencies. Your government provides links to each in order to share information about each organization. Missing from the FBI site is reference to the new role that President Bush is proposing for this Bureau. Internal Security sounds like a goal that citizens should eagerly support, but like any function that seems sensible, the devil is always in the details. Now we are presented with a fundamental change in the role that the Federal Bureau of Investigation will operate under. After much speculation, the legacy that J Edgar Hoover built and the organization that entrusted Robert Hanssen to keep the country protected, will get the nod to run the nation's attempt to win the domestic war on terrorism. 

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Herr Mueller: by what name should we address you?

When the head of the secret police took charge, the people of the fair land looked the other way. A veteran of war in the service of his country, he was well trained for the task that he was assigned. Police work came natural, and his talents were well suited to collecting information about members of groups that were enemies of the State. When he was put in charge of the secret police he involved himself in the tracking down of potential opponents to the Fatherland. His methods became infamous. His orders were followed with total obedience. And the carnage that ensued, will never be forgotten! Or has it? The name of this man was Mueller. You heard of him, haven't you? 

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