806 articles related to "government"

Oil, Obama and the Sleazy MMS

President Barak Obama has decided to set up a specialist panel following the ongoing oil crisis, and the involved parties blaming each other. The commission is to be set up to examine industry practices and the governments roll in the disaster. The ...

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How Well Would The American Political Class Have Handled The Chilean MIner Crisis?

The rescuing of the 33 Chilean miners, who had been trapped thousands of feet underground for the past two months or so, was certainly the feel good story of the year so far. Kudos to the miners, their families, and everyone involved in this dramatic...

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U.S. House - UT - District #3 - Jake Shannon

Jake Shannon is the current representative of Utah's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. This district covers an area of around 400 square miles which includes a considerable portion of Salt Lake County and parts of Utah ...

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3 Reasons to Abolish the Income Tax

It may seem to be impossible now, the income tax was once declared to be unconstitutional and had to be repealed, way back in the 19th century. Of course, it came back in the form of the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and now it is so compl...

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Assimilation And The Necessity For English

Achieving and living the American Dream requires knowing the language we use here. Immigrants who don't learn English, and even our own citizens who don't have a good grasp of the language, never reach their full potential. People who know ...

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Lito Atienza Vows To Continue His Commitment To Manilenos

Among the most notable political personalities who joined the Manila elections is former Manila mayor Lito Atienza. Atienza is considered as one of the early frontrunners in the mayoralty race due to his years of experience in public service, politic...

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Thoughts on the Current Immigration Mess - August 2006

1. 12 million illegal immigrants did not appear overnight. Actions by Congress - or the lack of action - created the environment for illegal immigration to exist. 2. The main drive behind legal immigration is family reunification, a holdover from WW...

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CommonSenseGovernment.com: The Conservative Vision

The Republican Party is in a crisis right now. It is not due to the Democrats taking over control of Congress. It has to do with losing the vision of conservatism. If anything, Republicans lost Congress because they have lost the vision of politica...

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Heal Our Republic: Change Our Electoral System

Consider the presidential election system we have today: Every state has a number of electors, equal to their amount of representatives and senators, who vote for the President of the United States. In most states, every elector goes to the candidate...

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Start a New Economic Engine

Is the prosperity motor idling, anticipating some double clutching to shift back into gear, or have the pistons seized requiring us to undertake a massive overhaul of our economic engine? On the one hand the markets are rallying, companies are earni...

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