Unending Dissertation

Hope and Change Back in 2008, millions of people supported Barack Obama because they believed he could CHANGE Washington. Some also thought he could solve numerous problems - even Messiah-like.  Despite what some Liberals and Democrats, or even some Tea Party types, might think, President's don't have kingly powers. One man cannot radically change this country no matter how much some people want or some may think he can. We do have three branches of government. There are checks and balances between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The first article of the Constitution says "ALL legislative powers...shall be vested in a Congress."  The second article vests "the executive power...in a President."  The third article places the "judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court" and "in such inferior Courts as the Congress...may establish." We do not have a dictatorship, monarchy, or aristocracy. We have a Republi

During political campaigns, especially presidential, word choice becomes very important, interesting and telling. Four years ago, words and phrases like community organizer, lipstick, rogue, muslim, and maverick were tossed around for political gain and damage to opponents. Believe in America This election cycle the first phrase I noticed I thought both questioned the patriotism of some and insulted the intelligence of others was part of the Romney campaign. On the Governor Romney yard sign it says "Believe in America." What does that mean? I know it's obvious when take literally. What is the campaign, or ultimately Romney, trying to tell people? Believe because we don't now? Believe because Romney will restore America to its once gloried past? Believe because he is a US citizen and Obama is not? Believe because he is more patriotic than me, or millions of others? It is a very strange phrase, at least to me. I know I believe in my country and I don't need anyon

Who says PBS, or NPR, or the National Endowment of the Arts will continue to exist? What proof is there? Lyndon Johnson and Congress started it all in 1965. Here is the mission statement: The NEA is "dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education". So, tell me, what is wrong with this? In the financial year for 2010, the CPB reported receiving $506 million in federal appropriations. according to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, the federal budget for 2010 was $3.456 trillion. Using those numbers, the CPB receives about .00014 percent of the federal budget. .00014, now that is pretty tiny number when compared to say starting a war with a country that did not attack us. According to the National Priorities Project's CostOfWar.com, a website providing a running tally of the expense incurred by U.S. wars, the cost of the Iraq conflict is now nearly $801