Politics

Allan on November 20th, 2012

The 2012 Presidential election is now history. Republican challenger Mitt Romney was unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Democratic incumbent Barack Obama, who has now won another four years as president. There were only a few million votes separating this election’s winner and loser. So why did Obama win and Romney lose? There are several […]

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Allan on November 6th, 2012

Life is full of choices. Every four years, Americans choose their president. This year the choice is between the incumbent, Democrat Barack Obama, and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney. It’s a shame they both can’t lose. Neither man seems particularly dedicated to the U.S. Constitution nor to the historical American nation. Neither is prone to […]

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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, also known by his initials AMLO, was the runner-up in the 2006 and 2012 presidential elections, though he refused to concede either election. AMLO has recently endorsed Obama in the U.S. election, and has excoriated Republicans for “racism against the immigrants”. For the entire blog post, click here. Blog post by […]

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Allan on August 26th, 2012

The 2012 Olympic Games, held in London, have ended.   Over 200 teams competed, and one of them was the Puerto Rican team.   Puerto Rico, though it is a U.S. territory, has had its own Olympic team since 1948.  This year’s Puerto Rican team brought home two medals, which taking into consideration Puerto Rico’s population (less than […]

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Allan on August 19th, 2012

In a rather bizarre twist in the by-now-familiar quest to win Hispanic voters for Romney, a group of  Hispanic Republicans is attacking Obama for –  deporting too many illegal aliens?            As Stephen Dinan reports in the Washington Times in  “Conservative Ads in Spanish Tell a Different Story to Hispanics”  (Aug. 9th, 2012):              Polls […]

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The food stamp program,  run by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is now referred to officially as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).  The food products are now purchased with an electronic debit card known as an EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer).   However, the old name stuck and the benefits received are still commonly called “food […]

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In the polls, Romney is getting trounced by Obama among Latinos. Does that mean Mitt is doomed to lose the election? Look at the math.  Hispanics cast only 6.9% of the vote in 2012, barely a tenth of the votes cast by whites. If Romney wants to be a winner in November, he needs to […]

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Allan on July 17th, 2012

“It’s based on fear, it’s based on intolerance and it is not based on understanding of the Constitution.” Thus fumed Kansas Republican State Senator Tim Owens, over a recently-passed law in his state. The law’s purpose – to prevent the infiltration of Islamic Sharia Law. To read the entire article, click here. Article by Allan […]

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Allan on July 10th, 2012

I think we would all agree that the U.S. faces many problems today. We have an enormous national debt, high unemployment, crime, family disintegration, a high abortion rate, a movement to redefine the institution of marriage,  environmental problems, education problems, racial and ethnic strife, political problems and more. There is one factor that is related to […]

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Allan on May 31st, 2012

The Blaze reports a speech delivered by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in San Diego, California, the day before Memorial Day . The title of the article sums it up: “Farrakhan Laments: ‘Sad That Mexico Lost California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico’ Through American ‘Trickery’, Soon Whites ‘Will Be the Minority’ In the Country They […]

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