The Most Important Squidoo Lenses For American Politics Today - Part 1.

A Woman With Power And Heart: Margaret Schaut 

10 Quick Steps To Destroy America...

Ten Quick Steps to Destroy America

Is it possible that fascism has actually been responsible for the economic problems America is now grappling with? Is it possible to hide fascistic actions in our very powerful, very intrusive government? How would you describe Fascism? Should be be...

Is Global War Inevitable?

The Peace Movement, the AntiWar Movement, has a huge number of adherents in America and all over the world. It seems, though, no matter what we do, the antiwar people are on the losing side. What do I mean? Afghanistan... Iraq... Iran??? What are...

Still Standing For Now:The Statue of Liberty!!!

Lady Liberty MEANS America. America MEANS Lady Liberty. This beautiful statue is a critical symbol of the heart of what the United States of America is. Emma Lazarus provided the most famous work of literature supporting immigration in her 1883 poem,...

Margaret_Schaut: Conclusion to the Battle of the Blogs

EuroYank, it seems, is uninterested in any opinions except his own. For the time being, I'm leaving his links on this page, in the event you want to see if you would enjoy his blog. Be prepared for a flaming hatred of Americans! Shortly I will be...

Let's Have A Party!  

Or, a third one...

Third Party Politics

Looking for a political affiliation that isn't Democratic or Republican?  Take a look at, and learn more about some of your Third Party options. Most democratic countries in the world have many political parties, which is more what the designers...

Americans - Vote Change - Please Vote Third Party

Why vote third party? To ensure your vote counts:  As Theodore Roosevelt said "The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elem...

Taking The Pulse... 

And don't forget April 15th!

The FairTax - How to Make Paying Taxes Easy and Fair

What do you think of when you hear "April 15th"?  Unless it's your birthday, chances are you think of the dreaded day that the annual tax return must be filed and the dreaded taxes must be paid.  The day that the post office stays...

2008 Presidential Voting Poll

This is a lens about what YOU think. Take this unofficial but fun poll about who you think should be President!

America In Conflict With The World 

These masterpiece lenses give us a historical perspective

Thirteen Days in October: The Cuban Missile Crisis

In the summer of 1962, the Soviet Union dispatched a fleet of commercial cargo ships filled with nuclear missiles, launchers and anti-aircraft guns--all under false manifests--across the Atlantic Ocean to Fidel Castro's Cuba. Forty thousand Sovi...

Vietnam: We Could Have Won

Today, three and a half decades after our withdrawal from Vietnam, it may be constructive to look back and ask if the U.S. military ever discovered the elements of a strategy in South Vietnam that, given the proper circumstances, might have achieved...

The Balkan Wars

The Balkan wars were a series of conflicts that led to the disintegration of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.  Occurring over a decade-long period between 1991 and 2001, these conflicts ultimately affected all six former Yugoslav republics--al...

War in the 21st Century: A New (and costly) Paradigm

After 9/11, the atmosphere of America -- indeed, our whole lives, and that of many other nations drawn into the mess -- changed forever. We now live in a society where leaders speak the language of Terror instead of Progress, shifting the emphasis in...

Whistleblowers And Other Mudrakers 

It's time to be open-minded...

FDA Ban Of Vitamins, Minerals, & Herbs?

With the passing of HR2900, which includes S1082, the FDA could BAN Vitamins. Read How Our Tax Dollars And Politicians Do Not Work For Us. The People's Safety, Health, and Interests Do Not Matter. Money Rules! Alternative therapies and dietary supple...

Whistleblowers

This lens tells the stories of usually ordinary people, often experts in their field, whose desire to "do the right thing" is stronger than their fear of potential threats to their own safety in the face of their actions. Whistleblowers often expose...

Open Letters

Don't we all think, occasionally: "I'll write a public letter!" or, "I'll write to the New York Times!"? Sometimes we feel so hurt that all we want to do is write down our anger and issue an open letter. Write to the top. Let the world know what's wr...

America's Most Popular Populist - Jim Hightower

America's icon of the populist movement shops "green", of couse! Nearly every Saturday morning, down at the farmer's market in South Austin, a man walks by my booth, always shouting a friendly greeting. Sometimes he stops for a quick chuckle about th...

Big Media - Medium Of Secretocracy?  

Faux News - anyone?

What's Wrong With Big Media?

Oh let us count the ways... 1. No diversity -- We get the same coverage with no depth and this also makes the media a lot easier to control and manipulate 2. Too commercial -- It is all about audience demographics not the stories of the day 3. No...

Celebrities Should Stay Out of Politics

I think celebrities should stay out of politics unless they - themselves - are running for a public office. I think someone like the richest man or woman in America, and people like professional wrestlers, actors, musicians, descendents of past polit...

Exposing Our Secretocracy

The real intent of the First Amendment was to prevent national suicide by making it difficult for the government to operate in secret, free from the scrutiny of the press. --I.F. Stone, October 3, 1966 "Reporters should be writing about the emerging...

Let's Turn Off The TV And Read! 

Here are some great suggestions!

10 Books That Changed America

There are books that are revered because of their effect on art, and there are books that are remarkable because they literally change the very society from which they came. Here is a list of ten books that radically changed or shaped American societ...

Hey Monkeybrain!  

I'm talking about the type of lenses featured here...

President Bush...Is he evil or just clueless?

and I never really got why some people liked him and respected him. Hey somebody must have (even if they don't like to admit it now) as he got voted in twice. I didn't vote for him and my feelings have never risen beyond mild dislike but when I thin...

Nipple Rings Are Not a Threat to National Security

It's bad enough that Transportation Security Administration officers are routinely frisking eight-year-old boys and eighty-five-year-old women with aluminum walkers. Texas resident Mandi Hamlin now claims TSA officers forced her to remove her nipple...

The Economic Stimulus Package, Horse Dookie or Happy Days?

Horse Dookie! The check is in the mail...well almost. George Dubbya signed legislation on Wednesday Feb. 13th for Americans to get a check of up to $600 for individuals and $1,200 for couples, with an additional $300 for each child provided they mee...

Is the FDA corrupted?

The FDA is useless, even dangerous... The FDA, in my opinion, is a perfect-way-to-waste-your-tax-money administration. Do you believe that the FDA is really doing their job? Would place your health and more importantly, your children's health in an...

The N Word vs Freedom Of Speech

Is Your Goat Tied Here? It is hard to believe that we are at a time in our history where everything from energy shortages to wars are going on, and the hot topic of the day is the 'n' word. Verbal bullying, name calling, insult hurling, fire-breathing...

We Better Pay Attention! 

What does "Made in the USA" Really Mean When Buying Toys?

Over 1 million Fisher-Price toys from Mattel are being recalled because of excess lead levels. These toys were Made in China. As a result I have compiled a list of sites to help educate the consumer about how to find toys that are Made...

Independent Politics: America and the World

Making sense of global and domestic policy; understanding how government and private institutions distort intentions into real-life effects. "Let the Will of the People be the Law of the Land!"

Made in USA -- Endangered Species!

MADE in USA -- ENDANGERED SPECIES! Have you bothered to look these days at the labels inside the clothes you wear to see where they are made? Well, I make it a point to do so as I've been a seller of apparel and accessories for a number of years, bu...

Homeless American Veterans

American Veterans become homeless for several reasons.  Among those are psychological reasons which cause veterans to not feel like they fit in. Working side by side with people who often times don’t care if they even get to know you is a...

U.S. Veterans: In The Wake Of War

One of the many results of war are the waves of disabled American Veterans. I have been in the V.A. System for over 30 years and have known vets from WWI, WWII, The Korean War, Viet Nam War and now Desert Storm and Afghanistan. Not to mention all the...

We Better Pay Attention - Part 2 

We Can Solve It

The We Campaign is a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan effort founded by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. Our ultimate aim is to halt global warming. Specifically we are educating people in t...

Why We Must Pay Attention... 

So this will never happen again!

Eugeniusz Tytyk - An Auschwitz Survivor, My Father, My Hero

Polish Patriot, Auschwitz Survivor, Fantastic Dad - Great Role Model For Young Generation This lens is about my father - Eugeniusz (Eugene) Tytyk. I created it as my appreciation for his love and to honor his sacrifice as a young Polish patriot du...