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1. Executioners People Who Perform Capital Punishment The focus of this this lens is on the nature and psychology of the individuals who perform the role of Executioner and how they approach the job rather than an exploration of the deep ethical issues involved with subject of capital punishment. Alber...
2. Mary Landrieu Mary Landrieu has been trouble for sincere supporters of the Democratic Party even before she took office as a United States Senator. She has a voting record of a Republican, attacking the progressive values that rank and file Democrats hold dear. The...
3. Barack Obama and the FISA Amendments Act In 2007 and early 2008, Barack Obama said that he was against the the Protect America Act and the FISA Amendments Act. He said he would filibuster against the FISA Amendments Act. Then, in June 2008, after winning the Democratic primary contests, Oba...
4. FISA Amendments Act Here are the fundamentals of what you need to know about the FISA Amendments Act: 1. The law retroactively legalizes a massive electronic operation to spy on the personal communications of millions of Americans - within the United States 2. The law...
5. Democratic Rebellion There are some people who think that being a good Democrat means supporting every Democratic politician, no matter what. The Democratic Rebellion refutes this simplistic idea of politics as the practice of loyalty by club. We will support Democratic p...
6. Would You Trade Liberty for Security? Liberty for Security? Benjamin Franklin is believed to have said, "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." These words are so profound and such an integral part of the framework of Americ...
7. How Does Hate Crimes Legislation Effect Christians? By Katherine T. Phan Christian Post Reporter Fri, May. 08 2009 04:17 PM EDT "...the expanded Hate Crimes bill currently before the Senate presents a serious risk of violating free speech rights of religious communicators." The nation's largest group...
8. Gun Rights Gun Rights are the cornerstone of the United States of America.  The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution - without worthy argument - extends gun rights to the citizens of this great Country! If it weren't for guns - there would...
9. Senator Tim Johnson Senator Tim Johnson has proven a disappointment to Democrats who care about freedom. This isn't abstract, flag-waving freedom we're talking about here, but real freedom, the kind that is guaranteed to us by the Bill of Rights. When Senator...
10. Congressman Paul Broun Republican Congressman Paul Broun represents the 10th congressional district of Georgia - for now. However, Representative Broun has distinguished himself as one of the most kooky members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Supporting laws against e...
11. Congress There's a tendency among Americans to pay attention to presidential politics to the exclusion of what's going on in the United States Congress. The drama of the presidency is easy to follow. After all, it centers on one person. The Congress, on the o...
12. Nancy Pelosi Republicans have engaged in an automatic, knee-jerk reaction against Nancy Pelosi, just because she is in a high leadership position of their rival party, the Democrats. They accuse Nancy Pelosi of being a liberal, which is actually rather strange, g...
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14. Senator Jay Rockefeller It was bad enough when West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller voted to help George W. Bush start the Iraq War. It got worse when Senator Rockefeller told Democratic voters to go to hell when he worked to stop the resolution to censure President Bush. I...
15. Mark Pryor Is More Republican Than Karl Rove Mark Pryor Is More Republican Than Karl Rove If Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor is a Democrat, how come the Progressive Patriots legislative scorecard gives him a progressive rating of just 6 out of 100 points, but gives him a right wing score of more th...
16. Government Voucher up to $4,500 Cash for Clunkers Could Motorcycles be Added The $1-billion Cash for Clunkers legislation will be voted on by the Senate on Thursday 6-18-09. This program is now attached to the $106 billion War Spending measure. If the Senate approves the program it will immediately go to President Obama to be...
17. Meet Michele Bachmann Elected in 2006, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is the first Republican woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota. In only her first term, Congresswoman Bachmann developed a reputation as a "principled reformer" who stay...
18. Zero Foot Printing Starts Here Did you know that by replacing 100% of your utility grid electricity with solar you can eliminate approximately one-third of your environmental impact? Solar electric technology is becoming more appealing to those who are concerned with decreasing an...
19. Torture Amendment 1157 Never heard of torture amendment 1157? Don't feel bad. It's by design. Torture amendment 1157 was passed on the eve of the Memorial Day weekend, so that no one would notice. Instead of paying attention to the particular legislative activities of the d...
20. Gun Control Gun control is a childish myth created by liberal politicians whereby an attempt is made to shift responsibility away from those who commit crimes toward blaming guns for the crimes. Anyone with common sense knows that crimes will be committed -...