POLITICS

MASSIVE UNION PROTESTS IN THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL VIOLENT PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO STORM THE ASSEMBLY - photo msnbc

Aftermath

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     After almost a month of turmoil and chaos in the Capitol Building of the state of Wisconsin, the State Senate of Wisconsin on the night of March 9th brought to a crashing halt the sense of drift and paralysis that the state’s legislative process had become. Unable to secure a quorum for a controversial […]... Read More
obama-deficit-20101 US DEFICIT SPENDING OBAMA YEARS usa-income-statement- MARY MEEKER (analysis of USA,Inc)

While Rome Burns

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     In a no holds bared debate, the US Senate recently reviewed two plans for cutting budgetary items in the residual 2010 fiscal year.  This was required was due to the lassitude of the previous reactionary Congress, recently voted out of office by the American public, who found themselves unable to perform their constitutional duties and submit an […]... Read More
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Its Time For An Intervention

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     In the parlance of counseling and therapy an intervention is a device by which an orchestrated effort is used to confront an individual of his or her addiction and impel them to seek professional help.  Used as a life saving device in hard core addiction, it can frequently be the last step between the […]... Read More

People We Should Know #9 – Daniel Hannan

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     Since the 1950’s, when  Great Britain, beset with the crushing debt and physical exhaustion of having fought two massive wars in twenty years, voluntarily gave up the mantle as a a world leader, the country has been in a steady decline in creativity and influence internationally. This is a natural consequence of the progression […]... Read More
GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN SCOTT WALKER

The Man In The Arena

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     In early November, 2010, the citizens of the state of Wisconsin elected the chief executive of Milwaukee County to the governorship of the state of Wisconsin on the basis of his reputation for fiscal discipline and firm resolve.   The state of Wisconsin, like most governments of the United States, including its federal one, had […]... Read More

Enter The Fixer

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     We have become so numb to the inability of governments to address in adult and disciplined fashion the significant issues of our time that when such discipline is revealed, its harshness is initially tart as pickle juice. Thus the response of thousands of public employees to the adult requests of the governor of Wisconsin, […]... Read More
GAMAL ABDEL NASSAR MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK RECEP ERDOGAN, PRIME MINISTER OF TURKEY

Who’s Next – Maybe Turkey?

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     The events in Egypt continue to evolve at a breathtaking pace.  The most recent news is the dissolution of the puppet parliament and the government’s associated agencies with the role of comptroller in the hand’s of Egypt’ military.  The military insists it is positioning itself to moderate a transition to representative government with elections […]... Read More
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Egypt On The Brink

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    The Middle East has been the incubator of most of the world’s upheaval and torment over the last 35 years. The juxtaposition of a rapidly growing population facing the inequities of minimal opportunity  and available education, while a small minority has reaped the benefits of mineral wealth and political power, has created a particularly unstable state of […]... Read More

Winning The Future

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President Obama participated in the traditional presidential report as to the state of the American union on Tuesday night in a speech sub-titled, “Winning The Future”. I took it as my civic duty to watch the entire speech and the Republican retort by Representative Paul Ryan. As expected, it was an excruciating process; the President’s […]... Read More
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Stuxnet Redux

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     On December 4th of last year RAMPARTS looked at a new form of cyber warfare, the STUXNET virus,  that was used to cripple Iran’s drive toward achieving a viable nuclear device. Although at the initial report no identifiable connections with intelligence services were noted, the complexity of the computer virus suggested a tie to sophisticated  computer experts […]... Read More