The Supreme Court screwed up huge the other day with their decision on medical marijuana! Sorry to get political here, but how dare John Paul Stevens and the other 5 signed on with. This decision split the political ideologies of the court. Justifiably, may I say! I am not a smoker of any form of tobacco, but I have dealt with my share of dying people. A little mariju
That is the beautiful part. These groups are filled with regular folks. Check out the Primary Challenge website! (PrimaryChallenge.org) There is nothing phenominally amazing about us, outside of the discontent at large. And trust me, if you put out the right press releases, the media will be only too eager to cover you. I was amazed, last night at this meeting of the two groups, all four local network news (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox) affiliates showed up
There is nothing as invigorating as seeing democracy in action. Western New Yorkers are actually working to change the system that has corrupted and destroyed a once-great city. The last time I wrote about politics, I wrote about the excitement the citizens felt when they convinced their legislators not to raise the sales tax in our county. Well there has been prog
It has come to this. The two sides decided that is would be fun to play chicken. The entire National Hockey League is skating on thin is with hot blades. Most of the fans have long since surrendered the belief that the game would be played again, at least in the National Hockey League. If the hockey season gets cancelled now, it would be a crime of which both Gar
What a novel concept, the legislature listened to its citizens! Growing up in Buffalo, the heart of the Rust Belt, one gets used to an inefficient government more concerned with appeasing the special interest groups than the citizens at large. But this time, the citizens fought against over taxation, and we were heard. Regardless of political ideology and affiliat
Great. While we never needed it, there was a proviso for those born outside the US in the first days. Those who were born outside the US, but were citizens by the time that the constitution was adopted could serve as president. Not to be rude but I am not overly moved. As someone who lives about 5 minutes from Canada and am very involved politically, I did not know Jean Chretien was no longer the PM. I wonder if anyone in the world does
One of the great things about living in this great country is the freedom to argue openly with people whose opinions differ from yours. One of the other great things about this country is the freedom to ignore the ignorant that, once they start losing the argument, stoop to twisting previously advanced ideas and ad hominem attacks; rather than admit they may not be up for the discussion. That is what I am now going to do. So respond freely. I am do
time and again the constitution is amended when it is WRONG, or didn't take into consideration ideals we now hold to be important. The constitution has been amended 27 times in 213 years. That is hardly "time and again". Eleven of the amendments were part of negotiations to pass the constitution at a
Baker: Just because you cant protect yourself against every safeguard does not mean that you do not try to protect yourself against any problems. Of course someone could come here, give birth to a US citizen and convince them that AMerica is evil, but still make them sympathetic enough to get elected. However, I can show you plenty of evidence, albeit anecdotal, of immigrants coming to the United States and their children are more american t
There is a frightening movement gaining legs in political circles. Arnold “The Terminator” Schwarzenegger wishes to run for President of the United States. Simply put, the men who wrote our constitution very deliberately wrote a detailed document creating our country and before enumerating any duties, we were told that American presidents must be native born. Ther
Now that the NHL is proceeding to lockout, I hope that Tom Golisano, owner of the Buffalo Sabres, will stop running his “Smitty” advertising campaign. It is clear that the NHL, and pro sports in general, stopped caring about the fans a long time ago. Smitty is supposed to be this average fan that goes to all the home games, inspires both the players and the fans
The death of Ronald Reagan is an event of extreme sadness, not only for Republicans or for Americans, but also for the entire world. This man of tremendous controversy who seemed, in his day, to polarize America, has proven to do just the opposite. He did not just unite a country that had stopped believing in itself, he united global superpowers bent on mutual destr
Dear President Bush: The war on terror made great strides over the weekend, and it is paramount that you do not forget who our friends were in times of strife. In geopolitical terms, France and Germany criticized their “allies” when their support was necessary, the United Nations wanted nothing more than condemnation of US action, and US politicians were rushing to be the first to criticize. Now everyone wants to be the first to glad-hand the president, without acknowledging
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