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We Must Send More Troops to Afghanistan

There is controversy stirring over a report that the President is considering sending 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, along with the 21,000 reinforcements he as already committed and the 38,000 in-country. To all of the detractors, I must clearly state that the idea of sending troops to Afghanistan is the ...

Is Merit Pay Anti-Union?

President Obama seemed to embrace merit pay for teachers today while speaking on his vision of education and already pundits are claiming this to be a move sure to alienate his union supporters. I would completely disagree with that assumption. Having spent years in a union position myself while working for the ...

President Bush Put Principle Before Party and Popularity

For all of the talk about President Bush overreaching his power and being such a terrible President, it appears that the haters were wrong. President Bush made the conscious decision to place integrity before his legacy. He decided to put ideals in front of winning elections. Originally posted at Jumping in ...

Obama Getting on the Job Training

I was reading an article on World Threats about President-Elect Barack Obama impressing the intelligence community due to him being a 'quick study' and interested in topics at hand. This got me interested in how the reports come out. From: Langley, VA To: Quantico, VA DECLASSIFIED Intelligence Briefing-- December 21, 2008 President-Elect Obama The first briefing ...

Obama’s Starting to Sound Better

I don't know if anyone's been following the news lately, but Barack Obama has become a true politician. Many questioned his experience, but since he was elected, he has learned to disregard his promises and do what he-- or his advisors want to do. Well, Obama got a lot of notice ...