Its Time America Had a FAT President

"... if you want New Frontiers and crusades for democracy, then vote for the skinny striver.

If you'd prefer someone who leaves well enough alone � who's content to preside over peace and prosperity � pick the porker."

Source:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11912

The myth of Iran s isolation Washington Post

Obama's strategy against Teheran (or is it FOR Teheran) has not worked.

The outstretched hand drew laughs, the failure to support democracy was a failure of US principles. Now Turkey has turned against us and Israel. Obama is ruining the US image of strengthh in the world and making it a much more dangerous place

Source:
http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:washington_po284:5e2564dcfe0422a442a13f47259fbd1a/The-myth-of-Irans-isolation

George Washingtons 110 Rules of Civility

Politicians should heed our first president in considering how to promote democracy and a civil society.

Here are the rules by which he lived.

Source:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1248919

What Conservatism IsAnd Isnt

Much of what is now called conservatism is nothing but right-wing liberalism.

Conservatism is not opposition to homosexual marriage or abortion or premarital sex or post-modernism or socialism. It is not fundamentalism, six-day creationism, Republicanism, or even the commitment to spread democracy.

Source:
http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php/archives/3045-What-Conservatism-Is-and-Isnt.html

Democracy is... (PIC)

One picture worth a thousand words.

Check it out here:
http://www.cosmosleft.com/images/253_Iraq_kid_holding_sign.jpg