
Intrade.com has been predicting a slightly better than fifty percent chance (59% as of February 7, 2012) that President Barack Obama will win reelection in November of 2012. (more…)

Intrade.com has been predicting a slightly better than fifty percent chance (59% as of February 7, 2012) that President Barack Obama will win reelection in November of 2012. (more…)

Politics – “A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” – Ambrose Bierce
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“I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.” – Mitt Romney (more…)

There has been a great deal of uproar and outcry regarding SB (Senate Bill) 1867, officially referred to as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012. (more…)
“flawed in its concept and flawed in its execution” – Eric Holder

Operation Fast and Furious was a program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) designed to track gun sales to Mexican criminal organizations. (more…)

According to Transparency International Mexico ranks 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in terms of corruption. Does this mark President Calderon’s Mexico as a failed state or just a troubled state? (more…)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) works at the national level of government in the United States. It is part of the Executive Branch, which is charged with enforcing US laws. (more…)
Republican Candidates Pledge To Protect America’s National Security

The eleventh debate of Republican candidates took place in downtown Washington DC on Tuesday November 22 as a field of eight took the stage to present their views on national security. (more…)
Official sources report that GOP candidate Herman Cain will receive Secret Service protection as of Thursday, November 17. This follows an incident where a reporter for CBS was tackled by a police officer in Florida during a campaign speech. (more…)
The Contenders…

“We’re here tonight to
talk to the American people about why every single one of us is
better than Barack Obama.” – Newt Gingrich
According to the latest United Nations statistics more than two billion people live on less than two dollars each day. (more…)
According to the watchdog site DrugSense.org federal law enforcement officials spent taxpayer dollars at the rate of $500 per second in 2010 battling illegal drug use across the country. (more…)