Get Over Your Industrial Complex
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The “red” coalition that brought Reagan, Bush I and II to power has fractured under the weight of their success because they did not properly serve their constituents. After 8 years of Bush, the traditionalists (Christian conservatives) are still upset about the lack of socially conservative progress, the nationalists (hawks and ’security’ voters) are frustrated [...]
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Nothing I’ve ever read has effectively explained to me how evolution works. I know there are mutations: the beneficial mutations lead to survival and reproduction while harmful mutations lead to death. How, I’ve always wondered, can the amazing complexity and diversity of live arise from so many individual efforts of trial and error? How many [...]
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We spend a lot of time talking about democracy but very little time actually defining it. Democracy comes from the Greek words ‘demos’ (people) and ‘kratos’ (power.) For many centuries after the collapse of the Athenian democracy and the Greek and Roman Republics, democracy (people power) was synonymous with mob rule, chaos and insecurity. Many [...]
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Summary: There is oil in Darfur. The Sudanese government is using the same tactics to evict millions of Darfuri as they used in the South a decade ago. They are using Chinese money to finance their operations. The US is attempting to create international pressure against the Al-Bashir government by calling Darfur a ‘genocide.’ The US is also financing the Chadian government to the west of Sudan. The Chadian government is financing Dafuri rebels. The Chinese and the US are fighting a proxy battle for Darfur, an area with potentially vast oil reserves, at the expense of millions of Darfuris.
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Israel: Precedence for Oppression
by Walther on January 7, 2009
in Commentary, Highlights, Walther
Israel’s invasion of Gaza appears to be one final attempt to weaken Hamas and assassinate specific leaders before Obama comes into office and restarts the peace process. The wisdom of this strategy will be fodder for much analysis in the future but both recent history and biblical prophecy indicate this course of action is unwise.
Lessons [...]
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