MARCH 19, 2011
OBAMA: 'Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are answering the calls of a threatened people. And we are acting in the interests of the United States and the world'...
MARCH 19, 2003
BUSH: 'American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger'...
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Santorum: Romney 'Never Changed His Stripes' Presidential contender Rick Santorum says he does not find it odd that while he supported rival Mitt Romney in 2008 he now is battling the former Massachusetts governor for front-runner status because — contrary to what he believed before the last election — Romney really...
Schoen: Obama Benefits from GOP Infighting at Debate Political analyst and Democratic pollster Doug Schoen tells Newsmax that the big winner in Wednesday’s debate may very well have been President Barack Obama.
Towery: Santorum Was Debate's ‘Loser of the Night’ InsiderAdvantage head and pollster Matt Towery tells Newsmax that GOP front-runner Rick Santorum “seemed nervous” and appeared to be the “loser of the night” at Wednesday’s debate.
Va. Gov. McDonnell Withdraws Support from Abortion Bill Virginia's Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell on Wednesday abruptly shifted his stance on a hotly-contested bill requiring women seeking abortions to have an ultrasound, asking lawmakers to revise the legislation just before a scheduled vote.
Virginia's House of Delegates by a...
Supreme Court Unsure About Lies over Medals Free speech cases before the Supreme Court often lead justices to consider far-fetched scenarios, and Wednesday's argument over a law making it a crime to lie about having received top military honors was no exception.One after another, the justices wanted to know whether a...
Tony Blair’s Wife Sues News Corp. Over Phone Hacking Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair s wife Cherie sued News Corp. and a former private investigator for its now-defunct News of the World tabloid for hacking into her phone.The lawsuit, filed Feb. 21 against the company s U.K. unit and Glenn Mulcaire, comes as News Corp....
Santorum at Center Stage in Arizona Republican Debate Rivals heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among U.S. Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
Mitt Romney and libertarian congressman Ron Paul tried to raise doubts...
Current, Former Palin Aides Defend Her Against Film's Attack Current and former aides to Sarah Palin are strongly denouncing an upcoming HBO movie about the 2008 presidential campaign.None of them has yet seen the movie Game Change, based on the best-selling book, with several saying Wednesday that they had been denied the...
Republican Debate Breaking News Coverage We're live blogging the GOP presidential debate broadcast on CNN from Arizona. This promises to be a crucial debate just ahead of Tuesday's pivotal primaries in Arizona and Michigan, as well as being the last debate before Super Tuesday on March 6....
Forbes: Obama’s Tax Plan ‘House of Horrors’ Former presidential candidate and Forbes magazine editor Steve Forbes tells Newsmax.TV that the Obama administration s plan to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 percent is really a house of horrors.
While the plan outlined today by Treasury Secretary Timothy...
Trump: Gas Headed to $5, $6 Billionaire entrepreneur Donald Trump tells Newsmax that the corporate tax rate should be a lot lower than the 28 percent called for by President Obama and says Obama s proposed boost in the dividend rate would be incredibly bad news for jobs and investors.
The host...
Santorum: Romney 'Johnny Come Lately' to Conservatism Rick Santorum is mocking Mitt Romney as a Johnny come lately to the conservative cause. Ahead of Wednesday night's GOP presidential debate in Arizona, Santorum told a tea party gathering in Tucson that Romney proposed a lower corporate tax rate only after Santorum had done...
Nervous Democrats Push Obama to Tap Reserve Oil to Lower Prices President Barack Obama should release crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to stem rising gasoline prices, three U.S. House Democrats said, a move the energy industry opposes.
This most-recent run-up in prices is primarily the result of fear driving oil markets, ...
Christie: Buffett Should 'Write a Check and Shut Up' New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who called for the nation's wealthiest people to pay more taxes, should just write a check and shut up.
I'm tired of hearing about it, Christie told CNN's Piers Morgan in an interview that...
Challenger Disaster — Second Video Surfaces A second amateur video of the Challenger space shuttle explosion has surfaced — by a tourist in Orlando, Fla., who says he didn't realize that he had been filming history in the makin
Romney Calls for 20 Percent Cut in Tax Rate Mitt Romney called for a 20 percent across-the-board cut in personal income tax rates today as part of an effort by his campaign to turn the focus of the Republican presidential primaries back to economic issues.Romney s plan would lower the top tax rate to 28 percent for...
Kessler: Behind the Dissatisfaction With Romney Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington, D.C. — Everyone wants to know why Mitt Romney doesn’t whip up more enthusiasm among conservatives despite support from Chris Christie, Ann Coulter, Donald Trump, and Tim Pawlently.
Rush: Santorum Must Explain Satan Remarks Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was a bit unsettled to learn that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said in a 2008 speech that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.”
The wife of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, the Iranian nuclear scientist who was assassinated last month in Tehran, tells Iran’s semiofficial Fars News Agency that “Mostafa’s ultimate goal was the annihilation of Israel.”
US Embassy Shut as Afghans Protest Quran Burnings Anti-American demonstrations erupted on the outskirts of Kabul for a second day Wednesday and in another Afghan city over an incident that the U.S. said was inadvertent burning of Muslim holy books at a military base in Afghanistan.
The U.S. embassy in Kabul was on lockdown...
Arizona Debate to Shine Spotlight on Santorum After months on the sidelines, Rick Santorum finally gets his chance at center stage in a debate of Republican candidates on Wednesday, and the increased scrutiny that comes with it.
Santorum is surging in opinion polls and is likely to face tough questions over some of his...
UN Nuclear Agency: Iran Talks Fail The U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged renewed failure Wednesday after a trip to probe suspicions of covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, in a statement issued just hours after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any foe threatening the country.The...
Democracy vs Republic
"A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through
the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men."
--Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
A DEMOCRACY
A REPUBLIC
A government of the masses.
Authority derived through mass meeting or any other form of "direct" expression.
Results in mobocracy.
Attitude toward property is communistic--negating property rights.
Attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate, whether it be based
upon deliberation or governed by passion, prejudice, and impulse, without restraint or
regard to consequences.
Results in demogogism, license, agitation, discontent, anarchy.
Authority is derived through the election by the people of public officials best fitted to represent them.
Attitude toward law is the administration of justice in accord with fixed principles and established evidence,
with a strict regard to consequences.
A greater number of citizens and extent of territory may be brought within its compass.
Avoids the dangerous extreme of either tyranny or mobocracy.
Results in statesmanship, liberty, reason, justice, contentment, and progress.
Is the "standard form" of government throughout the world.
The American's Creed
"I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just
powers are derived from the consent of the governed, a democracy in a republic, a sovereign Nation of many sovereign
States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and
humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
"I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its Constitution, to obey its laws to respect
its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."
-- by William Tyler Page in 1917, accepted by the United States
House of Representatives on April 3, 1918.
Online Personal Playlists
You've got to love technology. I might be a little behind the power-curve on this one,
but if you remember a few years ago I wrote an article about Launch.com and how I loved
this web app. Well, if you don't already know, they were bought by Yahoo and their
application became Yahoo Music.
Well, let me tell you if you have a web presence, you're going to want to include
your music (or audio) on your website. Above is a playlist I created as an example.
I think it's legal. Anyways, this list includes a hundred songs and took sometime to build but it
was well worth the effort. You can create your own by going to playlist.com
You can even share your playlist by providing the source code that can be embedded in other website.
For instance, my source code is:
Feel free to add it to your website.
5 p.m. JST Thu. in Tokyo
80.11-80.13
Super Bowl IX
Steelers 16, Vikings 6
New Orleans LA
January 12, 1975
Super Bowl X
Steelers 21, Cowboys 17
Miami, FL
January 18, 1976
Super Bowl XIII
Steelers 35, Cowboys 31
Miami, FL
January 21, 1979
Super Bowl XIV
Steelers 31, LA Rams 19
Pasadena, CA
January 20, 1980
Super Bowl XL
Steelers 21, Seahawks 10
Detroit, MI
February 5, 2006
Super Bowl XLIII
Steelers 27, Cardinals 23
Tampa, FL
February 1, 2009
