The power of poor

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 12:11 AM EDT (YouTube)

Hernando de Soto explains how we can empower the poorest of the world.

world-news, economics, poverty, capitalism, poor, communism

YouTube - The New Workers Revolt - China

Seeded on Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:19 PM EDT (YouTube)

Angry workers in China are defying government orders and taking to the streets to protest about mass redundancies and corruption.

world-news, china, government, corruption, protest, capitalism, workers, communism, revolt

Ben Stein: 'Big Science' in America is Killing 1st Amendment"

Seeded on Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:36 PM EST (CNSNews.com)

Intelligent design theory, or ID, is opening new doors of scientific research, particularly in cancer and other disease research, according to its adherents, but a new movie, "Expelled" starring Ben Stein explores how an "elitist scientific establishment" is apparently muzzling a …

science, evolution, free-speech, first-amendment, intelligent-design, darwin, darwinism, ben-stein

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Must See Video: 'Lone Survivor': Breitbart.tv Talks to Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:32 AM EDT (breitbart.tv)

For those of you who haven't heard about the story of a SEAL team that was overrun in Afghanistan, this is a must see video.

us-news, afghanistan, war, seal-team, marcus-luttrell, lost-heroes, operation-redwing

Lawsuit Abuse Forcing Maternity Ward's to Close

Seeded on Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:04 AM EDT (brightcove.com)

CBS News investigates the closing of 14 maternity wards in Philadelphia over the last decade and the reasons for the closings.

us-news, medicare, philadelphia, medicaid, lawsuits, malpractice, katie-couric, maternity-ward

Video: A Diamond in the Rough

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:53 PM EDT (YouTube)

When you first see Paul Potts, he seems a bit disheveled; unkept; unconfident. Paul is a simple cell phone salesman pursuing his dream of being a singer just like so many others who have appeared before Simon Cowell.

arts, britain, opera, simon-cowell, talent, singing, paul-potts

On the Impact of Christianity

Seeded on Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:10 PM EDT (gatesofvienna.blogspot.com)

Paul Fregosi says in his book Jihad in the West: "Western colonization of nearby Muslim lands lasted 130 years, from the 1830s to the 1960s. Muslim colonization of nearby European lands lasted 1300 years, from the 600s to the mid-1960s.

religion, christianity, jihad, muslims, christ, western-civilization, dhimmis

American Universities: Revolt of the Alumni and Other Good News

Seeded on Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:18 AM EDT (OpinionJournal.com)

Any number of colleges and universities seem to be having PR travails these days, but this may be a case where the turmoil is healthy. The school year that is now ending has turned out to be something of a banner year for academic reform.

education, reform, colleges, universities, dartmouth, alumni, ward-churchill, antioch-college, william-and-mary

Memo to Washington: Clear the damn backlogs first

Seeded on Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:05 AM EDT (Michelle Malkin)

When the shamnesty proponents start blubbering about compassion and fairness, ask them where their compassion is for the hundreds of thousands of legal immigrant applicants who are getting screwed--and who have paid far more in legal fees and processing fees than the measly, cosm …

politics, homeland-security, illegal-immigration, citizenship, amnesty

Is the New Testament Anti-Semitic?

Seeded on Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:45 AM EDT (American Thinker)

The Christian friends of Israel regard the entire Bible as inspired and inerrant. But the New Testament is supposedly anti-Semitic. So why would they support Israel and the Jewish community?

religion, israel, jesus, jews, anti-semitism, christians, judaism, new-testament

Countdown to a Whopper Tax Increase

Seeded on Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:48 AM EDT (EW.com)

Only 1,295 shopping days left until a massive tax increase hits America. That's right: Unless congressional Republicans aggressively focus on extending expiring tax cuts, taxpayers will soon enough be facing the biggest tax hike in American history.

us-news, republicans, taxes, irs, tax-cuts

Dispelling Common Myths About the Federal Deficit

Seeded on Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:15 AM EDT (investors.com)

Then where did the deficits come from? As we noted, the economy's decline in 2001 had a far bigger fiscal impact than first thought. Revenues in 2000 were 20.9% of GDP; by 2004, they had plunged to 16.3% of GDP, lowest since 1959.

us-news, bush, congress, taxes, spending, tax-cuts, revenues, federal-deficit

Raw Report From A Marine Airman At The Front

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:34 PM EDT (patdollard.com)

So, are we making progress? Absolutely. Are we going to "win" anytime soon? Not a chance. Al Qaeda has what seems to be an endless supply of young men willing to die in suicide bombing attacks that sometimes only achieve a 1:1 kill ratio.

world-news, iraq, military, war, marines

Big Business Pushing for Socialized Medicine

Seeded on Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:15 PM EDT (The American Spectator)

A group of big businesses is pushing increased government control of health care as a means of beating its market competitors.

us-news, health-care, government, big-business, social-medicine

The Immigration Conflagration Is Not Yet Extinguished

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:23 PM EDT (humanevents.com)

Major Points: o The Proposed Bill Is Based on a Fantasy and Could Never Be Effectively Implemented o The Attempt to Blackmail the American People by Threatening to Refuse to Enforce the Law Without a New Bill Is Disgraceful

politics, bush, congress, newt-gingrich, illegal-immigration, mccain-kenedy

Tax Cuts Work: The Data the Media Doesn't Want You to See

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:03 AM EDT (investors.com)

Note to the tax raisers in Washington and the media who carry their water: Tax cuts work. They did for Coolidge, they did for Kennedy, they did for Reagan. Now they're doing so again for Bush.

us-news, bush, united-states, government, taxes, growth, irs, tax-cuts, gdp, revenues

Global Military Spending Hits $1.2 Trillion - $Billions Less Than US Entitlements

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:56 AM EDT (sayanythingblog.com)

Or, to put it another way, all the military spending by all the nations of the world is about $120 billion dollars less than what America spent on entitlements in 2005:

us-news, military, war, government, world, spending, nations, entitlements

Who Controls Our Children?

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:45 AM EDT (Google)

Major international players are reshaping public education to suit their own self-serving agendas, without regard for the wants of parents and the welfare of their children.

education, schools, parents, teachers, state-government, public-education, school-board

Marines Sick of Politics About Iraq

Seeded on Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:48 AM EDT (EW.com)

Many were reluctant, but Marine Lance Cpl. Jack Kessel, 19, of Raleigh, N.C., stepped forward.

world-news, iraq, war, marines, la-times, semper-fi

YouTube - Gore criticizes Bush for ignoring Iraq's ties to terrorism

Seeded on Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:26 PM EDT (YouTube)

Apparently, according to Gore, Saddam had ties to terrorism and was pursuing weapons of mass destruction.

politics, iraq, bush, terrorism, saddam-hussein, wmd, algore

Embedded Reporters Have Their Minds Changed by U.S. Soldiers

Seeded on Fri Jun 8, 2007 1:34 AM EDT (The American Spectator)

It doesn't matter how skeptical of the war a journalist might be, according to an Army public affairs officer who spoke with me about it on condition of anonymity.

world-news, iraq, war, soldiers, press, journalists, operation-iraqi-freedom

Conservatives Breaking Ranks With Bush Over Immigration

Seeded on Tue Jun 5, 2007 2:01 AM EDT (homepage.mac.com)

Conservative writer, Peggy Noonan from the Wall Street Journal, saying that Conservatives are losing patience with President Bush. 'This Is Bad, and It's Got to Be Called'

politics, conservatives, george-bush, amnesty, borders, peggy-noonan, wall-st-journal, fox-news-radio, brian-and-the-judge, mccain-kennedy

Congressman William Jefferson Indicted on Bribery Charges

Seeded on Mon Jun 4, 2007 8:29 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)

"The 16-count indictment alleges a pervasive pattern of self dealings, bribery and corruption by Mr.

politics, democrats, congress, corruption, nancy-pelosi, bribery, william-jefferson, drain-the-swamp, most-ethical-congress-evah

FDR's D-Day Prayer With the Nation

Mon Jun 4, 2007 7:12 PM EDT

For the audio of this prayer and other resources, please visit Newt Gingrich's website.

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us-news, usa, america, speech, world-war-ii, prayer, wwii, fdr, united-states-of-america, d-day

Gas Prices: What Congress Can Really do to Curb the Increase

Seeded on Sun Jun 3, 2007 4:30 PM EDT (aei.org)

Having reached the lofty height of $3.19 per gallon, the national average price for gasoline has finally broken the record high hit in 1981, when a gallon of gas sold for $1.35 ($3.15 in today's dollars).

us-news, congress, oil, capitalism, epa, gas-prices, big-oil, ftc, gao, anwr

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