Why did the FBI conduct a year’s work in order to convince two people to participate in fake terror plots? The latest one snared Osman Mohamud, a Somali-American teenager in Portland, Ore. The Associated Press report is headlined: “Somali-born teen plotted car-bombing in Oregon.”
When the right’s view of the Constitution was ascendant 75 years ago, basic protections such as a restriction on child labor were declared unconstitutional; laws banning discrimination were unthinkable; and Social Security was widely viewed as next in line for the Supreme Court’s chopping block.
America’s right now wants nothing more than to revive this discredited theory of the Constitution.
Progressive voters are starting to feel that the Obama Administration is moving more and more towards policies that many who worked to elect Obama have worked to oppose in recent years.
No economic issue today is more pressing than the U.S. Trade Deficit. This predicament should be America’s top priority. It is also a key reason why we have high unemployment. Yet most people in America do not understand this Silent Killer or what they can do about it. Here are important key facts on why the Trade Deficit threatens America’s future.
Most people today do not understand the difference, but it is crucial. In a pure Democracy, the majority decides things. Each issue would be voted on by the masses, and the majority would win. So, should we have a new tax on the “rich?” Everyone cast your vote. Since the majority of people do not fall in the “rich” category, the vote would probably pass and our economy would be damaged.
