Porth Authority of New York and New Jersey Rejects Freedom

    Being born and raised in New York, I am quite familiar with the area in America that after 9/11 became known as “ground zero”. The towers that stood on ground zero were a part of the everyday landscape of my life. I worked in them and in their shadow. Having an office, for a [...]

Renewable Energy Is Great, But Not Here. Somewhere Else Though

     I believe that a vast majority of Americans understand the need to move towards a utilization of sound, economic, renewable energy sources. Most of us understand the downside to our current oil based economy. We understand the foreign affairs implications and environmental impacts. Knowing that, most Americans hold out the desire for a day [...]

New Demographic Called “First Global Citizens” Threatens G.O.P.’s Future?

    John Zogby is a seasoned political analyst with a proven record of success. As President and CEO of Zogby International he has built a premier organization that, since 1984, has helped to monitor public opinion in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe. With groundbreaking technological advances Zogby has combined the [...]

With Hindsight, Armchair Generals Still Say Saddam Should Have Been Spared

    There are those who, till even this day, base their entire political being on the claim that the war in Iraq was wrong and had no legitimate foundation behind it . Some even join with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and claim that we lost the war. These isolationists and leftists maintain, that there [...]

21 MILLION DOLLAR OBAMA PAINTING UP FOR GRABS

    Internationally renowned artist, Anthony Falbo, recently brought current events to canvas by painting the work depicted below, which he calls “President Obama, Change”.  Subsequently, he placed it in his gallery, took a few pictures and put the painting on eBay The “Buy It Now” price is 21 million dollars. Less learned observers of art [...]

Can-Do Conservatives of America

We all know that politics is chock full of special interest groups. In fact, in some cases, it can be said that special interest groups are a part of the problem and that they present a roadblock to the greater good of the people. That case can be made when our legislative leaders allow themselves [...]

IS GOING GALT THE ANSWER TO OBAMA’S POLICIES?

    I understand that some national policies are  moving us  towards socialism and is  removing incentive from our society.  I realize that rewarding mediocrity is something that, in the long run, benefits no one. But what I did not realize is that there exists a protest movement that is going with the government flow and accepting medicrioty as a [...]

PROPOSED NEW JERSEY BUDGET IS A PAGE FROM THE BERNIE MADOFF SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

    “Every day, across New Jersey, across America, millions of people are sitting down at their kitchen tables and sorting out their family budgets. On the backs of envelopes … with pencils and calculators in hand … surrounded by stacks of bills and receipts … families are figuring out how to balance their income and [...]

CONGRESS DENIES CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO ESCAPE FAILING SCHOOLS

  Yesterday, Congress refused to extend funding for the four-year-old Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. The program provides vouchers to nearly 2,000 low-income children and grants them the opportunity to attend successful religious or other private schools. Despite over $100 billion dollars in stimulus funds that were allocated to education, Congress denied the underprivileged children [...]

NEW YORK SETS THE STAGE FOR REPUBLICAN COMEBACK

There has been quite a tangled web of political promotions that got us to this point but at months end, voters of New York’s 20th Congressional District will be going to the polls. They will be voting to fill the vacant congressional seat that Kirsten Gillibrand left behind when New York’s replacement Governor nominated her [...]