Street Articles
Where Writers Become Authors
- Welcome Guest |
- Publish Article |
- Blog |
- Login
Politics Articles
(389)
Boston Globe AP Article October 16, 2011
An interesting article published in the newspaper above had me chuckling. Mr. Axelrod one of President Obama's advisors stated in an interview on ABC's "This Week," "The GOP doesn't understand the Wall Street's protests show that American wants a fair shake".
They Understand…
Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been barely holding on to control of that nation for several months, despite wide spread calls for his removal. There had been some interludes toward Russia as the last hope for remaining in power. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has decried the NATO missions over Tripoli…
Should Donald Trump actually make a serious bid for the Republican Presidential nomination, or not? Trump will make his announcement sometime in June, however, according to the most recent poll numbers, he won’t be taken seriously, even among those in his own party. The CNN/Opinion Research poll showed that while…
Are media stories about postpartum making you nuts? Marie Osmond and her Brother Donny are back singing together and they are all over the media of late. It reminds me when, about 12 years ago, when Marie Osmond came out with a story of her postpartum plight, which was the…
Well folks, the proverbial snowball is going to continue to keep rolling down the mountain. With the debt ceiling agreement deadline looming, it looks like the Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid along with Presient Barack Obama have finally caved, and have agreed, along with the Senate Republicans to raise the…
Osama Bin Laden's $50 million dollar reward
Now that Osama Bin Laden has been killed, what is going to happen to the $50 million dollar reward. Well, maybe nothing will happen with it. Jay Carney, a white House spokesman, said that no one took the proper steps to be eligible…
In May 2010 Charles Hendry was appointed as Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and now presides over the biggest decisions that affect the renewable energy sector. Finn Langley talks to him about conflicting manifestos, coalition’s plans for renewable energy and his personal motivations. …
The economy of the US and many other area’s in the world is at a low. Often when strapped with hard times, its possible for some to reflect upon the finer things in life, things that money can’t buy: Having a family gathering, taking a trip to the river, fishing…
Not sure if you all heard the latest news, but Groupon has just announced that they are not going to allow The Donald to post Apprentice site ads on Groupon after a slew of customer complaints, and for a better word, an uprising.
Who blames them....
Well, not Jerry Seinfield.…
Our political arena could benefit with a massive research into finding a way to control its recent influx of tics. Two namely tics are; poli-tics and luni-tics, they're destroying our government and its professional operation that we used to be accustomed to.
Some might blame this awful epidemic of tics…
A former member of Sarah Palin’s staff and reportedly a close member of the inner circle is about to release a tell all book that has been called, by all accounts, controversial and scathing at best. That book, culled from a huge number of emails that were sent to and…
Every so often, we hear on the news or know someone that is a victim of bullycide. Well, recently, President Obama did a bullying speech and now has created an anti bullying campaign in effort to help stop bullying.
What is bullycide?
Bullycide is basically someone who comits sucide in…
I know that, just think of the World Trade Center disaster in 2001, gives us an uneasy feeling of insecurity and vulnerability. This was the first time they were attacked on our soil. But what if it is not terrorists, caused by attacks?
There are many theories out there as…
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, his wife Suzanne and their two sons as well as a business associate are likely to be facing a variety of charges including corruption as well as murder in the deaths of over eight hundred protesters. The Prosecutor General will likely seek the charges of…
Birth certificates give us important information and help us to prove without a doubt our lineage, our full names, place of birth, our birth date. They also prove our parents names and can also include the signature of a witness.
President Barrack Hussein Obama's place of birth has come into…
Clarence Darrow once said, "I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
I am writing an obituary for Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden is dead and while I was not involved with his death, I have experienced remorse that he was not…
Entitlement Programs: At what point does the helping hand become an enabling hand?
“If you give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day, if you teach a man how to fish you will feed him for a lifetime.” Working first hand in the legal field with…
You’ve got Credit. A Visa, a MasterCard, that Home Equity Line of Credit you’ve had for years.
Obama has credit too. His is called the debt ceiling.
You’ve got a perfect credit score of 800, although you know it doesn’t deserve to be that high
The USA has a triple…
The U.S. economy is still suffering in the recession. Job Losses are at an all time high in the last two years. Because of this, Americans are struggling more than ever. They are facing bankruptcy and foreclosure. As of now, the economy has still not fully recovered and we majorly…
Does crime pay or does it not?
Recent murder cases such as the case of former colonel Russell Williams and the most recent one of the Shafia so called honor killing led me to do some research on the actual situation in prisons. I was just curious to know what…
By:
Yingyi Nan in
Politics
Feb 06, 2012
So the results are in. President Obama has been given 4 more years. While half the nation celebrates and half the nation mourns, everybody is wondering, what will happen next? Will it be four more years of the same, or will Obama pull out the stops or try to change…
Last night, Jon Stewart aired a clip-montage of Republicans calling for a ‘War to take back America’ (sic) and then followed with some choice bits of their rhetoric calling on their supporters to ‘take back America’ from liberals, progressives, unions, etc., etc. Mr. Stewart was canny enough to lampoon this…
By:
Christopher Dunn in
Politics
Oct 19, 2011
Idaho State Senator Chuck Winder, sponsor of the Idaho Mandatory Ultrasound Bill said that there was no room in that bill for exceptions because it would open the door to false claims. The bill, which mandates that a woman must endure both an ultrasound and a doctor's description of the…
By:
amie nogrady in
Politics
Mar 22, 2012
Sarah Palin is not saying she is running. She is not saying that she is not running either. What she is saying is that she is going to tour some of the historical sites and cities of this nation to reconnect with the “patriots” that founded this country. Palin’s One…
I am opposed to the solutions being offered by the Republican party. Their suggestion that the government be re-opened until January 2014, and the debt ceiling increased until February 2014, is ludicrous. The whole point of this exercise, as I have come to understand it, is to remove these accounting…
Pentagon taking the decision to move the equipment to the six countries of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Polish advantage of the results of studies that have been conducted by a special mission six months ago. Gen. Frederick Hodges, commander of the US Army in Europe, revealed that by…
We wake up, have a shower, eat breakfast and we're gone. We come home around 3:00pm and we're right back at it again. Homework and then off to whatever other activity we may have chosen to do. Now, that isn't the problem in Canada's education system. Canada's educational problem is…
By:
Brett Ayers in
Politics
Nov 25, 2011
On some level, almost everyone knows that monopolies are bad. They eliminate competition, which means that the person or group of people providing you a service can charge almost anything, and you have little choice but to buy it, even if the product is complete junk. What most people don't…
Its okay, they are not like us. Has there ever been a more destructive phrase uttered in the history of human utterance? Has not the darkest days of our history, of our development been born from the kernel that lies at the heart of that seed; the perceived kernel of…
Face Book and other social media can be a two edged sword with many an indiscretion or unwanted publicity being broadcast to the World to see, however on the other side of the sword, so to speak, they do get to many millions of people and with luck changes for…
Featured Authors
