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Lou Dobbs, anchor of CNN's top-rate "Lou Dobbs Tonight," became so angry about the FDA's inept investigation of the salmonella contaminated tomatoes that he suggested that impeachment proceedings be started against president Bush.

There is no question that immigration reforms are necessary to preserve America's security and economic well-being. But men like Lou Dobbs are more adept at spreading fear than offering viable solutions to the real challenges we face as a nation.

Every generation has it's voice in the newsroom. Journalists who tells the public what they need to hear regardless of it's popularity... Lou Dobbs and Anderson Cooper.

Hardly a month goes in which a newspaper somewhere in the United States does not report of a company closing, life-long employees suddenly without jobs that are being given to Mexico, to China, or similar countries.

It has come to my attention, after watching the Lou Dobbs show, that tainted tomatoes are floating around America (probably the whole world, but for kicks we'll just stick with the country the FDA is supposed to be taking care of).

An argument that it is much too early to tell whether the next president will be inept. First, we must get through the campaign and actually elect a president.

Znet.com is must-have on the favorites menu of any writer or reader who realizes that America has slid off the tracks and is heading at breakneck speed toward the most devastating wreck in the country's history.

Discussion of Lou Dobbs assesment of the issue of immigration, and what is possible for the future.

Rising economic inequality has received attention by Senator Jim Webb, presidential candidate John Edwards, CNN's maverick Lou Dobbs, and others. The middle class has not shared in rising national prosperity. Some Democratic elites are nervous.

Every year millions of people partake in one common activity. These people come from all sort of backgrounds; they may be talk show hosts like Lou Dobbs, Don Imus, or Richard Parker.

A Call for Psychological Testing in the House and Senate

This article looks at how China has managed to dominate the market

A teenager's opinion on the world today.

Zane is keeping it even with his list of Top Ten Sexy Men Over 50. Much harder for Zane than his Top Ten Sexy Women Over 50 list.

This article describes how the Republicans can't do anything right on one single issue.

The collectivistic xenophobes and jingoists on both sides of the partisan aisle believe that independent migrants and free trade are responsible for the destruction of the economy, are subsidized, and are an assault on America's "national sovereignty."

Never have so many said so little of merit about so much political nonsense.

May Day (May 1) is known as International Workers' Day around the world. It is a day of celebration, demonstration, and proclamation. Rallies and demonstrations/protests and parades are the norm on May Day. Thousands of people attend these gatherings.

If you listen to the Republicans debate, its as if these issues don't exist. Ignoring the obvious, they ramp up the rhetoric on an different issue, a new scapegoat for all the ills of society. A diversion from the last eight years of failure.

Heimat was a term used to describe the embrace of Germanic consciousness and suspicion of all things foreign. Did the Bush administration adopt heimat as their template for Homeland Security policies?

I still think Hillary Clinton would make a fine president. But I'm beginning to think she'd make an even better used car salesman.

Is it just me or is NOW (the National Organization for Women) trying to make a candidate's sex more important than the issues themselves?

The Air Force has awarded European-based Northrup Grumman a $40 billion contract to build a much-needed fleet on in-flight refueling tankers -- and Congress wants to know why. Why has a national defense contract been given to a foreign company?

op ed on election

Barack Obama and John McCain are attempting to connect to voters through speeches, ads, portrayal of character and pushing their respective platforms. But some people, inadvertently or not, become liabilities. Who are Obama's and McCain's biggest liabilities?

Oklahoma imposes the most severe anti-immigration laws in the nation.

Is there a discrepancy in the amount of coverage given the two presidential candidates? Isn't there a law against such a thing?

The FDA finally found the source of the salmonella outbreak -- jalapeno peppers.

Operation Scheduled Departure is the Department of Homeland Security's voluntary deportation program. It started on August 4th and will continue until August 22. Thus far, it has met with minimal results.

Almost everyday we hear something else about ole "W". Are you surprised? What did America do in 2000 electing this "bad boy" rebel into the highest office in the country?

Embattled talk show host Don Imus has yet again come under fire for his most recent inflammatory actions. This time it was a suspicious sounding sneeze.

political op ed

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee makes light of potential assassination of Barack Obama during a speech at the N.R.A. Convention

This article is a report on a 19 year old who was elected mayor of a small Oklahoma town.

The high-definition channel universe is getting bigger all the time. Arguably, only half of all the dozens of HD channels are really worth watching regularly despite the startling clarity. Here's a list of ones you should view often and ones for later once they go HD...

Emily Gould is the 26-year-old former co-editor of Gawker.com who has made a name for herself with her blog "Emily Magazine." Praised and condemned for her openness and focus on the personal, Gould has also been accused of irresponsible journalism...

Political analyst and strategist Ed Rollins was introduced today (December 14) by former Governor Mike Huckabee as his new National Campaign Chairman, signalling to all that the former governor was thinking long-term and about an oval office in a white house.

The media, most notable, CNN and Fox News, wants Barack Obama to lose.

Just when a few intrepid reporters started to wake up from their zombified daze and actually ask semi-tough questions about Iraq, now they have gone back to being full-fledged cheerleaders for the official White House line.

Fairness Doctrine... Fair for all?

A brief explanation of how the Federal Reserve System works to influence monetary policy.

There's a new program that will allow Mexican truckers to drive in America without having to meet the American safety and security standards.

The Anti-government corruption group, "Judicial Watch" is suing the Bush administration to release documents related to the vigorous prosecution of two border patrol agents who shot a Mexican drug smuggler transporting 743 lbs of pot in 2005.

A book review of The World is Flat. Decide for yourself if you would like to read this book by Thomas Friedman. Or if you have read it, do you have the same perspective as I do?

The MSM is delivering features and Fluff...Not News

Media Corporations in Bed with Rich and Powerful

Having never watched the show and largely considering myself a centrist, I decided to watch the show and truly determine my political view, after taking in a completely right wing viewpoint.

As the financial press has entered the mainstream news media, particularly since the advent of cable news, it has had a negative affect on the United States. What is good for investors and the financial press is not necessarily good for normal people.

Online media or the new media has is been advertised as the free media, which represents all people.But a deeper look reveals the other side, showing that online media also has its biases and prejudices.

This paper is an objective look at the benefits of outsourcing.

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists offers the Latino journalist the opportunity to get educational and professional development through workshops, training and professional development projects.

We the people once owned our democracy. It was foreclosed by wealthy and power elites. Now, millions of Americans have or will soon lose their homes. Money and greed have ruined our country. Money and citizen re-engagement can save it

At the Wisconsin Republican Convention, presidential hopeful Sam Brownback mentioned that Peyton Manning might be the greatest quarterback of all-time while using a football analogy to explain the need to focus on families. Brownback was then pelted with cheese.

Look at those first quarter filings.

According to a new Zogby, poll 52% of Americans support going to war with Iran. However, we must ask ourselves is this an accurate representation of the populace of the United States

Cable news networks have made a hallmark of positioning themselves based on a particular perspective. This has created an environment of slanted politics.

"The war on conservative talk radio has begun."

A dispassionate observer of the November 28, 2008 Republican presidential debate would be sorely pressed to believe it wasn't the 1960s rather than the 21st Century. The use of Internet technology was the only thing contemporary in the affair.

I bet most Americans believe the current mortgage crisis came on suddenly and might even be wondering how so many smart people in the financial sector could be so shocked by the enormity of it. In fact, all of it was seen and predicted by many honest people.

George W. Bush gave green light to unification by signing the SPP documents in March, 2005.

Steve Earle began his concert at New York's legendary Town Hall paying homage to one of the venue's most famous denizens, Bob Dylan. Then came the DJ.

A book that is deeply critical of Hillary Clinton. This is meant to inform voters of another side of the Senator. It will also spark vigorous debate.

George W. Bush signed the Security and Prosperity Partnership in March, 2005

Politicians in Congress looking to see which way the national wind is blowing on immigration ought to be keeping their eyes on Louis Barletta, the small-town rock star mayor of Hazleton, Pa.

George W. Bush signed the Security and Prosperity Partnership in March, 2005

Editorial examining assimilation issues.

Many Americans are now familiar with... What many Americans don't know however, is that the overwhelming majority of the candidates running for the office in 2008 are also part of an almost equally unknown organization called the Council On Foreign Relations.

People being prescribed to many drugs for common conditions, and for conditions that drugs will not even help such as viral illnesses.

This research paper deals with the topical content of offshoring American jobs to overseas (specifically China and India). It details- in some depth- the impact this action has on the American economy.

Outsourcing has been called a greater threat to America than terrorism. Many products that are presumed to be as "American as apple pie" are no longer American at all.