His now controversial stance on the coal industry, as elucidated to the SF Chronicle, is in the mainstream--of the American left's view of the environment and the economy, as I already noted relative to the oil industry: Today, it’s fair to say that the Democrats, on the whole, would like to see a more European …
Churchgoers Still Aren’t Breaking for Obama
This from the Politico: Barack Obama has courted white weekly churchgoers as avidly as any Republican-leaning bloc of voters, though it now appears his efforts may fall flat on Election Day. The Gallup Poll now shows Obama backed by 28 percent of white voters who attend church at least once a week — a group …
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Maybe They’ll Call Obama’s “National Civilian Security Force” the Inland Police
Obama's newest idea: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s I try not to make it a steady diet on this blog, but sometimes I think I'm seeing stuff in my own novels come to life. In my first printed novel Paludavia (written in 2003,) I have the left-wing Republic of Verecunda defended in part by its underfunded and undermanned (and …
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The American Left: The Worst of Both Worlds
This will probably be my last "major" posting before the American elections. Although I know the social issues are what Christians are "supposed" to focus on, I'm taking a different tack and look at an economic one, one which I'm all too familiar with and which has shoved itself back into people's consciousness--the oil industry. …
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