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CCS Editors — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:00:48 +0000

Just because we have not been commenting on the two Presidential campaigns for some weeks does not mean Common Sense Politics has not been watching those two candidates and their respective campaign activities. To be quite honest, it’s been funny and very entertaining and we think that a man like Neil Simon could probably have written a play for Broadway that would be guaranteed an ‘Award for Best Comedy’. (more…)

The ‘Lost Tribe’: What happened to Republicans?

CCS Editors — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:06 +0000

The history of mankind is filled with stories about so called ‘Lost Tribes, Lost Cities, Lost Civilizations’ and so on. Images of Atlantis, the Incas and the Etruscans and many others come to mind and there has always been a certain amount of mystery and curiosity associated with that. It is in the spirit of these comparisons that we here at Common Sense Politics have to ask: “What happened to the Republicans?” As recent as 1994, a short 14 years ago, they were a force in America that had the support of the majority of the people in this country. (more…)

Global Warming Novel - continued

CCS Editors — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:00:32 +0000

At one time or another in our lives we all have heard the old saying “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S.” And B.S. does not stand for Barbara Streisand. Another saying suggests that “Offense is the best Defense.” Couple these two and you have NASA scientist James Hansen who celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his appearance before a Congressional Committee in 1988 with another appearance in Congress. These sort of claims make it very clear that common sense and reasoning is not used to analyze this problem.

In 1988, Mr. Hansen told Congress that Global Warming was fact and that mankind had only twenty years left before irreparable damage would be inflicted (more…)

The Inherent Dangers of political Slogans

CCS Editors — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:00:54 +0000

We all have heard buzzwords from politicians over the many years since the invention of political slogans. Many of them have become bumper stickers as well and have been effective while others have been not so successful. Overall though, since they keep popping up, politicians and agenda driven people and groups must think of them as good population-opinion forming tools, otherwise, they would not waste time thinking up more. Common Sense Politics looks into this political sloganeering.

We must remember that in the 2000 Presidential race, candidate George W. Bush was talked of in the media as “having no gravitas”, meaning him being a lightweight not ready for the job of President. And every liberal journalist and television host or guest in America repeated this particular reference to Bush for several weeks. They even concluded that the selection of (more…)

Happy Birthday, America!

CCS Editors — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:01:48 +0000

Who would have thought in 1776 that the newly crafted Declaration of Independence would be the birth of a nation celebrating it’s 232nd birthday today, the United States of America. The 56 signers of this document represented the original thirteen states and it concludes with ‘we mutually pledged to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.’ It is an incredibly fabulous document that should be read or reread every year by everybody in America on this day. We here at Common Sense Authors like to celebrate this day by sharing with you an adaptation from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on January 27, 2008, by Mr. Patrick Toomey during a seminar co-sponsored by the Center for Constructive Alternatives and the Ludwig Mises Lecture Series. Mr. Toomey is president of the Club for Growth. (more…)

Candidate’s Assessment: Barack Obama

CCS Editors — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:00:46 +0000

This is the second of two Presidential candidate’s assessments, this one about Barack Obama. Like we did with Senator McCain, Common Sense Politics will not go into deep detail when it comes to his background and upbringing but will instead focus more on recent history and events in his life. Anybody who wants greater detail on his early life should simply use search engines and other such information sources. (more…)

Candidate’s Assessment: John McCain

CCS Editors — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:00:50 +0000

This is the first of two Presidential candidate’s assessments and using strictly alphabetical order, today’s review is about John McCain, the Republican Party nominee. Common Sense Politics will post a similar article next about Barack Obama, the Democrat party candidate. We will not delve into their life stories in any detail other than as it affects their current positions, their recent history and actions and their respective proposals for the next years after being elected to be President. (more…)

Presidential Finalists - Really?

CCS Editors — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:46 +0000

For about two weeks, we have had two finalists in the Presidential sweepstakes, two United States Senators, John McCain (R) from Arizona and Barack Obama (D) from Illinois. We predicted this outcome well over three months ago in ‘And the Winner Are…‘ but the Primary season dragged on into June and so it is only now that we have reached this point where the upcoming Party conventions in August and September will officially declare these two gentlemen the candidates of their respective parties.

This allows Common Sense Politics to move forward now (more…)

Real Culprits of America, continued…

CCS Editors — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:00:09 +0000

Political Common Sense cannot quite stop talking more about the real culprits of America as we identified them in our previous article, Congressional Culprits Revealed. First off, let us remind ourselves what the United States Constitution says about the branches of government:

The Executive and Legislative are constitutionally equal branches of the United States (more…)

Congressional Culprits Revealed

CCS Editors — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:00:30 +0000

Our most recent article (The Great Oil Debate) was an attempt to bring some perspective and sense of reality to the current energy or more specifically, the oil crisis in our country. The essential conclusion was that the blame for the high prices for gasoline does NOT rest with the oil companies, nor are their profits the primary reason for paying $4.00 for a gallon. This is, of course, contrary to what we have been hearing from the media and our elected representatives who have attempted to make us believe that the oil companies and their excessive profits are to blame for this crisis. (more…)