http://www.politicnow.com en-us N/A info@politicnow.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:31:21 MST 20 http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1117/1/Is-The-American-Middle-Class-Dying/Page1.html
Last month, he declared in Denver, "The president and I have set a very basic and measurable goal that we'll be held to...[W]hen middle-class incomes begin to grow, and when people aspiring to the middle class get a shot to become part of it -- that's the measure.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1117/1/Is-The-American-Middle-Class-Dying/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1114/1/The-Benefits-of-Listening-to-Political-Talk-Radio/Page1.html
You may agree with him you may think that talk radio and open emphasis on partisan politics only furthers the conflicts that have gotten this country into the predicaments we are facing now.]]> no@spam.com (Art Gib) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1114/1/The-Benefits-of-Listening-to-Political-Talk-Radio/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1105/1/How-To-Steal-An-Election-And-Not-Get-Caught----Until-Now/Page1.html
Did George W. Bush steal the 2000 election?

Nine years later, the question is still hanging around. Which means, if a fraudulent election took place, the perpetrators definitely were not naive and clumsy.

There may be a way to solve the riddle.

To my knowledge, the election scam I will disclose has never been revealed before.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1105/1/How-To-Steal-An-Election-And-Not-Get-Caught----Until-Now/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1097/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-III--The-Manipulator-Of-Uncertainty/Page1.html
By wielding uncertainty, the terrorist announces what for him is the worst thing possible, the ultimate hell. In this way, he is different from the French Resistance member for whom uncertainty had no special value as a thing in itself and who had precise intentions.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1097/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-III--The-Manipulator-Of-Uncertainty/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1096/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-II--Why-A-Terrorist-Is-Not-A-Freedom-Fighter/Page1.html
Is the terrorist, then, a freedom fighter?

As do the criminal and the terrorist of today, the French Resistance member of the 1940s made a decision as a rite of passage. However, that decision differed from those of the criminal and the terrorist.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1096/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-II--Why-A-Terrorist-Is-Not-A-Freedom-Fighter/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1095/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-IV--The-Act-Of-Killing-Summary-And-Conclusion/Page1.html
To be a criminal requires a conscious decision to be a criminal. The terrorist makes a decision, but not that particular decision.

Terrorists are not freedom fighters.

Unlike the terrorist, the French Resistance fighter retained in consciousness the ambiguity of his high intentions and illegal acts; he continued to judge, to decide.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1095/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-IV--The-Act-Of-Killing-Summary-And-Conclusion/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1094/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-I--Why-A-Terrorist-Is-Not-A-Common-Criminal/Page1.html
Perhaps the ultimate truth of the relationship is that a terrorist is a middle class rebel, albeit even more so.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1094/1/A-New-Definition-Of-Terrorist-I--Why-A-Terrorist-Is-Not-A-Common-Criminal/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1089/1/What-The-Iranian-Opposition-Knows----And-The-West-Needs-To-Learn/Page1.html
Time and again, Mir Hussein Moussavi and other opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stress the importance of not pausing, much less stopping and waiting. Do they know something about how things work in Iran which the West needs to learn?

Ancient history provides a case that could not be more immediate:

In the year 363, the Roman Army under the valiant Emperor Julian marched on Persia (Iran).]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1089/1/What-The-Iranian-Opposition-Knows----And-The-West-Needs-To-Learn/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1087/1/What-Is-The-Source-of-Terrorism/Page1.html Somewhere ages and ages hence;
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

-- Robert Frost, "The Road Not Taken" (1916) --

September 13, 2007. So near and yet so far from 9/11. And many other things as well .]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1087/1/What-Is-The-Source-of-Terrorism/Page1.html http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1086/1/A-Formula-To-Achieve-One-Person-One-Vote-Reapportionment/Page1.html
Reapportioning solely on the basis of persons counted in the census makes district vote totals vary to an unacceptable degree.

But reapportioning solely on the basis of votes cast makes district populations vary to an unacceptable degree.

BOTH people and votes are needed to reapportion in a manner that truly implements the one-person, one-vote principle.]]> no@spam.com (Thomas Belvedere) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 MST http://www.politicnow.com/articles/1086/1/A-Formula-To-Achieve-One-Person-One-Vote-Reapportionment/Page1.html