How Can We Keep Out a Trojan Horse if Our Civilization's Gates are Wide Open?

It is fairly silly to believe our leadership when they say that our nation is protected from international terrorists when you leave our civilization's gates wide open. Let's face it our borders are porous. Indeed, how hard is it to keep down a Trojan horse if your civilization has no gates? If we're to protect the United States of America from cargo containing weapons of mass destruction or a nuclear bomb then we cannot do so if our borders are porous and the freight is not properly checked when it is unloaded off the ships.

Challenging CPR (Criminology - Politics & Religion)

National statistics indicate that 64.8% of what the American public has been trained to believe about Criminology, Politics and Religion (CPR) is in fact false. In this article I challenge you to challenge the status quo.

Is Smallpox Still a Threat?

Smallpox was supposedly eradicated by the World Health Organization back in the 1970s. People often think that we are now safe from this threat. But is that really true?

RFID Chips Taking Away Your Privacy

The RFID chip is taking away our privacy. Learn about where they are, how they are read, and how they are being used.

Freedom Day in South Africa

Freedom Day, on April 27, in South Africa celebrates the very first free and democratic elections to be held in the country, ever.

Everyone Will Benefit With Immigration Reform, Part #2

Immigration reform is needed and everyone in the country should be happy when it happens. It will help everyone, even the people who are against it. It will help business, our economy, Social Security, the military, education, and our national security. We should all be hoping our elected officials get this done soon.

Cinco De Mayo

Mexico's last battle with Europe was during the battle of Pueblo, which, if lost could have cost the US, Canada and many other nations, horrific consequences.

What is the Best Political Belief System for a Think Tank?

If you are one smart cookie and you wish to join a Think Tank perhaps you are wondering if you need to be a certain religion or political party? Well in my humble opinion, anyone who asks you to change your belief system to join their Think Tank is using you. Thus the famous quote comes into play-

Will George Bush Be Remembered like Abraham Lincoln Was?

With so much emphasis on what a bad president George Bush is, and the recent firing of Don Imus over a racist comment regarding the black women on the Rutgers basketball team. I decided to take a look at Abraham Lincoln.

Where Did My America Go?

Have you ever screamed at the television or radio? These days, Americans have plenty to be outraged about... and if you've ever asked yourself the above question, you're definitely not alone. The question is- what are we going to do about it?

Unethical, Unprepared and Incompetent

Unethical, Unprepared and Incompetent are adjectives that are uniquely applicable to beleaguered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, but also much of the Bush Administration.

German Memories- Holy Roman Empire era Thirty Years War to Napoleonic Wars & the Congress of Vienna

The reformation and Thirty Years War in German states from 1618 to 1648 totally ravaged the German Nation. The conflicts between Catholics and Protestants by their efforts in various states within the Holy Roman Empire to increase their power and the emperor's attempt to achieve religious and political unity of the empire caused the total devastation of the German Nation. The war resulted in a loss of something like a third of its population and large areas of the German Nation being laid waste. Another major factor that threw the German Nation into a mess was the rivalry between Prussia and Austria for the leadership over other German states which began since 1640. After the Peace of Hubertsburg in 1763, Prussia too became equally powerful and exerted a powerful influence on German affairs.

German Memories- The New German Empire and the Lagacy of Otto von Bismarck

The new German Empire was a federal one- each of its twenty-five constituent states (kingdoms, grand duchies, duchies, principalities, and free cities) retained its autonomy. The King of Prussia, as German Emperor didn’t have sovereignity over the entirety of Germany but as the first amongst equals. Bismarck was also appointed as the Imperial Chancellor of the German Empire, but retained his Prussian offices including those of Minister-President and Foreign Minister- thus, he held almost complete control of both domestic and foreign policy. Though he was forced to resign from his office over disputes on domestic policies with Emperor William II, Bismarck left a lasting legacy in Europe and around the world. The German Nation and the Germans around the world remembered him by the creation of numerous statues and memorials around the German cities, towns, and countryside including the famous Bismarck Memorial in Berlin, Bismarck Sea and Bismarck Archipelago in the vicinity of then German colony in New Guinea as well as the City of Bismarck in the US State of North Dakota.

German Memories in Asia - A Discussion on Danube Swabians

The Danube Swabians (Donauschwaben) is a collective term for Germans who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially in the Danube River valley. Because of varying development within the territory settled, the Danube Swabians cannot be seen as a unified people. They include the Germans of Hungary (Ungarndeutsche), Satu Mare Swabians, the Banat Swabians (Banater Schwaben), and the Danube Swabians in Serbia's Vojvodina (Wojwodinedeutsche). After the creation of Austria-Hungary in 1867, Hungary established a policy of Magyarization whereby minorities, including the Danube Swabians, were induced by political and economic means to adopt the Magyar language and culture.

German Memories - Volga Germans Migration Towards Americas

A century after the first Germans had settled in the Volga region, Russia passed legislation that revoked many of the privileges promised to them by Catherine the Great. The sentiment in Russia became decidedly anti-German. Soon after the military service bill became law, both Protestant and Catholic Volga Germans gathered and chose delegations to journey across the Atlantic to examine settlement conditions in the United States. Volga Germans started arriving in the USA in the mid 1870s. Early destinations were in the heartland of the country around Kansas and later spread west to Washington, Oregon and California and East to Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.