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Ron Paul Has Already Won

What happens if Ron Paul wins Iowa? ... Paul seems to have a natural ceiling among GOP voters: A recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found that nearly half of Republican voters feel Paul's foreign policy views are a major reason not to vote for him.

Bank of America Shifts Derivatives

Bank of America has begun the dumping of Credit Default Swaps (CDS) from one legal entity to another.  Unfortunately for the American People, the CDSs are being dumped onto the banking side which holds the deposits of the American People.

American Democracy: A Brutal Dictatorship in Disguise

The US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton stated recently that the Chinese government is "scared" of the Arab Spring. They're worried, and they are trying to stop history which is a fool's errand."[1]. Shouldn't we also, for the same reason, be worried and scared of uprising of our own people demanding a just and fair societal system?

Can you say "Biased Media"?

PoliticalGat Editorial

The Republican biased media is at full swing in the GOP Primaries.  There was, for all practical purposes, a tie in the Ames Straw Poll this past Saturday and here are a couple of the headlines this Sunday morning:

A Country Divided Will Never Win!

PoliticalGat Editorial

Our politicians have been talking solutions for years and yet here we are; $14+ trillion in debt.  Have you ever stopped to think about the fact that this is exactly where they want us to be?  Think about this, everyone talks about how much we owe China when the fact is we only owe China approximately $1 trillion!  Who else do we owe the remaining $13 trillion to?  The largest piece, approximately $7 trillion (estimated), is owed to the elite, the privileged.  Keep in mind, this $7 trillion doesn't even include what the elite have invested in the stock market!

Media and Politics - What Is the Role of Media in Politics?

There has been some rumbling in the UK media about the plight of a US media company over what a British media company did. Now both of these companies do share the same parent company, and there has not been any evidence that the media company, which is based in the US, did anything wrong.

Why Should the Federal Government Balance Its Books and Live Within Its Means?

The United States government is not the first country in the world to have spent their treasury into oblivion. They are hardly the first great nation of their time period or era to fall for weakness and forget their fiscally sound principles.  The United States is not the first nation to fall for the concept of a socialist utopia, or the first country to find its citizens demanding more free stuff, and its government leaders promising to give more in the hopes of staying in power just a little bit longer at the expense of their financial stability.

Money Changers and Lobbyist Are Cut From the Same Cloth

K Street is home to the powerful lobbying firms in the country and a short stroll to the Capital, and House of Representatives. The lobbyists descend on government officials as the moneychangers did on the temple to ply their goods and peddle their influence. The guise used is not to change money but to educate the politicians regarding a bill in committee or one that is up for vote.

When Did the Value of US Citizenship Become Worthless?

Was it that long ago that America fought for its independence and freedom? Yeah; it has been a little over 200 years and apparently it has been long enough for a lot of people to forget how valuable freedom is.

Working Bipartisanly Does Not Mean Agreeing to Spend the Country Into Oblivion

When president Obama and the Obama administration were trying to pass Obama Care, they told the Republicans they want to work in a bipartisan way. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a media staged event, and after it was all over President Obama who probably had to go to the bathroom after sitting there that long made a very brief few comments.

PoliticalGat Poll!

Who do you support for the Republican Presidential Primaries?