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Different Styles of Praise Flags

Worship teams and individuals use praise flags during the worship portion of church services. During the appointed time, singers and musicians lead the congregation with inspirational music and the flag wavers brandish their praise flags. Worshiping God with praise flags is becoming increasingly pop

A Tale of Two Wannabe Emperors - 2012 Presidential Campaign

As the nation, in fact, the world watched, the governor bobbed and weaved, trying to avoid contact with his own starkly contrasting convictions, morphing constantly as his not so diverse advisors and supporters pushed and pulled him in different directions, urging him to show his compassionate side,

What Types of Government Are in Use Today?

The United States Congress meets in the Capitol Building.us capitol image by Ritu Jethani from Fotolia.comThe types of governments that are in use today range from systems based on economic tenets, such as capitalism and communism, to systems based on political principles, such as...

Campaign Finance Law

It almost goes without saying that politics involves big money. This is true now more than ever. On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that the US government may no longer ban certain forms of campaign contributions by corporations.

Is The Entitlements Dilemma Manageable?

Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare are all in a financial chaos. Social Security is probably the most secure program out of the three. A small raise in the retirement age, a small increase in the Social Security tax rate, raising the Social Security cap number, or some combination of all of the

Early Voting Facts

Absentee voting has been allowed for many years, but since the 1980s a growing number of states have allowed in-person or mail-in early voting. There are benefits and draw drawbacks to early voting, but most election officials think the benefits outweigh any negative impacts.

Debate Topics for a Gamer's Convention

For some, gaming may seem as necessary as water, food or electricity. The true video gamer will likely have a phone full of Android games, and a host of cartridges lining the walls. She might custom skins for every console including the PSP Go, Gameboy Color, PS3 Slim, GameCube and Nintendo 64. Game

Political Promotional Products: An Effective Use Of Campaign Dollars

According to a recent article by Jim Kuhnhenn, presidential candidates are planning to spend more than ever before on advertising. For instance, Kuhnhenn says Barack Obama has spent more than “$2.7 million in ad spending in Iowa alone, according to data compiled by other presidential campaigns

Big Government Or Small Government?

Wrong question! Neither answer helps America's working families. It's time to cease the don't ask don't want to know policy used by both political parties.

Dafur Emergency: A Challenge To Civilisation

Dafur, the western part of Sudan has become not only a focal point but the turning point that changed the political landscape of Sudan. Dafur, the despised and rejected stone has become a stone of stumbling for the Sudanese regime. Dafur dashed to pieces all the confident calculations of Omar el-Bas

How to Fix a Broken America

Fixing a Broken America explains how citizens are losing their rights and freedoms and how our country is leaning more towards other types of government than a democracy. It talks about theology, plutocracy and a dictatorship as forms we are leaning toward because of the influx of unlimited campaign

An Open Letter to Newsweek

WE hope Jonathan won't mind if we Alter some of his math assumptions regarding the remaining primaries. The Slate Delegate Calculator is indicating a fixed percentage of votes for Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont. They're giving Obama 44% to Clinton's, 54% for Ohio,Obama 40% to C

America's Morning After is on the Way

It is difficult to extract humor out of the current challenges facing our country, even though President Obama and liberal Democrats are giving us plenty of good material. But, if a laugh or two doesn't help, try history as a means of soothing your fears. We've had it worse, yet America&ap

Maine Caucus Rules

The state of Maine holds biennial municipal caucuses and Title 21 of the Election Code provides the rules to govern them.Maine state contour with Capital City against blurred USA flag image by Stasys Eidiejus from Fotolia.comIn the state of Maine, Title 21 of the Election Code requires...

How to Respond to Ethical Pressures

Ethics is a a branch of moral philosophy concerned with questions about what is right and wrong as they affect individual and group behaviors. Ethical pressures arise from a situation of conflict or a moral dilemma when competing values are at stake. Ethical pressure can refer to an instance when a

We Can Put A Man On The Moon.Why Can' t We Close The Leak?

Preparations for a successful landing of two astronauts on the moon took eight years and cost $140 billion. Protecting US coastal waters from oil spills caused by damaged tankers or by ruptured oil wells would have cost pennies on the dollar if instituted in time and ahead of permitting any deepwate

The May 2010 Elections in the Philippines

In a couple of months, the Philippines will elect its new President and Senators. Lets get to know what going on with their elections campaign. Some election periods ago, its out in the news that there were some incidents of killing related to politics rivalry reported by major TV networks. From the

State Governor Duties

In the U.S. Constitution, certain rights and responsibilities are given to individual states. Our forefathers knew that what might work for one state, might not work for another. And while some of these duties, such as training a militia, are no longer relevant, others remain necessary....