Archive for the 'History' Category

A Separation Of Powers

One of the most brilliant features of the United States Constitution is the three separated powers.  The concept has endured and made this country as stable as it has been politically for 232 years.  Yet at various times in our short history different powers have risen and fallen in terms of the power that they [...]

On American Priorities

“… in the long term, we may muddle through in Afghanistan.”
-Senator John McCain (R) AZ (November 5th 2003)

On The Violent Nature Of The Empire

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

On The Relative Merits Of Railroad Theft

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
-Theodore Roosevelt (Twenty Sixth President of The United States)

The Bill Of Rights

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security [...]

The Great Document Of Freedom

Adopted by Congress on July 4th 1776
The Unanimous Declaration Of The Thirteen United States Of America
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station [...]

The Sunshine Empire Celebrates Our Domain-aversary

This evening marks the official one year anniversary of the birth of www.thesunshineempire.com.  From September of 2006 until July 1st of 2007 I wrote The Sunshine Empire at sunshineempire.blogspot.com.  Yet in the early part of 2007 while working with an SEO specialist named Josh I was convinced to take the blog out onto my own [...]

Am I Just Guilty, And White?

I was just watching Reliable Sources on CNN and the discussion centered around attention-needy child Ralph Nader.  The discussion featured Biggus Rickus’s personal lord and savior Jonah Goldberg, and Goldberg insisted that some of the allure of Barack Obama is white guilt.  Now I think that too much in this Presidential election those who are [...]

Michelle X vs. Less-Than-Zero McCain

I’m starting to feel that the same person that calls sports radio talk shows, is the same guy who gets in bitter battles with people on comment boards. I separate this from the standard sort of person that comments with a retort to the written piece, and even a well reasoned reply to another [...]