The First Amendment

One of the most misunderstood amendments the Constitution has, is under attack. It isn’t from the government passing the PATRIOT Act, it isn’t from a radical militia roaming the streets, the first amendment is under attack by ignorance.
 
Connie Heermann, a teacher in Indiana , was suspended for 18 months with no pay, for allowing her students [...]

Barack Obama: The Change World Tour

If you have been feeling down and blue with no explanation lately don’t fear. Not yet President Barack Obama has left the country. He recently embarked on a world tour, focusing on the Middle East and Europe. That explains your recent sadness.
Also if you somehow realized that Brian Williams, Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson have [...]

Hate to Say I Told You So

Well well well…after being laughed at and disrespected in public by both John McCain and George Bush, Barack Obama has proven (once again) to be correct: Diplomacy is indeed the best option. The Bush Adminstration has decided that they will send diplomats to Switzerland where they will meet Iranian diplomats the discuss the escalating tensions [...]

Analysis that Doesn’t Really Matter: The Veepstakes

We’ve seen over and over again that it would be too difficult for the media (especially the cable TV “news”) to feature significant substance, so instead they focus on water cooler chatter. Big surprise. The topic that’s been swirling around ever since the Obama/Clinton saga ended has been who Sens. Obama and McCain would choose [...]

Do not pass Go, Do not collect 3.8 million dollars

Why 3.8 million dollars? 3.8 million dollars represents the record setting fine that Freddie Mac had to pay to the Federal Election Commission for hosting over 75 fund raising events for members of ONE house committee in an 18 month period.
This amount does not include the combined 3.5 million dollars spent by Freddie Mac [...]

Shamil Rodriguez Bows out of CDA Race

Today Shamil Rodriguez stated exclusively to the St. John’s University College Democrats Blog that he was officially dropping out of the race for Development Director for the College Democrats of America. The following below is the official press release:
Dear Friends,
I’m writing you today to inform you of my decision not to run for Development [...]

Better Know A Member

So today we have Shamil Rodriguez, Chair of the Hispanic Caucus of the College Democrats of America sitting down with me for our latest installment of Better Know A Member.
CP: So Shamil, why did you decide to become a democrat?
SR: My father went to Iraq and came back injured and he wanted me to go [...]

Should American Airlines be American owned?

I’m not talking about selling AA to a foreign investor, I’m talking straight up communism.
Should we nationalize the airlines? Now you’ve probably heard all the news on CNN or in the New York Times about how airlines are losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The only reason they’re staying afloat is because of [...]

The Health Care Headache: Sad Coincidences (Part 1/3)

I read an article on yahoo the other day which really got my blood boiling. Check this out:
Its a sad day when any person succumbs to a rare fatal form of heart cancer early on in life. This can be said for Thomas who was diagnosed in 2001.
Hardworking and supportive of his family, he was determined [...]

Barack Obama: A College Student’s Best Friend

After reviewing my college tutiton bill, and the subsequent ten minutes of crying, I decided to check out where the candidates stood on the issue of higher education.
…Unfortunately John McCain doesn’t speak about college education on his website, just about education as a whole and his ingenious “give parents and children choices” idea, which frankly in [...]