Monthly Archives: January 2009

Peanut Plant Knew Product was Tainted with Salmonella; Took No Action – The maker of peanut butter linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella shipped tainted product it knew had tested positive for the bacteria, the Food and Drug Administration … Continue reading →

  FBI Saw Mortgage Fraud Early; Took No Action – The FBI was aware for years of “pervasive and growing” fraud in the mortgage industry that eventually contributed to America’s financial meltdown, but did not take definitive action to stop … Continue reading →

  Disgraced Rove Aide Named Top Lobbyist for Focus on the Family – Tim Goeglein has been named the top Washington, D.C., lobbyist for Focus on the Family. Goeglein was personally recruited in 2001 by political mastermind Karl Rove to … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin Opposes Protection for Beluga Whales – Last week, the state of Alaska announced it plans to mount a legal challenge to the listing of the Cook Inlet beluga whale under the Endangered Species Act. At the heart of … Continue reading →

The following was originally posted on The Citizens Briefing Book: Our nation is not at war with the nation of Iraq. Referring to the Iraq War is absurd! Our nation is not at war with the nation of Afghanistan. We … Continue reading →

  Republican Silliness Goes Way Back – Air and Simple Gifts is a classical quartet by American composer John Williams composed for the January 20, 2009, inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States. The source piece is … Continue reading →

Your conservative worldview has held sway for many years. Your conservative cognitive policy has changed the minds of many and perpetuated many unfortunate ideas, values and principles. But we the people have started to recognize what has happened, what has … Continue reading →

All American’s Communications Were Monitored by the NSA – Despite all the assurances of the Bush administration that their wiretapping activities were only to protect Americans from terrorists and that only concerned foreign targets, that was not true. To be … Continue reading →

In my previous post, I reviewed the conservative and progressive worldviews from a historical and family model perspective. In this posting, I review these two worldviews according to set of critical factors and how they help define each worldview. This … Continue reading →

Rush Limbaugh Proclaims, “I Hope Obama Fails” — President Obama’s message today was: choose hope over fear unity of purpose over conflict and discord remain faithful to the ideals of our forbearers overcome the economic crisis stop protecting narrow interests … Continue reading →