About Derik Schneider
I use a picture of John F. Kennedy as my profile pic on social media for as a very good reason: I'm a center-right, John F. Kennedy, Liberal Democrat. The real Liberals who believe in the defense of liberal democracy and the fight against authoritarianism, left-wing or right-wing.
But I blog a lot about the Far-Left (or new-left, if you prefer) because I'm very interested in socialism and communism, as well as center-left progressivism, which is the real progressivism.
Source:Free State MD When U.S. Justice Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, I saw it as another opportunity for President Obama and Liberal Democrats, of which I’m one, to appoint another liberal Justice to the Supreme Court … Continue reading →
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Tagged 111th Congress, 2010, America, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Elena Kagan, Illinois, President Barack Obama, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD So what would I do? I’ve said before it’s easier to complain about something than to fix it. I would have a comprehensive approach to fixing the illegal Immigration problem like the Affordable Care Act’s reform of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2010, America, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Barack Obama, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Governor Jan Brewer, Illegal Immigration, Illinois, Immigration, Jan Brewer, President Barack Obama, The White House, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD The Arizona immigration bill is all the evidence needed to conclude that it’s time for comprehensive immigration reform in America. As President Obama has said, failure of Washington to act will lead to misguided legislation meant to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2010, America, Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law, Governor Jan Brewer, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Reform, Jan Brewer, Racial Profiling, SB1070, United States
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Source:Reason Magazine– LEAP’s Neill Franklin, being interviewed by Reason Magazine’s Ted Balaker. Source:Free State MD “Commentators like Bill O’Reilly claim that ending the drug war would lead to more children being abused by drug-addicted parents. But 33-year law enforcement veteran … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2010, America, American Drug War, Authoritarianism, Big Government, Collectivism, Drug Prohibition, Illegal Narcotics, Law Enforcement Against The War on Drugs, Nanny State, Neill Franklin, Statism, Ted Balaker, United States, War on Drugs
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Source:Free State MD What do I think of the Affordable Health Care Act? Well to be brief, and I guess this is simplistic, I would say that it is the best health care reform bill that could’ve been passed in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 111th Congress, 2009-10 Health Care Reform Debate, 2010, Affordable Care Act, America, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Health Care Reform, House Democrats, Illinois, ObamaCare, President Barack Obama, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Senate Democrats, The White House, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD I realize that we’re past the 365-day mark of the Barack Obama presidency and we’re probably around the 400-day mark but I want to lay out in this blog how I believe the first year of the … Continue reading →
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Tagged 111th Congress, 2010, 2010 State of the Union Address, America, Barack Obama, Center Left, First Year of the Obama Presidency, Illinois, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, President Barack Obama, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD When the health care reform debate started earlier this year, President Obama made the political calculation that he would delegate the health care reform issue to the unpopular Democratic Congress and let the congressional Democratic Leadership figure … Continue reading →
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Source:Free State MD Justice David Souter was considered by then President George H.W. Bush to be the next conservative Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Ha! He was the best mistake that President Bush could have made, in my opinion … Continue reading →
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Tagged 111th Congress, 2009, America, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama, President Obama Nominates Judge Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, The 2000s, The White House, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, United States, United States Supreme Court, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD It’s been just 100 days of the Barack Obama Administration (note the title of this blog), but already there seems to be a pattern to how President Obama will govern. The first few weeks seemed shaky, with … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2009, America, Barack Obama, Center Left, Democratic Party, Illinois, NBC News, President Barack Obama, President Obama's First 100 Days, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, The 2000s, The White House, U.S. Government, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Source:Free State MD When I look at America today I still see a country that I love, the greatest country in the World. There is no other country where I would rather live, even though my family, like most other … Continue reading →
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Tagged 111th Congress, 2009, 2009 State of the Union Address, America, Barack Obama, Center Left, Democratic Party, Illinois, President Barack Obama, President Obama's First Speech to Congress, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, The 2000s, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, United States Senate, Washington, Washington DC
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