Author Archives: Rik Schneider

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About Rik Schneider

Blogger/writer on a lot of different subjects.

National Review: Jim Geraghty Interviews Ralph Reed at CPAC 2014

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The face of the GOP is really the religious right, the “get big government into our personal lives wing of the Republican Party.” I wonder what the Conservative Libertarian wing of the GOP led by Rand Paul, … Continue reading →

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Firing Line William F. Buckley Buckley: Representative Ron Paul (1988)

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:Firing Line With William F. Buckley– talking to Libertarian Party presidential nominee Ron Paul, in 1988. Source:The New Democrat  “Ron Paul and William F. Buckley discussing a Constitutional Republic and the necessary evils of government. In 1988, Ron Paul was … Continue reading →

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The Federalist: Opinion: Fred Cole: Sometimes You Have To Question This Whole Freedom Thing

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Rik Schneider

The Federalist: Opinion: Fred Cole: Sometimes You Have To Question This Whole Freedom Thing Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter I read both sides of the political spectrum, all the way from … Continue reading →

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The Washington Post: Andrew Cohut: Are Democrats Getting Two Liberal?

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is where political labels, that is, labels that only describe one’s political ideology, get people into trouble when they don’t understand what the labels mean and what that political ideology is about. I agree with Andrew … Continue reading →

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NFL Films: The New York Jets 1968 Yearbook

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The 1968 Jets were a solid team, but not a great team loaded with Hall of Famers all across the board.  They only had two that I know of, QB Joe Namath, obviously one of the top … Continue reading →

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Conel Rad: How to Spot a Communist

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  The U.S. government, just a few decades ago, had an undemocratic habit of suppressing dissent by labeling any person or organization whom they perceived as disapproving official actions or policies, for whatever reason, as communist.  In the … Continue reading →

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FOX Sports: Video: The Sports Butterfly Effect: What if the Portland Blazers Drafted Michael Jordan Instead of Sam Bowie

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter If only this were true, and the Portland Blazers instead of the Chicago Bulls had drafted Michael Jordan in 1984; how different the NBA would’ve been! … Continue reading →

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Firing Line William F. Buckley: Ron Paul (1988)

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  What I respect most about Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative from Texas and presidential candidate for both the Libertarian Party and the Republican Party, is his honesty.  He’s truly against big government from both an economic and … Continue reading →

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The American Conservative: Leon Hadar: The Right’s Putin Problem’

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The American Conservative– Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. “The counterintuitive argument that Putin should be considered a hero of American conservatives probably originated with the founder of this magazine who asked last year whether in “the culture war for mankind’s … Continue reading →

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Vegas and the Mob: The Feds Crackdown of Organized Labor

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  If todays so-called Progressives only knew how tough Bobby Kennedy was on corruption in organized labor as Attorney General of the United States, then I don’t believe he would as popular with organized labor and the far-left … Continue reading →

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