Tag Archives: U.S. Government

Prem Panicker: The West Wing: Why is Liberal a Bad Word?

. Source:The New Democrat  Matthew Santos played by Jimmy Smits, a great actor, doing a solid job of defending liberalism against Arnold Vinick played by the great actor and comedian Alan Alda. This of course was part of the last … Continue reading

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Jeff Bridges: The Contender (2000)

. Source:The New Democrat  Great speech from The Contender by Jeff Bridges who played the President in this movie. Not a very realistic scene as far as how they put the U.S. House chamber together for this joint session of … Continue reading

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Movie Clips: The American President (1995)

. Source:The Daily Press If you’re someone whose a political junky such as myself and you love watching political movies and political documentaries, than The American President is a very good movie. Because its about a President who at the … Continue reading

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Salon Magazine: Michael Burstein: ‘We Need a New Constitution’

Source:The New Democrat  Michael Burstein’s amendments, or even new United States Constitution was not as radical or social democratic as I was expecting. I perhaps was expecting to see proposals that would move America away from its federalist tradition and … Continue reading

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Thom Hartmann & Michael Medved: Debating the Role of Government in America

Source:Free State MD You ask the question’s what’s the role of government and you’ll get many different answers across the political spectrum in America. From Socialists who want government to do almost everything. Who believe the best society is the … Continue reading

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The History TV: Thomas Jefferson American Republic

Source:FRS FreeState There is a debate in the United States about what is America according to our own Constitution. Are we a republic or a democracy, the fact is we are both, but then why are we both and how … Continue reading

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Nido History: The Federalists vs. Anti-Federalist Debate

Source:The New Democrat  I like what the guy said in the video. That we have a federalist form of government, but where the Federal Government is part of that system, but not the only government. That we don’t have a … Continue reading

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Keith Hughes: US Federalism For Dummies: American Government Review

Source:The New Democrat  Federalism for dummies or for people who aren’t capable of learning anything important or staying awake unless the lesson is given in an MTV like format especially in our valley pop culture world. But Keith Hughes does … Continue reading

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Salon Magazine: Michael Lind: The South is Holding America Hostage

Source:Free State MD I seem to be writing a lot of responses lately to people who are on the lets say on the social democratic left in America who do not like our form of government to begin with because … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: ‘How Medicaid & ObamaCare Hurts The Poor’

Source:FreeState Now It’s not that we have a Federal health insurance program for the poor that’s the problem. But how it’s setup and run that is the problem because Medicaid was never setup to be run affordably and efficiently. The … Continue reading

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