THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Volume VI, 2004

Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor



Conservative & Free-Market Analysis of Government, Politics & Public Policy, Covering Political, Legal, Constitutional, Economic, Cultural, Military, International, Strategic, & Geopolitical Issues

NEO-OTTOMANISM & THE PROFOUND SHIFT THAT HAS OCCURRED IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY -- REORIENTATION OF TURKISH POLICY AWAY FROM THE U.S.A. TOWARD EUROPE & THE ISLAMIC WORLD:  THE LASTING DAMAGE THE FOREIGN-POLICY SHIFT HAS DONE TO THE U.S.-TURKISH ALLIANCE & TO TURKEY'S NATIONAL SECURITY
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Volume VI, Issue # 181, August 14, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS TURKEY SHIFTING SIDES?
THE PROBLEMS OF NEO-OTTOMANISM

By Michael Rubin



INDONESIA, DEMOCRACY, & THE ISLAMIST THREAT -- THE EASY RECEPTIVITY TO ISLAMIST VIEWS AMOMG THE INDONESIAN PUBLIC & THE VERY THIN REED UPON WHICH RESTS ALL HOPES FOR A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IN AN INDONESIA ALLIED WITH THE U.S.A. & THE WEST
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Volume VI, Issue # 180, August 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INDONESIAN DEMOCRACY VERSUS ISLAMIST FUNDAMENTALISM

By Daniel Mandel



THE FAILURE OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THE PRESENCE OF PKK TERRORISTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ & ALONG TURKEY'S SOUTHERM BORDER WITH IRAQ:  A THREAT TO THE 50-YEAR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN TURKEY & THE U.S.A. & TO AMERICA'S CREDIBILITY IN THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
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Volume VI, Issue # 179, August 12, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE PKK FACTOR:

ANOTHER CRITICAL ENEMY FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR

By Michael Rubin



WHAT MIGHT THE ISLAMIST TERRORISTS HOPE TO GAIN BY ATTACKING THE U.S.A. & MURDERING LARGE NUMBERS OF AMERICANS ON THE EVE OF THE COMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?  IF AL-QA'IDA DECIDES TO ATTEMPT SUCH AN ATTACK AGAINST AMERICA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE ELECTION, WHAT WILL HAVE CONVINCED THE ISLAMISTS THAT AMERICANS ARE SO COWARDLY THAT THEY CAN BE TERRORIZED INTO VOTING FOR NATIONAL LEADERS WHO WILL ACQUIESCE & CAPITULATE TO TERRORIST DEMANDS?  WILL LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROPAGANDA & ELECTIONEERING TACTICS CONSTITUTE A MAJOR SOURCE OF SUCH AN ISLAMIST DELUSION?
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Volume VI, Issue # 178, August 11, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICAN LIBERALS:  AL-QA'IDA'S USEFUL IDIOTS

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2004 & THE CONCERNS OF AMERICAN VOTERS -- WHY ALAN CARUBA PREDICTS THAT INCUMBENT PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH WILL WIN A NARROW BUT CLEAR REELECTION VICTORY ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004
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Volume VI, Issue # 177, August 10, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2004:

WHY BUSH WILL WIN REELECTION

By Alan Caruba



TURKISH POLITICS & POLITICAL CULTURE, THE ISLAMIST THREAT, & THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THE "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" OF U.S. NATIONAL LEADERS & DIPLOMATIC SPOKESMEN: UNDERMINING THE U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONSHIP & STRENGTHENING THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT INSIDE TURKEY'S BORDERS
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Volume VI, Issue # 176, August 9, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TURKISH DEMOCRACY:  MUSLIM OR SECULAR?

By Michael Rubin



THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION:  A CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL, CULTURAL, & EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO COUNTER THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LEFTIST POLITICAL PROPAGANDA & LEFTIST PROGRAMS OF MASS PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONING & POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION
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Volume VI, Issue # 175, August 6, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION VERSUS THE LIBERAL & RADICAL LEFT

By Steve Forbes



THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- YASIR ARAFAT'S "PHASED STRATEGY" FOR ACHIEVING AN ULTIMATE & TOTAL PALESTINIAN ARAB VICTORY IN THE CONFLICT:  EXPLOITATION OF THE OSLO "PEACE PROCESS" TO PENETRATE, SABOTAGE, UNDERMINE, WEAKEN, & EVENTUALLY BRING ABOUT TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
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Volume VI, Issue # 174, August 5, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

YASIR ARAFAT'S GRAND STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING
THE CONQUEST & DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL

By Efraim Karsh



THE STATE OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AMERICA TODAY:  THE STEADILY EXPANDING ROLE OF THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC EDUCATION & THE CONTINUING POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS, DESPITE THE MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF FEDERAL MONEY EXPENDED TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN THE U.S.A.
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Volume VI, Issue # 173, August 4, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TAXPAYER BILLIONS WASTED ON EDUCATION

By Alan Caruba



U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY UNDER A KERRY PRESIDENCY:  IF JOHN F. KERRY IS ELECTED PRESIDENT, HOW WILL HE DEAL WITH THE ISLAMIST TERROR WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST?  WILL HE PURSUE A POLICY OF APPEASEMENT & SURRENDER?
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Volume VI, Issue # 172, August 3, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW A KERRY PRESIDENCY WOULD RESPOND
TO TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE U.S.A.

By Thomas S. Winter



SPECULATING ON WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN A TRANSITION IS FORCED ON PALESTINIAN POLITICS BY THE DEMISE OF YASIR ARAFAT:  WHAT IMPACT WILLTHE TRANSITION HAVE ON THE PALESTINIAN MOVEMENT, ARAB POLITICS, & THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT? WHAT WILL REPLACE ARAFAT'S POLITICAL REGIME & MOVEMENT?
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Volume VI, Issue # 171, August 2, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PALESTINIAN POLITICS:  WHAT HAPPENS AFTER ARAFAT IS GONE?

By Professor Barry Rubin



JIMMY CARTER'S SPEECH AT THE 2004 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION:  MINDLESS PONTIFICATING & A MALICIOUS, DECEITFUL, & DISGUSTING PERFORMANCE CLEARLY INDICATING WHY THE SINGLE-TERM CARTER PRESIDENCY WAS A TOTAL FAILURE & NATIONAL DISGRACE -- A SPEECH DENONSTRATING THE FACT THAT CARTER NEVER UNDERSTOOD THE BENEFITS OF MILITARY STRENGTH & STILL BELIEVES WEAKNESS & APPEASEMENT TO BE A WORTHWHILE MILITARY & DIPLOMATIC POLICY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Volume VI, Issue # 170, July 30, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JIMMY CARTER NEVER LEARNED

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE REFUSAL OF MUSLIMS TO REFORM THE INSTITUTIONS OF ISLAM & ADAPT THEM TO CHANGING TIMES:  INSISTENCE ON THE SUBMISSION OF ALL MUSLIMS TO LAWS APPLICABLE TO THE SEVENTH CENTURY, BUT IN CONFLICT WITH LIFE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE LONGTERM DEMISE OF ISLAM
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Volume VI, Issue # 169, July 29, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAM'S SEEDS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION

By Alan Caruba



IF MARY JO KOPECHNE COULD SPEAK FROM THE GRAVE, WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE CHARACTER & PAST BEHAVIOR OF U.S. SENATOR TED KENNEDY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S NATIONAL DISGRACE WHO IS CURRENTLY POSING AS THE NATION'S ARBITER OF TRUTH & INTEGRITY & SERVING AS A LEADING ATTACK DOG FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN
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Volume VI, Issue # 168, July 28, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TED KENNEDY'S DISHONORABLE & REPREHENSIBLE PAST:

I REMEMBER!

By
A Concerned American



POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, & THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS:  THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S SUPPORT OF RADICAL GREEN DEMANDS & SELL OUT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS -- THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PROGRAM THAT WOULD INVOLVE PLACING LARGE TRACTS OF PRIVATE LAND UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL & MANAGEMENT
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Volume VI, Issue # 167, July 27, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS PROPERTY RIGHTS:

BUSH ADMINISTRATION BACKS THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS
& SELLS OUT PROPERTY RIGHTS
By Peyton Knight


SANDY BERGER, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO FORMER PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON -- UNDER CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR PILFERING OR IMPROPERLY HANDLING CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE 9/11 COMMISSION HEARINGS:  INVESTIGATION OF A POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S NATIONAL SECURITY LAPSES, MANY OF WHICH LEFT THE U.S.A. VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACK
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Volume VI, Issue # 166, July 26, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ALLOW JOHN ASHCROFT TO DO HIS JOB

By Christopher G. Adamo



POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM & THE THIRD WORLD:  THE EFFORTS OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & IN THE HIGHLY DEVELOPED NATIONS TO PREVENT THE LESSER DEVELOPED NATIONS FROM SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPING THEIR ECONOMIERS & PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF THEIR CITIZENS THROUGH THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY -- ALAN CARUBA'S EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW OF NIGER INNIS
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Volume VI, Issue # 165, July 25, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CORE'S NIGER INNIS ON THE AIDS EPIDEMIC &
THE POLITICS OF "ECO-ENVIRONMENTALISM":

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

By Alan Caruba



THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS' SCHEME FOR VAST AMOUNTS OF PRIVATELY OWNED LAND IN THE U.S.A. TO BE BROUGHT UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL & PLACED OFF LIMITS TO HUMAN USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:  A LAND-GRAB SCHEME WHICH, ACCORDING TO DR. MICHAEL COFFMAN & HENRY LAMB, THE UNITED NATIONS IS PUSHING & AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS ENDEAVORING TO IMPLEMENT -- ALAN CARUBA'S REPORT FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
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Volume VI, Issue # 164, July 24, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DR. MICHAEL COFFMAN:  HIS FIGHT AGAINST
A MASSIVE GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB

A REPORT FROM THE FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE

By Alan Caruba



JUDGE ROY MOORE'S COMMENTS ON SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, & THE RIGHTS & LIBERTIES OF AMERICANS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  ALAN CARUBA'S REPORT FROM THE FIFTH ANNUAL FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
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Volume VI, Issue # 163, July 23, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDGE ROY MOORE: HIS CALL FOR
PROTECTION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION

A REPORT FROM THE FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE

By Alan Caruba



RESURRECTING EMPIRE -- RASHID KHALIDI'S EXAMINATION OF THE RECORD OF WESTERN INVOLVEMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST & ANALYSIS OF THE LIKELY OUTCOME OF THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES INCURSIONS INTO THE REGION:  A BOOK PRESENTING ACCOUNTS & CONCLUSIONS WHICH REST ON QUESTIONABLE SOURCES, MANIFEST THE AUTHOR'S TENDENCY TO FAVOR POLEMIC OVER FACT, & REFLECT LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF IRAQI HISTORY & OF HOW U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY IS MADE
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Volume VI, Issue # 162, July 22, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ACADEMIA GONE AWRY:  A BOOK REVIEW

By Michael Rubin



ENVIRONMENTALISM & ANIMAL RIGHTS RADICALISM:  CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS OF TECHNOPHOBIA -- THE FEAR OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION WHICH, IN EARLIER TIMES, GENERATED OPPOSITION & RESISTANCE TO THE INTRODUCTION & USE OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING & ADVANCES IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Volume VI, Issue # 161, July 21, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENVIRONMENTALISTS:  PRESENT-DAY ADVOCATES OF TECHNOPHOBIA

By Alan Caruba



CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, & PUBLIC POLICY -- WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE CURRENT DISPUTE OVER THE CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET:  WHETHER LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT & RESPECT FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS WILL BE RESTORED IN CALIFORNIA
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Volume VI, Issue # 160, July 20, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGER & CALIFORNIA'S BUDGET BATTLE

THE STATE BUDGET BATTLE CENTERS ON RESTORING LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
By Ken Masugi


RECENT HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN GEOPOLITICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  AMERICA'S SUCCESSFUL SPACE PROGRAM & ITS FAVORABLE IMPACT ON U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY & MILITARY DEFENSE CAPABILITIES -- THE EPIC JOURNEY OF APOLLO 11 TO THE MOON & ITS ELIMINATION OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEFICIT THAT COULD HAVE SPELLED DOOM FOR THE U.S.A. IN THE FACE ON AN ONSLAUGHT OF SPACEBORNE SOVIET WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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Volume VI, Issue # 159, July 19, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JULY 20, 1969:  THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMENDING THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION TO EXPRESSLY DENY FEDERAL COURTS THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THE STATES TO LEGALLY RECOGNIZE OR DEFINE MARRIAGE TO INCLUDE SAME-SEX UNIONS:  A MOVE ESSENTIAL TO THWARTING THE INSIDIOUS & UNDERHANDED EFFORTS OF LEFTWING LIBERALS & NIHILISTIC COUNTERCULTURALISTS TO FORCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THE DESTRUCTION OF TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE
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Volume VI, Issue # 158, July 17, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY

By Christopher G. Adamo



RECYCLING OF HOUSEHOLD GARBAGE:  A WASTE OF TIME, MONEY, & MANPOWER -- ONE OF MANY FRAUDS PERPETRATED ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE MYTHS OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Volume VI, Issue # 157, July 16, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE UTTER WASTE OF RECYCLING

By Alan Caruba



U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY VERSUS FULFILLING AMERICA'S ENERGY & TRANSPORTATION NEEDS -- THE MAIN CULPRITS IN RISING OIL PRISES:  AMERICANS WHO SUPPORT THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THEIR DEMAND FOR PUBLIC POLICIES THAT PREVENT INCREASED DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION, POLICIES BLOCKING NEW DRILLING FOR OIL & THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OIL REFINERIES
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Volume VI, Issue # 156, July 15, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE:

NIMBYS, BANANAS, & GREENS

By Tom DeWeese



THE FIFTH ANNUAL FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE:  A FOUR-DAY CONFERENCE THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE LEADERS TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATING TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, ECONOMIC GROWTH & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THE UNITED NATIONS & WORLD GOVERNMENT, & THE CONTINUING ATTACKS ON NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY, AMERICAN EDUCATION, THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, & THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
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Volume VI, Issue # 155, July 14, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FIFTH ANNUAL FREEDOM21 CONFERENCE
HIGHLIGHTS STRUGGLE TO PROTECT FREEDOM

Disseminated by Alan Caruba



IN THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM, WHAT MUST AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSE OF AMERICA & THE WEST INCLUDE?  A SERIES OF VERY GOOD OFFENSES:  A DETERMINED, PERSISTENT, & THOROUGHING PROACTIVE ENDEAVOR TO PURSUE & ELIMINATE THE TERRORISTS, HUNTING THEM DOWN & KILLING THEM, WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE FOUND
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Volume VI, Issue # 154, July 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TERRORISM PREVAILS ONLY AGAINST THE TIMID

By Christopher G. Adamo



IRAN:  A GRAVE & GROWING THREAT TO WORLD PEACE & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & GOALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- WHAT THE U.S.A. MUST DO IN ORDER TO THWART IRAN'S DRIVE TOWARD HEGEMONY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume VI, Issue # 153, July 12, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW TO TAME TEHRAN

By Ilan Berman



PUBLIC OPINION IN THE NEW IRAQ:  DO MOST IRAQIS THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFER & ENJOY GREATER FREEDOM IF AMERICAN & COALITION FORCES ARE IMMEDIATELY WITHDRAWN FROM IRAQ?  ACCORDING TO IRAQI PERCEPTIONS, WHAT ARE THE PRESSING NEEDS OF IRAQ & THE IRAQI PEOPLE?
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Volume VI, Issue # 152, July 11, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHAT REAL IRAQIS ARE SAYING

By Alan Caruba



THE LIBYAN POLITICAL REGIME OF MUAMMAR QADDAFI -- STILL A TYRANNICAL & OPPRESSIVE DICTATORSHIP UNDER WHICH THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OR PROTECTION OF BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS:  AMPLE REASON FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO RECONSIDER ITS DETERMINATION TO EMBRACE QADDAFI AS AN AMERICAN ALLY IN THE ARAB WORLD
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Volume VI, Issue # 151, July 10, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE SAME OLD QADDAFI:

BEFORE WE GET TOO COZY WITH LIBYA,
CONSIDER THE HUMAN RIGHTS REALITY THERE

By Michael Rubin



THE BABY BOOMERS, THE VIETNAM WAR, & THE ANTIWAR PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE "PEACENIKS" -- REFLECTIONS ON A GENERATION OF "AMERICANS" WHO WERE SELF-CENTERED, IRRESPONSIBLE SPOILED BRATS FANCYING THEMSELVES AS SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS REVOLUTIONARIES STRUGGLING AGAINST "INJUSTICE," YOUNG JERKS WHO TURNED AGAINST & SOUGHT TO UNDERMINE THEIR OWN COUNTRY DURING A TIME OF WAR: THOUGHTS ON THE DISGUSTING ATTITUDES & DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR OF THE WORST ELEMENT OF THE "ME GENERATION"
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Volume VI, Issue # 150, July 9, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THOUGHTS ON BEING PART OF THE BABY BOOM GENERATION:

I FEEL LIKE I'M FIXIN' TO THROW UP

By Tom DeWeese



THE U.S.A., THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE TERROR MASTERS:  ISLAMIC TERRORISM, THE WAR ON TERRORISM, WITH WHOM WE ARE AT WAR, WHY WE ARE AT WAR, & THE PROBLEM OF DEMOCRATIZING THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume VI, Issue # 149, July 8, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TERROR & DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

By Dr. Michael Ledeen



WHAT IS AT STAKE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2004 -- THE ADVERSE IMPACT THAT A KERRY PRESIDENCY WOULD HAVE ON UNITED STATES FOREIGN & DEFENSE POLICY:  THE SEVERE DAMAGE THAT WOULD BE DONE TO AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY & STANDING IN THE WORLD
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Volume VI, Issue # 148, July 7, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

KERRY WOULD WEAKEN AMERICA'S STANDING

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPERNDENCE:  A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE SOCIAL COMPACT THEORY OF JOHN LOCKE & THOMAS JEFFERSON -- THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY EMPLOYED BY AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS TO JUSTIFY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION & THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Volume VI, Issue # 147, July 6, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC

By Christopher Flannery



IS COMMONSENSE GAINING OVER THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY & FALSE CLAIMS OF RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS?  SOME ENCOURAGING RESULTS PRODUCED BY A RECENT PUBLIC OPINION POLL:  A SMALL INDICATION THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH IS BEGINNING TO TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE PROPAGANDA OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISTS
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Volume VI, Issue # 146, July 5, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENVIRONMENTALISM & PUBLIC OPINION:

THE GREEN FEVER SUBSIDES

By Alan Caruba



THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO IRAQ:  UNITED STATES POLICY AFFECTING IRAQ & THE SERIOUS MISTAKES THAT ARE BEING MADE BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- U.S. SUPPORT & ADVOCACY OF A PARTY-SLATE ELECTORAL SYSTEM FOR IRAQ & THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY & CHAOS THAT OPERATION OF SUCH A SYSTEM IN THAT COUNTRY IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE
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Volume VI, Issue # 145, July 4, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AS THE U.S.A. HANDS OVER IRAQ TO THE IRAQIS:

SERIOUS MISTAKES THAT ARE BEING MADE

By Michael Rubin



ISLAMISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, & ANTI-AMERICANISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST & IN FRANCE: WHAT MOTIVATES THE ISLAMISTS & THEIR WESTERN COLLABORATORS IN THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD THAT IS BEING WAGED AGAINST THE JEWS, THE STATE OF ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, & WESTERN CIVILIZATION
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Volume VI, Issue # 144, July 3, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PREACHERS OF HATE:  ISLAM & THE WAR ON AMERICA

By Kenneth Timmerman



THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT PRIOR TO ITS ATTACK UPON THE U.S.A. ON SEPTERBER 11, 2001:  AN INDIAN PRE-9/11 PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD & ITS THREAT TO INDIA & SOUTH ASIA
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Volume VI, Issue # 143, July 2, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMISM & JIHADIST TERRORISM
IN SOUTH ASIA: AN INDIAN PRE-9/11 PERSPECTIVE
ON THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD

By B. Raman



MILITANT ISLAM, THE IDEOLOGY OF MULTICULTURALISM, & THE CALL FOR SPECIAL ISLAMIC TRIBUNALS TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES AMONG MUSLIMS IN CANADA:  THE ISLAMISTS' ENDEAVOR TO EXPLOIT THE OPEN & PLURALISTIC CHARACTER OF CANADIAN SOCIETY IN ORDER TO IMPOSE THE ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW ON CANADIANS OF MUSLIM ORIGIN & FAITH -- THREAT TO CANADA'S CIVILIZED VALUES & SYSTEM OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, GENDER EQUALITY, & EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW
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Volume VI, Issue # 142, July 1, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMISM & MULTICULTURALISM IN CANADA:

A UNITED CAMP AGAINST UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS

By Azam Kamguian



WHICH TYPE OF ELECTORAL SYSTEM IS MORE LIKELY TO ENHANCE POLITICAL STABILITY & PRODUCE A FAIR SYSTEM OF REPRESENTATION IN THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT -- DIRECT ELECTIONS BY PARTY SLATES, WITH EACH POLITICAL PARTY GAINING REPRESENTATION ACCORDING TO ITS PORTION OF THE NATIONWIDE VOTE, OR ELECTIONS BY SINGLE-MEMBER LOCAL OR REGIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, WITH THE WINNING CANDIDATE IN A GIVEN CONSTITUENCY BECOMING THAT CONSTITUENCY'S SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE, ACCOUNTABLE TO LOCAL OR REGIONAL RESIDENTS, RATHER THAN TO PARTY BOSSES?
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Volume VI, Issue # 141, June 30, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE PARTY-SLATE SYSTEM OF ELECTIONS:

THE WRONG ELECTORAL SYSTEM FOR IRAQ

By Michael Rubin



DIVISION & CONFLICT WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, U.S.A.:  THE TRADITIONAL CONSERVATISM & PATRIOTISM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY VERSUS THE LEFTWING LIBERALISM OF THE SOCALLED "REPUBLICAN MODERATES" -- DIVISION & CONFLICT OVER U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY AS A MAJOR EXAMPLE OF THE GOP'S INTERNAL PROBLEM
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Volume VI, Issue # 140, June 29, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CONSERVATISM, IMMIGRATION POLICY, & THE GOP:

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAGES WAR AGAINST ITS CONSERVATIVES

By Christopher G. Adamo



PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK -- THE RADICAL, ANTI-PROPERTY RIGHTS POLITICAL AGENDA OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS:  PURSUIT OF THE GREEN AGENDA IN NEW JERSEY -- A CASE STUDY OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. AS A WHOLE
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Volume VI, Issue # 139, June 28, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS' ASSAULT ON PROPERTY RIGHTS:

WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY

By Alan Caruba



MILITANT ISLAM, IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMISM, & INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:  IN COMBINATION, A ROADBLOCK TO GLOBAL POLITICAL PROGRESS & ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & A SERIOUS THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY, CIVIL SOCIETY, & HUMAN FREEDOM
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Volume VI, Issue # 138, June 27, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMISM & INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM:

ROADBLOCK TO SECURITY, PROGRESS, & PROSPERITY

By Donald H. Rumsfeld



THE UNITED NATIONS' LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:  A TREATY WHICH WILL, IF RATIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES SENATE, TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS TO FREE MOVEMENT & PRIVATE ENTERPRISE & DESTROY AMERICAN NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & INDEPENDENCE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 137, June 26, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

UN LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:

THREAT TO U.S. SOVEREIGNTY

By Tom DeWeese



ENVIRONMENTALISM:  A RADICAL POLITICAL IDEOLOGY & ECONOMICALLY DESTRUCTIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT -- A MALIGNANT CANCER THAT DESTROYS LIVES, JOBS, & THE QUINTESSENTIAL BASIS OF OUR NATION'S CAPITALIST ECONOMY, THE RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 136, June 25, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT:

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION COSTING THE U.S.A. BILLIONS
By Alan Caruba


THE UNITED NATIONS' LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:  A DIRECT ASSAULT ON THE NATIONAL INTERESTS & SOVEREIGNTY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & ON THE SUPREMACY OF THE NATION-STATE AS THE PRIMARY ACTOR IN WORLD AFFAIRS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 135, June 24, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:

THREAT TO NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY

By Peter Leitner



ARE THE IRAQIS READY TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SOVEREIGNTY?  WILL THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT BE ABLE TO AVOID VIOLENT OVERTHROW, ASSERT ITS AUTHORITY, & SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAIN ORDER WITHIN IRAQ?  HOW SECURE WILL THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IRAQI BE?  IRAQ'S UNCERTAIN POLITICAL FUTURE:  THE CONCLUSIONS THAT EMERGED FROM A TEN-DAY TRIP TO IRAQ BY A TEAM FROM THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 134, June 23, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAQ FOR THE IRAQIS:  HOW & WHEN

By Patrick Clawson



THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:  ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY THE UNITED NATIONS TO ACQUIRE GOVERNING POWER THROUGH A UN TREATY -- A TREATY THAT IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE & A SERIOUS THREAT TO AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY & SOVEREIGNTY AS WELL AS TO IMPORTANT U.S. INTERESTS & CONCERNS RELATING TO ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 133, June 22, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE LAW OF THE SEA TREATY:

FATALLY FLAWED & INCONSISTENT WITH
AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTEREST

By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.



WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON & RONALD WILSON REAGAN -- TWO RECENT PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  A CONTRAST IN AMERICAN NATIONAL LEADERS -- STARK DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS AS INDIVIDUALS & BETWEEN THE SEGMENTS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY REFLECTED IN EACH MAN
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 132, June 21, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON & RONALD WILSON REAGAN
TWO DIFFERENT PRESIDENTS, REFLECTING
TWO DIFFERENT AMERICAS

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE LACK OF MEDIA INDEPENDENCE UNDER THE DICTATORSHIP OF YASIR ARAFAT, THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, & THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION -- PALESTINIAN "NEWSPAPERS" AS PROPAGANDA OUTLETS FOR THE PALESTINIAN DICTATORSHIP: SUPRESSION OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH & THE PRESS IN GAZA & THE WEST BANK -- THE IMPACT ON THE FOREIGN MEDIA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 131, June 20, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PALESTINIANS:

A BRIEFING PRESENTED TO THE MIDDLE EAST FORUM

By Khaled Abu Toameh



UNDER THE CONSTITUTION & LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP?  DOES THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT EXPRESSION "ALL PERSONS ... BORN IN THE UNITED STATES" INCLUDE A PERSON BORN TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAPPENED TO BE IN THE U.S.A. AT THE TIME OF THEIR CHILD'S BIRTH?  DOES SUCH A PERSON HAVE A LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE LEGAL STATUS OF A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES?  QUESTIONS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MAY SOON CONSIDER & ANSWER.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 130, June 19, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICAN LAW & U.S. CITIZENSHIP:

WHO IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN?

By Phyllis Schlafly



DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN THE U.S.A. -- THE HOMEGROWN THREAT TO HOMELAND SECURITY: ACTS OF VIOLENCE & TERROR PERPETRATED BY ECOTERRORISTS, THE CRIMINAL & PSYCHOTIC ELEMENTS WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENTALIST & ANIMAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 129, June 18, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DOMMESTIC TERRORISTS:  THE OTHER TERRORISTS

By Alan Caruba



THE LEGACY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT RONALD WILSON REAGAN -- THE PHILOSOPHY WHICH GUIDED REAGAN THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE & THE PRACTICE OF WHICH MADE HIS PRESIDENCY ONE OF THE GREATEST THE AMERICAN NATION HAS EVER EXPERIENCED: THE PROPOSITION THAT THE COMPETENT EXERCISE OF AMERICAN POWER IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE & SECURITY -- THE SOUNDEST FORMULA FOR GUIDING UNITED STATES DEFENSE & FOREIGN POLICY IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 128, June 17, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RONALD WILSON REAGAN & PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP:
THE GIPPER'S LEGACY FOR OUR TIME

By Frank J. Gaffney



THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN OPERATING ON AMERICAN UNIVERSITY & COLLEGE CAMPUSES: MUSLIM STUDENT GROUPS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT TO AL-QA'IDA & OTHER ISLAMIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WAGING A JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WEST
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 127, June 16, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMISM'S CAMPUS CLUB:

THE MUSLIM STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION

By Jonathan Dowd-Gailey



THE ADVERSE IMPACT OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE POLICIES ON MIDWESTERN RANCHING & SMALL BUSINESS AGRICULTURE -- THE GROWING POLITICAL DISCONTENT IN THE MIDWEST:  THE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR THE BUSH PRESIDENCY & THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DURING THE UPCOMING FALL ELECTIONS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 126, June 15, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MIDWESTERN RANCHERS' DISCONTENT & THE NOVEMBER
ELECTIONS: AN ELECTORAL TIME BOMB TICKING
IN THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE CONDUCT OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES IN THE FOURTH WORLD WAR:  WHY WE AMERICANS HOLD OUR MILITARY FORCES TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER NATION IN THE WORLD --THE MORAL COMPONENT OF THE WAY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAGES WAR
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 125, June 14, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE MORAL COMPONENT OF AMERICAN WARS

By Alan Caruba



THE WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE CIVILIZED WORLD & THE BARBARISM OF RADICAL ISLAM & JIHADIST TERRORISM -- THE CLASH OF TWO OPPOSING POLITICAL VISIONS:  THE BRIGHT VISION OF HUMAN LIBERTY UNDER THE RULE OF LAW VERSUS THE GRIM VISION OF A WORLD IN WHICH DISSENT IS CRUSHED & EVERY PERSON MUST THINK & LIVE IN COLORLESS CONFORMITY UNDER THE DESPOTIC RULE OF FANATICAL, INTOLERANT, & BRUTAL ISLAMIC EXTREMIST TYRANTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 124, June 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ISLAMIST JIHAD & THE WAR ON TERRORISM:

THE WORLDWIDE CONFLICT IN WHICH WE ARE ENGAGED

By U.S. President George W. Bush



AMERICAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ -- THE STRATEGY THAT THE U.S.A. IS PURSUING IN IRAQ & THE SPECIFIC STEPS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN TO ACHIEVE U.S. GOALS THERE:  THE REPORT OF U.S. PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE AMERICAN NATION & THE IRAQI PEOPLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 123, June 12, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHAT WE ARE DOING IN IRAQ:
A REPORT TO AMERICANS & IRAQIS

By U.S. President George W. Bush



THE THREAT THAT "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" POLICY POSES TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES & HOW ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS & MANIPULATORS PREVENT INFORMATION REGARDING THIS THREAT FROM BEING DISSEMINATED AT MEETINGS OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES:  MUZZLING INVITED GUEST SPEAKERS WHO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & ITS ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 122, June 11, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" & ITS THREAT TO BUSINESS:

THE SPEECH THEY WOULD NOT LET ME FINISH

By Tom DeWeese



POLITICAL & CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE NATIONS THAT REMAIN DISCONNECTED FROM THE MODERN WORLD & ARE STILL RULED BY DESPOTIC POLITICAL REGIMES:  WHAT AMERICA & THE OTHER FREE NATIONS MUST DO TO END THE THREAT TO GLOBAL PEACE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 121, June 10, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE NEW CRUSADE FOR HUMAN FREEDOM:

THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY'S FIRST GREAT WAR

By Alan Caruba



WEAKNESSES OF THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH & THEIR POTENTIALLY ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION:  WHAT THE PRESIDENT MUST DO IN ORDER TO OVERCOME HIS VULNERABILITY TO DEFEAT & GO ON TO WIN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, 2004
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 120, June 9, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS & THE NOVEMBER, 2004, ELECTION:
WHY PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IS VULNERABLE

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP -- THE CASE OF YASSER HAMDI V. RUMSFELD:  AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO RECONSIDER & CORRECT A PROFOUND ERROR IT MADE MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO IN INTERPRETING THE CILIZENSHIP CLAUSE IN THE FOURTEENTH ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 119, June 8, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP & THE HAMDI CASE

By Dr. John C. Eastman



LEADING DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPOKESMEN & THE RECKLESS STATEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE MADE RECENTLY ABOUT THE U.S. MILITARY INVASION & OCCUPATION OF IRAQ -- BLATANT PARTISAN POLITICS, UNRESTRAINED POLITICAL AMBITION, & IRRESPONSIBLE & UNPATRIOTIC BEHAVIOR:  SHAMEFULLY TREADING PERIOUSLY CLOSE TO TREASON
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 118, June 7, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TREADS CLOSE TO TREASON

By Alan Caruba



IMMIGRATION POLITICS IN THE U.S.A. -- THE POLITICIANS' CYNICAL & PHONY DISPLAY OF "COMPASSION" & ADVOCACY OF INCREASED IMMIGRATION & AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS: ACTING IN OPPOSITION TO WIDESPREAD & FIRM AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION & RISKING A BALLOT BOX REBELLION ON THE PART OF AMERICAN VOTERS WHO DO NOT TAKE LIGHTLY DILUTION OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP & VOTING POWER
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 117, June 5, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS IS NOT COMPASSIONATE

By Edward J. Erler



MASSIVE & UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION INTO THE U.S.A., INADEQUATE CONTROL OF AMERICA'S BORDERS. U.S. GOVERNMENT INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY, U.S. INDUSTRIAL CORPORATIONS' EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, & THE MULTICULTURALIST POLITICAL PROPAGANDA THAT IS BEING DISSEMINATED BY THE MASS MEDIA & BY THE HISTORY, CIVICS, & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS:  THE DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, FOR U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, & FOR THE CONTINUING VIABILITY & EXISTENCE OF A SINGLE UNITED NATION WITH A COMMON NATIONAL HERITAGE & CULTURE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 116, June 4, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MASSIVE IMMIGRATION, LEGAL & ILLEGAL:

THE GREAT HARM IT IS DOING TO THE U.S.A.

By Thomas G. Tancredo



THE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST AMERICA & THE WEST:  WHERE & HOW MIGHT THE NEXT ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U.S.A. OCCUR?  IF THE ATTACK OCCURS, WILL WE AMERICANS DEEPEN OUR RESOLVE TO DESTROY OUR ISLAMIST ENEMIES, OR WILL WE SEEK TO WITHDRAW FROM THE FIGHT?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 115, June 3, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION:
THE NEXT ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE U.S.A.,

By Alan Caruba



THE SITUATION IN IRAQ & THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST -- WHAT AMERICA MUST DO & NOT DO IN ORDER TO AVOID A FUTURE OF ONGOING CHAOS & HAVOC VASTLY EXCEEDING THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, ISLAMIC TERRORIST ATTACKS UPON THE U.S.A.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 114, June 2, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAQ & VIETNAM -- A DANGEROUS COMPARISON:

NO QUICK & EASY FIX FOR THE PROBLEM IN IRAQ

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS:  SHOULD STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE AN APPRECIATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION?  SHOULD A MAJOR FUNCTION & RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOLS BE TO TEACH YOUNG AMERICANS AN APPRECIATION OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 113, June 1, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE HISTORY & SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM IN AMERICA'S
SCHOOLS: TEACHING AN APPRECIATION
FOR WESTERN CIVILIZATION

By Thomas G. Tancredo



FIGHTING THE GLOBAL WARMING HOAX:  PRESENTING SOME GOOD SCIENCE TO COUNTER THE BAD "SCIENCE" OF THE GLOBAL WARMING THEORY PUT FORTH BY THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 112, May 31, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

"THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW":

BAD SCIENCE, BAD MOVIE

By Alan Caruba



IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA'S MILITARY INVASION & OCCUPATION OF IRAQ & THE ENDEAVOR TO PLANT THERE A STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL ORDER:  WHY OUR EFFORTS IN IRAQ CAN BE DESCRIBED AS WORTHY & NOBLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 111, May 29, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ:

DEFENDING THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE U.S.A.

By Thomas G. Tancredo



MASSIVE, UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION FROM MEXICO -- INFINITE INGRESS OF MEXICANS INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  THE CONTINUING & GROWING THREAT TO THE U.S. ECONOMY & TO AMERICA'S COMMON NATIONAL CULTURE & IDENTITY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 110, May 28, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MASSIVE IMMIGRATION FROM MEXICO:

THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IT IS CREATING FOR THE U.S.A.

By Thomas G. Tancredo



CRITICISM OF WESTERN POLITICS & POPULAR CULTURE EMPLOYED TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS & SHORTCOMINGS OF ARABS, MUSLIMS, & THE MIDDLE EAST -- PROPAGANDA INTENDED TO CONCEAL THE DEFICIENCIES OF MIDDLE EASTERN ISLAMIC CULTURE, OR TO BLAME THEM ON AMERICA & THE WEST:  REINFORCING THE MASS DELLUSIONS & PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSE MECHANISMS THAT BLIND MIDDLE EASTERNERS TO THEIR FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL INFERIORITY, ABYSMAL IGNORANCE, UTTER BACKWARDNESS, & VICIOUS BARBARISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 109, May 27, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

STEREOTYPING ARABS & MUSLIMS:

WHY HOLLYWOOD IS NOT THE VILLAIN

By Dr. Daniel Mandel



THE WORLDWIDE WAR THAT THE ISLAMIST JIHADISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WEST & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- WHY A TOTAL VICTORY FOR AMERICA & THE WEST IN THIS FIRST GREAT WAR OF THE TWENTH-FIRST CENTURY IS SO IMPORTANT:  OUR VERY LIVES DEPEND ON THAT VICTORY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 108, May 26, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE STAKES INVOLVED IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM:

FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES

By Alan Caruba



AMERICA'S COURTS & THE RAVAGES OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM:  HIGH TIME FOR AMERICANS TO BEGIN HOLDING THEIR JUDGES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS ON THEIR AUTHORITY & TO SOME STANDARD OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THEIR OFFICIAL ACTIONS & DECISIONS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 107, May 25, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL TYRANNY & CORRUPTION IN AMERICA:

HOW DID IT EVER COME TO THIS?

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE DEADLY ENEMY WE FACE -- ISLAMISTS SEEKING TO DESTROY THE U.S.A. AS THE WORLD'S BEACON OF FREEDOM & KEEP THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST DISCONNECTED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD & SAFE FOR ISLAMIC FANATICISM, BARBARISM, TYRANNY, & OPPRESSION:  ARE WE PREPARED TO TAKE THE TIME, UTILIZE THE RESOURCES, & WIELD THE POWER NECESSARY TO DEFEAT THE ISLAMISTS?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 106, May 24, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE WORLD, THE MIDDLE EAST, & MILITANT ISLAM

By Alan Caruba



THE CONTINUING INSURGENCY & TERRORISM IN IRAQ & THE ENDEAVOR OF THE U.S.A. & ITS COALITION PARTNERS TO BRING ORDER & STABILITY TO THAT MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY: CONGRESSMAN TOM TANCREDO'S TRIBUTE TO THE VALIANT EFFORTS OF COALITION SOLDERS IN IRAQ
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 105, May 23, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE WAR IN IRAQ:  PAYING TRIBUTE TO
THE VALIANT EFFORTS OF COALITION SOLDERS

By Thomas G. Tancredo



FUNDING ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S.A. -- ISSUES, PROBLEMS, & IDEAS REGARDING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S SYSTEM OF CONDITIONAL GRANTS-IN-AID TO K-12 EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE STATES & LOCAL COMMUNITIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 104, May 22, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION:

IDEAS DERIVED FROM REAL-LIFE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

By Thomas G. Tancredo



UNRESTRAINED POLITICAL AMBITION & THE DISHONORABLE BEHAVIOR OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICAL OPPORTUNISTS & THEIR ALLIES IN THE LIBERAL LEFTIST MAINSTREAM MEDIA -- THE POLITICAL LEFT'S DEMONSTRATED WILLINGNESS TO RISK UNDERMINING THE WAR EFFORT AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM & DOING GREAT HARM TO U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY BY THEIR POLITICIZING EVENTS IN IRAQ IN ORDER TO BRING DOWN THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BISH & PUT A LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 103, May 21, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PRISONER ABUSE IN THE ABU GHRAIB PRISON:

PHONY OUTRAGE ON THE POLITICAL LEFT

By Christopher G. Adamo



WOULD ARIEL SHARON'S PROPOSED ISRAELI UNILATERAL DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA & FORCIBLE REMOVAL OF THE JEWISH SETTLERS FROM THE AREA REALLY ACT AS A CATALYST FOR ACHIEVING A LASTING PEACE BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS & THE PALESTINIAN ARABS?  WHAT IS THE REAL ROOT OF THE PROBLEM THAT KEEPS THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT ALIVE & KICKING?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 102, May 20, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SHOULD ISRAEL FORSAKE GAZA?  WOULD ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL
FROM GAZA HELP BRING ENDURING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST?

By Asaf Romirowsky



THE GREAT UPROAR OVER ISOLATED EVENTS IN IRAQ, INCLUDING THE ABUSE OF SOME IRAQI DETAINEES IN U.S. MILITARY CUSTODY -- AN UPROAR DESIGNED TO UNDERMINE HOMEFRONT & MILITARY MORALE, ERODE AMERICAN & ALLIED SUPPORT FOR THE WAR, & BOLSTER RESISTANCE TO REGIME CHANGE IN IRAQ:  PURSUIT OF A POLITICAL AGENDA ENTAILING U.S. & ALLIED DEFEAT IN THE WAR & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S VICTORY IN THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AT THE EXPENSE OF U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 101, May 19, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE WAR ON TERROR & OUR PROBLEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST:

HAVE WE LOST OUR WARRIOR SPIRIT?

By Alan Caruba



THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ITS ROLE IN PROTECTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS:  CONTINUING ENHANCEMENT OF THE FBI'S INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE AGENCY'S ABILITY TO FULFILL ITS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE & COUNTERTERRORIST RESPONSIBILITIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 100, May 18, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERINTELLIGENCE, & COUNTERTERRORISM:

THE FBI'S ROLE IN FIGHTING THE THREATS POSED BY TERRORISM

By John S. Pistole



INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION: BOOSTING THE FBI'S EFFECTIVENESS IN PERFORMING ITS INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORIST FUNCTIONS IN THE WAR AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 99, May 17, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENHANCING THE FBI'S INTELLIGENCE &
COUNTERTERRORISM CAPABILITIES

By Robert S. Mueller



GREEN INFILTRATORS:  LEGISLATORS & BUREAUCRATS IN THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHO, IN THE NAME OF "PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT," WASTE BILLIONS OF AMERICAN TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS, IGNORE THE BEST INTERESTS OF AMERICANS, DESTROY PRIVATE PROPERTY, & SEEK TO THWART EVERY MANNER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 98, May 15, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT:

WASTING BILLIONS ON THE GREEN AGENDA

By Alan Caruba



SPIRITUAL WEAKNESS & THE CREEPING MORAL VACUUM IN AMERICAN CULTURE:  THE INCREASING ABILITY OF AMERICANS TO READILY SUBJUGATE MORAL OUTRAGE TO THE PRAGMATISM OF PARTISAN POLITICS & THE INTERESTS OF SELF-SEEKING, UNPRINCIPLED POLITICAL OPPORTUNISTS -- LOSING THE REAL WAR, THE WAR TO PRESERVE THE MORAL & SPIRITUAL HERITAGE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 97, May 14, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE BIGGER WAR -- THE CULTURE WAR:

THE WAR TO PRESERVE TRADITIONAL AMERICAN CULTURE:

MORAL CERTITUDE VERSUS POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY

By Christopher G. Adamo



MAJOR DEFECTS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM SYSTEM PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:   ABSENCE OF A COVERT ACTION PROGRAM TO KILL OSAMA BIN LADEN, THE WALL SEPARATING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS FROM INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, LACK OF SUPPORT FOR STATE-OF-THE-ART INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE FBI, & FAILURE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT A PLAN TO DISRUPT THE AL-QA'IDA NETWORK IN THE U.S.A.
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 96, May 13, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

U.S. INTELLIGENCE & COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY BEFORE 9-11:

A SYSTEM DESTINED TO FAIL

By John Ashcroft



ENVIRONMENTALISM, POLITICAL PRESSURE, & FEDERAL LAND CONTROL POLICY:  THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR ALLIES IN THE UNITED CONGRESS CONTINUE THEIR ASSAULT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT, THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, & THE AMERICAN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 95, May 12, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE RETURN OF THE CARA MONSTER:

THE GREENS & THEIR ALLIES IN CONGRESS NEVER REST

By Tom DeWeese



THR SITUATION IN IRAQ -- A SITUATION GIVING THE U.S.A. TWO CHOICES:  EITHER FIGHT ON TO THE END IN THE HEART OF THE REGION THAT MOST THREATENS AMERICA & ITS NATIONAL INTERESTS OR SUFFER A MUCH WORSE FATE FOR FAILURE TO FIGHT THIS WAR TO A CONCLUSION THAT WILL BE CLEARLY & UNAMBIGUOUSLY PERCEIVED BY THE POPULATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD AS A TOTAL VICTORY FOR THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES & AS A TOTAL & DISASTROUS DEFEAT FOR THE FEDAYEEN SADDAM, THE AL-SADR RADICAL SHI'ITES, & THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC JIHADISTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 94, May 11, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IS IT TIME TO GET OUT OF IRAQ?

OR SHOULD WE STAY & FINISH THE JOB?

By Alan Caruba



THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS, THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY -- FOCUS ON DEFEATING THE ISLAMIC TERRORISTS BEFORE THEY CAN STRIKE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 93, May 10, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INTELLIGENCE, COUNTERTERRORISM, & U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY

THE ROLE OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS

By Patrick M. Hughes



THE SOURCES OF WEAKNESS IN THE U.S. INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S COUNTERTERRORIST SUPPORT ACTIVITY PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 11, 2001:  LEGAL OBSTACLES TO INTERAGENCY COOPERATION & A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN THE FUNDING & OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN & TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE WORK -- LEGAL BARRIERS & INADEQUATE PROVISION OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR EFFECTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 92, May 7, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY & U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM

By George J. Tenet



THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, & U.S. COUNTERTERRORIST ACTIVITY:  THE ROLE OF THE TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER IN SUPPORTING, REINFORCING, & ENHANCING U.S. INTELLIGENCE & LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS AT HOME & ABROAD
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VI, Issue # 91, May 6, 2004

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LAW ENFORCEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, & COUNTERTERRORISM:

THE WORK OF THE TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER

By John O. Brennan




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