THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA

An Online Journal of Political Commentary & Analysis

Volume VII, 2005

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

THE PROPOSED USA PATRIOT & TERRORISM PREVENTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005: CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION TO STRENGTHEN AS WELL AS CONTINUE PROVIDING THE LEGAL TOOLS U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS NEED TO PRESERVE & PROTECT AMERICA'S HOMELAND SECURITY & DEFEND THE NATION AGAINST INTERNAL SUBVERSION & ACTS OF TERROR -- LEGAL TOOLS FOR WINNING THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIST TERRORISM ON THE HOME FRONT
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Volume VII, Issue # 180, August 18, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

REAUTHORIZATION OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT

By Jon Kyle



IRAQ'S POLITICAL FUTURE UNDER THE NEW IRAQI CONSTITUTION:  CAN THE CONSTITUTION SURVIVE, CONSIDERING THE CHARACTER OF IRAQI POLITICS & POLITICAL CULTURE?  CAN CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY BE MADE TO WORK IN IRAQ, A COUNTRY TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR WITH CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY UNDER LAW, LEGAL PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, FREE MARKET CAPITALISM, & FREE & HONEST ELECTIONS AS THE ACCEPTED MEANS OF PEACEFULLY TRANSFERRING GOVERNING AUTHORITY FROM ONE GROUP OF POLITICAL LEADERS TO ANOTHER?
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Volume VII, Issue # 179, August 17, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CAN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY SUCCEED IN IRAQ?

By Alan Caruba



THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT & THE EFFORTS OF THE MORALLY BANKRUPT "DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY" TO BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST THROUGH APPEASEMENT OF THE PALESTINIAN ARABS & THEIR ISLAMIST ALLIES:  PRESSURING ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW FROM GAZA & CEDE THE REGION BACK INTO THE HANDS OF ISRAEL'S MORTAL ENEMIES -- COWARDLY & REPREHENSIBLE BEHAVIOR REWARDING THE BARBARISM OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN & ISLAMIST TERRORISTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 178, August 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GAZA PULLOUT:  REPEATING THE DISASTROUS
ATTEMPTS AT APPEASEMENT

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S MIDDLE EASTERN POLICY & RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:   CHANGING REALITIES & THE DECLINING STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF EGYPT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AS BEING AT THE ROOT OF THE GROWING TENSION BETWEEN EGYPT & THE U.S.A. -- THE CRITICAL QUESTION:  HAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO NATION-STATES GROWN TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT THEY OVERRULE THE POSSIBILITY OF A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL U.S.-EGYPTIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP CONTINUING INTO THE FUTURE?
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Volume VII, Issue # 177, August 15, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WASHINGTON & CAIRO:
NEAR THE BREAKING POINT?

By Samuel J. Spector



THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH & EUROPEAN ANTI-SEMITISM:  POPES, JEWS, & THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- REFUTING THE ACCUSATION THAT POPE PIUS XII WAS ANTI-SEMITIC & PRO-NAZI:  DOCUMENTATION THAT, DURING THE NAZI OCCUPATION OF ROME, POPE PIUS XII WAS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND ROMAN JEWS, FOLLOWING A PAPAL TRADITION THAT DATES BACK TO THE SIXTH CENTURY -- IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ISLAMIST JIHAD THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING WAGED AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION & AGAINST ALL NON-MUSLIM PEOPLES & THEIR RESPECTIVE CULTURES
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Volume VII, Issue # 176, August 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEFENDING POPE PIUS XII AGAINST THE CHARGE
OF ANTI-SEMITISM & PRO-NAZISM

By Alan Caruba



THE FREEDOM21 SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE & THE CALL TO BATTLE IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY: CALLING ON CONSERVATIVE & LIBERTARIAN GROUPS TO UNITE IN ACTIVE PURSUIT OF AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY TO REVITALIZE THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL FEDERAL REPUBLIC & DEFEAT THE FORCES THAT ARE DETERMINED TO DESTROY CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE U.S.A. -- URGING CONSERVATIVES & LIBERTARIANS TO DEMOCRATICALLY TAKE CONTROL OF AMERICA'S STATE & LOCAL UNITS OF GOVERNMENT & UTILIZE THEM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ELITISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, GLOBALISM, STATISM, SOCIALISM, & POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Volume VII, Issue # 175, August 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE SILVER BULLET FOR LIBERTY

By Tom DeWeese



THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S IRAQI STRATEGY:  SEEKING TO ACHIEVE PEACE, ORDER, SECURITY, & POLITICAL STABILITY IN IRAQ THROUGH RECONCILIATION & COLLABORATION WITH FORMER BAATHISTS, ISLAMISTS, & ARAB SUNNI REJECTIONISTS -- A FAILED U.S. POLICY BASED ON FAULTY ASSUMPTIONS & RESULTING IN THE INSURGENCY GAINING STRENGTH & MOMENTUM -- THE PRICE OF POLITICAL COMPROMISE WITH AMERICA'S ENEMIES IN IRAQ: BITTERNESS & DIVISION AMONG NATURAL ALLIES, EMBOLDENING OF TERRORISTS, & UNNECESSARY AMERICAN & IRAQI CASUALTIES
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Volume VII, Issue # 174, August 12, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE SITUATION IN IRAQ:
THE PRICE OF COMPROMISE

By Michael Rubin



POLITICAL CONFLICT WITHIN THE STATE OF ISRAEL:  THE INTENSIFYING CONTROVERSY OVER THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO USE MILITARY FORCE TO DISMANTLE JEWISH SETTLEMENTS IN THE GAZA STRIP & EFFECT WITHDRAWAL OF ALL JEWISH SETTLERS & ISRAELI SOLDIERS FROM GAZA, ALLOWING THE REGION TO FALL UNDER THE ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE PALESTINIAN ARABS -- WHY ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA IS A QUESTIONABLE POLICY -- HOW THE POLICY WILL AFFECT ISRAELI SOCIETY -- HOW THE POLICY THREATENS AMERICAN INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Volume VII, Issue # 173, August 11, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LEAVING GAZA:  IS THE WITHDRAWAL GOOD FOR ISRAEL?

By Dr. Meyrav Wurmser



CHINA'S ENERGY DEVELOPMENT & ACQUISITION STRATEGIES & THEIR IMPACT UPON WORLD ENERGY SUPPLIES & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:  THE EFFECT THAT CHINA'S RISING DEMAND FOR PETROLEUM IS HAVING ON CHINESE INTERNATIONAL BEHAVIOR & IS LIKELY TO HAVE ON AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & SECURITY -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO ADOPT & IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE DOMESTIC & GLOBAL ENERGY STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE POSSIBILITY THAT GLOBAL DEMAND FOR OIL MIGHT, WITHIN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, OUTSTRIP THE WORLD'S SUPPLY
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Volume VII, Issue # 172, August 10, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CHINA'S ENERGY POLICY & ITS EFFECTS ON U.S. INTERESTS:
A BRIEFING

By Gal Luft



JUDICIAL RESTRAINT & CONSERVATISM VERSUS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM & LIBERALISM:  THE RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING CONTROVERSY OVER THE PROPER MAKEUP OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY IN GENERAL & THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN PARTICULAR -- THE CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED ROLE OF THE U.S. COURTS:  INTERPRETATION & APPLICATION OF EXISTING U.S. LAW IN LEGAL CASES & CONTROVERSIES COMING BEFORE THE COURTS -- JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING & DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC POLICY AS A USURPATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWERS OF CONGRESS & THE STATES & A VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SUPREME COURT:  PERSONAL HONESTY & INTEGRITY, KNOWLEDGE OF & ADHERENCE TO THE LAW, & DETERMINATION TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED & WRITTEN
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Volume VII, Issue # 171, August 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY:  GUARDIANS OF THE CONTRACT

By Christopher G. Adamo



AN EARLY, BUT TIMELY, START AT SPECULATING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008: A LOOK AT A POSSIBLE RACE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWTON LEROY GINGRICH & LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRAT HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON -- SPECULATION REGARDING THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE OF A NEWT GINGRICH PRESIDENCY:  WHY, HISTORICALLY, OVER-EDUCATED INTELLECTUALS FREQUENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN THE BEST PRESIDENTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 170, August 8, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE 2008 ELECTIONS:  NEWT GINGRICH VERSUS HILLARY CLINTON?

By Alan Caruba



TURKISH POLITICS, ISLAMISM, & TURKEY'S SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT:  ISLAMIST INFLUENCE IN THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT & TURKEY'S DRIFT AWAY FROM CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THE RULE OF LAW, JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, & SEPARATION OF STATE & RELIGION -- TURKEY'S MOVEMENT TOWARD A RESURGENCE OF AUTHORITARIANISM & TOWARD IMPOSITION OF AN ISLAMIST DICTATORSHIP
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Volume VII, Issue # 169, August 6, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

FRIED IN TURKEY:  IS CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY ON THE OUTS?

By Michael Rubin



DEFENDING AMERICAN RIGHTS & LIBERTIES:  THE NEED FOR A CENTRAL PLACE WHERE THE DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM CAN GATHER TO SHARE INFORMATION, DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT POLITICAL & LEGAL ACTION PLANS ON A MASSIVE SCALE & EFFECTIVELY CARRY THE MESSAGE OF FREEDOM, BRINGING TOGETHER THE DIVERSE PRO-FREEDOM GROUPS & THEIR RESPECTIVE ISSUE CONCERNS &, MOST IMPORTANTLY, RAISING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY FOR THE CAUSE -- HOW FREEDOM21 IS MEETING THIS NEED
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Volume VII, Issue # 168, August 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MOLDING A MILLION FREEDOM FIGHTERS
INTO A MIGHTY FIST

By Tom DeWeese



INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:  THE FOLLY OF FOREIGN AID PROGRAMS THAT HAND MONEY TO POLITICAL ELITES WHO GOVERN DESPOTICALLY & CORRUPTLY & SUPPRESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- THE ERRONEOUS ASSUMPTION THAT STRENGTHENING THE STATE WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT -- THE KEY TO CREATING FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR INCREASED CAPITAL FLOWS IN AFRICA & KEEPING AFRICAN CAPITAL ON THE CONTINENT: SUCCESSFUL POLITICAL & ECONOMIC REFORM, RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT & STRENGTHENING OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTIONS & FREE MARKET ECONOMIES -- C-FACT & ITS NEW APPROACH FOR ASSISTING THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO DEVELOP THEIR RESOURCES & TASTE THE FRUITS OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
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Volume VII, Issue # 167, August 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LISTENING TO THE AFRICANS FOR A CHANGE

By David Rothbard & Craig Rucker



IN RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF THE POLITICAL AGENDA & IDEOLOGY OF RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM:  RADICAL SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS CONDUCTING THEIR DISHONEST, UNETHICAL, & VICIOUS CAMPAIGN OF PROPAGANDA & INTIMIDATION AGAINST ENERGY CORPORATIONS THAT DOUBT CATACLYSMIC GLOBAL WARMING THEORIES, REFUSE TO ACCEDE TO THE DEMANDS OF THE ACTIVISTS, & CONTINUE TO INVEST IN & FOCUS UPON THE DEVELOPMENT & EXPLOITATION OF PETROLEUM, COAL, & NATURAL GAS AS SOURCES OF ENERGY -- POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS DETERMINED TO IMPOSE THEIR WILL ON THE ENTIRE WORLD, RIDING ROUGHSHOD OVER THE RIGHTS & VITAL INTERESTS OF MOST OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION
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Volume VII, Issue # 166, August 3, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DOUBLETALK:
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS ATTACK EXXONMOBIL,
BUT HAVE ABOMINABLE ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR THEMSELVES

By Paul K. Driessen



LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS' RECENT CRITICISM OF THE TREATMENT OF ENEMY COMBATANTS HELD IN THE U.S. MILITARY PRISON FACILITY AT GUANTANAMO BAY:  PARTISAN POLITICAL PROPAGANDA THAT WAS INFLAMATORY & DEMEANING, DIMINISHED THE CRITICAL ROLE & GOOD WORK OF THE MEN & WOMEN IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, WAS TOTALLY LACKING IN HONESTY, PROPORTIONALITY & CIVILITY, & CONSISTED OF NOTHING MORE THAN A STRING OF LIES & DISTORTIONS
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Volume VII, Issue # 165, August 2, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PEOPLE DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO ARE WELL TREATED

By Mel Martinez



ISLAMISM VERSUS THE MODERN WORLD:  AL-QA'IDA & THE DEADLY ISLAMIST JIHAD IT IS CURRENTLY WAGING AGAINST WESTERN CIVILIZATION, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, & JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER NATION THAT TILTS TOWARD MODERNITY OF ANY KIND -- AMERICA'S VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS & WHY THE U.S.A. MUST PROVIDE THE SECURITY THAT IS NECESSARY FOR A WORLD SUFFICIENTLY PEACEFUL & STABLE TO CARRY ON NORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS & ENGAGE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE:  WHY EVERY SOVEREIGN STATE THAT THREATENS WORLD PEACE & STABILITY MUST BE SUBJECTED TO MILITARY INVASION & REGIME CHANGE -- WHY AL-QA'IDA OR ANY OTHER JIHADIST GROUP MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE RELENTLESS HUNT TO FIND & KILL ITS LEADERS & FOLLOWERS
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Volume VII, Issue # 164, August 1, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE NEW "ASYMETRICAL" WAR:
ALL WAR ALL THE TIME

By Alan Caruba



PROPERTY RIGHTS FIRST! -- FORMATION OF A NEW COALITION TO DEFEND PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AGAINST THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR POLITICAL ALLIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS -- A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO PROTECT AMERICAN PROPERTY OWNERS, PREVENT CONGRESSIONAL ENACTMENT OF THE THREATENED & ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY ACT OF 2005, & DEFEAT THE PERNICIOUS FORCES OF STATISM, SOCIALISM, & RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM
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Volume VII, Issue # 163, July 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CREATION OF "PROPERTY RIGHTS FIRST!"
A COALITION NEEDED TO STOP "KELO II"

By J. Peyton Knight



MODERN LEFTWING LIBERALISM:  THE VIRULENT IDEOLOGY & DISTORTED WORLDVIEW OF THE POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT -- THE LIBERALS' ENDEAVOR TO CONTROL ALL NEWS, INFORMATION, & ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA IN THE U.S.A. & USE THAT CONTROL TO DISSEMINATE COUNTERCULTURE PROPAGANDA & INDOCTRINATE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC:  THE LIBERALS' FAILURE IN THEIR PROPAGANDA & INDOCTRINATION EFFORTS, DUE TO IMMUNIZATION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE COUNTERCULTURE VIRUS, THE ADVENT OF ALTERNATIVE MEDIA, & THE INABILITY OF LIBERALS TO DEFEND THEIR POSITION AGAINST FACTUAL CONFRONTATION
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Volume VII, Issue # 162, July 28, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE WAR OF THE WORLDVIEWS

By Christopher G. Adamo



WHY THE IRAQI OIL INDUSTRY HAS, THUS FAR, FAILED TO RECOVER & FINANCE IRAQ'S RECONSTRUCTION:  THE IMPACT OF THE INSURGENTS' CAMPAIGN OF TERRORISM & SABOTAGE ON IRAQI SOCIETY & ITS ECONOMY -- THE THREE FACTORS UPON WHICH IRAQ'S ABILITY TO BECOME A TOP OIL PRODUCING COUNTRY DEPENDS:  A SECURE ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, & GOOD GOVERNANCE
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Volume VII, Issue # 161, July 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RECONSTRUCTING IRAQ:
BRINGING IRAQ'S ECONOMY BACK ONLINE

By Gal Luft



WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TO LEBANON'S BECOMING A REAL NATION AGAIN & OPERATING A STABLE & ENDURING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL SYSTEM: &THE LEBANESE MUSLIMS' DEMONSTRATING TOLERANCE FOR LEBANON'S CHRISTIAN MINORITY, ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF SECULAR LAW & MAKING PEACE WITH ISRAEL, AS WELL AS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVING ITS GOAL OF TRANSFORMING THE MIDDLE EAST, A GOAL WHICH WILL BE ACHIEVED ONLY WHEN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY IS IMPOSED & PROTECTED BY THE ARMED MIGHT OF THE U.S.A.
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Volume VII, Issue # 160, July 26, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE LEBANESE DILEMMA

By Alan Caruba



RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM, BUREAUCRACY, & HUMAN HEALTH:  THE THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH IN AFRICAN NATIONS POSED BY THE ANTI-PESTICIDE POLICIES OF RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST GROUPS LIKE GREENPEACE & BUREAUCRATIC HEALTHCARE AGENCIES LIKE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE UNICEF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, & THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT -- CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION NEEDED TO REQUIRE USAID & OTHER AMERICAN TAXPAYER-SUPPORTED AGENCIES TO PUT DDT & OTHER INSECTICIDES BACK INTO THE AGENCIES' MALARIA CONTROL ARSENALS
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Volume VII, Issue # 159, July 25, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SHOULD WE BAN CHEMOTHEROPHY TOO?
USAID'S ANTI-PESTACIDE POLICY MUST CHANGE,
OR MILLIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE

By Paul K. Driessen



THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTICIC, & CULTURAL ORGANIZATION:  A UNITED NATIONS AGENCY WHICH REGULARLY ACTS AGAINST AMERICA'S NATIONAL INTERESTS & BASIC CULTURAL VALUES & WHICH FUNCTIONS AS A MOUTHPIECE FOR GLOBALISM & BLATANT ANTI-AMERICANISM & FOR WORLD GOVERNMENT, GLOBAL STATISM & SOCIALISM, POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM, INTERNATIONAL POPULATION CONTROL THROUGH WHOLESALE ABORTIONS, IMPOSITION OF A "POLITICALLY CORRECT" UN CURRICULUM ON AMERICA'S DOMESTIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, UN CONTROL OF FEDERAL LAND IN THE U.S.A. THROUGH SOCALLED "WORLD HERITAGE SITES," & OTHER RADICAL CAUSES PUSHED BY THE UN BUREAUCRACY & ITS POLITICAL ALLIES & SUPPORTERS IN THE DIFFERENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS, IN LEFTIST POLITICAL PARTIES & FACTIONS, & IN THE LIBERAL INTERNATIONALIST, LEFTIST SEGMENTS OF THE WESTERN MEDIA -- WHY SHOULD THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS BE REQUIRED TO FUND TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF UNESCO'S BUDGET & PAY DEARLY FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF U.S. MEMBERSHIP IN AN ANTI-AMERICAN ORGANIZATION?
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Volume VII, Issue # 158, July 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WHY DO WE FUND UNESCO?

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION:  THE THIRD LEG OF THE ULTRA-INTERNATIONALISTS' SCHEME TO BRING ABOUT GLOBAL STATISM, THAT IS, A WORLD GOVERNMENT REGULARLY & CONTINUALLY ENGAGING IN CENTRAL CONTROL, DIRECTION, & PLANNING OF A ONE-WORLD ECONOMY, FORCING SUBSTANTIAL TRANSFERS OF WEALTH FROM THE ECONOMICALLY MORE DEVELOPED & PRODUCTIVE NATIONS TO THE POORER, LESS DEVELOPED NATIONS, & IMPOSING ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THE DESTRUCTIVE RESTRICTIONS & PROHIBITIONS DEMANDED BY THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS -- THE CASE AGAINST CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE WTO
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Volume VII, Issue # 157, July 22, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GET AMERICA OUT OF THE WTO

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' CHOSEN POLITICAL STRATEGY:  OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS, HYSTERICAL NAME-CALLING, SHRILL ALLEGATIONS, & MALICIOUS PREVARACATIONS AS THE USUAL PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATED BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS & THEIR ALLIES IN THE LIBERAL LEFTIST MEDIA -- THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' RELIANCE UPON THE FORCE OF NASTINESS & VENOM IN THEIR ENDEAVOR TO OVERWHELM DEBATE & CONCEAL OR GROSSLY MISREPRESENT THE MESSAGE OF THEIR POLITICAL OPPONENTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 156, July 21, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PAUL BEGALA EPITOMIZES THE HYSTERICAL POLITICAL LEFT

By Christopher G. Adamo



WHY THE UNITED NATIONS CANNOT BE REFORMED:  THE UN AS A CORRUPT, INEFFECTIVE, & ILLEGITIMATE SUPRA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT -- THE NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REJECT THE ULTRA-INTERNATIONALISM OF THE GLOBALISTS & RETURN TO REAL NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & TO ALLIANCES THAT ARE IN ACCORD WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS & THAT ENDANGER NEITHER AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE NOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO DISCARD ITS INTERNATIONALIST, PRO-UN FOREIGN POLICY & TO ADOPT & PURSUE A TRULY NATIONALIST, PRO-AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
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Volume VII, Issue # 155, July 20, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CAN THE UNITED NATIONS REALLY BE REFORMED?

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE PROPOSED CENTRAL AMERICA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT:  A SCHEME THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY & WOULD, IF ADOPTED, BE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- LAYING ANOTHER STONE IN THE FOUNDATION OF A SYSTEM OF GLOBAL GOVERNMENT -- CAFTA MEANS MORE GOVERNMENT, MORE BUREAUCRACY, & MORE GOVERNMENTAL INTERFERENCE IN THE FLOW OF ECONOMIC GOODS -- ADOPTION OF CAFTA WOULD RESULT IN MORE GLOBALISM, MORE STATISM, LESS FREEDOM, & LESS ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY
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Volume VII, Issue # 154, July 19, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CAFTA:  MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS FREE TRADE

By Dr. Ron Paul



THE REAL STORY OF THE RECENT G-8 CONFERENCE IN LONDON:  ITS MASSIVE EXERCISE OF SELF-DELUSION & ITS FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE GREATEST THREAT TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION SINCE GERMANY'S THIRD REICH -- THE G-8 LEADERS' GROSS INCOMPETENCE, THEIR MISDIRECTED & DOWNRIGHT WRONG PRIORITIES & SOLUTIONS, THEIR REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE BIGGEST & MOST DANGEROUS PROBLEM FACING AFRICA & THE REST OF THE WORLD IS POLITICAL ISLAM & THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD, & THEIR CONSEQUENT FAILURE TO DEVELOP & ANNOUNCE A BROAD RANGE OF PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PUNISH ANY NATION THAT HARBORS & SUPPORTS THE JIHADISTS
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Volume VII, Issue # 153, July 18, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

G-8 FAILURE ON A GLOBAL SCALE

By Alan Caruba



AN INDEPENDENT & SOVEREIGN ALBERTA:  THE CASE FOR ALBERTA'S SECESSION FROM THE CANADIAN FEDERATION -- ALBERTA AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PROSPEROUS NATIONS & AS A NATION REFLECTING ITS OWN POLITICAL & SOCIAL BELIEFS, VALUES & TRADITIONS, & ITS OWN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMON GOOD
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Volume VII, Issue # 152, July 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CANADA IS RUINED, ALBERTA SHOULD SAVE ITSELF:
A CASE FOR ALBERTA INDEPENDENCE

By Link Byfield



ISLAMISM & LEFTWING LIBERALISM -- THE COMMON GROUND THAT THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC JIHAD & AMERICA'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT SHARE:  THEIR DETERMINATION TO FORCIBLY CONVERT THEIR RESPECTIVE PHILOSOPHICAL OPPONENTS & COERCE ENTIRE SOCIETIES INTO CONFORMITY WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES -- IT IS CRITICAL THAT BOTH OF THESE DARK FORCES BE STEADFASTLY OPPOSED & THAT NO ATTEMPTS AT COMPROMISE WITH EITHER OR BOTH OF THEM BE MADE
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Volume VII, Issue # 151, July 15, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AN EPIC STRUGGLE ON TWO FRONTS

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE WAR IN IRAQ:  INSURGENCY & COUNTERINSURGENCY -- THE COALITION'S EFFECTIVE USE OF SOUND TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE ESSENTIAL TO DEFEATING THE INSURGENCY MILITARILY & ESTABLISHING A STABLE & ENDURING SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN IRAQ
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Volume VII, Issue # 150, July 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

RECONSTRUCTING IRAQ:  WINNING THE PROPAGANDA WAR IN IRAQ

By Ron Schleifer



PROSPECTS FOR ACHIEVING POLITICAL REFORM & ESTABLISHING STABLE CONSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE MUSLIM WORLD:  TRANSFORMATION OF ISLAMIC CULTURE MUST PRECEDE POLITICAL REFORM & DEMOCRATIZATION -- ATTITUDES, VALUES, & BELIEFS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD MUST BE MODIFIED IN SUCH MANNER THAT ISLAM & MUSLIMS CAN & WILL BE RECONCILED WITH THE MODERN AGE, A PRODUCT OF WESTERN CULTURE & CIVILIZATION -- MUSLIMS MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN HUMAN PROGRESS & CIVILIZATION ON THE ONE HAND & BARBARISM, BACKWARDNESS, & STAGNATION ON THE OTHER
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Volume VII, Issue # 149, July 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MUSLIMS, CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY,
& THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

By Salim Mansur



THE CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICAL & GOVERNMENTAL REFORM IN CALIFORNIA:  AN APPEAL TO CALIFORNIA VOTERS TO SUPPORT REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S REFORM AGENDA & HELP CLEAN UP THE POLITICAL MESS CREATED BY THE DEMOCRATS WHEN GRAY DAVIS WAS GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA -- THE DRIVE TO PURGE CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY OF THE SHAMEFUL LEGACY OF THE FAILED & CORRUPT RULE OF GRAY DAVIS & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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Volume VII, Issue # 148, July 12, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CALIFORNIA POLITICS & GOVERNMENT:
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED REFORMS

By Sal Russo



A NUCLEAR ARMED IRAN DOMINATED BY HARDLINE ISLAMISTS BENT ON ATTACKING & DESTROYING THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES:  A FAST DEVELOPING SITUATION WHICH, UNLESS ABRUPTLY TERMINATED, WILL VERY SOON POSE A DIRECT & IMMEDIATE DEADLY THREAT TO AMERICA & THE WEST -- THE NEED FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO FORMULATE & IMPLEMENT A CONSISTENT & EFFECTIVE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD IRAN, INCLUDING A REALISTIC STRATEGY FOR UNDERCUTTING IRANIAN BALLISTIC MISSILE & NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS & ACHIEVING REGIME CHANGE & DEMOCRATIZATION IN IRAN THROUGH DIPLOMACY & POLITICAL WARFARE, THROUGH PEACEFUL PENETRATION OF IRANIAN SOCIETY, &, IF DEEMED NECESSARY, THROUGH U.S. PINPOINT MILITARY STRIKES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 147, July 11, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WASHINGTON MUST PLAN TODAY FOR
THE DEMOCRATIC IRAN OF TOMORROW

By Michael Rubin



THIS WEEK'S ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACK ON LONDON'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM:  A STARK REMINDER OF THE TOP PRIORITY FACING AMERICA, BRITAIN, & THE WEST, NAMELY, WINNING A DECISIVE & TOTAL VICTORY IN THE DEADLY WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST US BY THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST TERRORIST MOVEMENT -- THE NEED FOR WESTERN UNITY & SOLIDARITY IN CONFRONTING THE ISLAMIC JIHAD & IN DETERMINATION TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE JIHADIST ENEMY, ALONG WITH ALL GROUPS & REGIMES AIDING & ABETTING THE ENEMY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 146, July 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ISLAMIST TERRORIST ATTACK IN LONDON:
THE ISLAMIC JIHADISTS SEND US A REMINDER

By Alan Caruba



RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM & FEDERAL "ENDANGERED SPECIES" LEGISLATION -- THE PROPOSED "THREATENED & ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY ACT OF 2005":  A BILL TO STRENGTHEN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO STEAL PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY UNDER THE EXISTING "ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT" -- THE LATEST PHASE IN THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS' CONTINUING ASSAULT ON CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 145, July 8, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE AMERICAN POLICY CENTER WARNS:
BEWARE OF "KELO II"

By J. Peyton Knight



THE NATIONAL MADNESS ABOUT ANIMALS:  THE ISSUES INVOLVING ANIMAL "RIGHTS" CONTINUE TO WREAK HAVOC & COST MILLIONS, THANKS TO RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & ANIMAL "RIGHTS" ACTIVISTS, WHO VALUE ANIMALS ABOVE THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 144, July 7, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ANIMAL "RIGHTS" & ANIMAL NUTS

By Alan Caruba



THE INHERENT WEAKNESSES OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & THE POLITICAL LEFT REVEALED BY THEIR HYSTERICAL & MONOLITHIC RESPONSE TO THE STARK TRUTH ABOUT THEMSELVES, AS EXPOSED & DISSEMINATED BY CONSERVATIVES & OTHER CRITICS OF THE LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL MACHINE & ITS PROPAGANDA APPARATUS:   FAIR, BALANCED, & TRUTHFUL NEWS REPORTING AS THE WORST & MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY OF LEFTIST LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 143, July 6, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HILLARY CLINTON & THE DEMOCRATS
TELEGRAPH THEIR WEAKNESSES

By Christopher G. Adamo



TUNISIA'S POLITICAL FUTURE:  PROSPECTS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL REFORM IN TUNISIA -- A TUNISIAN DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONALIST & FOUNDER OF THE MEDITERRANEAN LIBERAL PARTY DISCUSSES HER IDEAS REGARDING THE NEED TO BRING AN END TO TUNISIA'S ONE-PARTY DICTATORSHIP & REPLACE IT WITH A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC MULTIPARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 142, July 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TUNICIA'S 2004 ELECTION:  UNFAIR & UNDEMOCRATIC AT ALL LEVELS

Interview of Neila Charchour Hachicha by the Middle East Quarterly



THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S ASSAULT ON THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION & THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF AMERICANS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION:  AN ASSAULT REFLECTED IN THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN KELO VERSUS CITY OF NEW LONDON -- HOW THE KELO DECISION TIES IN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS, "INTERNATIONAL LAW," AGENDA 21, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, STATISM, AUTHORITARIANISM, & POLITICAL CORRUPTION -- WHY AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD BE OUTRAGED TO LEARN OF THIS PERFIDIOUS & REPREHENSIBLE JUDICIAL DECISION GROSSLY DISTORTING THE MEANING OF THE TAKINGS CLAUSE IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 141, July 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SMART GROWTH,
& THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S KELO DECISION:
ORGANIZED THEFT BY ANY NAME

By Tom DeWeese



THE ISSUE OF STEM CELL RESEARCH:  THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS VERSUS PROPAGANDA & HUMAN IGNORANCE -- THE IMPACT THAT POLITICS, RELIGIOUS & MORAL CONSIDERATIONS, MEDIA IGNORANCE & BIAS, & BASIC HUMAN NATURE ARE HAVING ON THE DEBATE REGARDING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING OF STEM CELL RESEARCH -- WHAT ABOUT ADULT STEM CELL (ASC) RESEARCH, AS DISTINGUISHED FROM EMBRYONIC STEM CELL (ESC) RESEARCH?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 140, July 1, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

STEM CELL RESEARCH:  PROGRESS & PR

By Alan Caruba



JUDICIAL DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION:  DECIMATION OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES BY AMORAL, LEFTWING LIBERAL JUSTICES ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -- THE LATEST RASH OF OUTRAGEOUS U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS:  DEMONSTRATION THAT THOSE AT THE APEX OF POWER IN THE U.S.A. ARE WELL ON THE WAY TO DESTROYING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ASSUMING DICTATORIAL CONTROL OVER THE AMERICAN POPULATION, & TRAMPLING THE LONG-STANDING RIGHTS OF U.S. CITIZENS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 139, June 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ERADICATES
AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES

By Christopher G. Adamo



POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM VERSUS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, & MEDICAL PROGRESS IN PERU & OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- THE ANTI-CAPITALIST, ANTI-CORPORATION, & ANTI-DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN WAGED BY THE INTERNATIONAL RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALIST ORGANIZATIONS AGAINST THE DOE RUN COMPANY & ITS ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMS IN LA OROYA, PERU:  A CAMPAIGN WHICH IGNORES & RIDES ROUGHSHOD OVER THE GENERAL INTERESTS & WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE THESE SELF-INTERESTED & IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN RADICAL ACTIVIST GROUPS PROFESS TO DEFEND
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 138, June 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN PERU:
LOCALS PROTEST FOR THE CORPORATION &
AGAINST THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS

By Dr. Patrick Moore



THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' LATEST PARTISAN POLITICAL PLOY:  ACCUSING THE U.S. MILITARY OF "MISTREATING" ISLAMIST DETAINEES AT THE U.S. NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY -- DISSEMINATION OF ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA DERIDING AMERICAN MILITARY SERVICEMEN AS BRUTAL & ABUSIVE, WHILE PORTRAYING AS VICTIMS ISLAMIST TERRORISTS & FANATICAL ENEMIES OF THE U.S.A.:  GROTESQUE EXAGGERATIONS & OUTRIGHT FABRICATIONS WHICH CONSTITUTE THE LATEST EPISODE IN AN UNENDING SERIES OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY ATTACKS AGAINST REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN PARTICULAR & AGAINST CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS IN GENERAL -- THE POLITICAL LEFT'S GIVING AID & COMFORT TO AMERICA'S ENEMIES IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO GAIN ADVANTAGE IN DOMESTIC POLITICS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 137, June 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE DEMOCRATS' SHAMELESSNESS:  IS IT A WINNING STRATEGY?

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT & ITS IMPLEMENTATION BY THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT: POISONOUS FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM -- WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT?  ALLOWS GOVERNMENT ALMOST UNCHECKED POWER TO COERCE LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS, CONFISCATE THEIR PROPERTY, & THEREBY VIOLATE PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONS PROVIDED IN THE FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- THE AMERICAN POLICY CENTER & OVER FIFTY OTHER PUBLIC POLICY GROUPS CALL FOR ENDING THE ESA'S "REIGN OF TERROR"
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 136, June 22, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A CALL FOR REPEAL OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT:
THE AMERICAN POLICY CENTER CALLS FOR AN END
TO THE ESA'S "REIGN OF TERROR"

By J. Peyton Knight



SYRIA'S LOSS OF COMMAND & CONTROL OF LEBANON -- THE LIKELY CONSEQUENCES OF SYRIAN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON, AFTER INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE FOR SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL RESULTED FROM A CASCADING SERIES OF SYRIAN MISCALCULATIONS: SYRIA'S LOSS OF REGIONAL PRESTIGE IN THE LEVANT & THE MIDDLE EAST, SUBSTANTIAL WEAKENING OF THE SYRIAN BAATHIST REGIME'S STAYING POWER INSIDE SYRIA ITSELF, & THE EVENTUAL DOWNFALL OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD & HIS DICTATORSHIP
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 135, June 21, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

SYRIA, LEBANON, & THE LEVANT:
BASHAR AL-ASSAD'S LEBANON GAMBLE

By William Harris



THE GLOBAL WARMING THEORY ADVANCED BY THE ADHERENTS OF ENVIRONMENTALISM: POLITICAL IDEOLOGY & PROPAGANDA, RATHER THAN TRULY SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS, DEFINED AS CONCLUSIONS BASED UPON OBSERVED & PROVEN FACTS -- NO SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS SUPPORTING THE GLOBAL WARMING CLAIMS OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS -- ONLY THE ENDEAVOR TO FRIGHTEN PEOPLE, MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION, & INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 134, June 20, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GLOBAL WARMING:  NORE SCARE THAN SCIENCE

By Alan Caruba



THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- THE PRECONDITIONS OF AN ENDURING PEACE BETWEEN THE ISRAELIS & THE PALESTINIAN ARABS:  DEFEAT & DESTRUCTION OF THE TERRORISTS & ESTABLISHMENT OF A STABLE, PEACEFUL PALESTINIAN POLITICAL REGIME ABLE & WILLING TO ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW WITHIN THE PALESTINIAN-CONTROLLED TERRITORIES OF GAZA & THE WEST BANK & PREVENT ARMED TERRORIST GROUPS FROM OPERATING WITHIN THOSE TERRITORIES, KEEPING THEM FROM VICTIMIZING THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE & FROM USING THE TERRITORIES AS BASES OF GUERRILLA OPERATIONS AGAINST THE PEOPLE & GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 133, June 17, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEFEAT OF TERROR, NOT ROADMAP DIPLOMACY,
WILL BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST

By Newt Gingrich



AMERICA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY:  LIBERAL IDEOLOGY, "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS," POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS & THEIR MASS FOLLOWINGS, THE "POP CULTURE" MINDSET, WIDESPREAD SHALLOWMINDEDNESS & WEAKNESS OF CHARACTER, MEDIA & MASS PREOCCUPATION WITH PERVERSE & INSIPID DISTRACTIONS, LACK OF INTEREST IN AMERICAN HISTORY & PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT DO A POOR JOB OF TEACHING THE SUBJECT, & A CABAL OF LIBERAL MEDIA & CAREER POLITICIANS THAT REMAINS HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL IN OUR NATION'S AFFAIRS -- REFLECTIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE & CONDITION OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 132, June 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA THE FRIVOLOUS

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE CEDAR REVOLUTION:  THE MOVEMENT TO BRING CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY TO LEBANON -- WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE CEDAR REVOLUTION TO SUCCEED?  LEBANESE POLITICIANS' TAKING STEPS TO DISARM HEZBOLLAH & THEIR CUTTING TIES WITH ELEMENTS OF THE FORMER SYRIAN OCCUPATION REGIME
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 131, June 15, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HOW THE LEBANESE WON BACK THEIR FREEDOM

By Walid Phares



POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM:  ENEMY OF FREE ENTERPRISE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, & HUMAN HEALTH -- THE IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN ENDEAVOR OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO ESTABLISH AN OVERBEARING INTERNATIONAL REGIME OF BURDENSOME RULES & REGULATIONS TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES & CURTAIL PATENT RIGHTS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM PLANTS:  A DRIVE TO CREATE IMPEDIMENTS TO PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BIOLOGICAL DRUGS THAT WILL MORE EFFECTIVELY FIGHT DISEASE & SAVE HUMAN LIVES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 130, June 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THAT POT OF GREEN GOLD AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW

By Paul K. Driessen



THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE U.S.A. -- CLINTON-STYLE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TACTICS & STRATEGY:  HALF-TRUTHS, BLATANT LIES, PANDERING TO ETHNIC GROUPS, & VICIOUS PERSONAL ATTACKS ON POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- HOWARD DEAN'S INEFFECTIVE USE OF THE CLINTONS' UNSCRUPULOUS POLITICAL TACTICS & STRATEGY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 129, June 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEAN IS THE CLINTONS WITHOUT THE "SLICK"

By Christopher G. Adamo



AUSTRALIA & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:  AUSTRALIA AS THE CLOSEST & STRONGEST U.S. ALLY IN THE ANGLOSPHERE, I.E., THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD -- AMERICA & AUSTRALIA JOINED IN AN ALLIANCE BASED ON MUTUAL TRUST, SIMILAR CULTURES, COMMON VALUES, & SHARED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 128, June 10, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

OUR ALLY DOWN UNDER:
THE STRONGEST ANGLOSPRERE LINK

By Michael Rubin



SYRIA & ITS DESPOTIC POLITICAL SYSTEM:  DICTATORSHIP & THE SUPPRESSION OF MOVEMENTS ADVOCATING DEMOCRACY & PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- AKTHAM NAISSE:  ONE DISSIDENT'S STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY & HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 127, June 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DISSIDENT WATCH:  ALTHAM NAISSE

By Suzanne Gershowitz



ISLAMISM & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY:  WHY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S COURTING OF ISLAMIST GROUPS IN THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES OF THE MIDDLE EAST WILL NOT HELP BRING CONSTITUTIONALISM & THE DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL PROCESS TO THOSE COUNTRIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 126, June 8, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISLAMISTS ARE INTRINSICALLY ANTI-DEMOCRATIC

By Michael Rubin



WOODROW WILSON & THE IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS OF CENTRALIZED BIG GOVERNMENT & THE LIBERAL ADMINISTRATIVE STATE IN AMERICA:  WILSON'S PROGRESSIVISM & THE PROGRESSIVE ERA OF AMERICAN POLITICS AS FORERUNNERS OF MODERN AMERICAN LIBERALISM & THE STATIST POLICIES PURSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 125, June 7, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ORIGINS & DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN LIBERALISM:
TWO NEW BOOKS ON WOODROW WILSON

By The Claremont Institute



INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN JOBS, THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS INTO THE U.S.A. & THE COMING ECONOMIC DISASTER, A PERMANENT DECLINE IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY FIGURES INTO THE EQUASION: FLAWED IMMIGRATION MEASURES, INEFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW, & THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S GENERATION OF AN ENDLESS FLOW OF REGULATIONS THAT BURDEN & IMPEDE EVERY KIND & SIZE OF AMERICAN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, ADVERSELY AFFECTING ITS ABILITY TO COMPETE WITH ITS FOREIGN EQUIVALENTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 124, June 6, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S JOBS ARE DISAPPEARING

By Alan Caruba



THE SELF-SEEKING PRAGMATISM, UNPRINCIPLED POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, & UTTER TREACHERY OF "REPUBLICANS" CALLING THEMSELVES "MODERATES" & "CENTRISTS" -- THE GRANDIOSE PLAN OF JOHN MCCAIN & OTHER SOCALLED "REPUBLICAN MODERATES" IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO "RULE FROM THE CENTER":  HOW THE "MODERATES" HOPE TO GAIN DOMINANT POLITICAL POWER BY COLLABORATING WITH THE DEMOCRATS, BETRAYING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS LEADERSHIP, & UNDERMINING THE POSITION OF THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE SENATE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 123, June 3, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

MCCAIN'S DELUSION:  THE REBIRTH OF "MODERATE" DOMINANCE

By Christopher Adamo



ECONOMICS & ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:  THE STATE OF THE MEXICAN ECONOMY & ITS IMPACT ON THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- HOW FAILURE TO ENFORCE U.S. IMMIGRATION LAWS & THE RESULTING UNCONTROLLED IMMIGRATION OF MEXICANS INTO THE U.S.A. AFFECT THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- HOW CHANGING PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE & RISING LEVELS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE U.S.A. WILL IMPACT ON THE MEXICAN ECONOMY -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DECLINE & MEXICAN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 122, May 30, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE,
& MEXICO'S COMING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

By Alan Caruba



RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR UNRELENTING ATTACK ON BIOTECHNOLOGY, DETERMINED TO PREVENT THE USE OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SEEDS & FOOD IN POOR, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  THE ANTI-BIOTECH ACTIVISTS' USE OF EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO KEEP GE SEEDS OUT OF THE HANDS OF FARMERS & GE FOOD OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF HUNGRY CHILDREN & PARENTS -- THE BIZARRE CLAIMS ONE GREENPEACE LEADER HAS BEEN LEVELING AGAINST A TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD INCREASE CROP YIELDS, REDUCE SOIL EROSION, & IMPROVE NUTRITION FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 121, May 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GREENPEACE & OTHER RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS
PERPETUATE POVERTY & MALNUTRITION:

ANTI-BIOTECH ACTIVISTS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF
HISTORY, SCIENCE, MORALITY, & HUMANITY

By Paul K. Driessen



THE DIFFICULTY OF CLEARLY & FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE QUR'AN IN ARABIC & OF ACCURATELY TRANSLATING ISLAM'S MAIN DOCUMENT INTO OTHER LANGUAGES:  A SITUATION WHICH FACILITATES THE EMERGENCE & ENDURANCE OF SUCH MUSLIM EXTREMIST MOVEMENTS AS ISLAMISM (MILITANT ISLAM) -- THE EASE WITH THE QUR'AN IS MISINTERPRETED & MISREPRESENTED BY THE ISLAMISTS & THEIR STATE SUPPORTERS IN ORDER TO INCITE HATRED OF OPPONENTS & TO PROVIDE IDEOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION & SUPPORT FOR ISLAMIC TERRORISM & THE WORLDWIDE ISLAMIST JIHAD AGAINST THE U.S.A. & THE WEST
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 120, May 26, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ASSESSING ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF THE QUR'AN

By Khaleed Mohammed



THE SELLOUT:  THE SOCALLED "COMPROMISE" OF MAY 23, 2005 -- THE SURRENDER BY SEVEN SOCALLED "MODERATE" REPUBLICANS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO THE LEFTWING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS' FILIBUSTER OF REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH'S JUDICIAL NOMINEES -- WILL CONSERVATIVES COME TO GRIPS WITH THE FACT THAT FIFTY-TWO TRULY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN SENATORS WOULD CONSTITUTE A BETTER & MORE RELIABLE MAJORITY THAN A LARGER SENATE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY CONTAINING "MODERATES" READY & WILLING TO BETRAY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS LEADERSHIP, COLLABORATE WITH LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS, & UNDERMINE THE CONSERVATIVE ENDEAVOR TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL INTEGRITY TO THE UNITED STATES COURTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 119, May 25, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JUDICIAL FILIBUSTER "COMPROMISE":  AMERICA BETRAYED

By Christopher G. Adamo



CONSERVATISM & THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY: CONSERVATISM AS A SPENT POLITICAL FORCE IN RETREAT IN CONGRESS & IN THE WHITE HOUSE -- THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS JUST ANOTHER PARTY OF BIG GOVERNMENT & BIG SPENDING
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 118, May 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

HAVE CONSERVATIVES THROWN IN THE TOWEL?

By Alan Caruba



NEWT GINGRICH & THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY -- CAN & SHOULD GINGRICH BE NOMINATED AS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR U.S. PRESIDENT IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?  WOULD HE MAKE A GOOD POLITICAL LEADER FOR THE ENTIRE NATION?  IF ELECTED, WOULD HE MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 117, May 21, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

NEWT GINGRICH, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP, & THE PRESIDENCY:
IS GINGRICH TOO SMART TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.?

By Alan Caruba



THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE STATE OF ISRAEL, & THE BARBARIC FORCES OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM:  THE U.S.A. & ISRAEL LOCKED IN A LIFE-&-DEATH STRUGGLE WITH RADICAL ISLAM & ITS GLOBAL TERRORIST NETWORK -- THE ISLAMIST FIFTH COLUMN IN ACADEMIA & ITS CORROSIVE IMPACT ON AMERICAN CULTURE & SOCIETY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 116, May 20, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE JEWISH CANARY

By Asaf Romirowsky



THE LETHAL PRODUCT OF IDEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & INTERNATIONAL BUREAUCRATS -- ANTI-PESTICIDE POLICIES THAT VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS & CONDEMN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE TO NEEDLESS DEATH -- VIOLATION OF ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS:  THE RIGHT TO BE FREE FROM DEADLY DISEASES THAT CONTINUE TO KILL MILLIONS OF PEOPLE EVERY YEAR IN POOR COUNTRIES AROUND THE GLOBE -- THE RIGHT TO HAVE FULL ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING INSECTICIDES THAT HAVE ERADICATED THESE DISEASES IN THE U.S.A. & OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 115, May 19, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ENVIRONMENTALISM & DISEASE CONTROL POLICY:
BANNING THE USE OF DDT & OTHER PESTICIDES:
A HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION THAT KILLS MILLIONS YEARLY

By Paul K. Driessen



THE LINK BETWEEN MODERN CULTURE & THE MASSIVE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- WHAT MUST BE DONE BY LOYAL AMERICANS TO PRESERVE THE NATION THEY CHERISH & PASS ITS BLESSINGS ON TO THEIR POSTERITY:  IMMEDIATELY BEGIN RESTORING PRIDE IN AMERICA'S COMMON NATIONAL CULTURE, THAT IS, AMERICANS' AWARNESS & APPRECIATION OF SHARED VALUES & BELIEFS, THEIR SENSE OF COMMON NATIONAL IDENTITY & PATRIOTISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 114, May 18, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

INVASION OF THE U.S.A. BY ILLEGAL ALIENS:
MODERN CULTURE AS THE CHIEF CULPRIT

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY:  TEN YEARS AFTER THE REPUBLICANS GAINED CONTROL OF THE LEGISLATIVE & EXECUTIVE BRANCHES OF THE U.S. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, DO WE HAVE THE FISCAL RESTRAINT & SMALLER GOVERNMENT PROMISED BY THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA, OR DO WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME BIG SPENDING, REGULATORY, & OTHER LIBERAL STATIST POLICIES WE HAD WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE THE MAJORITY PARTY?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 113, May 17, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD

By Alan Caruba



ISLAM AS INTERPRETED & PRACTICED BY THE ISLAMISTS:  A RELIGION OF THE SWORD, WITH THE BLADE FOREVER AT THE THROATS OF NON-MUSLIMS & INSINCERE MUSLIMS -- ISLAM AS THE ONLY MAJOR WORLD RELIGION TODAY THAT IS CITED BY BOTH STATE & NON-STATE ACTORS TO LEGITIMIZE DECAPITATION AS PUNISHMENT FOR INFIDELITY, DISLOYALTY, & OTHER BEHAVIOR & ATTITUDES DEEMED TO BE CRIMINAL
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 112, May 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BEHEADING CAPTIVES IN THE NAME OF ISLAM

By Timothy Furnish



WHAT UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO SEE REDUCED SUNNI SUPPORT FOR THE INSURGENCY IN IRAQ & INCREASED SUNNI PARTICIPATION IN THE NEWLY ELECTED IRAQI GOVERNMENT:  REFRAIN FROM REWARDING POLITICAL VIOLENCE & TERRORISM IN IRAQ & FROM UNDERCUTTING THE LEGITIMACY OF THOSE SUNNI POLITICIANS WHO HAVE ESCHEWED VIOLENCE & JOINED WITH THE MAJORITY PARTIES IN GOVERNING IRAQ
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 111, May 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LET IRAQ HANDLE THE SUNNIS

By Michael Rubin



THE CONTINUING CLAMOR OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS FOR DRACONIAN TAX & REGULATORY REGIMES TO PREVENT A HYPOTHETICAL CLIMATE CHANGE CATASTROPHE, DESPITE AN ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE THEORY, & IN THE FACE OF MOUNTING EVIDENCE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS' PROPOSED "SOLUTIONS" WOULD DO LITTLE TO REDUCE THEORETICAL GLOBAL WARMING, BUT HAVE HORRENDOUS SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACTS ON POOR PEOPLE & POOR COUNTRIES -- A NEW GREEN STRATEGY:  WAGE AN ASSAULT AGAINST OPEN, ROBUST DEBATE ON CRITICAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC POLICY & ATTACK SCIENTISTS & POLICY ANALYSTS WHOSE FINDINGS DO NOT SUPPORT GLOBAL WARMING THEORY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 110, May 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CLIMATE ALARMISTS & GLOBAL WARMING THEORISTS:
PROPONENTS OF PUBLIC POLICIES THAT WOULD
DEVASTATE POOR PEOPLE & POOR COUNTRIES

By Paul K. Driessen



AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS & THEIR COMPLETE DEGENERATION FROM ANY PRETENSE OF PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A SOUND ACADEMIC EDUCATION OR OF PROMOTING TRADITIONAL WESTERN SOCIAL & MORAL VALUES:  THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' FOCUS UPON INDOCTRINATING CHILDREN & YOUTH TOWARDS ANTI-CHRISTIAN COUNTERCULTURAL SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, WORKING TO SUPPLANT REFERENCES TO GOD & A DIVINELY CREATED MORAL ORDER WITH THE TWISTED, AMORAL PRECEPTS OF SECULARISM & "POLITICAL CORRECTNESS" -- THE MORAL DUTY & OBLIGATION OF CHRISTIANS TO AWAKEN AMERICA TO THE DANGER POSED BY THE GODLESS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 109, May 12, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PUBLIC SCHOOLS:  AWAKENING AMERICA TO THE DANGER

By Christopher G. Adamo



AMERICAN & EUROPEAN OFFICIALS' BLIND SPOT REGARDING ISLAMIC TERRORISM & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:   THE INSINCERITY & NAIVETE UNDERLYING WESTERN POLITICIANS' & BUREAUCRATS' RHETORIC ABOUT THE TERRORISTS' SOCALLED COMMITMENT TO & ADVANCES IN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY -- STRENGTHENING THE FORCES OF TERROR & PUTTING ISRAELI LIVES ON THE LINE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 108, May 11, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:
SOOTHING RHETORIC, SCARY REALITY

By Michael Rubin



THE ENVIRONMENTAL EXTREMISTS' WELL-COORDINATED ATTACK ON DOE RUN PERU:  ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES OF THE WAR RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES WHICH PROVIDE JOBS & A BETTER LIFE FOR WORKERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES & WHICH PRODUCE THE METALS, ENERGY, & WOOD PRODUCTS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS FOR THE HOUSES, COMPUTERS, CELL PHONES, HOSPITALS, WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS, & OTHER MODERN BLESSINGS WE IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ENJOY & TOO OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 107, May 10, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DEMONIZING DOE RUN

By Alan Caruba



THE WORK OF THE SOCALLED "NEW HISTORIANS":  POST-ZIONIST ANALYSIS OF THE COLLAPSE & DISPERSION OF PALESTINE'S ABAB SOCIETY DURING THE 1948 WAR -- A CRITIQUE OF THE "SCHOLARSHIP" OF THE LEFT-LEANING POST-ZIONIST "NEW HISTORIANS," REFUTING THEIR BIASED, DISTORTED & GROSSLY INACCURATE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE GENESIS OF THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 106, May 9, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BENNY MORRIS'S REIGN OF ERROR, REVISITED:
THE POST-ZIONIST CRITIQUE

By Efraim Karsh



THE UNITED NATIONS:  INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL MESS BURRIED UNDER SCANDALS & A TOTAL FAILURE AS AN ORGANIZATION FOR PREVENTING WAR & INSURING WORLD PEACE -- WHY MANY AMERICANS QUESTION THE LEGITIMACY OF THE UN, FEAR ITS GAINING ANY EFFECTIVE GOVERNING AUTHORITY, & CALL FOR THE U.S.A. TO TERMINATE ITS MEMBERSHIP & PARTICIPATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS & STRONGLY ENCOURAGE AMERICA'S ALLIES TO DO LIKEWISE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 105, May 7, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TIME TO DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE
FROM THE UNITED NATIONS

By Tom DeWeese



GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES FACING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE YEAR 2005 -- MEETING LONGTERM CHALLENGES WITH A LONGTERM STRATEGY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 104, May 6, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CHALLENGES 2005

By Porter J. Goss



RADICAL ISLAM & JIHADISM:  THE ISLAMIST INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST MOVEMENT & THE JIHAD IT IS WAGING AGAINST THE WEST IN GENERAL & THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN PARTICULAR -- THE ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT, THE NATURE & EFFECTNESS OF ITS METHODS, ITS PERCEPTION OF THE U.S.A. AS THE STRATEGIC ENEMY, & WHY AMERICA & ITS ALLIES MUST REMAIN RESOLUTE & PERSISTENT IN WAGING AN EFFECTIVE COUNTERTERRORIST WAR AGAINST THE JIHADISTS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 103, May 5, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

LESSONS FROM THE COUNTERTERRORISM WAR

By Boaz Ganor



ARIEL SHARON'S PLAN FOR UNILATERAL ISRAELI DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA, WHEREBY ISRAEL, WITHOUT A GENUINE PEACE AGREEMENT WITH THE PALESTINIANS & OTHER ARABS, WITHDRAWS ITS MILITARY & CIVILIANS FROM THE GAZA STRIP:  A CLEAR & UNAMBIGUOUS PLAN FOR ISRAEL'S RETREAT IN THE FACE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS -- A PLAN WHICH, WHEN IMPLEMENTED, WILL EMBOLDEN THE TERRORISTS & SERIOUSLY WEAKEN & UNDERMINE THE POSITION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN ITS WAR FOR SURVIVAL AGAINST THE FORCES OF ARAB & ISLASMIST TERRORISM
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 102, May 4, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISRAEL'S RETREAT FROM GAZA

By Daniel Mandel



TURKEY & ISRAEL -- WHAT THE TWO NATIONS HAVE IN COMMON:  EACH NATION HAS A COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH EUROPE & EACH HAS EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL POPULAR REACTION AGAINST SECULARISM & ELITISM & THE RISE OF RELIGIOUS-BASED POLITICAL PARTIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 101, May 3, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

TURKEY & ISRAEL:  WHAT BINDS ANKARA & JERUSALEM

By Soner Cagaplay & Asaf Romirowsky



THE INCREASING COST OF GASOLINE & THE OIL FROM WHICH IT IS REFINED -- WHY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS EXPERIENCING YET ANOTHER ENERGY CRISIS:  THE YEARS OF EFFORT BY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, RESULTING IN THE MANY RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPOSED ON OUR NATION'S ABILITY TO KEEP PACE WITH ITS ENERGY NEEDS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 100, May 2, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S ENERGY NEEDS:  OIL NOW & OIL TOMORROW

By Alan Caruba



MIZRAHIM & ASHKENAZIM:  THE CULTURAL FAULTLINE IN ISRAELI SOCIETY -- RADICAL POST-ZIONIST ANALYSIS OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAELI JEWS OF TWO DIFFERING ETHNIC & SUBCULTURAL IDENTITIES & HOW THIS CONFLICT WILL & SHOULD IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF ISRAEL:  WHY POST-ZIONISM & ITS RADICAL REJECTION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL CONSTITUTE THE WRONG ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM EXISTING BETWEEN MIZRAHI & ASHKENAZI JEWS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 99, April 30, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

ISRAEL:  POST-ZIONISM & THE SEPHARDI QUESTION

By Meyrav Wurmser



JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS & PARTISAN POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE:  HOW LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN THE U.S. SENATE WORK TO BLOCK APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGES WHO WILL UPHOLD THE INTERGITY & TRUE MEANING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION -- WHY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS NEED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE SENATE FIGHT OVER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS IS ABOUT PROTECTING & PRESERVING THE BASIC FEATURES OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM, INCLUDING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS & BALANCES, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, & POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 98, April 29, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

BREAKING JUDICIAL FILIBUSTERS:  HIGH NOON FOR CONSERVATIVES

By Christopher G. Adamo



ISRAEL'S COMING DISENGAGEMENT FROM GAZA:  THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT'S PLAN TO FORCE JEWISH SETTLERS RESIDING IN THE GAZA STRIP TO GIVE UP THEIR HOMES & RESETTLE WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL -- WILL THE FORCED WITHDRAWAL BE CONTESTED BY THE SETTLERS?  ARE THE ISRAELIS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 97, April 28, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

JEWISH SETTLERS IN GAZA RESTLESS OVER
THE COMING FORCED WITHDRAWAL

By Asaf Romirowsky



REASONS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS' COLOSSAL FAILURE AS A COUNCIL OF NATIONS ESTABLISHED TO PREVENT THE WORST EXCESSES OF INTERNATIONAL CONDUCT -- WHY BLAMING THE COLD WAR FOR STUNTING THE WORLD BODY ONLY CONFUSES SYMPTOM WITH CAUSE
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 96, April 27, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE UNITED NATIONS AT AGE SIXTY:  WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT

By Daniel Mandel



FREEDOM VERSUS COLLECTIVISM:  FREEDOM 21 VERSUS AGENDA 21 -- FREEDOM 21 AS A MECHANISM FOR UNITING PRO-FREEDOM GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS & ACTIVISTS IN WAGING THE FIGHT IN DEFENSE OF THE FREE SOCIETY & IN OPPOSITION TO THE CONTROLLED SOCIETY ADVOCATED BY AGENDA 21
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 95, April 26, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AGENDA 21 OR FREEDOM 21:  MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE

By Tom DeWeese



MANY THOUGHTFUL CONSERVATIVES HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. BUSH -- A GROWING CONCERN AMONG CONSERVATIVES:  FAILURE OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO ACT UPON THE CORE CONSERVATIVE VALUES OF FISCAL RESTRAINT & AMERICAN NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 94, April 25, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

CONSERVATIVES WORRYING ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH

By Alan Caruba



THE ASTONISHING TENACITY OF THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO CONTROL THE ENTIRE WORLD & THE LIVES OF ALL ITS PEOPLES -- A LOOK AT WHAT THE RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK IS UP TO, AS IT SEEKS THE POWER OF ABSOLUTE VETO OVER ANY LOANS AMERICAN BANKS EXTEND TO THIRD WORLD NATIONS & DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THOSE NATIONS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 93, April 23, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

KILLING PEOPLE TO "SAVE" THE ENVIRONMENT

By Alan Caruba



ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & HUMAN HEALTH -- ON WHAT SHOULD WE FOCUS ON EARTH DAY, 2005?  LESS ON DISTANT, HYPOTHETICAL DANGERS OF CONCERN TO WELL-OFF, HEALTHY, WELL-FED AMERICANS & EUROPEANS & MORE ON THE REAL, IMMEDIATE, LIFE-OR-DEATH DANGERS FACED EVERY DAY BY BILLIONS OF OUR LESS FORTUNATE FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 92, April 22, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

PEOPLE, PROGRESS, & PLANET -- EARTH DAY, 2005
BILLIONS STILL FACING REAL, LIFE-THREATENING DANGERS

By Paul K. Driessen



HOW THE ATTITUDES & BEHAVIOR OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL IN IRAQ ARE THWARTING ATTAINMENT OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S POLICY GOALS:  HOW THE U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD IS UNDERMINING THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN FOR A U.S.-IRAQI PARTNERSHIP & A TRULY SOVEREIGN CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC IRAQ
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 91, April 21, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THAT OCCUPATION FEELING:  U.S. EMBASSY BEHAVIOR IN IRAQ
MAKES FOR AN AWKWARD RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAQIS

By Michael Rubin



THE NEED FOR DECENT, ETHICAL CORPORATE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WITH THE WILL, DETERMINATION, & COURAGE TO STAND UP TO THE RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK & ITS ALLIES & THEREBY PREVENT THE ECO-ACTIVIST, RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS FROM KEEPING THE WORLD'S POOR IMPOVERISHED, HUNGRY, & DISEASE-RIDDEN
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 90, April 20, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

WANTED:  CORPORATE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
WITH TRUE ETHICS & THE COURAGE TO CHALLENGE
THE RADICAL ECO-ACTIVISTS

By Niger Innis & Paul K. Driessen



LIBERALS VERSUS CONSERVATIVES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POLITICS -- HOW LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS & APOSTLES OF THE COUNTERCULTURE THWART THE CONSERVATIVE POLICY AGENDA OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION:  HOW THE OBSTRUCTIONIST MINORITY PREVENTS THE WILL OF AMERICA'S ELECTORAL MAJORITY FROM BEING TRANSLATED INTO PUBLIC POLICY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 89, April 19, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DESPITE NUMBERS, DEMOCRATS REMAIN IN CHARGE

By Christopher G. Adamo



IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE MOTIVATIONS DRIVING ITS QUEST FOR A NUCLEAR MILITARY CABILITY, THE HIGHLY PROBABLE POLITICAL & GEO-POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IRANIAN SUCCESS IN THIS ENDEAVOR, & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN & MILITARY POLICY
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 88, April 18, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS & U.S. OPTIONS:
A BRIEFING

By Michael Eisenstadt



ENVIRONMENTALISM & ITS THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH --THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT & ITS DRIVE TO ELIMINATE THE USE OF DDT & EVERY OTHER PESTICIDE THAT COULD PROTECT HUMAN LIVES THROUGH PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF DEADLY DISEASES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 87, April 16, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE BLACK DEATH & ITS DESCENDANTS

By Alan Caruba



COMPUTER MODELS WHICH FORECAST CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE EARTH -- MISPLACED RELIANCE ON THESE COMPUTER MODELS BY POLITICIANS, THE NEWS MEDIA, LIBERAL LEFTIST ACADEMIC CIRCLES, & THE IDEOLOGICALLY-DRIVEN RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS:  RELIANCE THAT COULD RESULT IN HORRENDOUS POLICY DECISIONS FOR DEVELOPING AS WELL AS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 86, April 15, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

THE ORACLE AT EARTH INSTITUTE:
CLIMATE CHANGE COMPUTER MODELS
NOT MUCH BETTER THAN ANCIENT ORACLES

By Paul K. Driessen



AMERICAN JUSTICE AS A DARK MYTH:  HOW AMERICA'S POLITICAL LEADERS ALTERNATELY UPHOLD & IGNORE "THE LAW" IN A HIGHLY SELECTIVE & SELF-SERVING MANNER -- POLITICAL OPPORTUNISM, LIBERAL HYPOCRICY, & THE LEGAL DOUBLE STANDARD OPERATING TO FURTHER THE SUBVERSIVE ENDS OF AMERICA'S POLITICAL & CULTURAL LEFT
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 85, April 14, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

AMERICA'S SYSTEM OF JUSTICE -- A BROKEN SYSTEM

By Christopher G. Adamo



THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME OF HARD-LINE ISLAMISTS -- TYRANNICAL RULE, MISTREATMENT & ABUSE OF DISSIDENTS, & VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF THE INCREASINGLY POPULAR MOVEMENT FOR ESTABLISHING FREEDOM & THE RULE OF LAW IN IRAN:  IS THERE ANY REALISTIC HOPE FGR DEMOCRATIC & CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL REFORM IN IRAN?
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 84, April 13, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

DISSIDENT WATCH:  AHMED BATEBI

By Suzanne Gershowitz



THE IMPACT OF THE CURRENT MASSIVE IMMIGRATION OF ARABS & OTHER MUSLIMS TO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES:   RAPID TRANFORMATION OF EUROPE INTO A CULTURAL & POLITICAL APPENDAGE OF THE ARAB/MUSLIM WORLD -- A REGION THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY ANTI-CHRISTIAN, ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-WESTERN, & ANTI-AMERICAN
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 83, April 12, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

EURABIA:  EUROPE'S FUTURE?
A BRIEFING

By Bat Ye'or



AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THEIR USE OF MIND-ALTERING DRUGS TO MEDICATE STUDENTS, & THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE U.S.A.:  HOW THE WAVE OF SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAS COINCIDED WITH THE MASSIVE PROGRAM OF DRUGGING "OVER-ACTIVE" STUDENTS OR THOSE DEEMED TO HAVE AN "ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER"
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
Volume VII, Issue # 82, April 11, 2005

DISCUSSION TOPIC:

A DEADLY COINCIDENCE:
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS & DRUGGED STUDENTS

By Alan Caruba




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