Common Sense Politics

The history of mankind is filled with stories about so called ‘Lost Tribes, Lost Cities, Lost Civilizations’ and so on. Images of Atlantis, the Incas and the Etruscans and many others come to mind and there has always been a certain amount of mystery and curiosity associated with that. It is in the spirit of these comparisons that we here at Common Sense Politics have to ask: “What happened to the Republicans?” As recent as 1994, a short 14 years ago, they were a force in America that had the support of the majority of the people in this country. Continue Reading »

At one time or another in our lives we all have heard the old saying “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S.” And B.S. does not stand for Barbara Streisand. Another saying suggests that “Offense is the best Defense.” Couple these two and you have NASA scientist James Hansen who celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his appearance before a Congressional Committee in 1988 with another appearance in Congress.  These sort of claims make it very clear that common sense and reasoning is not used to analyze this problem.

In 1988, Mr. Hansen told Congress that Global Warming was fact and that mankind had only twenty years left before irreparable damage would be inflicted Continue Reading »

We all have heard buzzwords from politicians over the many years since the invention of political slogans. Many of them have become bumper stickers as well and have been effective while others have been not so successful. Overall though, since they keep popping up, politicians and agenda driven people and groups must think of them as good population-opinion forming tools, otherwise, they would not waste time thinking up more.  Common Sense Politics looks into this political sloganeering.

We must remember that in the 2000 Presidential race, candidate George W. Bush was talked of in the media as “having no gravitas”, meaning him being a lightweight not ready for the job of President. And every liberal journalist and television host or guest in America repeated this particular reference to Bush for several weeks. They even concluded that the selection of Continue Reading »

Who would have thought in 1776 that the newly crafted Declaration of Independence would be the birth of a nation celebrating it’s 232nd birthday today, the United States of America. The 56 signers of this document represented the original thirteen states and it concludes with ‘we mutually pledged to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.’ It is an incredibly fabulous document that should be read or reread every year by everybody in America on this day. We here at Common Sense Authors like to celebrate this day by sharing with you an adaptation from a speech delivered at Hillsdale College on January 27, 2008, by Mr. Patrick Toomey during a seminar co-sponsored by the Center for Constructive Alternatives and the Ludwig Mises Lecture Series. Mr. Toomey is president of the Club for Growth. Continue Reading »

This is the second of two Presidential candidate’s assessments, this one about Barack Obama. Like we did with Senator McCain, Common Sense Politics will not go into deep detail when it comes to his background and upbringing but will instead focus more on recent history and events in his life. Anybody who wants greater detail on his early life should simply use search engines and other such information sources. Continue Reading »

This is the first of two Presidential candidate’s assessments and using strictly alphabetical order, today’s review is about John McCain, the Republican Party nominee. Common Sense Politics will post a similar article next about Barack Obama, the Democrat party candidate. We will not delve into their life stories in any detail other than as it affects their current positions, their recent history and actions and their respective proposals for the next years after being elected to be President. Continue Reading »

For about two weeks, we have had two finalists in the Presidential sweepstakes, two United States Senators, John McCain (R) from Arizona and Barack Obama (D) from Illinois. We predicted this outcome well over three months ago in ‘And the Winner Are…‘ but the Primary season dragged on into June and so it is only now that we have reached this point where the upcoming Party conventions in August and September will officially declare these two gentlemen the candidates of their respective parties.

This allows Common Sense Politics to move forward now Continue Reading »

Political Common Sense cannot quite stop talking more about the real culprits of America as we identified them in our previous article, Congressional Culprits Revealed. First off, let us remind ourselves what the United States Constitution says about the branches of government:

The Executive and Legislative are constitutionally equal branches of the United States Continue Reading »

Our most recent article (The Great Oil Debate) was an attempt to bring some perspective and sense of reality to the current energy or more specifically, the oil crisis in our country. The essential conclusion was that the blame for the high prices for gasoline does NOT rest with the oil companies, nor are their profits the primary reason for paying $4.00 for a gallon. This is, of course, contrary to what we have been hearing from the media and our elected representatives who have attempted to make us believe that the oil companies and their excessive profits are to blame for this crisis. Continue Reading »

Are Big Oil Company Profits the Reason for Extreme Gasoline Prices?

Oil prices have been discussed for as long as we can remember, but never with the scrutiny that we see today. Not only do we read or hear about it every day, but it is thrust into a negative light in most every case. Common Sense Politics has written several other articles referring to the dynamics of oil that are worth one’s time, but this one will focus on the dynamics of oil pricing between 2000 and 2007. Continue Reading »

During his visit to Israel two weeks ago where he participated in that countries 60-year anniversary celebrations, President George W. Bush gave a speech to Israel’s Knesset, the legislative branch of that country. His speech was well received by those in attendance and moved some people to tears. The President re-assured the Israelis that America will stand by its side against all their enemies as it has done in the past. Near the middle of his speech, President Bush spoke Continue Reading »

On May 15, 2008, four California Supreme Court Justices made history! They overturned a ban on same sex marriages as voted on by California residents in 2000, known as Proposition 22. This proposition explicitly defined marriage as being a union between a man and a woman. Not that this is anything new; this has been the only definition for a  long time. The court’s decision was 4:3 with Chief Justice Ronald Continue Reading »

Reading this title might raise a curious question by any reader, and maybe rightfully so. Who ever heard of environmentalists being haters? They are not, they are protectors, right? Well, we question that based on their actions on many fronts in the past until today. We have addressed and commented on their activities in previous articles, the most recent one entitled ‘Environmental Extremists gone wild‘ was posted on March 31, 2008. Continue Reading »

When looking back, we here at Common Sense Politics have not always been correct in our predictions when we made them. For example, we did not pick John McCain as even having a chance of getting the Republican nomination before the primaries and caucuses began. But slightly more than two month ago, on March 11 of this year to be precise, we posted an article entitled ‘And the winners are….McCain and Obama‘. We claimed that it was statistically impossible for Mrs. Clinton to overcome the delegate lead of 111 that Barack Obama was enjoying at the time. At that time, Continue Reading »

For some time now, one of today’s most beloved television shows is ‘American Idol’. Over seven years, it has maintained its popularity and this year’s production is just about ready to announce the 2008 American Idol. Similarly to the Miss America, Miss USA and the Miss World contests, there will be tears of joy by the winner and tears of despair by the many losers and also-rans. The winner and even some runner-ups will make tons of money in selling their singsongs to America’s youth. The entire program is programmed rather interestingly in that the three judges Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Brit Simon Cowell have been able to keep the show lively with their comments and criticisms. The six winners to date are Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks and Jordin Sparks. They all have become successful recording artists, more or less.

But this is not what this article is all about. In fact, we are starting a new chapter here at Common Sense Authors where we like to focus on who we consider real American Idols. Continue Reading »