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2/6/2012Blakeman: Charity Must Begin at Home

Charity Must Begin at Home By Bradley Blakeman America is facing the toughest economic challenges

America Must Not Surrender to ‘Momentarianism’ By Bradley Blakman America’s problems today can easily be diagnosed. It is

1/19/2012Blakeman: Iran Will Be Stopped

Iran Will Be Stopped By Bradley Blakeman Sadly, if Iran does not back off its efforts to obtain a

Lobby Group Provides Access to Obama White House By Bradley Blakeman Candidate Barack Obama — who railed against lobbyists

'Solargate' Didn't Happen By Accident By Bradley Blakeman After Stimulus I was passed in 2009 the White House wanted

For 9/11 Victim's Family Members No Justice, No Peace On Anniversary By Bradley Blakeman On September 11, 2001, I lost my

Obama Is Jimmy Carter 2.0 By Bradley Blakeman The evidence is mounting more than ever to suggest that President Obama is morphing into

Brad Blakeman: Let Steel Cross Rise at Ground Zero By Brad Blakeman There is no good reason

I've got news for Republicans. Clean energy is not partisan. It is responsible and sensible and for that reason it should be embraced and

President Obama's announcement Sunday night that Al Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden has been killed is a just conclusion to the life of a man

The most recent New York Times/CBS News poll finds that the current crop of Republican presidential hopefuls is suffering from an identity crisis.

Today it seems we are surrounded by sports scandal and greed. From the looming NFL shutdown of the 2011 season to the criminal conviction

We need a Bill of Rights for the U.S. Congress. Here's why: To hold up a bill because the amendments thereto are not germane

It is clear that Democrats are trying to sucker Republicans into not making a deal on the 2010 budget so they can blame them

Let's face it. Americans are momentarians. What do I mean by that and what makes an American a momentarian? A momentarian is a person

Well, it's official. It now appears that sports fans will not be watching and enjoying NFL football games in 2011. This is because the NFL

How many Americans remember Paul Harvey? For those who don’t know who he was, he was an American treasure. Harvey was a legendary

With unrest and turmoil in oil-producing Middle East and North African countries upon which America heavily relies for our domestic oil consumption and with gas prices

2/15/2011An Idea From 1905?

President Obama's latest budget supports putting 1 million electric cars on the road by 2015. The plan, however, could just as well been hatched by President

The United Nations has become increasingly irrelevant. For proof, look no further than their deafening silence with regard to the unrest we have seen in

When Senator Obama was running for president, he promised over and over again that he would "change the tone" in Washington. He said he

This week President Obama will deliver his State of the Union. The most remembered addresses are the ones that inspire and challenge us.

By all accounts Congressman Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.), is seen as a rising star in the national Republican Party. As such, he has been given the

The Republican National Committee's leadership chose their Party's new leader last week. Wisconsin state Republican Chairman Reince Priebus will serve for the next two years.

On a weekend in America when families should have been preoccupied with family and church, our nation was rocked by a senseless act of

The key to 2011 successes rests in doing what politicians and the Party promised in the recent midterm elections. It is just that

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has announced he will seek a second 2-year term as GOP head in spite of numerous contenders seeking

Is Obama's forced deal with Republicans on the re-upping of the Bush tax cuts a result of strategic "triangulation" or political strangulation?

How is it possible for America to tackle its massive and historic debt and economic challenges, if we do not first solve our deficit in

During this week of Thanksgiving, we must all remember that our country's greatest strength rests with our people and their ingenuity, creativity and the freedom

We all know politics can get crazy, but when a candidate in 2010 for the U.S. Senate has to defend herself against allegations that

The president needs a total top to bottom shake-up in the White House and beyond. The campaign people who get you to the White House

American poet Robert Frost wrote, "good fences make good neighbors" in his poem "Mending Wall." At first blush you would think Frost meant it literally.

9/1/2010Iran Must Be Stopped

Iran's achievement of obtaining a nuclear weapon is not an option. The question is not if Iran will have a nuclear weapon, it is when.

8/30/20102010 The Summer of Despair

President Obama’s serial vacationing and golfing while “Rome is burning” will come back to haunt him and fellow Democrats this November and beyond. His behavior

8/25/2010Blakeman: Iran Must Be Stopped

Iran's achievement of obtaining a nuclear weapon is not an option. The question is not if Iran will have a nuclear weapon, it is when.

8/17/2010Blakeman on Obamacare

This past month millions of Americans got notice from Blue Cross/Blue Shield providers across the country that their insurance premiums were going way up effective

8/12/2010We Need a Vacation

Just this past week, while appearing before an audience of automobile workers, President Obama said, again, that our nation continues to suffer through a recession

The fact that Arizona felt compelled to enact a law to focus attention on the federal governments refusal to enforce the law is a big

By President Obama's own admission, America -- under his watch -- faces the worst job losses and recession since the Great Depression.

Americans are momentarians. We have become a people who live for the moment instead of aspiring and planning for our nation's future while providing the

6/30/2010Bullies and Cowards?

MoveOn.org is comprised of bullies and cowards.

6/24/2010Nukes, Baby, Nukes

With regard to our energy independence, the BP oil disaster should be a call to action. Everyone knows we are dependent on fossil fuels coming

You would think that Obama and Biden would have learned their lessons when they opposed the “surge” in Iraq and called for an immediate withdrawal

6/16/2010Old Glory, Long May She Wave!

Flag Day should remind us all of just what the red, white and blue stands for. Every time I see the Stars

When it comes to the continuing Sestak scandal, the White House is up to their eyeballs in a cover-up. Major Garrett, Fox News' chief White

Unions have made no secret that they plan to spend $100 million dollars to keep Democratic incumbents in office in 2010. In short, unions

4/7/2010Obama Must Secure Our Borders

President Barack Obama pledged during the campaign and after taking office that he would work on immigration reforms during his first year.

3/22/2010If Dems Win They Still Lose

Democrats have ignored the majority of Americans and have dismissed their concerns as naiveté and not knowing what is best for them. Well, I predict

3/12/2010Filibuster Follies

Senator Reid may not be in a

Despite what the president wants Democrats in Congress try to target intelligence agents as the fight over how to wage the War on Terror continues.

2/23/2010Health Care Is DOA

Despite an ailing economy, and political setback after political setback, Democrats just cannot let health care go. What the White House should really be doing

The United States of America has nothing to apologize for. Why is this administration so embarrassed by America¹s greatness? In 2009 President Obama began

2/2/2010Cowardly Behavior

The fact that the President of the United States and his Attorney General would decide to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed the mastermind of the largest

The handwriting is on the wall for Democrats in 2010 and the message is clear, "you failed to lead". The Democrats had it all, the

1/5/2010What's in a Name

More often than not, Americans and the World look to American Presidents for their words. Whether a president’s words bring comfort, understanding, clarity, resolve or

12/16/2009Obama's B+, Healthcare

If I were grading Obama I would have given him a “solid” D. I would demand he get a

11/19/2009Obama in China

You would think that a President who

11/9/2009Blakeman's Response to Shallal

In response to today's piece in the Washington Post, Bradley Blakeman writes: “Andy Shallal supports “revolutionaries” yet he turned tail and ran to America when the

10/23/2009Executive Pay

As a lawyer, I am very concerned

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Obama early on in his rein, in order to keep him in a "medal box". This award

Many years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that when government undertakes to provide "public duties" for the benefit of all its

10/6/2009Let McChrystal Testify!

The President and the Democrats are causing alarm by not letting General McChrystal testify before Congress. It appears that the President is stuck between Iraq

Are you kidding me? The President used a press conference to announce that Iran is building a second Uranium-Enrichment Plant? He had a golden opportunity

The real question that should be asked

9/21/2009Hypocrites

Democrats are decrying the need for “civility”

8/26/2009HR 3200

The “death panel” has taken on a

Congress loses whatever credibility they have with

7/16/2009Sotomayor

Judge Sotomayor seems to have the judicial temperament of an anointed one. I remember many judges who have told audiences that they will never forget

6/25/2009Public Option

The Government decades ago got into the healthcare business when they created Medicare and Medicaid. Has it worked? Does it serve the People as intended?

6/22/2009Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a topic of little discussion not only by the American people and the American government, but also around the world. Human trafficking

6/1/2009Good for General Motors

I believe the U.S. Taxpayer should never

The Administration like the Democratic Leadership in Congress are drunk with power and in a rush to either reverse past administration policy or make their

With regard to African Pirates: A bad story that has one chapter that ends well is still a bad story. Thank God the Captain of

4/5/2009Is Larry Summers Over Already?

Submitted by ASO member: Bradley Blakeman It’s time for the sun to set on Summers. The Press is reporting that the President’s

3/8/2009Power to the People!

Submitted by ASO member: Bradley Blakeman The greatness of America rests not in our government, it rests in our people. We should

How can the United Nations adequately work to prevent and fight terrorism when they don’t even have the will to define it?