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Conservatism (Latin: conservare, to "save" or "preserve")[1] is a political attitude and philosophy that advocates institutions and traditional practices that have developed organically,[2][3] thus emphasizing stability and continuity.[3] The first established use of the term in a political context was by François-René de Chateaubriand in 1819, following the French Revolution.[4] The term has since been used to describe a variety of politicians with a wide range of views. In Western politics, the term conservatism often refers to the school of thought based on British politician Edmund Burke's criticism of the French Revolution. Though his legacy as a conservative is disputed,...

Mission Our mission is to identify a select number of significant public issues and stimulate action on those issues through communications programs that make a measurable difference in our society. To that end, the Ad Council marshals volunteer talent from the advertising and communications industries, the facilities of the media, and the resources of the business and non-profit communities to create awareness, foster understanding and motivate action.

Very few Americans understand our form of Government. All too often citizens think majority rules or that we live in a democracy. Some advocate no Government at all. But our Founding Fathers had something a little different in mind. Choosing to avoid the entrapments inherent in Monarchy's and Dictatorships, while protecting State's rights, they settled on a Republic.

"How could he think otherwise?" Alhamid asked. "To him, or to Tarnhorst, the notion of deliberately tailoring a program so that it would kill off the fools and the incompetents, setting up a program that will deliberately destroy the men who are dangerous to society, would be horrifying. They would accuse us of being soulless butchers who had no respect for the dignity of the human soul." "We're not butchering anybody," St. Simon objected. "Nobody is forced to go through two years of anchor setting. Nobody is forced to die. We're not running people into gas chambers or anything like...

DES MOINES -- Nearly half of any future sales tax increase would be earmarked for outdoor and natural resources programs under a measure overwhelmingly approved by the Iowa House on Tuesday. Although there are no plans to raise Iowa's sales tax, supporters of the proposed constitutional amendment said outdoor programs deserved a share of any future increase. That's because those programs are among the first to be cut in tough budget times, they said. "When state budgets get cut, almost the first cut is natural resources," said Rep. Paul Bell, D-Newton, the main backer of the measure.

Hi. I’m David McMullen and this is the home for my research program on social ownership. I take the Marxist position that once capitalism has brought a society to a high level of economic development it is then ready for a transition to a more advanced system where the means of production (intermediate inputs) are owned by society. This would mean that they are no longer owned by individuals or groups nor bought and sold, and that they are used to achieve economically efficient outcomes unimpeded by sectional interests. The superiority of such a system would rest essentially on replacing...

State law requires individuals (not corporations, LLCs or partnerships) who work as independent contractors in the building construction industry to obtain from the Department of Labor and Industry an Independent Contractor Exemption Certificate (ICEC). For purposes of the state workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, wage and hour, occupational safety and health laws, and state and federal tax withholding, individuals doing residential and commercial construction work without an ICEC will be considered employees of the contractor for whom they are working. These businesses are characterized as contracting, performing work and receiving compensation from another contractor. The ICEC is only required for independent...

Market Economy Under Socialist System A Monthly Review Deficit Control: The official trade deficit for 1996, announced by the Vietnamese government, was $4 billion, 17% of the country's GDP. Despite repeated warnings by international organizations on the adverse effects of an uncontrolled deficit on the economy, the government has not succeeded in preventing high-ranking Vietnamese Communist Party members throughout its echelon and military from arbitrary imports for their semi-official trading enterprises. To deal with this problem, the government repeated its 1996 measure of setting more limits on imported goods. The Ministry of Planning and Investment announced it would "limit, but...

A Story County district court judge granted a temporary injunction this week barring the city from complying with a Freedom of Information Act request for the addresses of people participating in Ames' city-run Section 8 subsidized housing program. The writ, authored by Judge Michael Moon and filed Monday, indicates that it appears the information sought by Ames resident Joe Monahan is protected under Iowa law and cannot be released, pending a full hearing into this matter on the legality of the request. No hearing date has yet been set. Monahan said he hadn't received the ruling, yet, but said he...

No other star of stage or screen, no cowboy or Western hero can compare to the legend that was John Wayne. He became the very embodiment of American values and patriotic pride. All across the Internet you will see John Wayne web pages, just as this one, done in red, white and blue. Seems appropriate somehow. I have collected some Wavs and MP3s of John Wayne talking about America. They make me feel good. They make me feel proud. So I thought I'd share them with you.

Conservatism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaConservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour tradition, where tradition refers to various religious, cultural, or nationally ... Conservatism in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaConservatism in the United States comprises a constellation of political ideologies including fiscal conservatism, supply-side economics, .. What is Conservatism?A very brief summary of conservatism & liberalism. Conservatism vs Liberalism, From a pamphlet published in 1999. Medium length. conservatism - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online DictionaryDefinition of conservatism from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games....

Consumer Sentiment Negative If you want to know why consumer sentiment is negative, you only need to know five things: 1) Oil is at $108 per barrel, an historic record. 2) Residential real estate prices in the United States dropped in 2007 for the first time since World War II. 3) America is committing $12 billion per month to our 7 year involvement in Iraq, and there is no end game - NONE. 4) Employment is down for the second month in a row, indicating that we are in a recession. 5) Banks are tightening credit, precisely at a time...

Most American men are unaware that they are in the army, or, as described by the Militia Act of 1903 (popularly known as the Dick Act), the unorganized militia. The main purpose of the Dick Act was to sort out over a century of confusion over the relationship between the state militias (now known as the National Guard) and the federal forces. The 1903 law was the first of many laws hammered out to create the system now in use. But in the last century, not much attention has been paid to the little known "unorganized militia" angle. This force...

From: Colonel Simcock, USMC"US Marine Colonel Simcock, the commander of USMC Regimental Combat Team 6 in Iraq, is asking for 6,000 positive emails to his Marines. That's one email for each Marine in his RCT command. COL Simcock is concerned about the effect of the negative barrage that those Marines are getting through the electronic media. This is the email address to send the emails to. RCT-6lettersfromh@gcemnf-wiraq.usmc.mil "If you're reading this email, then you can probably click on the address, type a few words, and then hit "send" to be all done. It doesn't have to be the Gettysburg Address....

Military Family Assitance Program CNI's MFAP was starting to help our military families while their spouses are fighting for our freedom. We can never do enough to help our brave men and women in uniform as they serve this great country. We currently send our Love Cartons full of food and personal care items to bases all over the country. If you would like to help us send these boxes please write in your memo section of your check "Military Families" and we will send the box in your name. If you know of a military family that needs our...

URBANDALE, Iowa - The Iowa Soybean Association has partnered with Iowa Central Community College, Decker Truck Line Inc., Caterpillar Inc., the National Biodiesel Board and the USDA to conduct a unique field documentation study dubbed the “Two Million Mile Haul.” This is a comprehensive study to examine the benefits of a 20 percent soy biodiesel blend (B20) in an over-the-road trucking company. Iowa Central is responsible for collecting and analyzing engine performance data as well as periodic in-house testing of the petroleum and B20 blend fuels for purity and consistency. Additionally, the study examines the effects of various fuel additives...

At 3 a.m. one morning last week, 32 new cars began to roll out of Los Angeles on the first leg of a trip which twisted up the slopes of snow-capped mountains and along parched desert highways to the rim of the Grand Canyon. Purpose of the trip: to find out which U.S. cars get the most mileage and efficiency from their fuel. Every major U.S. make, except Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac, was represented. At journey's end, about 21 driving hours later, the cars had traveled from 280 feet below sea level to 7,005 feet above, had covered 840 miles....

Ok folks, I need a refresher course. What is the essence of conservatism. What is it that we all agree on? When you distill conservatism down, what is left?

July 22, 1961, Weekend Magazine What sort of life will you be living 39 years from now? Scientists have looked into the future and they can tell you. It looks as if everything will be so easy that people will probably die from sheer boredom. You will be whisked around in monorail vehicles at 200 miles an hour and you will think nothing of taking a fortnight's holiday in outer space. Your house will probably have air walls, and a floating roof, adjustable to the angle of the sun. Doors will open automatically, and clothing will be put away by...

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—In the fall of 2001, the U.S. Naval Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (“Gitmo” to those who live here) was teetering on the edge of oblivion, with a skeleton crew of fewer than 2,000 servicemembers on duty. Now a contingent of more than 10,000 resides here. Behind that surge: the need for secure confinement of a collection of human debris snatched from the battlefields of Afghanistan in early 2002. These “detainees” are not innocent foot soldiers, or confused Afghan opium farmers drafted by the Taliban. They are Islamic fundamentalists from across the Middle East, rabid jihadists who have...