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Blame The Libertarians. Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs. Compiled by the Editors. Copyright 2005 (revised 2010) StudentNewsDaily.com. We all want the same things in life. We want freedom; we want the chance for prosperity; we want as few people suffering as possible; we want healthy children; we want to have crime-free streets. The argument is how to achieve them… Liberals believe in government action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all.

It is the duty of the government to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. Conservatives believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Related comparison page: Socialism vs. And check out our page: 2019 General Election Resources for teachers. NOTE: The terms “left” and “right” define opposite ends of the political spectrum. Abortion LiberalA woman has the right to decide what happens with her body. ConservativeHuman life begins at conception. Economy. Conservative vs. Liberal Beliefs. George F. Will: Weighing standards of decency. In the 1790s, a Tennessee man convicted of horse theft got off easy. Instead of being hanged, as horse thieves often were, he was sentenced to “stand in the pillory one hour, receive thirty-nine lashes upon his bareback well laid on, have his ears nailed to the pillory and cut off, and that he should be branded upon one cheek with the letter H and on the other with the letter T, in a plain and visible manner.”

Tennessee could not do that today because of what the Supreme Court has called “the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.” The Eighth Amendment, ratified in 1791, forbids “cruel and unusual punishments.” Originalism holds that the Constitution’s language should be construed to mean what the words meant at the time to those who wrote and ratified the Constitution. On Monday, a Supreme Court ruling about punishment vexed the four justices (John G. Because of their offenses, both Jackson and Miller were automatically tried as adults. Seven startling things most people still don't know about the national debt, banking and the money supply. (NaturalNews) Most people, even smart people, know surprisingly little about the way money really works in Big Government. With the debt ceiling fiasco suddenly raising awareness of the possibility of a total global financial blowout, now seems like a good time to remind people of seven disturbing facts about money that are almost never acknowledge in the old media.

Fact #1 - There is no FDIC insurance fund. The money at your bank is insured against loss by the FDIC's insurance fund, right? Nope. That's total fiction. There is no actual money in the fund. Why does this matter? Fact #2 - There are no social security funds, either. When you pay social security taxes, all that money goes into a trust fund that's held for safekeeping until the day it pays you back, right? Ha! Fact #3 - The U.S. Here's a mind-boggling truth that most people just can't seem to get their heads around: The U.S. Fact #4 - The "balanced solution" isn't balanced. • The government theft of private retirement accounts.

Supreme Court of the United States. Landmark Supreme Court Cases. Vocabulary: Political Words. Every clique has its own language — an insider's jargon that people outside the group don't always understand. Filmmakers talk about "panning" and "fading. " Retailers talk about "floor sales" and "back orders. " Politicians have a language of their own too, and it often appears in media reports about politics. What exactly do politicians mean when they talk about a "lame duck" or a "rubber chicken"?

What is "red tape" and who is the "Silent Majority"? This glossary is designed to demystify some of these terms and explain their origins. Big Government: A negative term, used mainly by conservatives to describe government programs in areas where they believe government shouldn't be involved, especially those that spend money on social problems. Bipartisan: A cooperative effort by two political parties. Bleeding Heart: A term describing people whose hearts "bleed" with sympathy for the downtrodden; used to criticize liberals who favor government spending for social programs. Demo.cratica (Beta) S Guide (6-8): Glossary. Govpulse. US: data.gov. The 2012 tech primary - Kim Hart.

As GOP presidential contenders stump for votes from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina, Google, Facebook and Twitter are in a race of their own — for millions of dollars in political ads. The tech giants are offering candidates new ways to advertise — Mitt Romney has spots on YouTube and Rick Perry’s Facebook ads target Christian college kids in South Carolina — and hiring political consultants, sponsoring debates and poaching from each other’s ad sales teams to jockey for the top spot in political social media circles.

Continue Reading “This is the Twitter election,” boasted Peter Greenberger, who Twitter recently lured away from Google, where he started the search giant’s political ad sales team in 2007. “We’ll be a core component.” Not so fast, says Google, the most experienced Web company when it comes to political advertising. In 2008 and 2010, candidates largely used Google ads to fundraise. Now, in a sign of new sophistication, candidates are using the ads to persuade voters. Republican National Convention Aims To Be ‘The Most Tech-Savvy’ In Party’s History. Republican National Convention organizers have big plans to show they're on the forefront of technology, too, from live-streaming speeches to finding new ways to use Xbox tools. Shortly after announcing that Google would be the official Social Platform for the Tampa, Fla., event from Aug. 27-30, convention planners said Microsoft would be its official Innovation Provider for the third election in a row, setting an ambitious goal of the most tech-savvy convention in our party's history.

We're taking the convention beyond Tampa, communications director James Davis said in a phone interview, so people can have a front-row seat. By being an Innovation Provider, Microsoft will be providing tools -- like Skype, Kinect, Web application SharePoint -- and consulting services to convention organizers and participants in the planning and execution of the Republican National Convention. They've secured the tools, but organizers are still figuring out what they can do with it. Google tapped for Tampa convention.

How Romney, Obama Camps Use Google Search Ads to Target Voters | PBS NewsHour | April 19, 2012. JEFFREY BROWN: Now we continue out regular look at the campaign as it plays out in social media and on the Web. For that, we’re joined again by two journalists from the new website Daily Download. Lauren Ashburn is the site’s editor in chief and is formerly with USA Today Live and Gannett Broadcasting. Howard Kurtz is Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief and host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” And welcome back. HOWARD KURTZ: Thank you. LAUREN ASHBURN: Thank you. JEFFREY BROWN: Let’s start with something, an effort that kicked off this week. We talked about it a little bit on last night’s program. LAUREN ASHBURN: It is. Latinos for Obama has relaunched its site. You can sign in with an email and you will also get updates on your email.

JEFFREY BROWN: Very local and specific. LAUREN ASHBURN: Very local. JEFFREY BROWN: Both campaigns have this, but this is an example of targeting a group. HOWARD KURTZ: The Romney campaign hasn’t been doing as much online. What does that mean? LAUREN ASHBURN: Sure. Www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1121c4d6.pdf. House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for next week to consider holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the controversial Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.

Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a 64-page memo in early May outlining the case for holding the attorney general in contempt. The chairman based his argument around Holder's failure to respond to an October 2011 subpoena for internal Justice Department documents on the operation. The committee's vote for contempt is scheduled for June 20. "The Obama administration has not asserted Executive Privilege or any other valid privilege over these materials, and it is unacceptable that the Department of Justice refuses to produce them," Issa said in a statement Monday, accusing Holder of having "failed to meet his legal obligations.

" In a separate statement, House Speaker John Boehner said the department is "out of excuses. " "No. Sen. Report: Government Wasting 'tens Of Billions' Of Dollars Annually On Duplication, Overlap. As lawmakers across the Capitol hear appeals Tuesday from Obama administration secretaries pleading for their budgets, duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars annually," a new government report shows.

According to the Government Accountability Agency's 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive Branch has room for improvement. The report, which gives 51 areas and recommends 130 actions, follows a 2011 GAO report that showed 81 areas and 176 actions to be taken to "reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation or achieve other potential financial benefits. " "Collectively, these reports show that, if the actions are implemented, the government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars annually," Gene Dodaro, comptroller general for the U.S., said in remarks prepared for Tuesday's hearing in the House Oversight and Government Relations Committee.

Sen. Click here to read the GAO report. Federal Reserve System. The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve, and informally as the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created on December 23, 1913, with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Over time, the roles and responsibilities of the Federal Reserve System have expanded, and its structure has evolved.[3][8] Events such as the Great Depression were major factors leading to changes in the system.[9] The U.S. The authority of the Federal Reserve System is derived from statutes enacted by the U.S. Congress and the System is subject to congressional oversight.

The members of the Board of Governors, including its chair and vice-chair, are chosen by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Purpose[edit] Current functions of the Federal Reserve System include:[12][25] Addressing the problem of bank panics[edit] Elastic currency[edit] US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s. Now Playing US poverty level set to hit highest mark since 1965 The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections.

The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Several predicted a more modest gain, but even a 0.1 percentage point increase would put poverty at the highest since 1965. Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families to the poorest poor. "I grew up going to Hawaii every summer. "The issues aren't just with public benefits. US Economy. Boom in Private Student Loans Mirrored Mortgage-Lending Frenzy, Report Says - Government.

By Goldie Blumenstyk Washington The same kind of lending frenzy that created the subprime-mortgage crisis also fueled a dangerous boom in private student loans, says a report released on Friday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of Education. The rise in private student loans, which now account for about $150-billion of the more than $1-trillion in outstanding student debt, has left hundreds of thousands of borrowers stuck with bigger loans than they needed under repayment terms that are less flexible than those for federal loans, the report says.

Most of the growth occurred between 2001, when less than $7-billion in private loans were issued, and the onset of the financial crisis, in 2008, a year in which more $20-billion were. Richard Cordray, the bureau's director, said the "aggressive lending" practices of the banks were "strikingly similar" to those of the mortgage industry during the same period. 'The Best Deal Around' In the report, Mr.

We Aren't Greece...Yet. Feinstein backtracks on statement that White House leaked secrets - The Hill's DEFCON Hill. Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) backtracked from her comments Monday that the White House was responsible for some of the national security leaks, saying she did not know the source of the leaks. “I stated that I did not believe the president leaked classified information,” Feinstein said in the statement on Tuesday. “I shouldn’t have speculated beyond that, because the fact of the matter is I don’t know the source of the leaks.” Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney seized on Feinstein’s remarks in a speech at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention Tuesday, accusing President Obama of not trying to find the source of the leaks until after the election.

Feinstein said that she regretted her comments were being used against Obama and said she was “disappointed” in Romney’s remarks. Romney's campaign suggested Feinstein had succumbed to pressure from the White House and Obama's campaign. Obama Ad Accuses Romney of 'Launching a False Attack' for Quoting Obama. President Obama's reelection campaign accuses Mitt Romney of distorting the president's words, by showing a side by side comparison of the Obama's words and Romney's quotation of those words: "Mitt Romney is launching a false attack," the ad's text states. But the weird thing is: The Obama campaign is purposefully trying to make it sound like Romney is misquoting the president, when the official White House transcript backs up Romney's quotation. In the ad, Romney says that Obama revealed his thoughts on business when he said this, "If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that.

Somebody else made that happen. " And, in fact, according to official White House transcript that's precisely what Obama said on July 13, 2012 in Roanoke, Virginia. Nevertheless, the Obama campaign, in the ad, says it's not true. Which is true. And, in fact, later in the ad the Obama campaign actually plays the clip that Romney quotes of Obama, at about :40 second spot. Left vs Right. NEW: Limited edition signed prints of this image now available the Left vs Right political spectrum. A collaboration between David McCandless and information artist Stefanie Posavec, taken from my book The Visual Miscellaneum (out Nov 10th). Of course, the political spectrum is not quite so polarised.

Actually, it’s more of a diamond shape, apparently. But this is how it’s mostly presented via the media – left wing vs. right wing, liberal vs. conservative, Labour vs Tory. Well, certainly in my mind. This kind of visual approach to mapping concepts really excites me. I’ve got a few more of these coming from my book. Oh and if there’s enough demand, we’re going to do a signed, limited edition poster run of this image before Christmas. The original design concept was “something like a rosette”. (I’ll be doing a ‘Great Visualizers’ piece on her in the future. There are two versions with different colours: a US and a World version.