The Latest View - 8/22/02
Mount
Rushmore, MSNBC, & the Manchurian Candidate...
The U.S. Hall of Shame...
3/5/02 - Stephen Schneider, PhD.
Past Views...
3/5/02 - Duplicity and "Doonesbury"
2/18/02 - Ranking The Presidents.
11/13/01 - Religious Commentary Baaaddd, Social Engineering Gooooddd!!!
11/2/01 - America is the Solution, not the Problem
10/23/01 - To Profile or Not to Profile - Objective Reality vs. Posturing.
10/14/01 - No Double Standards Please, One Will Do Fine...
10/6/01 - Evidence for Action: The case against Islamic terrorism.
10/3/01 - The Legacy of Heroes
9/30/01 - With friends like these...
9/28/01 - Know Thy Enemy - Part II: Radical Islam
9/23/01 - Know Thy Enemy - Part I: The Home Front
9/18/01 - Rebuttal to “A Different Point of View”
5/22/01 - The Energy Crisis, Global Warming, & American Apathy
3/21/01 - Class Bigotry and the "Death Tax"
2/10/01 - My Two Cents - Clinton's Legacy
6/10/01 - My Two Cents - Reagan's Legacy
11/15/94 - The Bill of Rights - VOID where prohibited by law
3/10/94 - The Lottery - A Voluntary tax on the lower middle class
The
View From Here...
The View From Here is all about...well...the view from here...the view from the vantage point of classical American idealism. The view from the vantage point of republican government and personal liberty. The view from the wave tops of democratic capitalism, which is the strongest force for liberation the world has ever known. The view from the heroic shoulders of the history and legacy of the United States of America.
For the most part, I started out with the intention of creating a website to help organize my thoughts for future reference (sort of an electronic diary) and for my daughter's sake as a form of anecdotal history of the times from her father's perspective. If others gain enjoyment or anything else from it - bonus.
Just for the record, I have no professional credentials in either creative writing or journalism (aside from some articles I wrote for an international engineering newsletter). I'm a total amateur (a fact many of you will no doubt discover after sampling my fare).
What I also am is passionate about being an American - and not just because of birth, or how I was raised. My family was not anti-American, but lets just say they were not exactly rabid about it either. My feelings towards this nation stem from years of immersion in the study of History, Political Science, and U.S. foreign policy combined with the experiences gained from years of military service and journeys as a world traveler.
In any case, the only credentials I can offer are those of a common Patriot.
And when I say Patriot, I refer not to the blind jingoism and rhetoric of the easily swayed or uncritical thinker. I refer to a Patriotism born from careful study, personal experience, historical research, and philosophical debate. A Patriotism which recognizes that a Capitalist Republic is the most superior form of Government man has yet to devise and the apex of that achievement is the United States of America.
There it is. George Will I ain't, people. I'm just a middle class white guy who happens to be passionately in love with the American ideals of Liberty & Freedom, and understands the need for their active and vigilant defense.
John W. M. Flaherty
Related Areas of Study:
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U.S. Foreign Policy
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Political Science
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The Civil War
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The Cold War
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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union.
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The Constitution
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Objectivism
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Libertarianism
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The Middle East
Biographical Studies:
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Thomas Jefferson
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U.S. Grant
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Winston Churchill
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Ronald Reagan
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Harry S. Truman
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Plato
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Julius Caesar
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Favorite Authors:
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Victor Hugo
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Voltaire
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Ayn Rand
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Stephen Ambrose
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James McPherson
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Leon Uris.
Political Orientation: Neoconservative (American Conservative) / Libertarian. Registered Republican.
Presidential Voting Record:
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1984 - Supported Reagan (R)*
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1988 - George H. Bush (R)
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1992 - Ross Perot (I)**
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1996 - Harry Browne (L)
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2000 - George W. Bush (R)
* Unable to vote - 17 yrs
old
** We all make mistakes - I list this election as a reminder of that fact
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