http://www.conway-real-deal.com The Real Deal -- Our Opinion, All the Time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:17:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First in the series “Discovering the Constitution” The Bill of Rights – First Amendment The first amendment guarantees our God given right to speak, worship, have an uncontrolled press, to assemble, and to request resolution to problems involving or caused by the government. In our world it’s easy to say what you believe ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=388 I hate when I have to write one of these snarky replies to Blanche Lincoln’s newsletters, but when my BS meter goes off the scale, it’s either reply or bite my tongue.  As my tongue is still bleeding from her last newsletter, a reply is in order. Dear Fellow Arkansan, My top ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=385 Forget the deadly insects from space; we have enough of them in Washington.  And if you believe they aren’t deadly, look at our national debt.  The Washington insects will kill this country as sure as the bugs wasted Rio. Heinlein’s book had a premise – that we have a world government ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=383 Will the pandering never cease?  Following is a quote from the latest fantasy Senator Lincoln calls a newsletter. “Having grown up in a rural area, I am strongly committed to ensuring that rural Arkansans have access to the services and infrastructure they need. Our rural communities depend on these investments to ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=379 What are you doing to help Conservative candidates? If you can't tell me you're giving your time by talking to people, knocking on doors, attending meetings, manning phone banks, writing letters and emails, calling politician's offices to tell them how displeased you are with them, calling your favorite candidate to tell ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=372 The Obama administration is enacting a Cloward and Piven plan to destroy the United States.  Part of it is to overwhelm the government, and illegal aliens are one tool in their arsenal. Arizona is well within their rights under the U.S. Constitution.  The state (AZ) is not patrolling the border - ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=367 Libido Dominandi – literally translated from Latin means the lust to dominate, or the lust for power.  This is a good general description of what drives many politicians, and is certainly apt in describing the Conway City Council’s latest project. The latest ill-conceived project will require that the city use an ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=363 I don’t trust Barack Obama.  I believe he dislikes the United States of America, and that he’s working as hard as he can to destroy the country I love.  His actions, policies, and speeches reinforce my viewpoint.  As Glenn Beck often says, I hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=353 Isaac Asimov wrote and used the Three Laws of Robotics as the foundation for the science fiction he wrote.  The three laws were adopted by other science fiction writers and have appeared throughout science fiction and are referenced in many other works. Why do we start an opinion article with reference ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=325 First of all, there’s no such thing as “settled science”.  If you doubt that science is continuously making new discoveries that modify or throw out previous truths you should stop reading right now.  Rather than waste your time, you can get some sun (which rotates around the earth in your ... http://www.conway-real-deal.com/?p=340