We The People Politics

Congratulations to the House and Senate for passing the cap-and-trade energy bill that is meant to try and slow the amount of emissions that companies release in an attempt to save the environment. I applaud them for their effort, but I have to ask a question: why can’t we save the environment without having a negative effect on our free market economy? I propose a different plan. It’s a plan that doesn’t cost a company money, but could make a company money. The cap-and-trade energy bill is a plan in which the government will sell or auction permits to release emissions into the atmosphere....

With the onset of the protests of the Iranian election and an increase in deaths (such as Neda), there was one thing that was very powerful: the ability to tweet information as easy as 1-2-3…Or 140. With the ease of typing a quick 140 characters, a person was able to tell each and every follower to do something without needing to write a crafty post. Mir-Hossein Mousavi has been able to create a network of over 25,000 followers who, some in Iran, some elsewhere, have followed what he is saying, waiting for orders on what to do. Consider this tweet from him: @mousavi1388 I am prepared For...

Protests in Iran erupted into violence over last week’s election results that supported incumbant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over moderate Mir Hussein Moussavi, pitting reformists against those who support the establishment and causing the death of at least 13 people. One of those people, a woman known only by the name “Neda,” has become the most recent symbol of the Iranian fight for justice.  While sources still have not accurately identified the woman, filmed after being shot among peaceful protesters, she is being referred to by the media as “Neda,”  meaning “voice”...

It became official today that General Stanley McChrystal has become the general in charge of all operations in Afghanistan. Now all action that takes place there will first have to be approved by him or someone that he has appointed. Times have changed in Afghanistan. The war has become a priority rather than a back burning issue. It’s about time the right resources are sent to the area. President Obama made it clear when he was running for office and after he won the election that the war in Afghanistan was going to be a top issue and today, with the Senate approve for General McChrystal to...

We’ve been led to believe for some time now that the reason torture was a-okay was because it was being used to protect American lives. By torturing these inmates at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere, we’d be able to figure out when future attacks might come in an effort to keep the people and interests of the United States safe. However, according to numerous reports, that may not have been the primary motive of these torturers. According to reports by the CIA as well as Colin Powell, the primary reason that detainees were tortured was to find a link between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. By finding...

Our government was built on a system of checks and balances. The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government were built in such a way that no group would have the power to control everything. It was a really wonderful idea that has served us well. I was thinking about this idea as the latest election approached. Full disclosure, I am a conservative, so the thought that was crossing my mind was that of the Democrats controlling both Houses of Congress and the White House, with the potential for a filibuster proof 60 in the Senate. Now, I can tell you that I was not very excited...

Picking Michael Steele as the chief of the GOP made sense when it first happened. A Black man had just been elected President and the GOP needed to do something to ensure that they appeared up to date. So, they picked Michael Steele, a Catholic Black man from Maryland. Since being picked, he’s said some ridiculous things and failed with his first election in New York. Two days ago, though, he hit his next all time low. In an effort to try and pull younger people to the GOP side, he said that “gay marriage is a burden on small businesses.” This is absolutely, positively ridiculous. He’s...

When people come to WeThePeoplePolitics.com, they know two things: first, they’re going to get content to read and two, the writers are far from politically apathetic. We care about politics and we care about what’s going on in DC. It’s because of that caring that we write what we write. However, the writers of this site don’t offer a fair judgment of the entire population of the United States.

The hype of swine flu (also known as H1N1 or the pig god’s final judgment) is alive and well in the media, and while it is important to protect oneself against this terrible virus, it is equally important to mention its more prevalent, more dangerous, yet lesser known cousins:  proboscidean and asinian equine fever. These two debilitating diseases are approaching the code red, level five threat of national pandemics, as the majority of Americans suffer from them without ever recognizing the symptoms until it is simply too late. Proboscidean fever, from the Latin “proboscis,”...

One of the best parts of being in America is that I have the choice on what I want to do. I can opt to serve in the military if I want to; however, I don’t have to if I don’t feel that it is for me. I have my own motives that would entice me to join the military. It’s nice, though, knowing that I don’t have to serve my country through military action if I don’t feel that is the best way I can serve. When President Obama announced his Volunteer Bill, I couldn’t help but be excited. He was looking to allocate more funds to increase the size of the Americorps program. Naturally, this is...