By Niki Raapana, January 2, 2007 A well-thought out con job covers every possibility beforehand. Any opposition or potential problems are predicted and prepared for. Every crucial role is filled by the perfect actor. In order for a scam to fool everyone targeted by it, nothing can be left to chance. Managing the con requires […]
By Niki Raapana, revised August 21, 2006 Drastic changes to government are underway across the globe. By the year 2020 we will all be governed by a new system of law. Welcome to the supranational system “The world needs a new global architecture, additional layers of governance, to deal with issues that neither nations […]
By Niki Raapana, May 7, 2006 Today’s President has the power to make executive agreements with foreign powers that directly affect U.S. domestic policy. This happened because the U.S. Constitution grants presidents almost unchecked power in regards to American foreign policy. While only the U.S. Congress has the authority to declare war, U.S. Presidents, starting […]
By Niki Raapana, April 12, 2006 The ultimate communitarian vision is absolute control over the requirements for global citizenship. Anything that furthers this goal is a communitarian action or reaction. The escalating arguments between illegal immigrants and legal Americans can easily become a tool used by the nice people who are rebuilding us a more […]
By Niki Raapana, March 28, 2006 Twenty-first century communitarianism is a philosophical, political, and legal theory. It combines every opposite theory in the history of the world. It’s a projected vision for a new global order by the year 2020. It’s what all of us should be socially evolving into. Communitarians borrow ideas from ancient […]
By Niki Raapana, March 19, 2006 From sea to shining sea, America is changing the structure of local government. Our constitutional republic is rapidly changing into a communitarian system of law. New laws are introduced every day that incorporate a vague set of “community” values. U.S. law was established to protect and maintain individual rights. […]
By Niki Raapana, January 25, 2006 Here’s how communitarian rulings create a new quality of life: “Adams offered an illuminating example of the questions arising from the interaction between European institutions on the one hand and society at large on the other. Only keen observers of communitarian matters are aware that the European Court of […]
By Niki Raapana, January 25, 2006 How both parties sold America down the river After wading through all the publications and websites representing both support and opposition for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-approved by the U.S. Congress July 2005), it’s astonishing to realize how very few of them bother to explain the legal […]
By Niki Raapana, July 31, 2005 Mayor’s Task force on Obesity and Health at the Municipality of Anchorage Planning Department. “The task force is charged with the task of studying the many aspects, causes and impacts of Obesity in Anchorage, developing a ten-year plan to address it, and completing the process within twelve months.” (The […]
By Niki Raapana, March 18, 2005 The Third Way is another term used to define communitarianism and Civil Society (Dana Milbank, Washington Post (2001)). Third Way politicians claim they seek to find a middle ground between the far-right and the far-left. They identify the “new” American responsibilities to the “new” communities. Third Way philosophers, politicians, […]