http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview By Dennis L Hitzeman Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:57:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Worldview Thought of the Day What kind of a nation are we showing ourselves to be as we let one of our staunchest allies, a nation whose contribution in Iraq is dwarfed only by our own and Great Britain’s, be invaded by another nation that has proven itself over and ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/19/a-tale-of-nations/ Worldview Item of the Day Former United States Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. is under indictment in a federal court in the first attempted civilian prosecution of a former US military member for actions purported to have been committed while he was on active duty in a war zone. This is a ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/17/the-nature-of-war/ Worldview Item of the Day Congressional Republicans are threatening to shut down the government over the Democrat majority’s refusal to allow a vote on offshore drilling to reach the floor. Personally, I hope the bill never reaches the floor and the government does shut down because I think the best thing America ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/12/energy-policy/ Worldview Item of the Day Heavy fighting broke out today between Georgian (the country) and Russian forces over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. For fans of the pc-based first-person-shooter Ghost Recon conceived by Tom Clancy, South Ossetia may sound familiar as the setting for significant parts of the game. The ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/08/like-something-out-of-a-clancy-novel/ Worldview Item of the Day Have you ever asked yourself “what exactly am I doing here” as you sit in your church pew on some Sunday morning? I know I have, and it is a question that often haunts me as I struggle to understand my life in the light of ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/07/suburban-jesus/ Worldview Item of the Day The worker’s union at the Tyson Foods plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee recently convinced the management at that plant to trade the paid holiday of Labor Day for the paid holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Some might ask, “What is an Eid al-Fitr?” and with good reason. ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/05/complicated-questions/ Recent news reveals the rapid decline of the American newspaper. Some even claim that the American newspaper is dead. Many people put forth many reasons why, but I believe the answer is simple. Somewhere along the line, American newspapers stopped providing Americans the resources they wanted. Since the advent of ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/04/the-demise-of-the-american-fish-wrap/ Worldview Item of the Day The Long War Journal has posted its latest order of battle for the Iraqi Security Forces. For those who have not followed the LWJ’s orders of battle, they paint a different picture of what is happening in Iraq compared to what one typically finds in the ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/04/impressive-numbers/ Worldview Item of the Day I believe that the Mainstream Media, especially the video media, has a particular political agenda when it reports on the events in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the general War on Terror (war against fundamentalist Islamic totalitarianism), which agenda contends that the fight against religious totalitarianism is really ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/02/getting-information/ Worldview Item of the Day One of the fundamentals of democracy is counting every eligible vote. Unless that vote is one of 400,000 military absentee ballots estimated not to have been counted across the country during the 2006 general election. I try to avoid conspiracy theories, but I have to ... http://dennis.hitzeman.com/worldview/2008/08/01/counting-every-vote/