http://harrisonlives.com Railing Against the Setting Sun Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:50:44 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=379 What is it to be a member of the “elite”?  How does one become an “elite”?  And why are people against the “elite”? The word comes from the Latin, eligere, “to elect.”  In general usage, the elite is a relatively small and dominant group within a large society, having a privileged status perceived as being envied [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/ http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:20:51 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=370 Teabaggers.  Disgruntled with everything Washington, everything politics.  No one is safe from their ire, and they will equally aim at either major party.  They’re mostly independent voters, and their choices next fall will be based upon the candidate who best represents their views, regardless of party. The movement has a big weekend conference coming up in [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/09/15/history-reason-and-fringe-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/09/15/history-reason-and-fringe-politics-today/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:22:25 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=239 The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in 1913, the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly the panic of 1907. The Federal Reserve System has existed to this day, evolving and expanding since then to meet the needs of [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/09/15/history-reason-and-fringe-politics-today/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/04/16/giving-tea-a-bad-name-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/04/16/giving-tea-a-bad-name-politics-today/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:46:10 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=149 The Boston Tea Party events took place on December 16, 1773. After officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. The Party arose from two issues confronting the British Empire that year: the financial [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/04/16/giving-tea-a-bad-name-politics-today/feed/ 1