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  • Police Use Of Force At VA Medical Centers

    By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2020There currently is a lot of protest over the unnecessary use of force that police officers use on U.S. citizens, with a special emphasis on the questionable actions often perpetrated on our non-white citizens.We at the Spark suspect that some people in this country feel that such worries do not directly concern them. These people forget that when the rights of even one citizen is denied, the rights of every citizen is in jeopardy.Stated simply, if some police officers come to believe that they need not fear using acts of arbitrary violence and cruelty…

  • Army Fails To Provide Iraq Contractor Census

    Why is the Armyafraid to produce acensus on Iraqcontractors?Army Fails To Provide Iraq Contractor CensusBy Cliff Montgomery     An Army effort to count the number of contractors currently in Iraq has…

  • ‘Yankee Republicans’ May Be On Last Legs

    Is this the end for’YankeeRepublicanism’?’Yankee Republicans’ May Be On Last LegsBy Cliff MontgomeryThere is a serious problem in American politics.The classic New England, or “Blue blood” Republican–fiscally conservative but socially…

  • Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?

    Finally, someone istelling the Americantaxpayers just howmuch Bush’smisadventure in Iraqmay cost us.Just How Much Will Iraq Cost American Taxpayers?By Cliff MontgomeryThat the misadventure of Iraq has cost America dearly in…

  • Cargo Scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ Clause

    Should U.S.contractors beallowed to flaunt’Buy American’clause?Cargo-scanning Subcontractor Spurns ‘Buy American’ ClauseBy Cliff MontgomeryLast year, Congress gave the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) $50 million to provide security scanning systems…

  • What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?

    The U.S. Army isfacing a criticalshortage ofwell-trained officers.What To Do About Army Officer Shortages?By Cliff MontgomeryThe following is from a little-known July 5th, 2006 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report which…

  • Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take Congress

    Christmas hascome early this yearfor a resurgentDemocratic Party.Rumsfeld Gone As Dems Take CongressBy Cliff MontgomeryWithin hours of the Democrats’ triumph in congressional elections, and after years of defending his secretary…

  • Electricity De Regulation Fleecing Taxpayers

    Electricityde-regulation isabout to rocket theaverage Americanto the poor house.Electricity De-Regulation Fleecing TaxpayersBy Cliff MontgomeryAbout half the American states have experienced a decade-long effort to de-regulate their electricity production. These moves…

  • Why Democrats Have Taken The Middle Class

    It really is the economy, stupid–that, and the Iraq War.Why Democrats Have Taken The Middle ClassBy Cliff MontgomeryLess than two weeks before the Nov. 7 election, the latest Associated Press-AOL…

  • Is Christianity The ‘Religion Of Revolution’?

    There’s another wayto bring Jesus intothe discussion onAmerican values.Is Christianity the ‘Religion of Revolution’?By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 25th, 2006A grave concern arose in 19th-to-middle 20th Century America over rising…

  • Bush Signs Weakened Port Security Measure

    Bush’s measure onport security may bea case of ‘too little,too late’.Bush Signs Weakened Port Security MeasureBy Cliff Montgomery    President Bush on Friday signed a massive port and cargo security bill,…

  • 9/11 Commissioners Speak Of Inaction On Proposals

    Why has thebipartisan 9/11Commission beenignored by the BushWhite House?9/11 Commissioners Speak of Inaction On ProposalsBy Cliff MontgomeryThough Republicans may tout themselves as the party “tough on terrorists,” they’ve done little…

  • Congress Finally Tackles Port Security

    Why has it taken theU.S. government solong to secure ourports?Congress Finally Tackles Port SecurityBy Cliff MontgomeryThe G.O.P. has worked long and hard to cultivate an image of being “tough”–“tough” on…