Joel E. Bousley
Born December 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada, Joel until recently resided in Oklahoma. After being gone for nearly a decade he has returned how to the entertainment capital of the world. He attended the Advanced Technologies Academy for both pre-law and computer graphic design. After serving as student body president, he graduated with honors in 1998.
Joel joined the army in late 1999, and rose to the rank of sergeant in the Field Artillery. After serving nearly five years on active duty in the Army, he worked for the Oklahoma based company Techrizon. Since having returned to Las Vegas, Joel is currently employed as a graphic designer.
Articles by Joel E. Bousley
Late last year the American people handed the control of Congress over to the Democrats. In effect, We the People, stated in no uncertain terms that we were tired of business as usual in our capital and that we wanted a change. Many felt – me included – that the Democrats, once in power would do som...
Is it possible that our country might be on the precipice of recovery from the damage that the Bush administration and extreme wings of the Republican Party have reaped upon her? Is it possible that a Democratic victory in the House might be just around the corner? If so, the wait for this has been ...
Let’s face it. America has a serious problem. Here in the “city on the hill,” the land of opportunity, millions of Americans go off to jobs that simply do not pay enough. They cannot rise above the federally set poverty threshold of $16,700 a year for a family of four – a threshold that was set back...
In the past several weeks I have watched the debate rage on about our country?s immigration policy. I have also been privy to several email ?chain letters? that stink of xenophobia and barely concealed racism. Living in a nation with a long history of immigration, I am occasioned to wonder why the o...
"Anytime you hear the government talk about wiretap, it requires – a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so."
-- President George W. Bush, April 2004
When one ref...
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul”
– Matthew 16:26
It seems that the Bush administration is intent on gobbling up more power for the executive branch even if the Constitution is trampled in the process. The debate over the powers of the presi...
Over the last six years we have seen this country take a turn for the worst. Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the country has experienced a lost of many of its most valued civil liberties and traditions. We have seen the re-emergence of the imperial presidency that claims the right to...
Misled into the Iraq war by the Bush administration, the United States finds itself bogged down in a struggle without any clear exit strategy. The military finds itself lacking a coherent strategy by which to extricate itself, and at this point victory seems little more than an elusive mirage. At ...
The Republican Party was once a party of fiscal conservatism, limited government, few foreign entanglements, and moderate ideology.? It was a party that truly had a backbone and not one that put on a charade by trying to appear to have one.? The Republican Party of yesteryear, while far from pe...
For the past five years we have been partial witness to a presidency that seems to overflow with incompetence and imperial hubris. This is an administration that has profited greatly from the tragedy that befell our nation on September 11, 2001. This is an administration that has gone so far as to...