tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273091792012-02-16T00:26:43.131-08:00Alexnoreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27309179.post-86240780939250683402011-08-02T02:57:00.000-07:002011-08-23T02:59:21.578-07:00

Americans hate Socialism. It is perhaps the worst insult that a Conservative can smear a Liberal with. But as with so many insults it is used inaccurately; in this case as a blanket condemnation of any Government presence in business. If Government proposes a regulation - that is 'socialist'. If Government adds a worker safety law - that is 'socialist'. If Government proposes a consumer credit

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The quintessential element of democracy is that "The People" have to accept the cost of it, the essence of which is their willingness to carry out their 'citizen responsibility.'? That means Americans actually have to do something, not just wait for the corruption of special interests to mortgage their future.George Pataki, former Governor of the state of New York, gave us all of the wisdom we

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Television is the most powerful means of mass communication worldwide at present. And, how many of us are actually addicted to it? Most children and teenagers are, as intended by those who use it to influence all of us.Look at the children of today. Most of them live their lives according to what they see on TV, and they will swear by it. To them it is the ultimate Gospel Truth, you almost dare

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American Flag Star Italian CharmAmerican Flag and Statue of Liberty Italian CharmAmerican Flag Black Laser CharmAmerican Flag Heart Italian CharmWaving American FlagAmerica Italian CharmClassic American FlagAmerican Flag StateAmerican Flag with Yellow RibbonMore patriotic Fourth of July Italian Charms and other Italian Charms

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When it comes to the political parties many individuals choose either Republican or the Democrat side. If you are wondering which side you should choose and you have already read about the Republican Party then you will be happy to know that this article will be telling you all about the Democrat Party.First we would like to start by telling you that Democrats have been around for a very long

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Politics are a mine field of comedy which will never run out. Those who want to go mining will always be assured. It is there when a country is peaceful and when a country is undergoing a crisis.Just as Kenya emerged from political crisis after December 2007 general election, President Mwai Kibaki and Raila together arrived to grace International golf competition at Karen Country Club in Nairobi.

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I have always prided myself on being an informed voter. I watch the primaries before and after voting has already taken place in my own state. It has always amazed me how a station can project a winner minutes after the polls have closed and with a few exceptions are correct.I was watching the results of the Indiana and North Carolina elections last night and the victory speeches of both

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Does Socialism work? To find out the answer to this question, all we have to do is visit the nearest Native American reservation. While it is fashionable to blame high unemployment rates, economic stagnation and ill-health on the effects of being a conquered peoples, I maintain that it is due to Native peoples adherence to the socialistic tribal structure, both culturally and economically.I am

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Senator Hillary Clinton is struggling to keep her democratic nomination alive today though she was the overwhelming favorite just three months back - in December 2007.The reason for this is simple: Senator Clinton's almost-perfect certitude in December 2007 that she would prevail. That certitude was reasonable by most objective measures. Senator Clinton did not come to that conclusion lightly.

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Lahore, Apr 2 : Former Pakistan Prime Minister and chief of the PML (N), Nawaz Sharif has sought US help to restore democracy in his country.He said Pakistan and the US have enjoyed historically close friendship, but "some reservations did develop in people's minds regarding the nature of cooperation".As such Pakistan sought continued US cooperation for its economic, security and social

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By Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com.History tells us that one of the most unstable political combinations is a country -- like the United States today -- that tries to be a domestic democracy and a foreign imperialist. Why this is so can be a very abstract subject. Perhaps the best way to offer my thoughts on this is to say a few words about my new book, Nemesis, and explain why I gave it the

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Bad guy of 2006: President Bush. Good guy of 2006: President Bush. When people were asked in an AP-AOL News poll to name the villains and heroes of the year, Bush topped both lists, in a sign of these polarized times.1. If you were asked to name a famous person to be the biggest villain of the year, whom would you choose?George W. Bush, 25%Osama bin Laden, 8%Saddam Hussein, 6%President Mahmoud

Alexnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27309179.post-1162895084422690182006-11-02T02:24:00.000-08:002006-11-07T02:55:15.803-08:00

Amarji - A Heretic's Blog: Democracy vs. Engagement!: "In the aftermath of 9/11, democracy became a catch-word that was repeatedly enunciated by various American officials and commentators, from the President down, and brandished as some kind of magic weapon that can help make the differenced in the Global War on Terror. In the process though, Democracy was reduced to a single aspect of it,

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Call to Action: Google-Bombing the ElectionWhyAccording to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, the number one way that voters use the Internet for political action is to search for information on candidates. During the final two weeks of the election, it is reasonable to expect that as many as twenty million voters will be searching for information on candidates online. During this key

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Today Comcast - the nation's largest cable company - announced they would broadcast ImpeachPAC's TV ad criticizing Joe Lieberman in advance of Tuesday's primary in Connecticut.The ads will appear first on New England Cable News (NECN), the largest regional news network in the country, which serves more than 3.5 million homes in more than 1,021 communities throughout New England. ImpeachPAC is

Alexnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27309179.post-5800505983783057362006-06-12T02:00:00.000-07:002006-12-12T02:08:52.095-08:00

Answers:Dan W:It never was - It is a representative free Republicsscam2001:Our nation (the USA) was created as a Constitutionally Limited Representative Republic. Today it is much more of a Democracy.In a Republic the rights of the minority are protected from the whims of the majority. In a Democracy it is mob rule.john_stolworthy:In theory, yes. We elect officials to represent us in Washington.

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By Robert ParryJune 7, 2006At dinner a few weeks ago, a well-placed Republican political operative was oozing confidence about GOP prospects in the November elections, not because the voters were enamored of George W. Bush but because the Democrats and liberals had done so little to improve their ability to reach the public with their message.By contrast, he described to me a highly sophisticated

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Cheney says that Russia is 'unfairly and improperly' restricting rights and freedoms.By Tom ReganWith the G-8 summit in St. Petersburg only three months away, the United States has warned Russia that the summit could turn into a fiasco unless Russia demonstrates a solid commitment to democracy in the coming weeks. The Washington Post reports that this position was reinforced by Vice President

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www.latimes.comROBERT SCHEERMortgaged to the House of SaudRobert ScheerAugust 9, 2005THE ONLY EVIDENCE you need that President Bush is losing the "war on terror" is this: On Sunday, the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia said that relations with the United States "couldn't be better."Tell that to the parents of those who have died in two wars defending this corrupt spawning ground of violent

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www.latimes.comKarl Rove's DiaryJohn KenneyJohn Kenney's work has appeared in the New York Times and the New Yorker. He just completed his first novel.August 7, 2005Why a mezzanine? What does that even mean? Why not just "second floor?"Who is the man in the mirror? Where did the little boy go? Who is the fish-belly-white man with the protruding stomach and hairless calves, naked as the day he was

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Fifteen hours is a tremendous barrier. It is the obstacle preventing one village from attaining the assistance of another and surviving a drought. It is the reason a trip to the hospital, or receiving an education, aren’t realistic options. Fifteen hours is what stands in the way of commerce between two provinces. It prevents communication between neighbors only 80 kilometers apart. Fifteen hours

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By John Cavanagh1. He would follow in the great tradition of World Bank president Robert McNamara, who also helped kill tens of thousands of people in a poor country most Americans couldn’t find on a map before getting the job.2. It helps to be a good liar when you run an institution with employees who earn over $100,000 a year to pretend to help billions of people who live on less than $1 a day

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Absolutely Chilling Analysis By Justin Raimondo"The neoconservative movement represents the quintessence of fascism, as expressed by some of its intellectual spokesmen, such as Christopher Hitchens, who infamously hailed the Afghan war as having succeeded in "bombing a country back out of the Stone Age." This belief in the purifying power of violence – its magical, transformative quality – is the

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The elimination of social programs has been a basic tenet of the Right-wing's approach to government for decades; at least since the New Deal. The Left, finding this position morally reprehensible, has sought various models to explain the Right's thinking, in a way that doesn't demonize them. Currently, the model of choice is the one developed by linguist George Lakoff in "Moral Politics". He

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Once the administration decided, retroactively, that the bringing of democracy to the people of Iraq was the real reason for its invasion and occupation of that country, the word “democracy” has found it way more and more frequently into Mr. Bush’s utterances. But even as he uses it to underscore every bellicose malapropos, one can’t help but wonder if he knows what the term means.The answer, of

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"If one accepts George W. Bush’s lecture to the Russians that democracy requires a free press unafraid to criticize national leaders, then what kind of political system exists in the United States where the news media seems so scared of Bush that it shies away from mentioning the president’s autocratic tendencies?"(From:ConsortiumNews)

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Propaganda is one of the tools used by the Bush administration* to manage the perceptions of the American people. An integral aspect of propaganda is the choice of words or labels. Take the following two terms used to describe the people actively working against the US presence in Iraq:insurgency, n. an insurrection against an existing government, usually one’s won, by a group not recognized as

Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27309179.post-26578826028091893982005-01-25T01:33:00.000-08:002006-12-12T01:55:20.996-08:00

In his inaugural address yesterday, President Bush pledged to spread democracy throughout the world. In this context it is fair to ask: Is America still a democracy? The Italian philosopher Paolo Flores D'Arcais has an essay in the German paper "Die Zeit" which examines this question: Is America Still a Democracy?"There are other minimum standards for a democracy, that the United States no

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