Tag: democracy
group name: politicaltalk
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July 12, 2008 12:31 PM EDT --
Every once in a while in conversation about the government someone will correct me when I call the USA a democracy. "No", they say, "this country is not a democracy, it is a republic!" . . .
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June 08, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
This is not really a new article I published originally it on Gather a few weeks ago and even longer ago on my own website http://www.this-is-my-place.com/ I am republishing . . .
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April 05, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
Among his many speeches, President Bush has elucidated the absence of democracy as the harbinger of terrorist activities in the Muslim world. . . .
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July 09, 2007 10:08 PM EDT --
It's about time. So many countries around the world have had women heads-of-state: 42 of them so far!
Not all those women were actually voted into power, so using that criteria, in Latin America alone, . . .
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March 02, 2007 09:03 PM EST --
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"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the . . .
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November 23, 2008 06:54 AM EST --
I for one am getting tired about hearing complaints about Obama appointing people with government experience, particularly if their experience was during the Clinton years or earlier. I did not vote for . . .
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August 23, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
To me, anything presented by John Pilger is Pure Intelligent Truth. He has been doing documenties for decades and it is interesting to watch his natural aging process over the years. He even . . .
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February 13, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
The other night, I watched in disgust as Arizona Republican Senator John "Flip-Flop" McCain stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate and told Democrats Harry Reid and Dick Durbin that it was not . . .
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September 26, 2007 12:59 PM EDT --
If I told you there was a bear in the kitchen, would you look?
On September 19 the US Senate killed a measure that would have required rest time equal to combat time for our troops. The . . .
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June 19, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
Whenever I read the International news paper, every time I found something confusing. Specially while reading the news of Middle East, Pakistan, Africa and some other countries. Do US administration thinks . . .
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June 23, 2007 10:44 PM EDT --
I have a collection of one-paragraph excerpts from articles I have read over the past year concerning the Iraq war. Each time, as I stumbled upon these little nuggets of information I felt . . .
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July 30, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
I was planning a long thoughtful essay on critical thinking and how it is absent from the Political Discourse today. But, as I went over the notes in my mental journal, I realized that critical thinking . . .
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November 05, 2008 01:36 AM EST --
Tonight (Nov 4th 2008) is a historic occasion that I am proud to have lived through! I am so happy, my adopted country has risen above it's 'lowest common denominator' mentality and for the . . .
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June 11, 2007 11:19 PM EDT --
An Open Letter to the Government of the United States of America
I've been paying close attention to all of the things that have been occurring in this nation for the past several years -- things . . .
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December 29, 2007 11:21 PM EST --
It's the end of the year, and we'll soon be bombarded with all the "top ten ..." lists for the year 2007. I had been considering candidates for my own own "top ten" list -- . . .
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December 30, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Last night, the Iraqi government -- which is unable to provide the most basic services to even the residents of Iraq's largest city -- executed their former president, Saddam Hussein. The Bush Administration . . .
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September 20, 2007 01:14 AM EDT --
Naomi Wolf addresses the Anthony Meyers assault by campus police.
“It is an iconic turning point and it will be remembered as the moment at which America either fought back or yielded. This . . .
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July 31, 2007 12:25 AM EDT --
Before you go any further, READ THIS. OK, now that you have read that, did you get the message?
Are we about to be innundated with the screaming meamies? It there a terrorist . . .
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September 19, 2007 02:32 PM EDT --
I was once a 21 year old Journalism student. Four Decades ago, but I still remember the excitement of being able to ask questions of a “Celebrity Politician.” If I had a video camera, . . .
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September 10, 2007 07:54 AM EDT --
A recent post on an article involving Iraq had this statement.
"The longer the United States plays policeman
or nanny to Iraq, the less likely they will be
in a position to rule themselves." . . .
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