Democracy

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• Nader & Lennon say Register to Vote

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 510
  John Lennon and Yoko Ono were guests hosts on the Mike Douglas Show in the early 1970s for an entire week. Here they interview Ralph Nader.
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• An unlawful veto

  
  No Right Turn — Authority: 604
  The Legislation Advisory Committee - one of the governments key advisors on legislation - has advised the Clerk of the House to veto Larry Baldocks proposed referendum question on whether referenda should be binding, on the grounds that it would "contradict the fundamental purpose of the Citizens Initiated Referenda ...
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• Get back to where you once belonged (Volume 2: Bootylicious)

  
  The Attic — Authority: 135
  Ah, legislation. It makes fools of us all.Congratulations, everyone, UK museums can now return artworks looted in WWII! What, you ask, they couldnt do this before? No, apparently not - national institutions cannot dispose of things in their collections, they could (prior to this law) just pay off the victims in the ...
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• PPP fully prepared to face all challenges: President Zardari

  
  Let us build Pakistan — Authority: 486
  ISLAMABAD, Nov 16 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that the PPP was a huge political force and it was fully prepared to face all challenges confronting it politically.He said this while addressing the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the party here. Briefing the media, Spokesperson to the ...
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• e-Democracy comes to Panama: CEO Ravi Singh of ElectionMall Speaks at IAPC Conference

  
  eNewsChannels — Authority: 439
  PANAMA CITY, Panama — Ravi Singh, the CEO of ElectionMall Technologies, will be speaking on “The Wide Swath” panel at the annual IAPC conference. The IAPC, or the International Association of Political Consultants, is an organization of professionals in the political sphere, dedicated to helping spread democracy ...
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• How the House Bill Stands up to the Democracy Test

  
  The Daily Mull - Ken Watts — Authority: 129
  LAST TIME I POINTED OUT THAT health care reform is really about freedom and democracy, in two ways: The value of any health care reform package to the average citizen should be measured, in part, by how successfully restores our power over our own health care. As things stand now, that power is vested in large ...
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• Caution: engaging Burma may undermine dissidents

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  A commitment to engagement is perhaps the most visible and pronounced foreign policy shift undertaken by the Obama administration. Judging sanctions–based efforts to punish or isolate authoritarian regimes to be unproductive, the administration has announced new approaches to engaging Cuba, Syria, Russia, Iran and, ...
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• Kudos for Kosovo Elections

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 732
  A year after declaring independence from Serbia, Kosovo has gotten good marks from European monitors for its first round of local elections, which could lead to wider recognition and acceptance of its newly established status in the international community.  —KA BBC: The government had been keen to ensure ...
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• Congressmen, Beware: Oppose health care reform at your own peril

  
  odd time signatures — Authority: 421
  Some Democrats are already wringing their hands over the 2010 races. If they’re smart, they’ll have a look at what’s happening in Delaware and take heed: Beau Biden jumped 21 points in the polls to overtake incumbent GOP Representative Mike Castle after Castle voted against the House health care reform bill and ...
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• PPP and PML-N are united against the Friends of Taliban and their designs against democracy

  
  Let us build Pakistan — Authority: 486
  President enjoys immunity under Constitution: Nawaz Updated at: 1815 PST, Monday, November 16, 2009 ( The News ) LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif Monday said the President enjoys immunity under the Constitution and the courts will reach a verdict in the backdrop of this fact. He said this in an ...
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• How the U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC buys the votes of corrupt politicians in the U.S. Congress

  
  Cuba Journal — Authority: 120
  Money affects Cuba policy A new report suggests a connection between campaign contributions and votes on sanctions against Cuba. WASHINGTON - Supporters of the U.S. embargo against Cuba have contributed nearly $11 million to members of Congress since 2004 in a largely successful effort to block efforts to weaken ...
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• Health Care: Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 639
  The culture wars have begun again—with a vengeance (not an exaggerated word if you’ve heard the hysterical and ugly rhetoric last week). Yep, it’s about abortion again and, sadly, in relation to the health care reform bill moving through the…
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• Handy Chart Tracks Proposed Amendments to Patriot Act

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 456
  Confused by all the proposed changes to the Patriot Act ricocheting through the Capitol? The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has put together a handy chart comparing the current law with the various amendments in the House and Senate. The chart compares proposed amendments (.pdf) to National Security Letters ...
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• Bruce Bartlett, May Your Chains Set Lightly Upon You

  
  The Liberty Papers — Authority: 533
  Ezra Klein quotes approvingly from Bruce Bartlett’s new book, The New American Economy: The Failure Of Reaganomics And A New Way Forward : The reality is that even before spending exploded to deal with the economic crisis, the government was set to grow by about 50 percent of GDP over the next generation just ...
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• For Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari, goodbye to goodwill

  
  The Islamic Workplace — Authority: 127
  By Pamela ConstableWashington Post Foreign ServiceNovember 16, 2009ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — President Asif Ali Zardari, who entered office 14 months ago on a wave of post-dictatorship goodwill and sympathy for his slain wife, Benazir Bhutto, now faces growing public anger and disillusionment over his remote presidency. ...
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• The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Nathan Brown and Emad Shahin have edited a  new book , The Struggle over Democracy in the Middle East , which examines “democracy and democratization in the light of regional realities rather than the wishful thinking of outsiders.”  Addressing themes such as sectarianism, culture, religion, and security ...
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• Community of democracies revitalized

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  With its “unique interface between governments and civil society activists”, the Community of Democracies (CoD) can be “an effective tool of strengthening the synergies and democratic outreach on a global scale,” a Brussels meeting heard today.The first informal round table of the CoD with the European Union ...
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• The plot thickens

  
  Muhlberger's Early History — Authority: 131
  There seems to be an international plot to keep me away from Men at Arms , my translation of and commentary on Charnys Questions on War. Last night I got an invitation to write another article on ancient democracy. I have to do some hard thinking about whether to take up the offer. At least they dont want it ...
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• Obamas Hypocrisy on Censorship

  
  Adiaphora - a prologue to things indifferent. — Authority: 427
  President Obama began his visit to China with an exhortation to free up censorship and allow the citizenry to question and criticize their government without fear of reprisal. President Barack Obama pointedly nudged China on Monday to stop censoring Internet access, offering an animated defense of the tool that ...
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• Fort Huachuca: NO TO US TORTURE

  
  DhafirTrial — Authority: 121
  Five people crossed into Fort Huachuca Army Intelligence Center at the main gate at 2:45 pm and were taken into custody. The torture resisters called for an end to torture training here and drones killing civilians.  (more…)
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