Politics

Defined in Webster's Dictionary as the art or science of government, or concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy or winning and holding control over a government. Politics can also describe the art of guidance and influence outside the realm of government, such as office politics, industry politics or social politics.

A good rule of thumb for making friends and influencing people is "never discuss religion, sex or politics." But those who hold court in the blogosphere violate such etiquette 24/7. Counter-intuitive to the long-held notion of conversation fit for polite company, politics is a prominent Internet topic specifically because of its controversial nature.

Unfortunately, many who engage in political discourse often feel free to throw etiquette to the wind. Rather than affably promote the free exchange of ideas, such people often resort to personal attacks, diminishing the quality of their opinion and transforming platforms for meaningful exchange into childish free-for-alls.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “Politics”

• in Politics
  Rush Limbaugh's Health 'Blessing' Seems More Like A Curse
  Rush Limbaugh's a big, fat idiot, however, he's NOT dying.
  by dmdo / on Jan 4, 2010
• in Politics
  Ireland Anti-Blasphemy Law Causes Outrage
  A new law has been released in Ireland which disallows people from being blasphemous.
  by timoto / on Jan 4, 2010
• in Business
  UK Pre-Budget Report Creates Uncertainty
  With a General Election due in 2010 the Chancellor couldn't afford to deliver much bad news.
  by orangeduvet / on Dec 9, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Politics”

• Political Vindication Radio! - Jan 13,2010

  
  Save America Listen to Political Vindication Radio on Blog Talk Radio — Authority: 106
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• Ensuring Food Security As Important to Britain’s Future As Energy Supply

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  Ensuring food security is just as important to Britain’s future as energy supply, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Hilary Benn told delegates at the Oxford Farming Conference today as he unveiled the Government’s food strategy, Food 2030. Farming and food businesses contribute more than ...
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• Is the Chinese Navy Reluctant to Use Force Against Somali Pirates?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Somali pirates have once again warned that they could kill the crew of the Chinese flagged merchant vessel De Xin Hai if a military action is launched to rescue them. Speaking from the ship by phone, a pirate cautioned, “We know [the Chinese] have arrayed their warships in Somalia waters to attack us… We are ...
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• Freeper Canteen~What Chocolate Dessert Are You?~January.06.2010

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Freeper Canteen:What Chocolate Dessert Are You?   Today We Want To Know...What Chocolate Dessert You Are Click here and take the quiz! At the last question, choose "Get HTML and BBCode ", then submit, to get your answer. After you do so, please post your findings in the Canteen!   Have fun! Original Article: ...
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• Will IMF part with its gold on George Soros plan?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  NEW YORK (Commodity Online): In 2009, what was the most interesting and valuable proposal from billionaire global investor George Soros? Soros made a passionate plea for clean tech sector, saying that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should part with its gold reserves to promote carbon cutting projects in the ...
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• A Military Trial Wont Scratch Hang em Itch

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Much of the criticism of the Obama administrations decision to bring criminal charges against the failed Christmas Day bomber is ill-informed, ill-intentioned or both. The move to file a criminal case does not reveal the administrations supposed law enforcement-only mindset. It does not show President Obama "trying to ...
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• Cancer survivors facing neglect

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Many more people are now surviving cancer A cancer charity has warned Britains increased survival rate is not all good news - because survivors often go on to struggle with other serious illnesses. Macmillan Cancer Support said the number still alive in the UK at least five years after initial diagnosis has climbed to ...
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• Fur-Free, Fabulous And Fuming: White House Objects To PETAs Image of Michelle Obama…

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Fur-Free, Fabulous And Fuming: White House Objects To PETAs Image of Michelle Obama In New Anti-Fur Ad January 5, 2010 [Pic in URL] People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals certainly meant it as a compliment when the group called First Lady Michelle Obama "Fur-Free and Fabulous" in its latest ad campaign. But the ...
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• Obama says bomb attempt an intelligence "screw-up" (Reuters)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 180
  Reuters - The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner was a potentially disastrous "screw up" by the intelligence community, President Barack Obama said on Tuesday as he vowed urgent action to tighten air security.
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• The CO2 Lie

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  Climate Change: A new study shows that Earths ability to absorb carbon dioxide from all sources, including man, has remained unchanged for 160 years. As it turns out, there may be no carbon to offset. A major tenet of the global warming religion, straight from the Book of Gore, has been that the ability of the earth ...
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• AP source: Double agent provided intel for strikes (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 180
  AP - A former senior intelligence official says the double agent who killed seven CIA employees last week had provided information that led the CIA to kill a number of al-Qaida leaders.
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• IRS to Regulate Tax Preparation Industry

  
  Buckeyenewshawk's Weblog — Authority: 131
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/04/AR2010010401651.html?wpisrc=newsletter Sounds like a good idea to me.  Of course it could make it harder to find a professional preparer come 2011, as I suspect a lot of the small time operations will disappear rather tham comport to the existence of ...
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• Three Famous Sarahs

  
  San Antonio Professional Portrait Photographers — Authority: 140
  I’m not sure there is any name more common than Sarah (among males or females) and because of the great number of women named Sarah, it’s no surprise there are a lot of “famous Sarahs” in the world. In this silly little article I take a gander at three of the most famous women named [...]
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• Quote of the day--Ben Franklin

  
  The View From North Central Idaho — Authority: 518
  Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corruptand vicious, they have more need of masters. Ben Franklin [I was inspired to choose this quote because of KevinsQOTD yesterday . Assuming this is true then it would follow that those who wish to be masters ...
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• Freed Guantánamo Inmates Are Heading For Yemen To Join al-Qaeda Fight [God Help Us All!]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  January 5, 2010 Freed Guantánamo Inmates Are Heading For Yemen To Join al-Qaeda Fight At least a dozen former Guantánamo Bay inmates have rejoined al-Qaeda to fight in Yemen, The Times has learnt, amid growing concern over the ability of the country’s Government to accept almost 100 more former inmates from the ...
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• Calling Their Bluff

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: kevin drum — Authority: 145
  Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), formerly a wunderkind college Republican attack dog, but now sort of a journeyman big league Republican attack dog, thinks that a regular old deficit commission is a bad idea. Whats needed is a deficit commission that takes tax hikes completely off the table and recommends spending cuts ...
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• Byron Dorgan Retirement Shows Right Leaning Democrats In Trouble

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 497
  Of the Democrats who are retiring from the House of Representatives this year, most are Blue Dogs – right wing politicians who are registered as Democrats but vote quite often like Republicans. Tonight, we’re learning that a similar kind of Democrat, Byron Dorgan will be retiring – serving out the rest of his ...
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• Our President Is Not Protecting Us

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  President Obama’s team has scared the nation over the past week with pronouncements so crazy they leave you breathless. But worse still are the decisions they’ve made, decisions that show America is in danger, and that those charged with protecting us are failing to treat this life-and-death struggle as the war that ...
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• Courthouse Killer Had Criminal Record

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas man who killed a security officer and wounded a U.S. Marshal at a federal courthouse was motivated by “an overwhelming anger toward the U.S. government,” authorities said Tuesday. During a news conference addressing the fatal shootings, the FBI revealed that 66-year-old Johnny Lee Wicks ...
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• Ex-Thurman Supervisor Begins Jail Term

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 503
  WARREN COUNTY—Former Thurman supervisor John Haskell who once served as a member of the county’s Sheriff’s and Communications Committee and was chairman of the Warren County Board of Supervisors’ County Facilities Committee is getting a first hand inside look at the county jail.Haskell, convicted in November ...
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