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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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  • Dr. Wilmer Leon Gives Obama Advice on Policies


    Your Black World — Authority Authority: 433
    Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III , Your Black World   Early on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, "This country is ready for a transformative politics of the sort that John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt represented." Socially, President Obama is beginning to move in such a ...
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  • Three new races to look at.


    Moe Lane — Authority Authority: 667
    Drawing on and expanding from Jim Geraghty’s summary : IA-03 . D+1 .  Leonard Boswell is the incumbent (first elected 1997); Cook currently does not list the district as in play ( Likely Democratic ).  Former wrestler Jim Gibbons (no campaign website yet) has just announced ; he’ll be facing former ...
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  • FBI Releases 2008 Hate Crime Statistics


    RushPRnews - Newswire & Global Press Release Distribution — Authority Authority: 441
    Statistics released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that 7,783 criminal incidents involving 9,168 offenses were reported in 2008 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or disability. Published by the...
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  • Senate votes to start debate on health care bill


    New Mexico Independent — Authority Authority: 572
    Saturday night, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to invoke cloture and begin debate on a health care reform bill. The debate will begin after the Senate gets back to Washington D.C. after Congress’ Thanksgiving recess. The vote to invoke cloture was on a party line vote, with Democrats and independents Bernie ...
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  • Video Of The Day


    Black & Right — Authority Authority: 550
    Do you think the climate change-global warming environmentalists are desperate now that the jig is up?
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  • A Quote To Remember For You ‘General Welfare’ Leftists


    Common Sense Political Thought — Authority Authority: 142
    “With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its ...
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  • Breaking News! White House Appoints An “Or Else” Czar


    PA Pundits - International — Authority Authority: 516
    President Obama has appointed more Czars Than the Romanov Empire ever had. Bigot Czar, Mad Scientist Czar, Animal Rights Czar, Communist Czar, along with a host of others. One appointment that flew under the radar was the picking of an “Or Else” Czar, as in you will do what you are told, or otherwise be prepared ...
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  • Fixing a boondoggle by doubling down


    Universal Hub - All Boston, all the time — Authority Authority: 622
    Later today, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) will unveil a proposal for a huge addition to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCCE), along with hundreds more hotel rooms. The plan promises to jump-start private development in the neighborhood, secure more lucrative top-flight trade ...
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  • EU forces Government to put gay equality over Christian conscience


    Anglican Mainstream — Authority Authority: 156
    From Cranmer (clip) Whatever one’s interpretation of the above scriptures, the European Commission has just subordinated the Christian conscience of the United Kingdom to the Divine Right of Europa, religious conviction to the infallible proclamation of secular orthodoxy. Perhaps it was only a matter of ...
    1 hour ago

  • Trinamool activists block West Bengal ministers from hospital


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 716
    Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) Two West Bengal ministers were Monday allegedly stopped from entering a hospital in the state’s Siliguri town by a group of opposition Trinamool Congress activists, and were later escorted in by police.State Health Minister Surya Kanta Mishra and Urban Development and Municipal Affairs ...
    2 hours ago

  • Maddox on offshore drilling: Wheres the moral outrage?


    Naked Politics — Authority Authority: 152
    Agriculture Commissioner candidate Scott Maddox , a Democrat, made his position on offshore oil drilling perfectly clear at a press conference Monday: "an absolute no." The former state party leader and Tallahassee mayor stood next to anenlarged photo of an oil rig on fire and declared that offshore oildrilling (in ...
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  • Assault On The Young


    Electric City Weblog — Authority Authority: 140
    I have made the claim for years that both Social Security and Medicare are unfair and counterproductive because they transfer money for the lesser wealthy cohort, the younger, to the more wealthy cohort, the older. The financial demographics are indisputable. Under the heading of “druthers” I would opt for both ...
    2 hours ago

  • Garland wants legislation to give local control over casino in Franklin County


    Glass City Jungle — Authority Authority: 510
    This in via email from the office of Ohio House Representative Nancy Garland: Rep. Nancy Garland Calls for Local Control in Casino Enabling Legislation COLUMBUS – State Rep. Nancy Garland (D-New Albany) today called for a fair and deliberate process that respects local control, when bringing a casino to Franklin ...
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  • Ward Populations


    Kiwiblog — Authority Authority: 632
    Several on the left has expressed outrage that the Local Government Commission boundaries for the new Auckland Council has the two rural areas with a smaller population per Councillor, than the urban areas. They blame this on Rodney Hide and the Government. But in fact what has happened is very common, as I will ...
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  • Sally Kern has a BFF


    The Lost Ogle — Authority Authority: 572
    On Thursday, December 3rd, Sarah Palin will be in Norman to promote her new book “Going Rogue: An American Life.”  Currently, over 300 Oklahomans have confirmed they are going to attend the event via its Facebook Event Page.  One of these confirmed guests is Sally Kern.  She even left Sarah a little message on ...
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  • Glenn Beck at the Villages November 21, 2009


    NoisyRoom.net — Authority Authority: 563
    Hat Tip: The Radio Patriot Part 1 of 6 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 and Final
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  • In German Politics, Ideology trumps Evidence


    The Lay Scientist — Authority Authority: 525
    Investigation of the mechanism of decay reactions with single bond breaking and calculation of their velocity constants on the basis of quantum chemical and statistical methods - thats quite a complex topic to write about, isnt it? Well, someone wanted to write her doctoral dissertation about it, in the field of ...
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  • Should the Government Pay for Christian Science?


    Cato @ Liberty — Authority Authority: 743
    Leaders of the Church of Christ, Scientist, are pushing to get a provision into the health care bill that would mandate equal treatment for “spiritual healing,” such as Christian Science prayer treatments. Sens. John Kerry and Orrin Hatch are trying to get it inserted into the Senate bill, according to the ...
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  • Rants and Narcisse join in new debate series


    Des Moines Register Staff Blogs Iowa Politics Insider — Authority Authority: 145
    Rep. Christopher Rants and Jonathan Narcisse have agreed to join for a series of public debates. The debates will be set up more as a forum for public discussion on key issues, said Rants, a Republican from Sioux City and candidate for governor. The two sometimes controversial Iowa public figures have long led ...
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  • The latest updates from Barack Obamas Facebook news feed.


    Slate Magazine — Authority Authority: 724
    Health care, Sarah Palin, and Khalid Sheikh Muhammads iTunes playlist. [ more ... ] Barack Obama - Facebook - United States - ITunes - Government
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