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The following is from Slate magazine. Miss Conceptions The invisible pregnancies of presidential daughters. By William Saletan Posted Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, at 8:29 AM ET Is Sarah Palin the first nominee on a major-party presidential ticket whose daughter got...

Thanks to TechCrunch, I got to know of a site that aggregates tweets discussing American politics at Twitter. govtweets is an easy of tracking live conversations that occur via twitter on the topic of the Democratic and Republican Presidential tickets for 2008. Instead of tracking conversation generators, govtweets tracks specific content that is being discussed by anyone on twitter. If you find

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Government forces killed at least 44 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, and the stock exchange took drastic action to stop steady losses stemming from increased violence and political uncertainty.Hopes for political stability in nuclear-armed Pakistan after Pervez Musharraf resigned as president last week were dashed when the ruling coalition, led by the

Kenyans are outraged by a proposal to pay hefty salaries to the wives of the prime minister and vice-president. A leaked document says the head of civil service Francis Muthaura has directed that they each be paid $6,000 (£3,000) every month. But MPs have vowed to shoot down the proposal in parliament, saying it is [...]

Our MPs are often criticized for not having an appreciation of the younger members of society, and in particular of the sexual habits and attitudes of more recent times. It strikes me that, with the impending banning of family members from working for MPs, and a consequent influx of young and impressionable researchers and secretaries into a family-free work environment, this particular problem ma

This article orginally featured at Charlotte Home Mortgages. Unathorized duplication prohibited. Why I Can’t Stand Politicians! Today, at 10:02pm, Governor Micheal Easley quietly signed North Carolina house bill 2188 into law. The major purpose of this law was to change how lenders…

What do these things all have in common: 1) wealthy private corporations funding election campaigns; 2) “corporate media” (i.e. huge multi-media companies) playing a crucial role in modern campaigns; 3) elected officials conducting themselves in brazen ways, mocking the electorate, blatantly abusing rules of ethics, in some cases routinely breaking the law, making it clear they will do [...]

(NewDesignWorld Press Release Center) Wednesday, 13 August 2008 -- Developers and banks in Spain are teaming up to offer discounted new build properties in a bid to kick start the country's ailing property market. One of the main blocks in the 1 Vote(s)

Two environmental causes I strongly recommend: Regarding endangered species protection: Tell the Bush Administration to protect endangered wildlife! Bush must not weaken the Endangered Species Act in order to impose the agenda of those politicians and corporations that support cheap, quick and easy unsustainable development and an agenda of climate change disbelief Facts on the weakening of the [

I don’t know if I should be worried or thrilled. I have spent the last couple of years studying behavioral economics and social psychology to augment my understanding of rewards and incentives to help companies get where they want to be. Now I see an article that talks about politicians getting the idea that this is important for public policy. I don’t know if I like the idea of politicians ge

There is a new way to campaign for an office in the Philippines - E-campaign (electronic campaign, if I may say). This is because presidentiables and senatoriables have joined cyberspace (by way of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Obama Family featured on the September cover of Essence magazines. Normally it was a part of politician's campaign to set up a family portrait. It's something like a message to the US citizens how all american guy Obama was and of course, he is a good guy, no doubt.Previously US President Kennedywhat's with the flag? Hrm..I might say no comment for this one..Ok now, "I'm John McCain and i have a b

Arunava Das, Media AnalystTerror is pathology. That is what it is in India, See the government's response to terror? The serial blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad were met with cringe-inducing official harrumphs from Delhi that warnings had been already been given to respective state governments. It is time to ask what the Union government means when it says warnings were available or is it the neg

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The days are hot, an unbearable kind of heat, searing, like needles forcibly thrust into the skin, minus the, blood of course. There’s no rain. Where have the rains gone? It came wet the roads,... This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

Salon.com has an excellent article up today questioning why Washington culture rallies against prosecuting politicians for crimes. Democrat Harold Ford is the latest to argue Bush and co. shouldn't be held responsible for illegal behavior while in office. Salon.com takes a different view:"Why would we expect political officials to do anything other than break the law if we continuously tell them -

Baghdad – Al Sumaria TV (Iraqi Satellite TV Network) is reporting that Malaki and Bush have agreed that a time for withdrawal of US troops in Iraq should be set, however, the talks concluded that “the new role of US Forces in Iraq will be for a limited period of time according to the successes of cooperation between national forces and multinational forces.”. Additionally, some Iraqi politi

I put in a Google search for politicians who had a face lift and quite surprisingly a TV serial in new Zealand called Facelift popped up.This show is not a plastic surgery based reality show or documentary though and instead is all about a comedy/parody that mimics politicians and celebrities in New Zealand.Plastic surgery and politicians however are not inseparable, and in more re

A new report published today by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health, with support from the Royal College of Psychiatrists has shown that one in five Members of Parliament (MPs) surveyed has experience of a mental health problem but fears disclosing this because of the stigma and discrimination associated with mental health issues. An anonymous questionnaire completed by 94 MPs, 100

In Wave 4, Richard Poe brings up a fact that I have never considered: the meaning of the word “job”.  He quotes economists James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg who claim, “ The twenty first century will see the death of jobs as we know them.”  The author goes on to explain that it [...]

…who also had alleged affairs, which became internet fodder. Publius IX does a great job of laying out the two ways the Troy King story could play out…and so far it looks like we are headed down the same path as Sen. Kerry and Alexandra Polier, as opposed to Clinton and Lewinsky. The writer is [...]

The caretakers are taken a bit more seriously when they take care of themselves. Nobody liked Hillary Clinton when she was looking her age- she was just a former First Lady. When she commenced campaigning for Presidency of the United States, she had to do some major image revamping before the nation cozened up to her. Take Carla Bruni, the French president's wife for instance. No matter her ava

“It’s a man’s world. We’re just living in it.” I heard this quote in a movie once. It was set in like the 1850’s. Stupid movie. John McCain is gonna set things straight. McCain promises women equal pay for equal work. Of course, that wasn’t his stance a while back. He’s [...]

SEnator Barack Obama’s attempt to give a speech at the historic Brandenburg Gate has been vetoed by German Chancellor Merkel. Unconfirmed reports indicate a member of George Bush’s staff made known to German diplomats the president’s anger toward their nation allowing a Democratic presidential candidate to give a speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Chancellor Merkel [...]

Hantu Laut If  Darth Vader has the order of the 'Sith', Anwar now has the order of the SD (Statutory Declaration), a new ill- founded weapon specially designed to attack Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, implicating him in the murder of the sultry Mongolian model.This is the 2nd SD after Raja Petra's equally explosive bombshell. On the other side of the fence the story of  saving a victi

This is an amazing piece of questionnaire truthfulness. Three members of the Welsh Assembly have disclosed that they have been raped. This was in a questionnaire set to AM colleagues by Nerys Evans of Plaid Cymru. She sent it to all 60 AMs, but only eight responded. Three out of eight is a high number.The thing I noticed is that none of them reported it. Time and again this happens. Why? I think b

  We all do remember the famous answer of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in 2006 about the merger between ECM Libra and Avenue Capital:   “I dunno, I am not involved”   If the Minister of Finance dunno, who does?   Anyway, that day was the last day I conducted financial training courses to Malaysians. I mean: you cannot stress your [...]

HT: Nick BoothI was having issues posting this response to Nick's request [Is the British Government planning a new department of Digital Cleaners?] for 'more detail' on how Culture Secretary Andy Burnham's call for censorship a la TV of YouTube etc. (mainly YouTube) gives me the deja vus.I lived through the Australian conservative government's equally knee-jerk reaction to a moral panic around th

I went to speak at an informal Democratic club brunch in Los Angeles today. Even though I was fasting, it was very pleasant and enjoyable. After I was finished explaining why Rahm Emanuel is Satan and the other stuff I talk about when I get within earshot of 3 people, there was a discussion and [...]

Hantu Laut "I am sick and fed up of judges who have no guts to speak up when in office and to live up to their oath of office. Judges demand an independent judiciary but are unwilling to make sacrifices to ensure its independence. It is such silence in the face of such outrageous misconduct by a fellow judge that confirms the public’s perception that judges are opportunists and cowar

Yesterday, CBS’ Katie Couric was honored by the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum at their Alice Award Luncheon Gala. She was recognized for “her remarkable career in news media, her ground breaking role as the first female solo anchor of a weekday network evening broadcast and her tireless advocacy for colorectal cancer screening, which has helped [...]

Voters face a simple choice on Thursday. Do they want to give more powers to the EU or not? That seems a pretty straightforward question to me, and no doubt it does to you too. But this is not the issue that the Yes campaign wants to debate. They want people to answer a completely different [...]

By Julian Krasta Now that the Democrats have, at long last, selected their nominee, “We” need to remind ourselves of long-standing facts concerning those persons we elected to public office. More importantly, the presidential candidates need to hear from us. The United States is hovering closer to the thin edge of the wedge, because too large a [...]

By Julian Krasta Now that the Democrats have, at long last, selected their nominee, “We” need to remind ourselves of long-standing facts concerning those persons we elected to public office. More importantly, the presidential candidates need to hear from us. The United States is hovering closer to the thin edge of the wedge, because too large a [...]

By Julian Krasta Now that the Democrats have, at long last, selected their nominee, “We” need to remind ourselves of long-standing facts concerning those persons we elected to public office. More importantly, the presidential candidates need to hear from us. The United States is hovering closer to the thin edge of the wedge, because too large a [...]

Isi Leibler in the Jerusalem Post talks about Ehud Olmert's investigation, and says that: It could be weeks, or even months. But Ehud Olmert's political fate is sealed. Even if the nauseating revelations in Morris Talansky's testimony fail to result in a formal indictment, Olmert has passed the point of no return in the court of public opinion, which has determined that he must go. The displays

From the article: AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE: “… We have the first global warming bill in history that is comprehensive, bipartisan and that enjoys support across the country — from labor and agriculture to the business and the environmental communities. Of course the bill needs to be stronger, but it’s vital [...]

"The thought of ceding the Golan Heights gives me a bellyache, but for real peace one must be willing to pay a real price. Theoretically, Israel can do without the Golan," said Halutz during a cultural event in Beersheba, Saturday. Just what is this "real price"? How many people will die in this region when Syria decides to launch it's invasion? Why would a General be willing

Kristian Dahl of the Danish People’s Party sent out a press release saying he regetted his coment the previous day that the party was “anti-Muslim.” He noted, “if I had to do it over I would have chosen a different ways of saying it.” He was commenting after Birthe Ronn Hombech, of the Liberal Party, [...]

Last month in Kansas, the state legislature overwhelmingly passed HS SB 389, the Comprehensive Abortion Reform Act. But that act met the veto of Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, a practicing Roman Catholic. The Kansas State Legislature tried to override the veto, but the state Senate’s attempt failed by merely two votes. In response, Archbishop [...]

This blog entry starts a series of posts entitled America's Problems. The first problem that will be addressed in this series is the issue of politicians seeing politics as a career rather than an interlude from their actual life. The Federalist Papers states on the issue of election to the House of Representatives that besides the limitations that you must be a citizen for at least 7 years and be

Today manufacturers are developing cars that run on pure water. But these are actually very expensive and costly to maintain. That is why the best and least expensive option today is to convert any normal vehicle to run on a mixture of water and gasoline. Basically what it does is improve upon the current technology and doubles or triples your current gas mileage.The principals of this are basically very simple. With an easy to install device and minor modifications your car uses a low current from your battery to separate water (H2O) already in your fuel into a gas called HHO. This is known as Hydroxy or Brown Gas. The resulting mixture greatly improves your gas mileage, burns cleaner, and is actually easier on you car's engine than regular gasoline.This simple modification can be done by

With the news of Megastar Chiranjeevi making a political entry making strong rounds in the industry, this has kept even the experienced politicians on their toes and each party is making their own agenda to counter his arrival.However, it is heard that Chiru is said to be showing keen interest in associating with the communists and talks are on between both sides. One must say that if Chiru is looking at bringing about communism amongst the democratic forum, he better look at the fate of states like West Bengal and Kerala first. Corruption dances like an evil there.Also, given the fact that he is a fresher to this field, the chances are that the experienced and wily politicians will not lose out on any opportunity to utilize the charm and splendour of the Megastar just to meet their politi

MAINSTREAM politicians have united to condemn the far-right BNP in the run-up to the Broxbourne Council elections on Thursday.Broxbourne Tory MP Charles Walker led the charge against the party, which, for the first time, is fielding a candidate in every ward up for grabs in the borough.He also argued against the results of a Mercury poll, in which 54 per cent of respondents said they would vote for the BNP.He said: "Let's be honest. Not half of the electorate will vote BNP. It will be a small percentage."The BNP is very good at targeting these sorts of polls. They have a network and they all bombard them."In these financially uncertain times, the last thing anyone needs to do is to vote BNP. The BNP offer nothing. This is not a party to be trusted with anyone's future."Speaking yesterday,

Politicians have long appreciated the Internet as an unparalleled marketing and publicity machine. In the United States, Steve Forbes announced his candidacy for the country's presidential campaign via a web site in early 1999.

Came across the following this morning from MarketWatch columnist Paul B. Farrell: Four years ago Stephen Roach, chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, warned that we had only a 10% chance of avoiding “economic Armageddon.” George Soros, Bill Gross, Jeremy Grantham and others saw it coming. But not politicians: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson knew, [...]

GORD-YAWWN BROWNBritain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown yawns inside the Security Council Chambers during a high-level meeting on peace and security in Africa at the United Nations headquarters in New York April 16, 2008.RICE POST-LUNCH?US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) yawns next to US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) during a photo opportunity after a meeting between US President George W Bush and El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, November 29, 2007.MOUTH WIDE OPENIndia's Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee yawns during a function at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, July 15, 2005.BORING BUSH?US President George W Bush speaks during a meeting about the situation in Iraq with current

I just saw a commercial where Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich sit on a couch together and advocate “Climate Change” legislation. The funny thing is that we have not had a warming period for almost a decade. In fact most long term climate studies that propose a “Global Warming” scenario end in the 1990’s, which coincidently [...]

From The Guardian :   But as repossessions rise, jobs are shed and the price of fuel and basic foodstuffs rocket, one waits in vain for the candidates to deliver a keynote speech on class of a similar standard.   White working-class Americans are justified in their resentment about the way in which their needs and concerns are airbrushed from the national conversation or discussed in ways that bear little relevance to the root of their plight. Politicians too often cast the issue in populist terms of rich and poor, explains Michael Zweig, the director of the centre for study of working-class life at the State University of New York's Stonybrook campus. "Most people want to be rich and most of them don't know what rich is. A poll in 2000 showed that 19% of Americans thou

For the first time in European history a nation is being led by more female politicians than male. The new Spanish cabnet sworn in by socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has nine women alongside eight males including Spain’s first female Defense Minister. Spain is the nation whose exaggerated adherence to masculine values added [...]

I’ve said it before and I’ll surely have to say it again - People go into government for one reason: to reward their friends and simultaneously punish their enemies. The latest example comes to us from Minneapolis-St. Paul, soon to be host to the Republican National Convention- Bar and restaurant hours during the Republican National [...]

 Five years ago, people hardly knew what blogs were.  How time has changed!  In the post-mortem of the results of Malaysia’s recent elections, the ruling party Barisan Nasional (BN) has identified critical online commentaries and bloggers’ influence as contributors to the devastating showing.  As a result of the poor performance, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has consented to [...]

From: U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, is to brief the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. The latest findings are unlikely to have a significant impact on this week's proceedings but could stoke anti-incumbent sentiment in this year of presidential and legislative elections. Lawmakers charged with overseeing Pentagon contractors hold stock in those very firms, as do vocal critics of the war in Iraq, says the Centre for Responsiv

In greek: persons threw a yoghurt in the face of the new president of Synaspismos (left wing party) Alexis Tsipras, during an event of a leftist group for the 40 years since May 1968 at the economic university. Same goes for few former ministers of PASOK at the EMP, while attending an event of their party's youth.

I think so. Our political environment has become so corrupted and futile, that the debates have turned into a third grade playground fight. I am really tired of this bullshit. First, there's Barack and his eloquent way of speaking, but then his preacher for 20 years has casted a dark cloud of bottled up racism. Then there's Hillary and the false assumption that she implies Bill. I thought she was smart enough to actually present herself as a potential presidential candidate, but she is too caught up in the 3rd grade playground fight with Barack.And on the other side of the ring is John. Good 'ol John. The war veteran, that was also a POW, which seems to encompass the all American presidential candidate. However, he lost to little bush TWICE, and he is 72 years old - not to discriminate bec

Hillary Clinton has lost the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama.No it's not official yet, but the media and the politicos have registered their tiredness with Hillary. The math, whether you go by delegates or states, is against her. Obama is closing in in Pennsylvania, where Hillary needed a 12-point win to really stay in it. She's now up by 6, or down by 2. Either way, her lead isn't big enough.The Bosnia story hurt her. I do not know why someone would invent such a story. I'm not truly convinced she even knew she was lying. I have often remembered events that did not happen in such-and-such a way. What makes me wonder is how her staff let her repeat it. Did they check the facts? If so, why let her lie? If not, they should be fired for negligence.Obama didn't implode over th

A bit ago, I said:If there were real elections in Zimbabwe, my cynical side tells meMugabe and ZANU-PF would still win, since the average Zimbabweandoesn't have much basis for comparison. Mugabe did indeed end Westerncontrol of the country. He does have popular support. Forcing him notto propagandize a couple months before an election wouldn't undo thepervasive effects of his twenty-five years of propaganda. But theopposition party, the MDC, would probably get quite a few seats - a lotmore than Mugabe would like. It would set itself up as a realopposition party, waiting for the elderly Mugabe to kick the bucket.Zimbabwe is not, and has never been, a real democracy. But I hold outhope that sometimes soon, it may join the club. [Important section highlighted]Why was I wrong? I was indeed wr

Are we redundant as an Electorate? Its the economy, stupid. Is this the most truthful and accurate summary of politics ever captured in four words? The Labour government is on the ropes right now, they are by no means down, but they are on the ropes. We have had unpopular wars, repeated stories [...]

Week 2 of the CRFV Blog’s Crazy Liberals Poll is now going on to your right.  This week we focus on crazy liberals who hold or hope to hold elected office.  Our contestants are Al “people like me” Franken, Sen. Ted “one too many” Kennedy, Al “you’re a racist” Sharpton, and Rep. Alcee “shouldn’t I [...]

Bahe Katenay, Navajo from Big Mountain on the Navajo Nation, said the US media created the stories of the so-called Navajo Hopi Land Dispute, which was orchestrated by Peabody Coal and US politicians, the same way the US orchestrates the war in Iraq for its resources."There was never a dispute," Katenay said of the so-called Navajo Hopi Land Dispute. He said the lands were long shared by Navajo and Hopi. "The Hopi had their trails through there."Katenay said the United States media created the stories of the so-called Navajo Hopi Dispute, the same way the US media creates and fuels other disputes and wars."One of the examples of this is the Iraq war right now." Katenay said the media claims there is a dispute in Iraq. Those US claims led to the U.S. occupying and dividing the co

Chiranjeevi has one in built advantage that every political party in the state envies no end. It is his large and committed fan base. Just like the late NT Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi fans clubs and associations are now eagerly waiting for the announcement of a political party by their hero.The fans base is well established and has a presence in all cities, towns, villages and even small hamlets. Chiranjeevi fans base cuts across all religions as well as communities. He is popularly called as 'Andarivadu'.But the only problem Chiranjeevi faces now is how to harness this formidable fan base effectively and make into a loyal and efficient party organization. Many of the fans are not active in politics and hence are not likely to have much experience in public life. Chiranjeevi now has a big job on

It seems the culture of greed is so endemic amongst MPs on all sides of the house that they will do anything to stop the details of their expense accounts coming out.Tonight, after a tribunal had agreed that the expense accounts of some of the more prominent MPs should be made public,they are further using taxpayers money to appeal the decision.Even the congenial speaker of the house has been c

Political  BiographiesLast weekend, the top UK blogger Iain Dale published a list of his Top 75 Political Books.Political biographies often include a great deal about the preparation, delivery and impact of their subjects' speeches. A favourite audio book which I am just listening to yet again is A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan by Michael Deaver. Throughout the 4 cassettes, there are constant references to Reagan's public speaking.Oratory obviously also features heavily in political fiction, as viewers of the superb drama The West Wing are aware; some of the most interesting and entertaining characters are the speechwriters.Public Speaking Tip #181: We may never wish to go into politics but we can still pick up some excellent public speaking pointers from polit

African-American politicians accused the Daley Administration on Thursday of giving a “slap on the wrist” to James Duff, head of a mob-connected family that became the poster child for minority business fraud in Chicago. Instead of barring James Duff and his two co-defendants from ever doing business with the city -- as recommended by Inspector General David Hoffman -- newly-appointed Chief

With the presidential election looming, we've reached a point where all of the craziest candidates have been filtered out of the process. Let's take a moment to celebrate the craziest bastards who have run for -- and even freaking won -- public office.

These are 4 sides of the beautiful sculpture by Augustin Pajou, done in 1790 and called "Psyche Abandoned." It is at the Louvre, Paris, France. A nice feature of the Louvre site is the ability to view some art from several different points. ~~~**~~**~~**~~~Abby Sweets went out of the way to celebrate Spring with a tea for girlfriends. The menu is certainly impressive. I thought there were a recipe or two you might be interested in. Try the Buttermilk Scones for instance. If I tried to serve creme brulee in egg shells, I do believe the Contrarian would never stop laughing. Cute idea though, but definitely a girlie type meal. ~~~**~~**~~**~~~Cookies are always a favorite of mine, quicker to make than the normal cake or pie. I thought this one looked rather provocatively enticing. That mean

Hillsong (charismatic megachurch that preaches prosperity doctrine), Gloria Jeans (big coffee shop owned by a Hillsong bigshot and major corporate sponsor of MM) and Mercy Ministries are in hotwater, being exposed for Centrelink rorts and using laying of hands and exorcisms without offering proper mental health services for troubled young girls. Actually, John Safran broke [...]

Steph from Dube’s World (which has a great new design by the way) has an interesting post on a topic that I’ve never really spent time to think in depth about. Refering to Governor Eliot “Client #9″ Spitzer, She asks why, every time a husband/politician cheats on his wife, the wife is right there [...]

1) They don’t know the difference between separation of church and state … or gay people and terrorists for that matter. 2) Even the few you believe in or trust are shady mother crunchers. AP NEW YORK — As Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced mounting calls to resign amid a prostitution scandal, a law enforcement official said [...]

~Snooper~Once again, this DAV has had enough. I have had so much of enough that it is boiling over out of every pore.Fighting a politically correct war is like telling a woman, like Tex Antoine did many years ago, that if rape is inevitable, sit back and enjoy it. That is THE most dumb thing I have EVER heard anyone say and I heard him say it after a weather broadcast many years ago for ConEd...he was immediately fired. I was just a wee lad and I remember my mother going absolutely ape-snot.Al Qaida is in dire straights as reported by MEMRI. We have had them on the run for quite some time and still the moron pols on EITHER side play it down because it is not politically expedient. So, this feeds and foments the cowards and liars of the IVAW and their communist financiers.We have the A

I get the impression that whatever level of government you work in, if you're a politician, you're to some degree "above" the common people. You work in a somewhat nice building. You get paid a decent salary. You make decisions that impact many people. Leadership puts a politician on a sort of pedestal, and good leadership leads to a high salary, which leads to a lifestyle far different from that of the common middle class.So if successful politicians can dine and stay at expensive restaurants and hotels, maybe their mindset is "seduced" into changing? How accurate can your representation of a voter's mindset be when your life is totally different?

Here is a funny video about the disgusting nature of politicians according to Jackie Mason. We will write our regular posts starting tomorrow, now that the new design is finished. Technorati Tags: Jackie Mason, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Campaigns, Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives, Liberals, Politics, Politicians Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

150 + 75 members seems too much The Dutch House of Representatives or lower house (‘Tweede Kamer’) counts 150 members (MPs). Members of the Tweede Kamer receive an allowance for expenses for their work. This is called compensation (‘schadeloosstelling’). The amount of the compensation is € 83,398.32 per MP per year. They also receive a holiday [...]

The Indian Premier League (IPL), a Twenty20 cricket competition modeled on the lines of European club football, has already made the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) richer by close to $1.75 billion even before the first match has been played. It has also made many young players millionaires overnight by industrialists and film stars who own various teams. And this seems to be just the beginning. If the idea takes off, as it certainly will, some cricketers will make the kind of money soccer superstars make in Europe. When the smell of money is so overpowering and Indian politicians are missing out big time, can criticism from them be far behind? Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thakeray has already fired the first salvo at the one truly financially smart politician who is looking

Politicians are very rarely economists. Economists very rarely become politicians. Our elected officials often make serious economic mistakes due to political pressures which often work against sound economic sense. These are some of the most common economic mistakes. Boom and Bust Cycle. Generally, politicians do better when growth is high and unemployment is falling. Therefore, in the lead

Several weeks ago I visited the Web site of the National Do Not Call Registry and registered our phone number.What seemed like an endless stream of calls from telemarketers stopped. It was magic.Well, magic until last week, when Ron Paul got ahold of our phone number and his people left a message on our answering machine. And then on Wednesday we heard from a friend of John McCain. Yesterday Rudy Giuliani's camp called. Today it was some lady for Gov. Mike Huckabee.Every single one of 'em was trying to sell themselves to the household's two registered voters before the Florida Presidential Preference Primary on Jan. 29.Their calls are too late for the Ol' Man since he has taken advantage of early voting. But I haven't, and now I'm thinking I may vote on the constitutional amendment only an

Good morning! I woke up this morning realising how lucky I am. I went to bed with the story of a Kenyan who arrived in Nairobi confused. He spent his last money on the bus to flee for his life,... Read about the whereabouts of independent Africa Correspondent Arjen Westra. travelling the continent and reporting on things he sees and hears and.... smells.

In his article in EdWeek, “Where is Education in the 2008 Election?” (see www.edweek.org), David S. Seeley doesn’t blame the candidates for not moving education issues to the forefront of their campaigns. His feeling is that no serious improvement in education can take place without bipartisan support. Good luck finding any of that until November 2008, if then! According to Seeley: There has, of course, been some discussion of the federal No Child Left Behind Act on the campaign trail. But most of it has consisted of little more than partisan jousting over whether President Bush should be praised or blamed for the program. People seem to forget that the No Child Left Behind legislation was developed and adopted with strong bipartisan support. The current, politically polarized debat

I suppose no one but me gets all warm and fuzzy when they see the politicians sending us their Season's Greetings. Nonetheless, I thought it would be a real treat to gather all these jolly old dudes together. For a day lets put aside the fact they have pointy heads, and rank them solely on the quality of their Christmas Greeting itself.I don't think any of the current crop of candidates can top this message sent out by Poppy and Babs back in the seventies. Christmas was a happier time for the Bushs back then, before Sonny was despised by most of the free world.For example, back in the 1970's Dubya was just another harmless preppie jackass with tie and blazer strung over his shoulder and cigarette in hand:The Budweiser down by his foot was cut off.Is that really bro Jeb with his arm around Poppy? Sure as heck looks like Tucker Carlson to me, affecting the same stylish jacket/tie routine as little George.Heck, they all have their jackets and ties over their shoulder. All that is

Government officials at all levels have become more saavy at trying to disguise taxes as something else. But, it seems Democrats are especially adept at the practice.However, voters/taxpayers are also getting better at recognizing the camouflage.Gavin Newsome, Democrat mayor of San Francisco, is trying out a tax with a double disguise: first, it's called a fee; and second, it's dressed up in the now-familiar costume of preventing a health problem.As an added touch, the tax is supposed to help alleviate a children's health problem....San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has set his sights on soda - working up a plan to charge a new city fee to big retailers of sugar drinks."The bottom line is that there is a direct nexus between high-fructose corn syrup drinks like colas and Big Gulps and obesity among schoolkids," Newsom said Friday.The idea of taxing soda to combat obesity - which is being touted as the first in the nation - has been roiling around in health circles for some time, inc

Since taking office in 2001, Hillary Clinton has earmarked more than $2.3 billion in federal appropriations for projects in her state. "Earmarking" allows politicians to avoid the regular budget process and write bills that pass without ever being voted on. No wonder they can't balance a budget and our deficit is so high, Hillary is just one of 100 Senators but has personally pushed $2 billion dollars into law in 6 years, and according to the article, she's not even close to being one of the top offenders.What the HELL is wrong with Washington? Obviously, the answer is greed. Hillary has given $500 million to 59 corporations, and 64% of them in turn made donations to Hillary's campaign. This is just one example, I'm not singling Hillary out as the one corrupt, hypocritical piece of crap doing this. According to the article, Obama used to do it but now only does it for government projects. It's still wrong. Every dollar of America's money that is spent should be voted on in broad

That is, assuming I ever had any. It seems like month after month, if not day after day, I'm hearing more and more appalling stuff about what some Dutch are like, one of the latest cases being of a Dutch diplomatic couple who dumped their adopted Korean daughter whom they'd raised for 7 years because she didn't "fit in" with their lifestyle. There's more enraging news about this over here too. I

The music and film industry continues to pursue its idea of a politically "corrected" Internet - one that they imagine could protect their old business models without requiring any extra costs on their part. This time, the fix is Internet-wide filtering. In a memo to European policy-makers, the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) has called upon ISPs in Europe to filter the content sent across their networks, block protocols used by their customers, and cut off access to persistently infringing sites from the Net.Disturbingly, European politicians seem open to the idea of ISPs policing and interfering with their customers' communications on behalf of rightsholders. Last month, the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) tabled an amendment to a Parliamentary report that changed a request to "rethink the critical issue of intellectual property", into a call for "internet service providers to apply filtering measures to prevent cop

"Politicians get physical" - what an exciting dispute!:) My favorite is the fight with the telephone. I'm watching this video news and I think these parties need some street fighter to dispute the new bills. technorati tags: Korea politician video video news fight del.icio.us tags: Korea politician video video news fight icerocket tags: Korea politician video video news fight keotag tags: Korea politician video video news fight

An Oak Brook businessman who has extensive financial and personal ties to the former head of the Chicago mob has given more than $200,000 in contributions to Illinois politicians through personal and corporate donations -- with Gov. Blagojevich receiving the most money, $35,000, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Among other top recipients of donations from the businessman, Nicholas Vangel, a

Digg.com has come up with a new Digg the Candidates page recently that lets you see what the election candidates are Digging on their profile pages. What you can quickly find is profile picture of each candidate, their recent submissions or favorites and their friends in there. I was interested to see what Hilory Clinton has [...]