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Politics, politics, politics

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. › Charles de Gaulle. The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor that …

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With subjects like these, the emperor needs no gunboats

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Perhaps thinking themselves as legitimate players in the crude power politics that Bangladesh has witnessed in the past 18 years, these diplomats have abandoned the ‘diplomatic custom’ of keeping their views on the country’s internal …

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With subjects like these, the emperor needs no gunboats

Foreign interference in local politics condemned

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

‘It [Tuesday’s tea party] also reflects the overall political bankruptcy here as the politicians went to the US embassy to give their views on local politics,’ he said. ‘We should be able to resolve our political problems on our own,’ …

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Confident Carwyn has a reminder political careers all end in failure - WalesOnline

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

Confident Carwyn has a reminder political careers all end in failureWalesOnline,?United Kingdom?- 8 hours agoMany of a certain age who have only a …

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Kyoto & The Australian Full Carbon Accounting Model

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

In any other political context our cynical and experienced press corps would surely have called this dishonest and widely questioned the politician’s assertion. The world has spent $50 billion on global warming since 1990, …

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Selection ‘08 - Buyer Beware! v.2

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

He goes on and on about the partisan politics, the bickering, oh it’s so divisive….

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Selection ‘08 - Buyer Beware! v.2

Reply to House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure'

Friday, July 18th, 2008

[#2: Edit Options>MightyAdsense>Adsense Code] Frits42 posted a reply:. Why should God have anything to do with president Bush? It’s time for the USA and its politicians to give up that word God and to become a secular state!

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Bryan Young: Politics in Comic Books

Friday, July 18th, 2008

More recently, though, the portrayal of our own leaders, politicians and even the political climate has been bent toward much more interesting forays into the realm of biting social commentary. A lot of people in the world of politics …

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Peek at your politicians' finances

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Want to know what in your politicians’ wallets and purses? The annual financial disclosure statements for local officials are now available from the state Ethics Commission. In a county where the median household income is about $50000, …

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ON PUTTING HUMANITY AHEAD OF POLITICS

Friday, July 18th, 2008

The same thing also happens when politicians of all political stripes die, as well as religious figures. We pause to remember the contribution they made to the common good and the significance of their lives as they fulfilled their …

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