Articles tagged: "politics"
1: Sarah Palin On The Environment: George Bush And Dick Cheney Rolled Into One
On the environment, Sarah Palin is essentially George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and perhaps James Watt rolled into one, but with a more pleasant demeanor. It is important to look beyond charisma and consider the environmental implications of our November vote.
2: Machine Politicians Or Paid Puppet Masters?
People won’t consider risking their money to a untrained cooperate president but will risk their money’s sincerity as well as their lives to an untrained government President. Even though a President may be elected, he/she is not required to serve as an apprentice or intern before taking the position, even the President’s aid may be required to have more training than the President.
3: George Bush On Global Warming - The Awkward Truth
The Bush Administration 's report on global warming contains some crucial but awkward truths that neither George W. Bush nor his environmentalist critics want to confront. The Administration has sought to bury the report, and tried to misrepresent its most ominous conclusion.
4: The Media Helps to Kill The World 's Economy
The governments of the world certainly hold a large portion of the blame for policies leading to an economic slow down, but should the media, too, be feeling a bit guilty for the reduction of money in our pockets?
5: Bush On Global Warming: Decider Or Dissembler?
President George W. Bush once said: "I'm the decider, and I decide what 's best." When it comes to environmental issues, especially global warming, Bush often sounds more like the dissembler than the decider.
6: Political Lies And Global Warming
Those who call global warming the "greatest hoax of all time" are not alone in the Global Warming Liars Club. Even those politicians who are courageous enough to fight for action on the issue are not telling us the whole truth.
7: Austin Profiles : The Texas Governor 's Mansion
The Texas Governor 's Mansion is one of the oldest homes in Austin. The article looks at some of the history of the Texas Governor 's Mansion.
8: Environmental Hypocrisy On The Right
George W. Bush promised to do something about global warming. The insincerity of the promise was made clear when he reneged on his pledge, claiming that joining the Kyoto protocol would hurt the economy. In reality, doing something about global warming would hurt only Big Energy and Big Auto, both heavy contributors to the Bush campaign.
9: Enviornmental Hypocrites On The Left
The subject of environmental hypocrisy on the left refers to those high-profile champions of the environment who themselves led polluting lifestyles and who were generally disengaged from the activities and consequences of their proposed solutions.
10: Second Open Letter to Senators McCain & Obama
We live in a world where the terrorists and the soldiers need to stop their fire now. We need to win the much larger struggle, worldwide, for the emancipation of the human spirit and to restore human dignity from political tyranny and mass scale oppression now. We canot wait any more.This has to be done now as " We Are One"
11: Turning the Clock Back: the Progressive March to Barbarism
There are two opposing political movements in the USA who want to turn the clock back. One group longs for the 1950s while the other seeks to emulate the ancient Greeks and Romans.
12: Some Questions to Reveal that Who Should be The Next US President
Do you think George Bush knows how much a bus pass costs? When was the last time you think Dick Cheney pulled out an envelope full of coupons to save a few bucks at the grocery store? Does he even know what a grocery store is? I do not want to bash the President. But what I want to do is explain why so many of our national politicians aren't ready to tackle the everyday problems the average American faces – simply because they have no idea what they are.
13: Grand Theft Values - Political Sleight of Hand
Points the accountability for negative influence on today 's youth away from the gaming industry and other media and to where it belongs.
14: Barack Obama is a Maverick Thinker
Barack Obama 's campaign has been immensely successful at going against the grain. The lessons of his highly successful campaign should be applied to your business every single day.
15: Corporate Income Tax Reform--- Seriously
At the root of the problem is the tremendous investment the major parties have in nurturing divisiveness, jealousy, and misunderstanding in the electorate. Politicians are much more interested in talking about change than they are in actually legislating it.
16: The Idiocy of Mainstream American Energy Policies
For what people around the world consider the U.S. as the richest, most powerful, and most efficient country on the globe, how did we get to face the dilemmas of higher gasoline, energy, and food prices? The answer lies in our idiotic mainstream energy policies such as adoptions of no new oil explorations, over reliance of alleged renewable sources of energy, and a non-nuclear energy stance.
17: Guaranteed Social Security Benefits: Make It So
This is a conceptual outline, a starting point for developing the nitty-gritty details, rules, regulations, laws, and agencies. All that is required is the will to change. Politicians like to debate changes to determine why new ideas can't be implemented. Here 's a plan that must be implemented. Have a listen, throw out an incumbent.
18: Martine Aubry – The Lady In Waiting.
She might have been absent from national politics for the past eight years, but now a one-time leading light of the Socialist party, Martine Aubry, appears to be back in favour Aubry is being touted – not least by herself – as a figure behind which activists could unite in the tussle for the leadership of the party due in November
19: Education In America After No Child Left Behind: Where Do We Go From Here?
Public schools play a vital role in shaping this nation 's future As I write this article, we are about to elect a new President
20: The Knives Are Out
The big guns within the Socialist party here in France are warming up for battle ahead of an election to choose a new leader even though that’s still over six months away Segolene Royal officially announced her intention to stand last Friday
21: Can Obama Really Win?
Many thought the day would never come A day that all Americans could prove to their children that they could become whatever they want in life no matter what their background is
22: Volunteering In Tanzania- Ecology, Wildlife, And Social Issues
Tanzania is situated in East Africa, and its economy runs primarily on tourism It is a country of geographical extremes like the highest point being the Mount Kilimanjaro peak and the lowest point being the lake bed in Lake Tanganyika
23: Have We Achieved Our Objectives In Iraq?
Exactly where are we in this conflict It 's difficult to cut through to the truth with so much hot air coming from all sides
24: Will The Next Generation Of Leaders Please Stand Up?
When an assassin’s bullet ended the life of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
25: The World Democracy Audit of the Year 2008
This is the 17th world audit report of the millennium, in which we review the state of public corruption; current practice in human rights; political rights;free speech;and the overall state of the rule of law in 150 nations (exceeding 1 million population).By reference to these, we compile the world democracy table with its subsidiary statistical table.
26: Did Obama 's Arrogance Trump His Intelligence?
It 's my friends in the South and Midwest that are crying "foul." These folks are white, Reagan Democrats or Arnold Republicans. They are centrist, patriotic and by many experts the so-called swing vote.
27: Is Traditional Politics Dead?
The poor vote one way and the rich another. Those neither rich nor poor get caught square in the middle or "middle class" as it is often called. The Twilight Zone might be a more appropriate name.
28: The Last King Of Spain?
A young King Juan Carlos helped steer Spain from a dictatorship to a modern democracy after he came to the throne some 32 years ago, and his achievements include defending the fledgling democracy in 1981 from an attempted coup Once popular and regarded as a man of the people, recent times have been more troubling for the king as political groups on both the left and right have called for an end to the Spanish monarchy
29: The Audacity Of Reality
Every day, I am am bombarded by the ever-present drivel that we call "news" in this country By the time my head hits a wrinkled, unintentionally drool-stained pillow, my mind is awash in opinion, conjecture, and a range of commentary that is inexcusably vast
30: Nine Proactives to End the War in Iraq and Affect Other Good Changes
Here are nine ways to help end the war in Iraq through non-violent actions and make a difference while you do.
31: Investment Politics: Jobs, The Economy, and Social Security
Social Security benefits are grossly inadequate yet we continue to tax all forms of retirement benefits. Politicians ignore the simple solutions to these problems and no one seems to care about Social Security reform. It 's just too big an issue to be so shockingly ignored, but the last politician with any courage--- well, I can't remember who that was either.
32: Penny Stock Investing In Election Years
When investing in mid to large-cap stocks, you do not fear politicians as they work for you. For penny stock investors, political analysis is a required form of analysis while managing a portfolio of micro and small-cap stocks. Exists, is a unique combination of principles, rules, and analysis applicable to penny stocks that is irrelevant for mid to large-cap investing.
33: Right Shows The Left How To Hit The Rich
Europe 's left of centre political parties have tried for decades to squeeze the rich for taxation to fund welfare and social programmes. But it 's the Conservative governments who are showing them how to do it - by buying stolen personal bank account details and hitting the affluent who take advantage of the global markets they have legislated for.
34: Chinese Antiques, Napoleon - Let the Dragon Sleep. Who Listened?
Even mighty Napoleon, who got to the Pyramids of Egypt and to the burning ruins of Moscow, at his greatest said of China it was a sleeping dragon and best to let it sleep.
35: Is the Democratic Primary Destroying the Democrats?
This article talks about the damage the current presidential primary is doing to the Democratic Party.
36: Investor Political Priorities - A Survey
90% of all Americans are investors and, as such, there are issues that we need to hear about from the man who would be king. None of our could-be leaders are addressing the issues that would allow us to achieve our financial goals.
37: Politics and the Burmese Ruby Boycott
Jewelers of America, representing 11,000 jewelers, urge a boycott of Burmeserubies. Yet some gem dealers deeply familiar with the situation in Burma claimruby trade is decentralized, and that the boycott hurts the artisanal minersin the pro-democracy movement, not the government. This article considers thepolitics behind the boycott: who it helps and who it hurts.
38: The Corporate Income Tax - Investor Enemy Number Two
Politicians have never been shy about dictating proper behavior to individuals or hesitant in shamelessly picking the pockets of businesses to fund their projects--- but just as Congress picks corporate pockets, corporations pick those of their shareholders.
39: 18 In ’08 Gets My Vote
On October 1, I had the privilege to come to Rutgers to see a screening of 18 in '08, a documentary produced by David Burstein, a Haverford College freshman The documentary 's purpose: to get out the youth (18 to 24 year-old) vote and tell politicians how to make it happen
40: An Honor Roll, Not A Watch List, For Colleges
Members of Congress on the House committee on education have come up with an absolute bonehead idea: to publish a "watch list" of schools that have increased tuition at rates higher than inflation I am surprised when members of the House speak of reigning in college costs with measures such as this, when they fail to do the same for health care
41: The Demos Year End 2008 Campaign Review: Obama Up, Clintons Tank, and John Out
Aren't we Democrats such a class act?
42: Tales Of Two Harvards
Journalist Hanna Rosin has written God 's Harvard, a wonderful book about Patrick Henry College, a Christian school that its chancellor calls "a Harvard for the home-schooled" Rosin, who has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post, has crafted an insightful — some of more moderate or liberal political persuasions might find scary — story of a relatively new institution, one that has a mission of preparing an "evangelical elite" for political leadership
43: Populist Deception Fooling Latin America 's Poor and USA 's Gullible 'Intellectuals'
Latin America needs a solid left, not Populist windbags that promise the impossible. Populism has failed everywhere and there 's no reason to expect any change.
44: Colleges Make Web-Based Response To College Rankings
Americans love rankings; educated consumers want to know what 's the best on the market for autos, electronics, airline services, and hotels among other things Educated businesspeople take high rankings seriously, loudly shouting independent praises through their advertising
45: 2008 Election Proving Once Again the USA is the Greatest Nation in the Entire Universe
Once again we prove our advanced democratic system is aces and helps us keep our status as the best nation in the Universe.
46: Human Relations Education Once Considered 'Communist Plot'
Going back to 1980 to write The Sex Ed Chronicles required me to return to the 60 's and 70 's to get the political setting just right Until I started my research, I did not know that sex education had been considered part of a 'Communist plot
47: Romney Can’t Take His Mitts Off Human Relations Education
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has fired two salvos on sex education since July, attacking Democratic candidate Barack Obama for his support of age-appropriate, medically accurate sex education for elementary school children, then going after the broader Democratic field for not rejecting the inclusion of gay-related issues in sex education for second-graders
48: Viewing American Politics From The Perspective Of Martians
I'm being silly, but indulge me here as I veer off into the realm of fantasy Not *that* kind of fantasy, but the world from a Martian’s perspective
49: SAT Optional Schools Not Always Easy Schools
It has been 30 years since I was a high school senior, but I had to take the SATs just as 11th and 12th graders do now I did okay, but not good enough to get into my two first choice schools
50: One Look At Excellent Colleges
This fall, as numerous college rankings hit the bookstores, I was curious to find an answer to the question: “What is an вЂ
