Blogs Posts on "Democracy"

Democrazy by MacDoctor on Nov 22, 2009When you think about it, democracy is really the tyranny of the majority. It is where the majority gets to impose it’s will on the minority, regardless of what is right or proper. This was made obvious to me in 1999 when Labour campaigned on in...

FEC unwisely OKs return to cheap private jet travel by members of Congress by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 20, 2009Let’s say you’re Sen. John Dough. You’re running for re-election. You need money. Often, you have to travel to where the money is to get it. Say, in Los Angeles. So you fly. But you wish to avoid flying commercial. Too much time was...

Democracy in England - LibDems £2.4M Donation! by A View from Middle England by Arden Forester on Nov 20, 2009Here's a quango at work in the political arena. The Electoral Commission in fact. In a toss of coins they come down in favour of the Liberal Democrats retaining a dodgy loan of £2.4 million and get quite exercised over a UKIP donation of £363,697.

Obamacare – not good for America by Thinking Patriots on Nov 19, 2009Obamacare not good for America.

Grade Gordon by The Third Estate on Nov 18, 2009David Cameron and Nick Clegg have already written off this year’s Queen’s Speech as pointless political posturing, filled with legislation that will never see the light of day before the next general election. The implication being, neith...

It’s not Congress. It’s legalized corruption. Time to end it. by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 16, 2009Former Rep. William J. Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, is off to prison. In August, a jury told him that bribery, racketeering and money laundering were not acceptable behaviors for anyone, let alone a member of Congress. As a felon, Jefferson has h...

Silent Democracy by INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS on Nov 14, 2009"It's sociologically interesting, though scary", said the actor Anthony Sher in a recent interview, "that you can be inside an evil system and be somehow unaware of it." South African by birth, Sher was talking about the former system of aparthei...

Judge, Jury and a victory for Gordon Brown? by Witch Doctor on Nov 13, 2009My Black Cat and I have been interested in The Judge and his Jury Team for some time now. The Witch Doctor does not know why she is interested. She just is. My Black Cat, on the other hand, says she is interested because she smells a rat! Now, you s...

Mangling democracy! by Witch Doctor on Nov 11, 2009So, My Black Cat, you’re at it again trying to scare the wits out of every one with your conspiracy theories. You are getting very excited because it is reaching mainstream newspapers! What is? Democracy is being put through a mangle. It is being f...

Afghanistan Letter by Crust Of The Grouch on Nov 10, 2009Afghanistan is dominating the news right now, casting a long shadow over Downing St. For the second day running Browns "scrawled" letter is across the papers. I'm no fan of Brown, I like him about as much as I would like to get E.coli, yet the behavi...