806 articles related to "government"

The State Of The Union, Steroids In Baseball, and Sputnik

President Obama recently delivered his 2011 state of the union message last night. As always, there are usually low expectations for these events since rarely is anything new, exciting or effective ever proposed. This state of the union message was n...

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Bernie LaPlante and the 911 Truth Movement

Who is Bernie Laplante? Bernie LaPlante was a fictional character in the 1992 movie "Hero." He was portrayed by Dustin Hoffman. Bernie was a petty crook who was also an astute street philosopher. Toward the end the film, while teaching his son the w...

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Is This India"s Finest Hour?

Travelling around India this month, in blinding contrast to the evident levels of stark poverty that can be seen in a great number of its citizens, something in the air tells one that India is pulsing with energy for change. For throughout the next h...

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Local Government Politics - How To Be Effective?

So, you have an issue with your local government. How can you most effectively convey your message? Without being able to effectively convey your message not just to the governing body, but your fellow citizens, your job of swaying public opinion and...

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World Federation of Trade Unions Calls for April 1st Action

Unions affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) met in Lisbon in December to discuss the world financial crisis and advance a set of demands. The assembled WFTU affiliates set Wednesday, April 1, 2009 as an international date for wor...

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State Governments: Immobile, Going Broke and High On Wine

Many state and local governments are heading towards financial insolvency as a result of their state employee pension and retiree medical liabilities. Consider an article from the October 18, 2010 issue of Businessweek magazine: - According to a stu...

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The Communist Manifesto - A Book Review and Summary

Now largely discredited after it inspired - or some say was manipulated by - the murderous, brutal regime of Leninist/Stalinist Soviet Russia, The Communist Manifesto contains great insight into the limitations and superficiality of a Capitalist soci...

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A Tribute To The Few Who Sacrificed For The Many

America has successfully celebrated another Independence Day. I could be corrected in my calculation, but I believe every American celebrated this great holiday in some fashion, with barbecues aplenty along with many firework displays. All government...

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The Malice Of Corporate America

If you are one of most Americans who own stocks or corporate bonds, thanks to retirement plans, mutual funds and such, you are owning a piece of "Corporate America". But wait, before getting complacent and letting out a tearful "being proud to be an ...

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The President Obama Complaining, "They Talk About Me Like A Dog"

"Wag the Dog" is a euphemism for when a politician in trouble wages a war or does some other diversion to get the heat off his back. President Obama, it appears to me, is doing a "Wag the Mosque" as a smokescreen for a tanking deflation economy durin...

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