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Posts tagged democracy
Coupster Bainimarama Expels Leading...
November 4, 2009
Now illegal Prime Minister of Fiji, Voreqe ‘Coupster’ Bainimarama has totally pissed me off with his detention expulsion of leading academic Dr. Brij Lal from the Fiji Islands. An Australian academic of Indo-Fijian descent, Brij Lal was detained by the military in Suva yesterday and given... [+]
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04Nov
Obama Congratulates Fiji
October 10, 2009
It seems like the undeserving Nobel Peace Prize has gone to Barack Obama’s head or maybe it is his lack of knowledge of international affairs. He has been caught congratulating Fiji for the ‘rule of law’ and ‘democratic ideals’ it shares with the United States. The... [+]
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10Oct
Morons of the Week - Outraged...
September 11, 2009
This is the last I will post on the topic. The POTUS denigrated both immigrants and women in this country within the space of 40 seconds, and most Americans are more concerned over two words from a right-wing idiot that violated decorum. So concerned that they... [+]
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11Sep
DNC Day 4 - Republicrats - Same...
August 28, 2008
Sex sells, especially at democratic national conventions. Al Gore and Dick Durbin speak tonight — two politicians that I have wanted to hear from besides Kucinich. And on this anniversary of the ‘I have a DREAM’ speech, how fitting to have the sponsor of the DREAM... [+]
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28Aug
DNC Day 3 - Democracy is Melting
August 27, 2008
Most people believe in change only when they can see it, measure it, maybe even evaluate or experience it. Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese (Ligorano/Reese), in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, presented The State of Things, an ice sculpture of the word “Democracy.”... [+]
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27Aug
Day 2 - The REAL democratic National...
August 26, 2008
One after another, the women leaders of the Democrat National Party took center-stage on Day 2. The roster included Governor K. Selebius, Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator Claire McCaskill, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Senator Maria Cantwell, Governor Napolitano, and finally Hillary Clinton rounded up the day.... [+]
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26Aug