A good idea!
Boing Boing: Wikipedia founder calls for political campaign wikis
9/02/2006
Counting the Gains, Ignoring the Losses
From the The Rothenberg Political Report, comes an assessment of the chances of U.S. Republicans winning some seats while the Democrats make inroads.
In summary, although pundits predict that Democrats will win enough seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to take control back for the first time since 1994 (I don't), they fail to take into account any Republican chances of local victories.
In summary, although pundits predict that Democrats will win enough seats in the U.S. House of Representatives to take control back for the first time since 1994 (I don't), they fail to take into account any Republican chances of local victories.
A Fascist is always a disappointed Socialist
One of the best kept secrets among the socialists of the world is that their favourite object of insults: "Fascist!" is in fact a mutation of themselves.
Benito Mussolini, the original Fascist Party leader, was of course the erudite Marxist intellectual, who translated the original version of Karl Marx's Das Kapital (Volume 3) into Italian, who wrote copiously about the injustices of capitalism, and who at gatherings of international socialists would take the chair, as his preeminence over such characters as Lenin was universally recognized in the movement.
Andres Lopez Obrador is taking the same route.
Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922 after staging the infamous "March on Rome". The reason being that he couldn't win an election.
After losing the Mexican presidential election, guess what?
Benito Mussolini, the original Fascist Party leader, was of course the erudite Marxist intellectual, who translated the original version of Karl Marx's Das Kapital (Volume 3) into Italian, who wrote copiously about the injustices of capitalism, and who at gatherings of international socialists would take the chair, as his preeminence over such characters as Lenin was universally recognized in the movement.
Andres Lopez Obrador is taking the same route.
Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922 after staging the infamous "March on Rome". The reason being that he couldn't win an election.
After losing the Mexican presidential election, guess what?
9/01/2006
The love that dare not speak it's name: pork barrel
A secretive U.S. Senator has put a "hold" on legislation proposed by colleagues from both parties in the Senate, Tom Cockburn (Republican, Oklahoma) and Barak Obama (Democrat, Illinois), which would require organisations that receive U.S. federal tax funds to be listed on a website, with the amount received.
Daily Kos thinks this is a disgraceful abuse of senatorial privileges. I agree.
I'm sure that under U.S. law it would be illegal to "out" the snivelling coward. Under British law, where I am writing, I suspect that this would not hold up in court. You can leave an anonymous comment here (see below).
Update: Busted! And you what what? I would have bet serious money the Porkmaster-General, Senator Robert (ex-KKK) Byrd (Democrat, West Virginia) was involved.
Daily Kos thinks this is a disgraceful abuse of senatorial privileges. I agree.
I'm sure that under U.S. law it would be illegal to "out" the snivelling coward. Under British law, where I am writing, I suspect that this would not hold up in court. You can leave an anonymous comment here (see below).
Update: Busted! And you what what? I would have bet serious money the Porkmaster-General, Senator Robert (ex-KKK) Byrd (Democrat, West Virginia) was involved.
8/28/2006
That's all right then!
Don't panic. The Alabama, U.S.A. Democratic Party has not disqualified an openly lesbian candidate from contesting a seat for the southern state's House of Representatives on the grounds that she's not straight.
The rule under which she was disqualified after winning the primary hadn't been enforced for over twenty years and neither the Party's candidates for Alabama Governor or Lieutenant Governor had followed it. It's not like the scandal would affect the result: no other candidate has registered to contest the full election.
No the reason is that Patricia Todd is WHITE and most of her voters and political colleagues are BLACK.
So that's all right then!
Details: Politics1 - American Politics, Elections, Candidates & Campaigns
The rule under which she was disqualified after winning the primary hadn't been enforced for over twenty years and neither the Party's candidates for Alabama Governor or Lieutenant Governor had followed it. It's not like the scandal would affect the result: no other candidate has registered to contest the full election.
No the reason is that Patricia Todd is WHITE and most of her voters and political colleagues are BLACK.
So that's all right then!
Details: Politics1 - American Politics, Elections, Candidates & Campaigns
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