Source: populistamerica.com
Turning to the government to solve the problem that IT creates - and perpetuates - is a poor choice. (especially seeing that the government itself, through the Pentagon and the US mint, does more pollution than virtually anyone)
Source: Yahoo! News
By Kelly Valen Tue Apr 8, 4:00 AM ET
Source: The Washington Times
"Overall, 71 percent of the respondents agreed that politicians "embellish the truth" " - Is this right? My stats show only 10% of politicians embellish the truth and the rest just go ahead and lie.
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When either Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John McCain take office, they are going to place their hand on the Bible and take the oath, "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my abilit …
Source: MediaPost Publications
The situation got us thinking: what should politicians do online to help manage the bad press and public ridicule after they make very public mistakes? Although Spitzer is undoubtedly an extreme example, he's only the latest politician to get in trouble in a career-damaging or ca …
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle
Nope, it's not what you might think. The best thing about Barack Obama has almost nothing to do with him as a person or as a leader or even as Oh My God The First Black President Who Could Really Change Everything I Mean Wow.
Source: CNN
Some of the pork projects, according to the group, include a Lobster Institute; the Rocky Flats, Colorado, Cold War Museum; and the First Tee, a program to build young people's character through golf.
Source: townhall.com
The psychology of victimhood and the politics of envy are powerful political tools and we see them being exploited this political season. Politicians telling Americans how bad off we are reminds me of one of Aesop's Fables where a dog was carrying a piece of meat across a bridge.
Source: The New York Times
BEHIND any successful politician lies a usable contradiction, and John McCain's is this: We love him (and occasionally hate him) for his stubborn individualism, yet his politics are best understood as a decade-long attack on the individual.
Source: United Press International
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says he doesn't listen to public opinion polls; public opinion polls say Dick Cheney (and other politicians) should listen to public opinion polls.
Source: The New York Times
$80,000 prostitution tabs and thick ankle jokes. Silda and Ashley. Hillary and Monica. Our elected misogynists. I'm newly bitter. I need to talk to some old school Feminists to understand what social cues I've been ignoring.
Politicians. A handful of people who are typically raised in upper class families, attend Ivy League colleges who are trained on how politics works, drive our nation, and make the base of the decisions which affect us all. Who are these people who are groomed for power?
Source: The Globe and Mail
''Archbishop warns current politicians that they are out of touch with the people they govern and could lose power
Source: Newsweek
We'll never know exactly what New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was thinking when he allegedly arranged a dalliance with a high-priced prostitute, risking the collapse of both his career and his family. Even he may not fully understand his own actions.
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
Obama has allowed himself to be boxed in by the forces of evil, not this time from the Bush administration but from his Democratic Party opponent. He has taken to "town meetings" in lieu of mass rallies as a response to her criticism that he is all speech and no substance.
Source: ABC News
Presidents -- from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton -- have earned reputations as serial cheaters. Psychologists say the very nature of their power invites self-destruction. ...
Source: wsmv.com
"Politicians said they now want to punish witnesses to serious crimes who don't call for help.
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Our leaders lack substance, we are amusing ourselves to death, and information overload is causing the dangerous tendency for us to tune out of our own democracy.
Source: SPOnG.com
In a debate over a new censorship bill Keith Vaz claimed there are rape games available, but when questioned he didn't know what they were called or what platform they were for. (The BBFC says there are none on the market.) Vaz then brings up Manhunt to change the subject.
Source: the Mail online
Campaigners for a referendum on the European Union's controversial Lisbon Treaty today claimed they had overwhelming public support as MPs prepared for this week's key Commons vote.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Newsvine "journalists" need to read this. Newsvine readers need be and are skeptical readers, however the "journalists" also need to be skeptical!.
Source: ekstreme.com
Doesn't it just pique your interest when you see someone say they asked but were told that such questions were 'forbidden'? It should, you know.
Source: The Huffington Post
et the voter beware. Primary season is here, bringing with it the exaggerations, half-baked statistics, and bald-faced whoppers that tend to flow from the mouths of presidential hopefuls. The live debates, especially, are epistemological free-for-alls.
"There is no need for any war, there is no need for any nations... One thing is absolutely certain: The days of the politicians are over. They have done too well their job of being destructive, violent.
Source: mwcnews.net
In this video clip, George Carlin tells it like it is. Is it comfortable, hell no, is it realistic, definitely. Critical thinking is the enemy of social control and corporate profit.