Democracy

John McCain: "One of the Greatest Frauds in Voter History"

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Charlie Crist, Florida, John McCain, Democracy, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Fraud, Acorn, 2008 Election, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Back in 2004, Michelle Malkin and wingnut "media" outlet Newsmax (along with many others of her ilk), alleged ACORN "voter fraud" in Ohio, just days before the Presidential election.

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Boston Tea Party 2008

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Party, John McCain, Bailout, Wall Street, Protest, Matt Gonzalez, Democracy, Media, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The $700 billion dollar bailout of Wall Street is exactly the kind of taxation without representation that the founding fathers fought to reject over 200 years ago.

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McCain's "League," and Obama's Debate Dilemma

John Wihbey | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Mccain, Obama, Presidential Debates, League, Concert of Nations, League of Nations, Politics News
John Wihbey

Tonight, Obama will have a chance to take a swing at what is McCain's potentially most radical idea: the creation of a "league of democracies" that critics say could effectively subvert the United Nations.

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Fourteen Changes Barack Obama Could Make in His First 30 Days

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Law Enforcement, Governance, Green Jobs, Financial Aid, Democracy, Policy, Barack Obama, Carbon Neutral, Stephen C. Rose, Businesses, White House, Federal Government, Presidential Records, Tax Filing, Huffington Post, No-Bid Contracts, Health Reform, Flexible Work Schedules, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

If he can infuse the huge federal engine with bite-sized, doable tasks that all link together somehow, he will be a mystery reformer -- a relatively low-key, undramatic force that renews and redirects an ineffective establishment.

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The Responsibilities of Citizenship: A Bundle of Literacies

Charles M. Firestone | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environmental Literacy, Citizenship, Civic Literacy, Bundle of Literacies, Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Charles M. Firestone, Financial Literacy, Charlie Firestone, Media Literacy, News Literacy, Democracy, Digital Literacy, Citizen, Politics News
Charles M. Firestone

Literacy today is not simply learning to read. There are additional literacies -- abilities to understand and operate -- in 21st century America.

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The Face of Fashion Democracy

Mary Tomer | Posted 10.11.2008 | Style

Read More: Michelle Obama, Democracy, Jackie Kennedy, Fashion, Style, Recession, Style News
Mary Tomer

The "high-low fashion" movement -- mixing high and low end designs -- is gaining momentum and giving us a viable option to still look chic. The trend has quickly become a necessity for the cash-strapped this season.

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Monstrous Deals

Megan Shank | Posted 10.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Monster.com, tom.com, Democracy, Skype, China, Chinese Censorship, Tiananmen Square, Josh Silverman, Business News
Megan Shank

For many companies working with Chinese firms on online products and services the hidden cost inherent in sticky ethics often emerges snarling.

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"Trust" in the Economy and Electoral Politics

Michael Roth | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Democracy, Trust, 2008 Election, Stock Market, Politics News
Michael Roth

The problem with the politics of attack that the Rovesque McCain-Palin ticket is now employing, and the problem with Obama's defense through recrimination, is that both strategies erode trust in democracy itself.

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Assume the Fetal Position

Frank Schirrmacher | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Democracy, Capitalism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Frank Schirrmacher

What threatens us now is the lasting division and regression of democracy and capitalism, a rupture that originated in Bush's abuse of the political rhetoric of freedom.

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Struggling to Avoid a Neck Injury in the Whiplash of Democracy

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Pet Rocks, Palin Rape Kits, Palin, Democracy, Obama, Mccain, Democracy for America, Treasury Secretary, Politics News
Michealene Cristini Risley

All of us know what a lie is, and hopefully we believe it is wrong. So why when politicians and elected officials lie or tell half-truths it is acceptable to voters?

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Masters of the Universe I: The Questions Neither Obama nor McCain Will Answer

Sanjiv Gupta | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Wall Street Crisis, FInancial Markets, Stock Market, Economy, Masters of the Universe, Politics News
Sanjiv Gupta

It may be one of the most positive outcomes of this crisis that it compels us to ask fundamental questions about our political system, questions we may normally be too complacent or polite to ask.

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Internet Users More Mobile, Curious And Able To Unite Against Religious Right

Brian Ross | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Reagan, Ancient Greeks, Blogosphere, Internet, John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Greeks, Democracy, Hillary Clinton, Fox, Media, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Home News
Brian Ross

Obama might become the first president in U.S. history to be able to get real participation from the people by harnessing the web to weave new coalitions and bring people together to solve problems.

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New Media Forms Boost Youth Participation In Debates

Kristin Gorski | Posted 10.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Presidential Debates, John McCain, Twitter, Democracy, Mccain, Obama, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Biden, Tweets, Two-Screen Media, Social Media, Palin, Sarah Palin, Microblogging, Currenttv, Hack the Debate, Home News
Kristin Gorski

By adding an interactive edge to the traditional, communal experience of television, there is bound to be social impact, though it is still to be determined because this media is so new.

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After the Wall St. Bailout: More Plutocracy, or the Rise of Net-Powered Politics?

Micah Sifry | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Henry Paulson, Democracy, Wall Street Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Public Campaign, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News
Micah Sifry

The bailout bill, and the process by which it is being jammed through Congress, is an affront to democratic values. We can do better.

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The Worst Sarah Palin Clip Yet

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Gaza Strip, Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, Democracy, Iran, Hamas, Israel, Cbs, Interview, John McCain, Palin Middle East, Palin Gaza, Palin Couric Interview, Palin Hamas, Palin Newspapers, Palin Gaffe, Palin Israel, Palin Foreign Policy, Palin Couric, Sarah Palin Hamas, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

No, it's not her infamous Russia answer nor her inexplicable financial bailout response. It's not her latest admission that she doesn't really read any newspapers. It's an overlooked clip from the original Couric interview about Hamas.

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McCain Advocates Dividing Up Countries Into "Us" Vs. "Them"

Brian Ross | Posted 09.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Russia, George Bush, Election 08, Presidential Debate, Superpowers, United Nations, Yugoslavia, Democracy, Foreign Policy, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bush Administration, Barack Obama, League of Nations, John McCain, China, Home News
Brian Ross

McCain's call to bypass the United Nations and establish a club of democracies where two nuclear superpowers cannot be represented is naive and dangerous political thinking.

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No English

Michael Standaert | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, China, Beijing, Politics News
Michael Standaert

BEIJING: Throughout my year and a half in Beijing I haven't had many taxi drivers who speak even a small amount of English. They were all supposed to ...

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Obama Shares Bush's Goals in Foreign Policy

Hossein Derakhshan | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Biden, National Endowment for Democracy, Chomsky, Iran, Obama, Ned, Democracy, Ahmadinejad, Bush, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Hossein Derakhshan

While Obama objects to military intervention, he is, like Bush, a big supporter of the kind of activity that NED is doing -- and interestingly enough, more avidly than Bush.

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Welcome to the final stages of the coup...

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Powers, Democracy, Coup, Wall Street Crisis, The Business Plot, Economy, Terrorism, Fascism, Open Blackmail, Bailout Bill, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

UPDATES AT BOTTOM If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar In 2000, the long fought for and ...

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The Fiscal Meltdown Reveals the Democratic Deficit

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 09.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Congressional Oversight, Regulation, Financial Crisis, Democracy, Reaganism, Economy, Business News
Benjamin R. Barber

In response to this financial crisis, consumers must become citizens again, reclaiming their democratic right to fiscal transparency, political oversight and market regulation.

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OneWebDay is the New "Earth Day" for the Internet

Nathaniel James | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Onewebday, Democracy, Network Neutrality, Internet, Participation, owd2008, Politics News

Sometimes it's easy to take the Internet and the Web for granted, but in 2008, the growing number of Americans actively participating in democracy thr...

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Undecided Voters: Go Fly A Kite!

Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Decision 2008, Undecided Voters, Decision-Making, Sarah Palin, Get Out the Vote, Democracy, 2008 Election, Palin, Barack Obama, Voting, Politics News
Mike Garibaldi-Frick

With only seven weeks to go before the general election, national polls report close to 10% of Americans still haven't decided who they will vote for ...

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It's Wrong to Count People Who Don't Vote

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Elections, Ballot Initiatives, Proposition 105, Clean Elections, Voting Rights, Democracy, Fair Elections, Election 2008, Arizona, Animals, 2008 Election, Election, 08 Election, Voting, Yahoo!, Politics News
Michael Markarian

People who have died or moved and are still on the voter rolls.

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Palin's The Latest Product We've Gobbled Up

Christopher Fink | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Marketing, Consumerism, Democracy, Corporate Power, Capitalism, Sarah Palin; Palin Bush; Palin Vice Presidential Candidate; Celebrity Politics;, Home News
Christopher Fink

As a new consumer product, Palin's candidacy is like those miraculous new prescription drugs that will cure us of all our troublesome afflictions. The problem is these products are frequently later discovered to prove hazardous to our health.

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Is Palin Afraid to Talk to the Press?

Caroline Presno | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democracy, Clinton, Free Press, Tom Brokaw, Media Bias, Katie Couric, Republicans, Chris Matthews, Sarah Palin, Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown, Politics News
Caroline Presno

For a group that wraps itself in patriotism, the extreme Right is certainly being unpatriotic about one of the cornerstones of democracy--the free press.

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