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DEMOCRATIC DISCOURSE February 10, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, Blogging in general.
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The purpose of discussion – the back and forth of assertion and argument – in a democracy is to discover the common good.
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“ESSENCE OF THE POLITICAL SYSTEM” February 9, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, US Politics.
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First there was the Global Financial Crisis, which perhaps is not over yet, now it seems that the Obama Administration is proposing to re-regulate the finance industry.
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“FREE MARKET FETISH” February 8, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics.
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Even though I know nothing about economics, some opinion interests me because it relates social behavior, institutions, decision making and the financing of electoral processes that seems so characteristic of NSW.
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EURO CRISIS February 7, 2010

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“Deficit fetishism” to quote Joesph Stiglitz may be a mistake, but the bigger mistake seems to have been the publics the richer Eurozone countries, such as Germany, were not prepared to bailout the weaker ones.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG: FORWARD AND BACK February 6, 2010

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For the dogs not getting out is a source of disquiet, but for humans not being able to walk is much more. We have a mutual dependency to satisfy needs.
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POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY February 4, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, European Politics.
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The claim made in parliamentary democracy is that the institution generally and the executive in particular are accountable to the electors. It is a doubtful proposition, as it relates to any specific government decision.
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HISTORICAL MATERIALISM February 3, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, US Politics.
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Putting aside breathing people aside for a moment, and in some aspirations always, of what is political reality – as distinct from the polis – constituted?
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GLOBAL AND LOCAL CULTURE February 1, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Humankind/Planet Earth.
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The forces of globalization are not uniform.
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BLAIR TESTIFIES January 31, 2010

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The former Prime Minister was required to testify before the Chilcot Parliamentary Committee investigating Britain’s role in the invasion of Iraq, and by implication the murder of hundreds of thousands of people.
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – SIDE BY SIDE January 30, 2010

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This week we were pushing back time, so the dogs got less time on their walk, which might not have been such a bad result due to the warmer weather.
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HOWARD ZINN January 29, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Life Experience, US Politics.
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I reacted to the news of the death of Howard Zinn, the American historian.
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LEGISLATING LIBERTY January 27, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics, Human Rights.
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Geoffrey Robertson’s The Statute of Liberty raises questions about the nature of Australian democracy.
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AUSTRALIA DAY January 26, 2010

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What has become of the place?
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“GLACIER BLUNDER” January 25, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Environment.
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Glaciers around the world are melting. The fact is self evident for those who visit and observe glaciers.
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BEING THE GLOBAL THREAT POWER January 23, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in US Politics.
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The 5-4 decision of the US Supreme Court has thrown bread crumbs among the political cockatoos with the resultant kerfuffle. But is it an ado about nothing, or at least nothing new and nothing we didn’t know?
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FRIDAY NIGHT DOG BLOG – ONE BY ONE January 22, 2010

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The days are going by one by one, yet the dogs are going their walk. The weather has been hot, so water has to be carried to supply a mid-walk drink.
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REMEMBERING GAZA January 22, 2010

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The politics of cruelty should not sit well with anybody.
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A BROKEN POLITICAL SYSTEM? January 21, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Australian Politics.
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If we found that our parliaments do not represent public opinion and members of parliament do not represent the people who vote for them,would we then conclude that the system was broken, especially when parliament is controlled by the executive.
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DRAFT: LEGISLATING LIBERTY January 20, 2010

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Geoffrey Robertson’s  The Statute of Liberty raises questions about the nature of Australian democracy.
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GROUND CONTROL: “WE HAVE AN ENEMY” January 18, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in CENTRAL ASIA.
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Who would have thought that upon entering into the Afghan Civil War and recent history complicated by outside intervention and inference that the imperialists would have discovered an enemy.
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