MASKED DEMOCRACY March 12, 2013
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The case for the unrepresentative nature of US democracy seems overwhelming. Could not the same observation be equally made in Australia?
DIALECTIC AND DEMOCRACY March 3, 2013
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Last week Bradley Manning made a statement to the Military Hearing, after a period of incarceration now exceeding three thousand days, with incidental torture along the way. So much for the presumption of a speedy trial.
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PROPAGANDA AND POLICY February 20, 2013
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Under Gillard, and presumably the same practice will be followed by an Abbott-led Government, Australian Foreign policy has been outsourced to the US Administration.
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MLK’s LEGACY January 22, 2013
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Yesterday the United States jointly commemorated Martin Luther King’s day and the inauguration of the President and Vice President. Obama will leave a historical footnote as the first African-American to be both elected and re-elected as President.
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SLAVERY IN FOCUS January 16, 2013
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The history of slavery is outside my immediate compass since I do not watch contemporary films.
KILLING OF CHILDREN December 17, 2012
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Why is it that the killing of children in Connecticut seems more immediate to me than the killing of children in Waziristan? In terms of physical distance, Waziristan is closer.
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US VOTER TURNOUT November 12, 2012
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Apparently less than 60% of eligible voters chose, or were able, to vote in the US. While a figure approaching 126 million plus people voting is considerable, yet it does not represent the potential voters out of a total population of 315 million people.
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CHECKS AND BALANCES November 9, 2012
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A friend poses: What is the use in having a political system where the person chosen by the voters is unable to implement his policy agenda? Checks and balances I know, but unworkable without serious compromise of core principles.
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US ELECTORAL PROGNOSTICATIONS November 7, 2012
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Semantics aside, Nate Silver at his blog, Five Thirty Eight at The New York Times is forecasting that Mitt Romney has a 8.4% chance of winning the US presidential election.
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VOTE FOR THE LEAST WORST November 6, 2012
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“It will be over soon”, and then what?
“THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN” October 30, 2012
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Days before US General Election, as the rulers allocate more money of war and empire to make the country strong and respected, and as a storm of unprecedented size and ferocity takes form off the eastern seaboard, it seems appropriate to reflect on the “mandate of heaven”.
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INSIDE THE BANK BAILOUT October 28, 2012
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Bill Moyers interview with Neil Barofsky is extraordinary. Neil Barofsky is the former Inspector General of the Bush Administration’s Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).
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BROKEN DEBATE, BROKEN DEMOCRACY October 24, 2012
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As we enter the final strait, the horse race aspect of the US Presidential Election takes centre stage. As seen from the corporate media, particularly television, it is a two-horse race.
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GETTING OUT THE VOTE October 15, 2012
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It may be very understandable that low information voters, and given the three levels of government that may be in wider net than usually described, should act like consumers relying on brand imagery and identification. It would depend on context.
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OBAMA AND THE DEBATE October 5, 2012
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Grace Meyer sets out the position:
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE October 4, 2012
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Americans will vote in November in the presidential election, but it will be the vote in the Electoral College in December that will decide who will be the next president.
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AMERICAN POLITY AND INFLUENCE September 30, 2012
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Obviously, due to the size of its’ economy and its population, the United States has a large influence on the world potentially for good and ill.
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