Politics

I was just wondering if one (or more) of you good folks in the UK could summarize and outline the results of the election for those of us who find British politics just a wee bit confusing. Blair stays on as PM, correct?

I know this is a very unplesant topic and I hope it won't happen, but if China fights against Japan, which country will win? Analysis with considering the aids of their allies.

My "fundamentalistas" catch-phrase has been trumped, sadly. The new buzz-word is "fristians". I actually like Bill Frist on a personal level. He seems like an upright guy and kind of a polar opposite from a moron like Tom DeLay. There was an incident last year where he was travelling through my area and stopped to help an accident victim (he's a surgeon). Credit where it's due, after all. But it's a great catch-phrase and fairly applied.

This is interesting stuff. The Times appointed a committee last fall to try and figure out some ways in which the paper could regain public trust and popularity (the loss of which is demonstrated by plumeting subscription rates). Some of the recommendations are interesting, and I hope the Times adopts them:

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The EU and Canada are planning to slap 15% tariff's on US trade goods beginning May 1st. This is the outcome of a ruling by the WTO which allows the tariff as a punitive measure due to the Byrd Amendment. Two things about this entertain me: 1) The WTO continues to ignore enforcement of its own rulings against the EU and Canada. This whole business smacks of anti-Americanism and going-after-the-deep-pockets syndrome. (But in all fairness, for every Airbus subsidy from the French there's a Boeing subsidy by the US, and there's no question the US has got to step up and stop being two-faced about free trade. I blame it on our constitutional requirement of treat…

Why is housing always a problem ? In the socialist/communist societies, everyone was supposed to be given a home, but in all those societies homes were scarce and/or very costly and they had a waiting period of decades. Why on earth would a socialist regime not produce the one most fundamental item of equality HOMES FOR EVERYONE? That is really amazing, at least this is one thing they could have done. If you look at the big three USA, Europe and Japan, only the US has a decent situation. Homelessness in the US is simply an "ideological" choice the americans like because if you are poor you should be punished by not having a home. The US could easily solve its homeless…

Howdy, this is the thread where you post the type of government system you'd like to create, if you could. This is purely for amusement and intellectual stimulation. You can include Utopias, dystopias, new political systems, a tweaked political system, ect... I hope that this will bring some enjoyment to you all.

I have a Venezuelan friend and when he told me all about this guy I couldnt believe it. How could this guy get away with all this withought getting overthrown? how could he change their countries constitution just like that? Why is this happening and nobody doing anything about this? They were a democracy for gods sake. He closed down their school system, he doesent let anybody under the age of 18 leave the country, plus you cant take your money from the bank out of th country ect... I thought we learned from past expiriences so why do w let anoter Cuba be born? If anybody needs to get shot by a DAKOTA T-76 LONGBOW its him and Saddam.

I may have to go to the US for a period of 3 months to 2 years. I want to buy my own health insurance because either I work on my own or not at all or in modest paying jobs that don't offer health insurance. How much would it cost me to buy my own in the US ? I saw a documentary explaining this on a European TV channel. It seemed quite complicated, depending on whether you live in a city or suburbs it seems the price for your private insurance can be between 100 and 700 dollars a month. There also seems to be a struggle between doctors, hospitals etc. for expenses so even if you have an insurance, in many suburbs doctors and hospitals wouldn't cover it. I was supri…

I was wondering what people thought about the idea of starting a party built off of the basis of genetic engineering?

speaking of physics the weapons they got now much more powerful then they had in ww2 the big stuff now is like 30 or 40 times bigger then they use on japan so how long do you thing before they blow up the whole world ww3 its fast real real fast once one of them big one go off anywhere the rest of them start to fly all over the place maybe like 100,000 of them flying everywhere and anywhere it happens fast real real fast just push the button that's fast

Democracy, socialism, dictator, those are not basic political systems. They are secondary systems. There are only two possible basic political systems. Let's overpopulate the world to death, creating wars starvation poverty crime etc killing millions and millions of people and enslaving billions of people in total despair, worldwide, until you blow it up. Or have enough but not too many people in the world where you don't create the wars starvation poverty crime etc worldwide. Which one's yours!

Here is something I dont understand: the Supreme Court's rationale behind two recent rulings, Roper v. Simmons (execution of minors unconstitutional) and Small v. United States (people convicted in any court are prevented from obtaining guns for one year). In Roper, Supreme Court liberal justice Ginsburg was criticized for ruling in part on the basis of relying on international opinion: Now, recently, the Small v. US is almost paradoxial. The case asks whether the statute forbidding a person to obtain guns after being "convicted in any court" includes convictions in foreign courts, after a Japanese man convicted for 5 years was charged for illegally obtaining a …

From BBC News: All I have to say is: bahahahahahaha.

Democracy socialism dictator etc, those are not basic political systems they are secondary systems. There are only two basic political systems. Let's overpopulate the world to death creating wars starvation poverty crime etc worldwide, killing millions and millions of people and enslaving billions of people in total despair. Or have enough but not too many people in the world where you don't create the wars starvation poverty crime etc. Which ones yours!

the biggest passenger jet in the world the Airbus a380, can carry 555 people, is to be unveiled in about 15 mins! they`ve already sold quite a few also! http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13285547,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4174729.stm http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/jetliner/a380/ check this out too: http://www.airbus.com/A380/default1.aspx further update: this plane has Never left the ground yet, not even in a test, apparently it`s too heavy at the moment, and when they DO test it in a few months time, all passengers and crew will be wearing parachutes and Crash helmets! I kid you not!

hey everyone! My question is that nationalism propoganda? To me, nationalism is totally a form of propoganda... when ever you pledge to a flag or do whatever that is realted to nationalism includes a type of song, a poem or whatever... and these all things are examples of propoganda.... so, isn't nationalism propoganda???

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I have a funny feeling that House GOP leadership is about to make some very serious and costly political mistakes. I could be wrong, and I'm no expert, but here is my reasoning: 1) They don't seem to know quite what to do about Tom Delay. Some of them seem to be aware that he's nothing but baggage at this point, with rapidly eroding support amongst the base. But he's very well entrenched, and more importantly, they THINK he's well entrenched (which is all that really matters). Lack of decision will begin over the coming week to have exactly the same impact as standing behind him. 2) The anti-filibuster proposal does not enjoy popular support. Today they st…

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/7593620/ Is this Congress controling our industry too much, or is it just the government trying to imporve our lives?? They want to get rid of Anolog TV to make the digital market bigger so they can compete with other markets? So the government owns the channels if thtis law is passed? Who should be invoved with this "deal"?

well well, There is a massive debate over the Alaskan Oil fields, and what affect our drilling would have there. I just wanted to open a discussion about it, and state my opinion, and more than that, my suggestions. I am all for the environment. Without it, we wouldnt be here...yea that came out right I have seen the area where we would commense drilling, and it's not that pretty of an area. That, however, is not to justify our drilling. The fact is that the area is primarily permafrost, and that the damage we would cause there would not be aweful, but it would stay in whatever condition we leave it in for a long ass time. But one of the major concerns is…

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has just become Pope Benedict XVI. After days of deliberation the 115 Cardinals deliberating in the Sistine Chapel decided on Cardinal Ratzinger to head up the 1.1 Billion Catholics in the world today. The Cardinals, in a ceremony that dates over the 265 successions of Pope since St Peter, final issued the white smoke from the flue this afternoon at 5pm GMT. 'We gather together not to decide the next Pope, but to decide the preordained will of God' one Cardinal commented on exiting the deliberations, 'Once the proceedings got Goring, all we needed was a little Putsch in the right direction' another Cardinal didn't say. The new Pope…

Scientific American has an interesting article from their September 2002 issue on how building a time machine could be made possible. I myself have Doc Brown on my side, and Marty McFly at the wheel. Wouldn't it be interesting though if we really could go Back to the Future?

This is why I love reading the WSJ's opinion page. As ideological (partisan-right) as they are, they have an impeccable history of inviting intelligent and insightful counterpoint. This is a perfect example. Ted Olsen was solicitor general under the Bush administration until last summer (argued the 2000 election before the Supreme Court, IIRC), and has every reason in the world to hate "activist judges". But look at what he has to say. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006597 It's a registration deal, so I've taken the liberty of quoting a couple of the more potent passages.