806 articles related to "government"

Are Fidel Castro's Days Numbered

The Cuban leader Fidel Castro is making attempts to drag his country out of the guagmire he has landed it in since rejecting adopting market economic principles when its sponsor, the Soviet Union, fell apart in 1991. Even though his way of doing it -...

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What Is Capitalism?

Capitalism as defined by Dictionary.com gives the impression that individuals and corporations run the economy by producing, distributing, and exchanging wealth. This is a partly true, partly untrue definition. Capitalism is an economic system, and i...

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The Bitch: Up the Creek with Nanny!

Well Darlings, It seems those of us hoping to see an end put to the Nanny State when the coalition government came to power may still have some time to wait. Sadly, Blackpool Council is the living proof that Nanny remains alive and well. Now if ev...

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Military Widows Organization Valentine"s Day Fundraiser

Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. (GSW) is a national nonprofit organization of military widows (and widowers) that provides support, information on benefits and resources, and works to increase federal benefits for surviving spouses and children. GSW...

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Top Secret

In July, 1947 a UFO crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, and the government tried to cover it up by saying that it was not a flying saucer but an experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon belonging to a classified program named, "Mogul." However, ma...

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Mayor Villaraigosa and the Truth about Cats and Dogs

The earth is starting to tremble in the Los Angeles animal community because Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has refused to honor his January 2005 campaign promise to fire the General Manager of Los Angeles Animal Services Guerdon Stuckey, and this broken...

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Local Government Apathy - Alarming Statistics

At every level of government and politics, an informed electorate is needed to understand the candidates and issues of their community. That sounds pretty basic doesn't it? Citizens cannot make informed decisions before they vote for candidates ...

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Why Do We Trust Politicians?

I was looking over some political polls recently and noticed the approval ratings of Congress are dismally low, 13-37% depending on the poll you read. Offhand, this would indicate we do not believe they are doing the job we elected them to do, and a ...

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The History of Local American Government

From the 1830s through the first two decades of the twentieth century, urban government in America witnessed a steady evolution of "machine politics" or what James MacGregor Burns refers to as "transactional politics" (Burns, 1978; Tichy & Devanna, 1...

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I Report - You Decide

I have found some interesting facts while watching C-Span last night. The minority leader of the Florida legislature was on. He said that every state which moved up their primaries were originally told that their votes would not count but after a DN...

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