806 articles related to "government"

No Matter What America Does The Rest Of The World Will Never Like Us

Americans need to get used to the idea that, no matter what The United States Of America does, the rest of the world will never like us. Ours is a unique society. We are made up of people from almost every other nationality in the world. We were or...

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How dogpoo can change the world

Perhaps a silent revolution is taking place, this time more than ever literally on your doorstep. It’s been termed a ‘prank’, it’s been termed ‘borderline legal’, it’s been termed anti social but it simply IS ingenious.What is? Sticking...

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Melbourne - Sydney - Brisbane High Speed Railway = High Waste Of Money

It is interesting that Anthony Albanese said last night on channel 2's Lateline that Labor will introduce an infrastructure project looking at a high speed rail line from Sydney to Newcastle. What a waste of money! This project as stated on the ...

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The Bitch and the Emperor's New Clothes!

Well Darlings, In the age of the Emperor's new clothes the child has finally spoken up. From out of the thronging masses of people, all eager not to look stupid in front of their neighbours, the words we needed to hear have at last rung out: "B...

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The Bitch and a Laughable Charity

Well Darlings, Happy, are you? If you answered 'Yes', I have another question. Do you think you are as happy as those running Action for Happiness? This movement comes from Lord Richard Layard, a professor emeritus of the London School of ...

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If You Don't Vote, Then You Actually Did Vote.

I often hear people say they don't vote because, they say, their vote wont count or their vote wont matter. This could not be further from the truth. In fact, the bald truth is that even if you don't cast a vote, you just voted. Let me repe...

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War and Peace

The history of mankind to date having been one of almost continuous conflict, it should come as no surprise that the third millennium has started pretty much as the second ended. War and rumors of war dominate the daily news, raising fears that the s...

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Dear Secretary Snow; Give the Fair Tax a Fair Chance

I understand that there is an enormous inertia in the present tax system. The incremental complication of the tax code over the last 80 years has given birth to an entire industry that is fully capable of defending their turf. These are challenging ...

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Don't Look for Leadership in Washington

How has a free nation with an established government of the people, by the people, for the people so lost its way? A quick read of the headlines - unemployment, failed economy, terrorism, growing public and private debt, climate change, illegal immig...

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Interfering with The Bitch! - UK News Reviewed

Well Darlings, The day started strangely. It was the morning after the night before, as my head so kindly reminded me on trying to wake. There were words rattling around in my brain as it was attempting, with little success, to stack them somewhere ...

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