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Resolved Question: Votes Are IN…. what is your advice for our newly elected leaders?My advice is:1) Make laws that help people to achieve their goals. (Not laws against certain people)2) Create a stronger middle class. (Don’t be afraid to tax the rich.)3) Keep the church and state separate but don’t forget to protect the church’s rights to do as they please on their own time.4) Always support your community at large and not just your party affiliates…. go against the grain if your conscience dictates.5) You owe lobbyists nothing… you owe your community everything.6) Single, childless, young people and the elderly have families and friends too.7) What can we do to reduce our dependance on fossil fuels? What do you want to express to our new leaders?
This country is divided into two sectors politically, that being the Democrats and the Republicans. I think of these political groups as competing dinosaurs. They are short term attempts at solving our problems. They counter balance each other and create a cyclical effect with our economy. Huge issues are growing and their political mumbo jumbo is keeping us from real progress. There are several issues that I worry about.There has been no solution for global warming. Evidence continually backs up an impending catastrophe yet we produce SUVs and continuously burn fossil fuels. Stem cell research and other scientific pursuits have been denied because they go against the religious groups of these parties. These parties have strong ties with religion and it?s keeping anything from moving forward. If the church is supposed to be out of the classroom it should be out of science as well. What is so immoral about taking would be dead stem cells from aborted babies to save millions of lives. Our national security has never been more at risk. We let these countries build weapons of mass destruction and cultivate bacteria and wait till they strike at us before we actually take them out.Why do we feed the hungry? It?s like feeding the problem. Better we build up society so that it can take care of itself. Why do we pay poor people for having babies? Why do we force them into minimum wage jobs when we could train them to do something more productive? Why is the minimum wage so low? Why is it that unless your college educated you can?t make a living? Why is the American public education system failing our children? Why aren?t some teachers facing the same demand for excellence that is required in the corporate world? Why is the system so corrupt? Its politics, religion, and power. It rewards just those who have it and limits those who don?t. It does not have to be this way. Listed below is what I think can and should be done within the next 50 years. 1.The death penalty should be abolished. A civilized society does not kill their own and under no circumstances is that acceptable. Take a close look at people in death row or the general prison population. Many of these inmates are not evil, they instead are suffering neurologically or are a result of poverty and/or abuse.2.Everyone should have to serve time in the army. We need to globalize are army and take out all weapons of mass destruction including our own. That and/or we need to increase international relations with effective communication to achieve mutual goals.3.Raise the minimum wage for workers above the age of 18 unless there are unusual circumstances upon which a company would lose significant financial gains in the process. Poor people should have a free store in every town that has things regularly donated by the public. Social workers should be paid more and better trained/funded in helping people get out of poverty or off disability.4.Legalize drugs, prostitution, and gambling. Then regulate it so that the government or the state takes some of the rewards to be used to better society. All those in prison for non violent drug related issues should be released.5.Public schools should educate children more about the dangers of addiction.6.Physical education should carry on through adult life so that people are healthy and depend on health care much less. More cost effective ways to go to the gym should be put into place. By attending a gym you can file a tax return. And there can be a yearly health inspection test which will partly determine the amount you pay for health care. Possibly a government run gym should exist in every county. 7.There should be an organization that is trying to figure out how to deal with a growing population like setting up more efficient methods of saving energy and building new roads. SUV?s should be banned and people need more ways to save on gas. Products that don?t have to be made out of wood will not be made out of wood. All scarce resources will be of limited use for production. Use of recycled paper will be mandatory in school. Energy efficient light bulbs will be mandatory.8.There should be a pay structure ratio that exists from the bottom end of a company to the top, including the CEO. It is also necessary to put a salary cap on entertainers and anyone in the top one percent. Although a salary cap can be avoided if they are stimulating growth into the economy by providing workers with new jobs. 9.The education system needs a complete makeover from head to toe. Schools should work like corporations in that those who have negative progress will lose its funding. A major scientific study should explore how children learn and what it would take for them to excel. Teachers need to have the same expectations of any corporate worker to perform. They should be compensated accordingly for it. Children need to learn more about the dangers of addiction. The school day needs to be more compact and effective. The amount of homework assigned should be based on a child?s skill level. Students should be more segregated based on their level. Why let kids who are sometimes 4 years apart educationally be in the same class room setting? More apprentice type classes should exist for those who may benefit and should expand to include computer training and other fields. Colleges need major reform as well in that they should cut out the two years of repetitious classes carried over from high school and be based more on the career path of the student. 10.Immigration needs to be put on hold for those without a true professional skill. We can?t be a safety net for everyone. Let?s instead bring growth to their country and setup a better system of trade. 11.Lasers should be put in out in space to protect us from an incoming asteroid. More research should exist to protect us in case of a major disaster. 12.The senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court need to be restructured to have people not affiliated with the republicans or the democrats in office. It should consist of an un-bias group looking to please our society and not their political affiliation. Independents need to make up a larger part of our government. A handicap can be put in place until the house is split equally three ways between the three parties. 13.All scientific studies that have a greater long term benefit compared to their short term cost should be allowed. Stem cell research and all alike should be allowed as well as regulated. Science needs room to grow.14.Assisted suicide should not be illegal but rather regulated by professional doctors. 15.Prisons could be turned into corporations where all enabled prisoners work to produce some sort of good. Prisoners with well documented psychiatric problems would only work part time and the rest of their time should be spent in treatment. Also each prisoner might be expected to finish high school and some even their associates. With the training and education they get they may be less likely to feel the need to live a life of crime once they are released.16.Gay marriage will be allowed and in school they should be taught that being gay is something you?re born with.17. Sociology should be taught in junior high on up. People would understand each other much more if they knew about human tendencies. 18.Work unions should be watched over by the government to make sure they are acting appropriately. They often cause more problems then they solve. Poor working conditions and low pay will have stiffer consequences such as large fines to be paid, depending on the financial growth of the corporation and the economical conditions. 19.Companies that offer mail order brides should not have such strict regulations to operate.20.People will not be forced to dress up in suits. They can wear the clothing they prefer to wear unless it would greatly interfere with the growth of a company such as a sales job or international/business relations. More people should be allowed to work at home as it would help decrease the heavy traffic.21.Towns, buildings, and homes should be setup to allow a greater sense of community. Some form of subsidy can exist to aid those who are sharing their living space so that more people are helping out one another while saving money in doing so. 22.Information covering all major political issues, and not religion, should be mailed to each and every home. The ballots should include a list of the politician?s views covering all main issues. A president should not be allowed to have any other affiliation with that of a fraternity, secret society, or foreign government/organization.23.Affirmative action will be intermittent in that for a certain amount of years it is not in use. That or possibly reduce the quota required. Affirmative action mostly only helps the top 1% of each minority and is not a viable long term solution. 24.Foods that harm are bodies should be out of the school cafeterias. Fast food places and/or supermarkets that offer more healthy varieties at a fair cost should be opened and subsidized. 25.The psychiatry field needs to understand more before it administers mind altering medication to the people. SSRI drugs should be used as a last resort after holistic approach to diagnosing and treating someone is complete. More questions need to be raised in terms of our mental health and what is considered to be mentally healthy rather than making guesses and simple trial and error.Resolved Question: What do you think of my political views/ideas?
A powerful winter storm system that left hundreds of drivers stranded in Colorado has now rolled east into the center of the country, bringing the same snow and ice now blamed for a dozen deaths.Pilots Search For Stranded Travelers (CBS News)
Many travelers were stranded in Kansas, where major highways were closed, and tens of thousands were without power. In Colorado, where the storm dumped more than two feet of snow near Denver, it was cleanup and rescue time.Winter Storm Moves Into Plains States (CBS News)
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Farmer associations to strengthen agro economy (Daily News)AGRI SECTOR: Farmers around the country have formed associations to strengthen the agro-industry. The Farmer federations in all the districts are independent bodies formed by the farmers in that district and are not political associations.
Katie, Rosie and a splash of Juice poured into screens big and small (Sun-Sentinel)Vive la difference: Katie Couric made history in September as the first full-time, solo female anchor for a broadcast network. Ratings went through the roof for her first CBS broadcast. They declined on night two, dropped a bit more on night three, a bit more … Well you get the idea. Three months later, Couric’s ratings are such a slight improvement on Bob Schieffer’s a year ago it amounts to …
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Anna Politkovskaya and the Self-Defense of Democracy By Jon Hellevig The writer is a Finnish lawyer who has lived in Moscow for 15 years. He has written the book Expressions and Interpretations (www.hellevig.ru) discussing Russia’s social development from the viewpoint of philosophy and judicial philosophy. He is also the author of several books on the Russian tax and labor law. The murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has once again induced a surge of anti-Russianism in Finland. Politicians, so-called researchers and media declare that Russian leaders masterminded the murder. Many people cautiously avoid these direct expressions, while being highly critical of the Russian government. Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja falls somewhere between the two groups, whereas Markku Kivinen from the University of Helsinki affiliated Aleksanteri Institute and MP Heidi Hautala clearly belong to the latter. It is obviously not in the interests of the Russian President to have a well known journalist killed (pointing this out would not be necessary, but for the continuous smear campaign against Russia). Based on information I received from Jukka Mallinen (translator of Politkovskaya’s “Putin’s Russia” into Finnish), there were no Russian government officials behind the murder. On the other hand, there is reason to put forward an alternative motive, which is quite possible — that the murder was orchestrated by those wishing to create the kind of public opinion climate to compliment an anti-Russian agenda. In our culture, we usually honor the memory of the deceased by saying positive things about the departed in times of sorrow. One would like to show the same respect for Politkovskaya as well. But I cannot keep quiet when I see how her memory has been turned into a weapon to hit the Russian people in a manner that hinders Russia’s development. Some are not happy with the opportunities that have been created during Putin’s presidency.This includes the chance for many to now actively participate in a democratically run market economy. Upon the Soviet breakup, criminal elements took advantage of the weakness of a young nascent democracy by grabbing and stealing enormous possessions. Putin, courageously challenged the Mafia and oligarchs (often separated through a fine line drawn on water). Thirsty for “revenge”, some of the non-Russian former Soviet states egg on the EU to engage Russia in a confrontational manner They overlook that Russia and the Russian people were the biggest victims of communism. Led by Yeltsin, the Russian people freed themselves from that burden and encouraged this spirit to other former prisoner-countries. Due to Russia’s large land mass encompassing troubled regions, Russia unwillingly gets drawn into dirty games. This predicament gets twisted into the claim of a revanchist Russia bullying small, defenseless others. Given the uncritical fanfare accorded to Politkovskaya’s work as a journalist, there is reason to critically review it. A case in point is her book “Putin’s Russia”, (published in 2004) which has been translated into several languages. In this book, she emotionally focuses on peoples’ life situations (a style used in Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, where he childishly tries to prove his theories of capital through the stories of people’s everyday lives). Politkovskaya begins and ends her book with a stated disgust of Putin (as per the English translation of the book, see the Introduction as well as pages 281 and 282). She states her dislike of Putin “because he was a product of the Russian security service” (as if George Bush Sr.’s politics should be condemned on the grounds that he headed the CIA; a prevalent talking point in some circles). According to Politkovskaya, the KGB influenced Putin “does nothing but destroy civil liberties as he has all through his career”. No mention is made of Putin’s support for the late democratic mayor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak. At the end, Politkovskaya states she is disgusted with Putin because there is a war in Chechnya (as if he started it). She adds that in her view, he is a cold, cynical, racist, who is prone to lying (among other references in her book, see pages 281-82). Politkovskaya does not like the fact that this evil (in her view) man goes to Easter church services (pages 279 and 280). Politkovskaya attacks Putin for being a “racist” and then like a racist claims that Silvio Berlusconi as a European has better powers of thinking than Russia’s Putin (page 279). Politkovskaya’s likening of Putin with Stalin (page 272) shows that neither the journalist nor her prize givers and back patters have any sense of proportion. But one should remember that the purpose of this investigative journalist was to tell us about her feelings on why she abhors another person. Politkovskaya displayed no perception that all phenomena in society are based on social practices and that only a positive historical process can promote the wellbeing of society. She does not understand that the basis of a working society was totally destroyed in the Soviet Union and that it was not until 1990 that the building of a democracy, market economy and society at large was started from the ruins of the bankrupt Soviet estate. Through glimpses of peoples’ life experiences, she brings up some of Russia’s problems, such as the undeveloped democracy, criminality, corruption, the poor condition of the army, low pensions and the state of the judicial system. In her state of disgust, Politkovskaya did not analyze what has been done about these matters during Putin’s presidency. Nor does she consider the impact of decisions taken under him. Instead, she writes of human tragedies like the suicide of an alcoholic and about a former friend of hers; a busy businesswoman who went into politics to grab more riches, etc. She tries to convince the reader that Putin is to be blamed for a tragic suicide and a woman politician’s ruthlessness (who succeeded remarkably well). Politkovskaya’s idea was that from day one of his presidency, Putin alone had to make sure that all in Russia was right. Much like if President Tarja Halonen was responsible for the unemployment in Kainuu and drunks at Hakaniemi Market Square. In one of her brief accounts, Politkovskaya mentions an 80 year old man, who had been found frozen to a floor in Irkutsk, Siberia (page 194). The journalist says the emergency services refused to come to the rescue claiming “the man was so old he could obviously not be all right”. According to Politkovskaya - Putin should have stopped this. She seemingly suggests that it was brave of her to have said as much. Politkovskaya writes of an impoverished former navy captain Aleksey Dikinin (page 198). His fate is attributed to Putin (with Politkovskaya having the guts to say so). She does not even think of referencing Soviet Communism as the main culprit Mind you, her chronicling of Dikinin was in the first year of Putin’s presidency (2000). Since then, there has been an enormous increase in pensions. I have personally experienced this in the Russian hinterland. At the beginning of this year, I visited a friend of mine in the native village of Azikeevo, situated in the Ural Mountains region of Bashkortostan. A road connection to Azikeevo was opened about ten years ago, at approximately the same time that gas and heating systems were installed. A couple of years ago, phone connections were completed to every cottage. Without any prompting, my friend’s 70 year old uncle repeatedly lauded how good living conditions had become. In a healthy spirit, this senior citizen regularly takes care of horses, cows and chickens. Some retired teachers in that village (a married couple) said that pensions were now so good that they could support their children’s families (there is a photo report of this trip at www.hellevig.ru). Politkovskaya was far from expert on government, military and legal matters. Topics which Putin has frequently discussed in an openly candid way. Politkovskaya’s writing on terrorist dramas sugarcoated the actions of terrorists. Through their deeds, terrorists try to hurt the society they hit. By killing innocent people, they create public discussion designed to fault the leaders of the target country (reference how terrorists sparked a change in government in Spain). This is incomprehensible logic for a sound person to comment on. In “Putin’s Russia”, Politkovskaya blames Putin for government corruption in Ekaterinburg. There is no acknowledgement on her part that this political environment was evident BEFORE Putin became president. Putin proposed to correct this by having the political center play a more active role with the outlying regions. Instead of lauding this action (a popular one with most Russians), Politkovksaya wrongly concluded it to be anti-democratic. A stance overlooking how the political center was more democratic than the most “independent” of Russian regions. The regional governors operated under the cloak of democracy. They were chosen through “democratic” elections, as in the Soviet Union (in another connection, Politkovskaya remembered how people were elected in the Soviet Union, page 271). A colorful bunch of criminals and adventurers appointed themselves as governors under the shelter of formal electing and voting procedures. This view is acknowledged by the European Commissioner for Human Rights (see: Alvaro Gil-Robles, Report on Visits to the Russian Federation, 2004). In these conditions, anyone wanting to be governor had himself elected by using threats, bribes, blackmail and bodily harm. Putin’s proposal to strip the regional governors of their mandates made a positive impression. Democracy is now practiced in much more civilized circumstances, based on a democratic competition between the regional parliament and the president. To have the courage to rise against a powerful elite and to succeed is an unbelievably big achievement. In the West, this reality is not fully appreciated, let alone understood. Instead, Politkovskaya’s blinded disgust with Putin is uncritically accepted as the gospel. Politkovskaya characterizes Putin as seeking “revenge” against the oligarchs. Her characterization of the Mikhail Khordorkovsky owned and operated YUKOS is flawed (pages 275, 276, 284 and 285). She erroneously claims that this business entity “operated in daylight” and “gave five percent of its profits to charity”. YUKOS flagrantly violated tax laws and other legislation through (among other things) criminal tax paradise companies (I reference a Sitra Report: Suuri Maa Pitka Kvartaali, Big Country Long Quartile, 2005). Furthermore, Politkovskaya claims that Khodorkovsky got into trouble with Putin because he supported “the liberal opposition”. She omits the fact that Khodorkovsky supported the Communist Party. The romantic side of her activity would be lost if this point was made. She did not state the ulterior motive behind Khodorkovsky’s political activism. The “democratic” parties sold him top positions in electoral candidate lists to enable him to place his own trusted candidates. This was how he planned to carry through a takeover of the Russian Duma. But is this the kind of democracy desired by Politkovskaya, Tuomioja and Hautala? In Finland, this advocacy would be considered treason. A number of anti-Putin analysts admit that former YUKOS CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky had committed crimes, while rhetorically asking “but why Khodorkovsky, just Khodorkovsky”? The answer is clear: others were quicker to realize that their criminal activities in Russia were over. A society cannot be built on revenge. Putin offered an invitation for all to move forward. Russia loses if there is a large scale injustice. This does not mean that democracy has no right to self-defense. This is Putin’s Russia, and mine.Resolved Question: What do you thing about this article?
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