Hi However, if Presidents in the United States were elected democratically - on the basis of how many votes they actually received -- Gore would have won...
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Gary Shepherd
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Aug 12, 2008 4:55 am
Hi Plurality means plurality. Mr. Gore received 48.3 percent of the vote, compared to 47.8 percent for Mr. Bush - not the majority of the votes, but more votes...
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Gary Shepherd
gshepher@...
Aug 12, 2008 4:55 am
Hi The Bush administration used the term "War on Terror" for the same reason the Soviets called World War II "The Great Patriotic War". They were trying to...
A selection of thought-provoking articles by Michael A. Lebowitz from /Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal/. Lebowitz professor emeritus of...
... Van: Michel Verheughe <michel@...> ... should do. ... good question. I think not many belgians think so - despite the obvious flaws of the EU ... ...
August 6 and August 9 2008 will mark the 63rd anniversaries of the US atomic-bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A tiny group of US...
Has anyone seen this? http://usariseup.com It's a multicultural and diversity web site that stimulates discussion around relevant topics and I did want to...
mitchgold set up a profile on Plaxo to share messages, photos, videos and more. Once you connect with mitchgold, you can create your own profile and share...
It is said that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom figther.Can we clearly define the word terrorism without getting entangled into semantics.And...
I woul call it "terrorism" if unarmed civilians are targeted, and legitimate guerilla warfare if the targets are soldiers, armed police, or "civilian"...
HELLO MITCH, IT GREAT TO HEAR FROM YOU AS PART OF THE REVOLUTION FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD. WELL I HAVE JOIN THE PLAXO AND ALSO WENT TO THE HOMEPLANET ALLIANCE...
Even by the rules of the American election system, Bush did not win that one. He was APPOINTED the winner after the Supreme Court ordered the vote-counting...
Even in tat case, Gore would not have won. Because the powers that be would still have ruled that he did not and ordered him declared the winner. That is how...
Hi Actually, the word terrorism is very specifically defined in the U.S. Code. I don't remember the exact language, but I do remember that it is described as...
... (slightly off-topic). Correct, Ronaldo, but Dutch is the language French-speaking Belgians learn at school. Flemish is the people. Wallon is indeed a Latin...
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JonahDawson@...
Aug 14, 2008 1:07 am
How about a new paradigm. Cooperation instead of confrontation ... From: Daniel Branch <bxbggy@...> To: worldcitizen@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 11 Aug...
Warm greetings Geraldo: Good to hear from you as well. I am linked with an associate in Ghana that is already working with me. He is also a World Citizen. I...
... Van: Michel Verheughe <michel@...> ... In that case I'll take a guess: people start spreading the rumour that the crown will drop. Subsequently,...
... I know, Ronaldo. That's why I even posted a provocative title about a 'communist' form of world government. But the start of this tread was about Ireland...
Or breaking up the "countries" into smaller, local communities, so whatever happened in any one of them would not affect too many people. Â We need an end to...
... Excellent posting, Gary! Indeed, semantic is misleading. In February 1943, the Norwegian resistance destroyed the heavy water plant at Rjukan in the...
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Gary Shepherd
gshepher@...
Aug 19, 2008 4:38 am
Hi Actually, I think there are a number of mechanisms that could be used in a politically united world to provide checks and balances on wealthy individuals...
That is a statist argument. Â Preventing people from getting "too rich" means giving the government power to spy on everyones' finances all the time, since...
News Release August 17, 2008 Former Congresswoman, Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney makes campaign stops in TN Contacts: Katey Culver, Green Party of...
... Of course, George. The idea is not to prevent people to be rich, the idea is to have a fair world, which is the only way we can have peace and harmony. The...
You have far more faith in governments than I do. The fate of the United States, which formerly had a constitution, shows that any mere written words on paper...
We need to get past these agreements between national governments and start making our own international treaties and aliances. The World Passport is a good...
