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John S Veitch
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Free Speech in Democracy? (Friday, May 30, 2008)

I've said before the democratic function in the USA is broken. I find this report is shocking, and sad. John WASHINGTON, DC - May 29 - Thirty-four Americans arrested at the Supreme Court on January 11, 2008 were found guilty after a three-day trial which began on Tuesday, May 27th in D.C. Superior Court. The defendants represented themselves, mounting a spirited defense of their First Amendment rights to protest the gross injustice of abuse and indefinite detention of men at the U.S. Naval Base ...

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How Democracy is Destroyed (Saturday, May 31, 2008)

This is a discussion based on a report of a very small anti-war protest in the USA. In a large city the protest was about 30 people holding placards on a street corner. ********* John S Veitch wrote: I'm an outsider, (from New Zealand) and the low level of concern in the USA about the erosion of democracy, the flouting of the law and the criminal actions of the Bush administration really surprises me. The propaganda machine in the USA is clearly very effective. People seem to have no idea what's ...

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John S Veitch
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Colony Collapse Disorder (Tuesday, April 3, 2007)

http://www.celsias.com/blog/2007/03/29/european-bees-taking-a-nosedive/ We’ve had significant interest in our recent posts on Colony Collapse Disorder in the U.S. (here, and here). The latter of the two stories intimated that European bees are also being affected. Spiegel have just released an article giving more info on this mysterious phenomenon – now hitting Germany’s bees hard – and experts are concerned that GM crops may be the root of the problem. A mysterious decimation of bee populations ...

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John S Veitch
Owner, Adapt to Experience
Local Issues - E-Democracy groups everywhere. (Sunday, April 1, 2007)

Hello Again Everyone. This is important no matter where you live. Local democratic action is a the centre of creating quality communities. Here is a way to help. In almost every city there is inadequate political response to many of issues. E-Democracy is part of a possible future solution. You don't do this alone. You plug into resources that are already in place. For instance we've just launched the Canterbury Local Issues Online Forum, here in NZ. You can see and read the posts here. You don't ...

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John S Veitch
Owner, Adapt to Experience
What are some of the politcal issues you are concerned about? (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)

This is a small part of a very interesting discussion on Ryze. It began with a simple list of issues, the news media, the current presidential race, taxes, terrorism, you know the sort of things people listed. Then Peter Flentov ignited the list with a comment about the USA returning to the Dark Ages, as evidenced by "Blind faith (and I'm not just thinking about religious faith) seems to increasingly trump logic and reason, even when there is overwhelming empirical and logical evidence to contradict ...

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John S Veitch
Owner, Adapt to Experience
Has The Iraq War Increased Global Terrorism SEVEN Times Over? (Friday, March 9, 2007)

SilentPatriot on Thursday, March 8th, 2007 [Excellent graph missing here.] The time has long past for us to fight back against the administration's baseless propaganda about Iraq and its effect on worldwide terrorism. Mother Jones help us do that with their exclusive study: Has the war in Iraq increased jihadist terrorism? The Bush administration has offered two responses: First, the moths-to-aflame argument, which says that Iraq draws terrorists who would otherwise “be plotting and killing ...

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John S Veitch
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Some Simple Rules (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)

This hub is purely for discussion of current affairs and world issues. The moderator will get involved in disputes if invited, and will remove inappropriate posts. Any party to a dispute (including readers) may contact the moderator and make a complaint. Instigators of personal attacks will most probably be removed from the hub if a complaint against them is proven. This hub is not a forum for waving the flag of your political party. Politics is often the topic, but listen to each other and ...

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