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 Political control goes too far
Star Phoenix
Political control goes too far
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:56:52 -0800

In 1993, shortly after former prime minister Jean Chretien began clamping down on access to the media, veteran political columnist Allan Fotheringham issued a warning to the new government. Neither the public nor the press would tolerate such ...
Op-Ed: Clarkson furore demonstrates political correctness gone mad
Digital Journal.com
Op-Ed: Clarkson furore demonstrates political correctness gone mad
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:16:46 -0800

The furore that ensued following the flippant remark by Jeremy Clarkson that "stikers should be taken out and shot" demonstrates another example of political correctness gone mad. The inability to pass off a joke as just that, albeit tasteless, ...
Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party: How They Appear on the Web
Huffington Post
Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party: How They Appear on the Web
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:58:06 -0800

The Tea Party movement during this period from June 2010 through October 2010, at least as described through online media, was dominated by political actors. Note the nodes around Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Tom Tancredo, and others. ...
Business tycoons tweet frustration amid political instability
Firstpost
Business tycoons tweet frustration amid political instability
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:31:23 -0800

Ratan Tata on Thursday joined a growing list of business tycoons to vent their frustration at the wrangling and perceived policy footdragging among the country's politicians that they say could hold back the country's economic rise. ...
Occupy Protesters Consider Political Future
NPR
Occupy Protesters Consider Political Future
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:44:25 -0800

The discussion that follows covers a variety of topics, including politics and the election. "One idea that I was thinking about is voter registration," says Jaime Vasquez, a Vietnam veteran and a former council member from Jersey City. ...
Iran's ruling system seeks comfort zone in crisis
CBS News
Iran's ruling system seeks comfort zone in crisis
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:21:11 -0800

Iran's ruling clerics and their political supporters, including the powerful Revolutionary Guard, may tighten their squeeze on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his backers as part of a messy and ongoing power struggle. Ahmadinejad has been in the ...
First political debate likely next week
Jamaica Observer
First political debate likely next week
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:33:09 -0800

By ingrid brown observer senior staff reporter representatives of Jamaica's two major political parties could face-off in the first of three national debates by next week, as the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) pushes for ...
 Political Football
Huffington Post
Political Football
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:29:35 -0800

Late in the second half of the Philadelphia/Seattle football game last Thursday, I thought I heard someone say something. Did I hear De Sean Jackson say, "Word up or something?" Whatever it was, it may not have been "tweetable. ...
 Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left
Huffington Post
Political Art Timeline, 1945-1966: Postwar Art of the Left
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:05:22 -0800

This is Part 2 of the Timeline of Leftist Social and Political Art. See Part 1, 1900-1944, on Huffington Post. I might have justifiably started this timeline of political art with the year 1932, when Stalin's forced famine in the Ukraine killed 7 ...
FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Argentina
Reuters
FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Argentina
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:01:52 -0800

But even if the government has won a first battle against capital flight, economists say it could face a much longer war to avert future dollar outflows being fueled by inflation and nagging political uncertainty. They say that will depend on ...
White House accuses Senate of ' political micromanagement,' renews veto threat ...
Washington Post
White House accuses Senate of ' political micromanagement,' renews veto threat ...
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:53:04 -0800

Washington the White House on Friday accused the Democratic-controlled Senate of political micromanagement at the expense of national security after it approved legislation requiring military custody of suspected terrorists, even those captured ...
Religious, political leaders call for AIDS-free generation
Washington Post (blog)
Religious, political leaders call for AIDS-free generation
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:49:28 -0800

Washington a star-studded array of political and religious leaders from President Obama to rock legend Bono to AIDS activist Kay Warren came together Thursday (Dec. 1) for World AIDS Day to call for an entirely AIDS-free generation by 2015. ...
Cain will break the suspense today...Online political ads increasingly important
9&10 News
Cain will break the suspense today...Online political ads increasingly important
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:29:28 -0800

NEW YORK (AP) The emergence of online advertising isn't lost on the political campaigns. Voters in New Hampshire and Iowa who surf the Internet are probably seeing ads for Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama. Strategists say online ads may be the ...
Dalai Lama more at liberty now to ward off political queries
Indian Express
Dalai Lama more at liberty now to ward off political queries
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:00:40 -0800

(Reuters) Having relinquished political role voluntarily, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said he enjoyed "more freedom" now in refusing to answer queries with political connotations. He said political activities and queries related to ...
Attawapiskat needs good government a lot more than political rhetoric mills ...
Sault Star
Attawapiskat needs good government a lot more than political rhetoric mills ...
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:28:39 -0800

Less praiseworthy is the way Angus has made political hay of the situation, castigating the federal government and, to a lesser extent, the province. Angus has suggested the housing crisis is a willful, perhaps even a racist, act by Ottawa. ...
 Political Tensions May Halt Yahoo Deal
Forbes
Political Tensions May Halt Yahoo Deal
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:50:46 -0800

However, that won't happen for one reason: Chinese-US political relations. Ma has said the deal wouldn't happen because of political pressure, and there is precedence to support these facts. In 2005, China's Cnooc (CEO) tried to buy Californian oil ...
Syria requires political solutions
gulfnews.com
Syria requires political solutions
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:34:41 -0800

Placard reads in Arabic "Bashar Al Assad, Hassan Nasrallah, game over" The leading political arms of the Syrian opposition have met and agreed to work together, in an important development with hopeful consequences in that the fractured opposition ...
Investments to end HIV-AIDS epidemic
Afrique en Ligue
Investments to end HIV-AIDS epidemic
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:34:42 -0800

UN chief calls for more political will, investments to end HIV/AIDS epidemic - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for more political will, investments and determination to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which enters its fourth decade. ...
The panic profiteers
Sydney Morning Herald
The panic profiteers
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:05:46 -0800

Pauline Hanson surfed both waves of panic to a series of political victories that briefly turned her One Nation Party into a third force in national politics . John Howard dealt in the same panics, implacably opposed to Mabo and determined to cut Wik to ...
Turkey's Changing Regional Role
Huffington Post
Turkey's Changing Regional Role
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:36:10 -0800

In short, it was the "Arab Spring," and the difficulties the US has had finding its way through the maze created by the region's new political realities. What were constants have now become variables changing the Arab World's landscape. ...

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Google Images Search: political,
Thu Feb 2 22:23:37 2012
Political correctness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
Political correctness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct ; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen ...
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Bing Web Search: "political",
Tue Dec 20 23:22:39 2011

Politics (from Greek πολιτικος, [politikós]: «citizen», «civilian»), is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs. It also refers to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in other group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions.
from: Wikipedia: political,
Tue Dec 20 23:22:41 2011