Real Dialogue, Less Fundraising
Thursday, June 28th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »For those readers who are just now joining us, I would encourage you to read the posts from the last several days, as today's blog is a continuation of a series I am writing about how an emergent Third Party ...
Transparency of Process: Why Honesty Makes the Best Policy
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »As a continuation of my series on the characteristics of a successful emergent party in American politics, I would like to dedicate today on the notion of transparency. As I touched on yesterday with a discussion of applying technology ...
Politics and Technology: Leveling the Playing Field and Making Democracy (Little "D") democratic
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »I'd first like to thank those who have begun commenting on my posts concerning the need for an emergent Third Party movement. I think JD's perspective from Argentina is extremely useful to the debate. The reality is that ...
Breaking Through the Two Party System
Monday, June 25th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 2 Comments »The Republican and Democratic Parties are vestiges of an older Era of American culture, of back-room negotiations, quid pro quo agreements, and a business-as-usual mentality. The two major parties have, in fact, become so entrenched that it is now ...
Doha’s Collapse a Dangerous Sign for Global Economic Openness
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 Posted in Economics | 1 Comment »The Doha round of WTO trade negotiations collapsed over an impasse between developed countries and the developing world, primarily concerning disagreements about agricultural and manufacturing policy. This, coupled with the Nicolas Sarkozy's victory at the European Union treaty negotiations ...
Reclaiming "The People’s House"
Saturday, June 23rd, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress." -Mark TwainWith Congress's approval rating at now an all time low (since the beginning of polling on such a question), it ...
Socially Moderate/Liberal, Fiscally Conservative
Thursday, June 21st, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Any reader of this blog will know of my general fondness for political subjects, and it should consequently come as no surprise that I frequently engage in conversation on such topics in my everyday interactions. And it seems that ...
Global Cooling and the Return of All Those Pretty Glaciers…
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »I have to pass these gems along when I find them. For all the squawking the far Left does about Global Warming, I'm not so sure they realize how much the Ice Age likely sucked. For everybody's reading ...
Who isn’t for more parties?
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »This has been an interesting week in politics. Everything points to massive discord in the American public with respect to the direction of the country. People are (rightly) upset. Bloomberg Switches Parties, AgainYesterday, New York Mayor Michael ...
Speaking of Inside-the-Beltway…
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Barely 5 minutes after I posted to my blog this morning about Fred Thompson, I received an email from the DNC Executive Director with the subject line "The inside-outsider." I am not sure how I got on the DNC's ...