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Corporate lobbyists and other special interest groups are saturating political elections, all they way from inception through the campaign and election wakes - and then into daily political process for those elected by the public. There are increasingly more money and commercial interests...

DrEvil, like I mention in my augmented post - the "Hacking Democracy" shows how the 2000 US presidential election could easily have been a fraud - by showing how easy it was to circumvent electronic "voting security". It was almost shamefully easy and naive - and mostly kept hidden from...

DrEvil, electronic voting makes a lot of things easier. Just because something is easier, does not mean that it should be overlooked - neither voting or the possible fraud. Like I pointed out, there are numerous ways of securing electronic voting. I watched the documentary on the...

DrEvil, yes - education is key to any successful modern society. However, trust can be gained within technology by a number of different ways. One is by introducing some external overseer that can verify that the processes are performing as expected. Furthermore, the process can be...

TM Direct, why? You don't like philosophical views on democracy? :p

... (cont.) USA is culturally close to Europe, as well as having their strongest economic and political ties to Europe. Europe and the US have both evolved to the changing world but in somewhat different directions when it comes to the importance of religion. The US is today very different...

Putting my thoughts together on this one ... Here are some of my thoughts on the philosophical view on democracy, struggle and adaptation. Democracy and a well informed population Conflict is historically often the result of a few, but with ramifications for many. Information and...

CaptainObvious, I agree with you - people should stop being lazy and regurgitate what others are saying - but in fact they do. At some point we do not put the effort in there to reflect or analyze bias with a critical mind or seek out more sources. That is why we need to do something. Just...

Pabst, I actually think many european countries are doing quite well on the UN Human Development Index, although they might not be doing so good on the astonishingly objective "Pabst-index". :) The incredible thing with China, India, Russia and Brazil is how they are bringing hundreds of...

It's all about being adaptable. USA refuses to adapt to a richer world - period. The US is ultra-conservative in this matter, and want to continue be top dog with cheap goods from poor nations. I would compare the struggle to some type of "economic slavery" - just like I see here in Brazil -...

wjk, yes - that is what I see too. There is so much "filtering" on what is reported. On one side it's understandable - as the sources for news and information are just overwhelming nowadays. That makes it almost necessary to have some form of higher commentary/analysis that helps get through...

Just to be fair - some comments from FOX etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfoxed Although, I must say that most US media I see is biased at some point. E.g for the last 2 years most US media has run every scandal/hint of how terrible China is, and how they are cheating in production etc...

I mentioned earlier that hypocrisy is something "innate" to everyone - an example: saying that we should preserve and save the environment, nature, the earth - well, nothing would be better for the environment, nature and earth than getting rid of most of the human population. That is of course...

The choice of the hawkish Biden is confusing to say the very least, and it does not stand for a clear cut alternative. It really portrays Obama as clueless, and seeking "experience" above all. Terrible.

Then Syria getting russian defensive missiles will probably go down well now. As long as they are defensive missiles and weapons - everything is cool, right? :D

Yes, Joe Biden is a terrible pick. He should have picked someone with much less baggage, and less hawkish ... Seemingly voters will have to choose for the "lesser evil", with Obama's "change message" now being questionable for many potential voters. He would do better staying as a distinct...

a_person, well, I guess the deciding factor for whether the type of "support" is the right thing or not depends - on what it actually is. When it is funding, equipping, training the military of Georgia - I guess that is quite alright, unless it's in the extreme. If the support is instigating...

Interesting that you choose to call France, Germany, UK and probably the scandinavian countries as well - not civilized. Actually, I think the UN Human Development Index might disagree with you - allthough facts do not seem to matter for you. The attack by Georgia is widely being seen as a...

a_person, ahm, I think that it's actually YOU that always drag any discussion that involves Israel into a fight for or against jews, or with accusations of antisemitism. You always try to run off any discussion into the pit of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is your usual strategy...

Yes, the times Clark has been in the running for being the democratic candidate, I have always been utterly perplexed why the US public do not see the personal integrity and intelligence that Clark embodies. He always comes across as very articulate as well, and he has a great education...