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An Bord Snip
Image via Wikipedia Okay so an Board Snip has been published and its recommending some serious cuts in various sections of Government. Some are good ideas, others are savage. I agree with most of the mergers but not with some of the cuts. There is one thing we must remember with the report. It is only recommendations. We now know what the Government have been recommended to do, so if we think soething shouldn’t be done we need to...
Equality California considers Prop 8 Passage a "Mob Vote"
In a letter that is posted on the Gay News Blog, Geoff Kors, Executive Director of Equality California says the result should be thrown out due to the “outrageous lies and questionable tactics by the other side, be thrown out. We know our rights cannot be taken away by a mob vote.” I am amazed he calls it a mob vote? Is not California a democracy? Is it not the job of Equality California and others against Prop 8...
"no alternative to a new referendum"
From todays Indo TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has been given a year by his European counterparts to push through a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the Irish Independent has learned. EU leaders yesterday firmly ruled out a renegotiation of the treaty as a way to resolve the crisis caused by Ireland’s ‘No’ vote last week. Government sources said it was also made clear that there was no alternative to a new referendum. I am very annoyed!!! 55% of people...
Stronger Local Democracy – Options for Change
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party Leader, John Gormley, launched a Green Paper Yesterday enititled “Stronger Local Democracy- Options for Change”. In his remarks on the announcment he had the following to say. “Stronger Local Democracy presents a set of options for change which share a strong common theme of renewing local democratic leadership. Local government in Ireland is capable of doing much more to meet the needs of local communities. The options...
What is Democracy ?
Democracy can be defined in multiple ways. According to Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1996, 1998) democracy can be defined as “Government by popular representation; a form of government in which the supreme power is retained by the people, but is indirectly exercised through a system of representation and delegated authority periodically renewed; a constitutional representative government; a republic.”This broad definition leads us to believe that all democratic states have representative governments, regular elections, have a constitution and are republics....
Countdown to freedom: 17 years after she was first put under house arrest, will Aung San Suu Kyi finally taste liberty?
The outside world has had its first direct word from Aung San Suu Kyi in more than two years. The next week could mean everything or nothing for the imprisoned democratic leader of Burma. The Burmese junta’s surprise decision to grant a senior United Nations official access to the 1991 Nobel peace laureate has revived hope she may be released. This week, the generals who crushed Ms Suu Kyi’s democracy movement will decide whether to extend her house arrest...
“Democratic Deficit” at the United Nations?
Is there a need for a second assembly? This is a major hurdle that the UN must over come in its discussions on UN reform, how do we make it accountable to the ‘peoples of the United Nations’? The UN at present is an IGO that has no inpot form elected officals only those appointed by governments. Would a second assembly help, hinder or legitimise more UN decisions as they will have the backing of the elected representatives of...
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