Government Definition and 107 Threads

Here's an interresting poll for you all. The government has decided to build a power plant nextdoor. You have no way to convince them to put it elsewhere (just assume you drew the short straw). You also don't have the means to move away for at least 10 years. They do give you the choice...

You have a right to petition, this right can also be done far more effeciently over the internet at petition.com-in theory this would be a free website where people could freely and reasonably discuss the issues and for once the common man and women would have a chance to let there particular...

I'm 18 and with the election coming up in October, I'm not sure who to vote for. My parents do not vote very often. I'm just wondering, could anyone tell me about the different parties?

Government ----> Good or Bad? Let's take a look at Government from the natural desires point of view. Is Government necessary for the fulfillment of all ones natural (good) desires? Such as health, protection, etc.? I used to think that an Anarchist state is the most natural state we can...

Even Less Religion In Our Government Yay! http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/07/01/tencommandments.appeal.ap/index.html The ten commandments monument in front of an alabama state supreme court building must go! Yay! man this past year the supreme court sure has done some nice and LOGICAL things!

Redistrcting is a tried and true method for an incumbent majority party to try to maintain this majority. It involves grouping the voters into districts in such a way as to maximize the desired party affiliation across all the voting districts. This is, inevitably, the first thing a party...

President Bush is touring the midwest trying to drum up support for his decidedly not "teeny-tiny" tax cut, which includes tax cuts on stock dividend income and raises the amount of money that business can write off from equipment purchases to $100,000 from $25,000. Meanwhile, stocks have...