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| Parliament breaks taboo, debates defence budget | | 2008-06-17 23:43:10 | | ISLAMABAD, June 17: For the first time in the country’s history, details of the defence budget for the current as well as the next financial year were placed before parliament amid applause from both treasury and opposition benches.The Leader of the House in the Senate, Raza Rabbani, laid before the house the papers containing service-wise break-up of the Rs295.306 billion budget for the next financial year and Rs276.186 billion revised budget for the current year.At the outset of the session, which started two hours late, Mr Rabbani termed the move a step towards sovereignty of parliament. He said that in the past “only one-line defence budget” was presented and the issue was never debated in parliament.He said the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N had agreed in the Charter of Democracy that the defence budget would be brought to parliament for debate.Mr Rabbani admitted that complete details were still not being provided to the Senate, but expressed the | | By: A Pakistan News | | |
| | | Create Debates, Produce Arguments in Polarate.com | | 2008-04-21 17:49:00 | | My husband and I sometimes talked about the attitude and personality of the kids here in our place and also we talked about the difference between the culture or beliefs in Philippines and here in Switzerland. As a human being we have individual differences like our personality, our likes, dislikes, goals etc. I knew that they have different attitude than I have, since I am an Asian, I was browsing today and I found this polarate.com which was founded by three U.C. Berkeley students and in this site polarate.com you produce a complete understanding of beliefs, relationship and human personality and you can debates or you can create a community around your interest. Polarate is very helpful site that you can explore and learn more about the beliefs of humans and it is the place expressing yourself and beliefs and besides you can discuss and share your opinions or polarizes debates between two sides and it really interests me since I am seeking also a site to discuss about human belief a | | By: Amazing life | | |
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| | | Ad Wars: The Debate About Debates Continues | | 2008-02-19 12:14:51 | | Hillary ClintonThe Clinton campaign has released this new ad in Ohio, "Night Shift," that appeals to blue collar, working class voters.Barack ObamaThe Obama campaign released its second rebuttal of Clinton attacks in Wisconsin that he is avoiding a debate with her. Similar to his previous response, this ad, "Desperate," suggests there have been plenty of opportunities for debate with two more coming.The Obama campaign has also released a new radio ad in Vermont, featuring Senator Patrick Leahy talking about the desire for change. Leahy and his wife trumpet Obama's ability to bring people together and get things done. Vermont votes March 4. | | By: Political Realm | | |
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| Hillary goes after Obama over debates, again | | 2008-02-16 12:54:00 | | She is obsessed! 18 debates so far and more to come and she's upset because he "won't debate the issues" in Wisconsin:
Hey Hillary, why don't you debate yourself (you can even do it with your friends over at at Fox News!):
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| | Debate.com: Join My Debates | | 2008-02-10 18:36:14 | | UPDATE: YOU CAN VOTE HERE NOW
Last night, I came up with a business idea. My plan was to create a website that hosts one vs. one debates where people have time limits and and choose particular topics. Then people could challenge their skills when debating others. It sounded like a great idea, at least until I realized another website already created the idea three months ago (Debate.com). Oh...
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| | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Milton Friedman Debates Naomi Klein Part 2 | | 2008-01-03 23:41:23 | | Okay, this really may be my last video about Naomi Klein. This one really blows away her entire theory. I did more research with this one.
You know the drill: Go to YouTube, vote it up and "favorite" it so others will see it.
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Naomi Klein: Shockingly Ignorant...
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| | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | | The Republican CNN YouTube Debates: What to Expect | | 2007-11-25 15:23:31 | | This Wednesday is the Republican CNN YouTube debate, where anyone can send in videos to CNN and ask any Republican Candidate questions. A few months ago, the Republicans refused to enter this absurd “Debate” because the Democrats were asked questions from snowmen and it was completely unproductive. Eventually, the Republicans decided to attend, but I have no doubt they will regret doing so...
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| | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Climate Panel Debates Warming Document | | 2007-11-15 02:26:00 | | VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — A U.N. climate change conference argued over words and phrases Wednesday in drafting a scientific report that will guide governments for years to come on their global warming policies.One dispute involving the U.S. delegation centered on whether human activity could lead to "abrupt or irreversible" effects on the Earth's climate, said participants in the meeting.
| | By: Ecology News Feed | | |
| | Richard Gage, AIA Debates Ron Craig in Toronto on Novermber 12th, 2007 | | 2007-11-10 22:37:00 | | Thanks again to 911blogger.com for the heads up on this one. The information is taken from the Architectures and Engineers for 9/11 Truth website. Interview: Richard Gage, AIA Debates Ron CraigRichard Gage, AIA — Richard SyrettMon, Nov 12, 2007 • 8:00 PM PSTNewstalk 1010 Toronto • The Richard Syrett Show Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2007 Time: 8:00 PM Pacific Time Topic: Richard Gage, AIA will debate Ron Craig, a member of the International Society of Explosives Engineers, on the "collapse" of the 3 WTC buildings Station: Newstalk 1010 Location: Toronto, Canada Program: The Richard Syrett Showwww.richardsyrett.com Interviewer: Richard Syrett Interviewee: Richard Gage, AIA Online: Listen Live: http://www.cfrb.com/Technorati Tags:911, September 11th 2001, 911 Truth, 911 Eyewitness, 911 ommissions, 911 demolition, United 93, Current Affairs, Terrorism, 911 truth movement, Illuminati, New World Order, 911 commission, 911 commission report, 9/11 truth canada, tyranny, Bush, Freedom, Cover Up, america, canada, World Trade Center, WTC, 911 Proof, Government | | By: Canada Wants 9/11 Truth | | |
| | Ron Paul Should Take Some Valium Before Debates | | 2007-10-23 13:35:00 | | It seems to be the general consensus among my few politically-minded friends that Ron Paul would receive much more support if he would take his yelling down a few notches in the debates. He comes off like a loose cannon when every answer to each question becomes a strident diatribe.I thought he did very well at the last debate on Sunday, but the freak-out factor was still present. So what causes this problem?1. Lack of attention given to him in these forums. It must get frustrating to try and make an impact given two questions, while standing there listening to Thompson, Romney, and Giuliani duke it out.2. Frustration at the bullshit that some of the candidates are spouting, like Romney's stance on gay marriage, trying to portray an anti-gay marriage amendment to the Constitution as a version of "freedom of religion." I think if I was up there, I might freak out too.3. Lack of feedback and critique from his own staff. With some of the candidates, particularly somebody like Romney, you can tell that they have undergone intense practice, probably with feedback from people experienced in debate tactics. Ron Paul would need some intense political grooming before he would have a shot at winning over any part of the Republican party.That said, the Fox News audience at the debate was out of line when they booed him on the Iraq War. Just another example of how backwards the Republican Party has become. | | By: I Hate Your Opinions | | |
| | Very Solid Ron Paul Video + Unfair Treatment in Debates | | 2007-10-12 18:02:38 | | This is one of the best videos summarizing the overall Ron Paul campaign that I have seen to this point. Please take the time to check it out.
Liberty is worth defending and fighting for.
Also, please check out the following article by USA Election Polls about the unfair treatment of Ron Paul at the most [...] | | By: Ponder This | | |
| | | GOP Not Participating in Minority Debates is Pure Folly | | 2007-09-26 09:05:22 | | I'm not one to buy into or promote stereotypes which is why when the front running GOP candidates pulled a no show at the NAACP debates I didn't post about it. Additionally when the same candidates blew off the debates hosted by Univision I didn't post about that either. (They also all blew off a conservative Christian forum in Florida around the same time.) However now that they have all opted out of the PBS debates at a historically Black college we officially have the beginning of a pattern. While many may attribute the worst possible motives to this behaviour I see other more likely and more logical reasons.Number one being that by and large the GOP has written black voters off much in the same way the Dems had previously written off the South. Meaning that the numbers have shown that spending time and effort elsewhere turns out a greater number of voters or wins more districts. However in regards to the Hispanic debates I see another motive altogether. Simply put the odds of having to answer really tough questions about immigration are about one hundred percent. In a debate like that the odds of you having a better answer than the guy after you (who had more time to think) go down drastically. Given the strong anti-illegal immigrant sentiment amongst certain subsections of the GOP base actively engaging Hispanics or seeming sympathetic will invariably swing their votes to another candidate. Additionally given the fact that Hispanics are not a solid voting block there is no guarantee of a decent return for ones efforts. So by not engaging Hispanics the GOP front runners avoid losing votes from the base.The problem with this "its all about the numbers" strategy is that it puts short term individual gains ahead of long term party growth. Couple that strategy with the fact the GOP leadership has in the past exploited racial strife in order to turn out white voters and the Dems have free reign to paint the Republicans as the little tent party. Now I'm no marketing expert but it seems to me that allowing your competition to define your public image isn't the best way to be successful. In order for the GOP to be viable in the long term it must take steps to engage minority voters even if it costs them votes from members of the base. Because given current demographic trends those members of the base that have been lifting them up will soon turn into an anchor that drags them even further down.
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| | Wisconsin Withdraws Plan for $15 Billion Tax Hike; Debates $1 Billion Tax Hike | | 2007-09-21 07:00:00 | | Democrats in Wisconsin's state legislature have dropped their demand for a $15 billion tax hike to pay for a universal health care system, if Republicans will agree to impose $1 billion in taxes on hospitals and cigarettes. The proposals are part of the delayed state budget, which was due back on July 1.The health care proposal would have expanded the existing state low-income system to cover 98 percent of the state's residents. Back in June, we noted that paying for it would have required a 100 percent tax increase, making the combined federal-state tax burden in Wisconsin a whopping 41.8 percent. It also would have been the largest tax increase enacted by any state, and would have moved Wisconsin to #1 in state tax burdens (up from #7).Putting aside the efficacy of taxing hospitals as a way to increase medical care, the proposed $1.25-a-pack cigarette tax surpasses even the federal $1-a-pack tax proposal we discussed here. There, we show how the tax hits the poor the hardest, and | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
| | Applying Habermas in Debates | | 2007-09-19 07:30:04 | | It is only a few years ago since I learned about Jürgen Habermas' division of statements into constative, normative, and expressive statements, and today I wish this would be mandatory education in school. I often engage in debates, but more often than not, the debate falls apart because people apply normative or expressive values in constative utterances, and one just can't use morals or personal taste in fields that deal with cold facts.To briefly summarize, the statements can be classified as follows:Constative statements—which can be objectively evaluated as true or false. For example, the statements: "the light is on" or "the Moon is made of cheese" can be determined to be right or wrong no matter what people might think of it.Normative statements—whose truthfulness require a consensus among a group of people. For example, to determine whether the statements: "murder is bad" or "Republicans do good for the country" are true or false, you must consult the opinion forme | | By: What's This? | | |
| | Debates are worthless - Give candidates TIME! | | 2007-09-06 23:23:23 | | Saw the debate of the Republican candidates last night. Afterwards, I was left with a sinking feeling. They were far superior to the Democratic candidates, but none left me with the feeling I want him for my President. The one thing I couldn’t understand was what is Ron Paul, a libertarian, doing [...] | | By: Forgot To Ask | | |
| | | Instant Message Debates | | 2007-08-17 22:06:05 | | Back in May, Nick posted a challenge to find a better idea for presidential debates better than the current format that provides for a contrived "discussion" about the issues that the campaigns and traditional media have chosen. Matt Bai, writer and tech enthusiast, has finally responded to the challenge in a New York times article.
He proposed (in full block quote because its just that good): | | By: Poli-Think | | |
| | Republicans to sweat it out at YouTube debates after all | | 2007-08-14 10:21:00 | | Mitt Romney, who is too popular to participate in the debates, is the only hold out at this point. From the Washington Post:
This just in: The Republican CNN/YouTube debate, in limbo for the past few weeks, is on again.
But Mitt Romney, who won Saturday's Iowa straw poll and has criticized the debate format, has yet to commit to the Nov. 28 event.
Romney, the lone GOP holdout, has posted more videos on his YouTube channel (283 as of Sunday afternoon) than any other presidential candidate, Republican or Democrat. But he has resisted the debate, in which videotaped questions are submitted through YouTube. In an interview with Manchester Union Leader, Romney said, "I think the presidency ought to be held at a higher level than having to answer questions from a snowman."
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| | A no go for Republicans on the Youtube debates | | 2007-07-27 22:06:14 | | Why in the world would they ever go into these debated in the first place is a shcoker to me. As you could see on the Defeatocrats YOutube debates, it was nothing more os a contest who could dress...
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| | Republicans to abandon YouTube debates? | | 2007-07-27 02:10:00 | | Oh noes! We don't want to face questions from cancer patients removing wigs, homos, and anyone else who isn't Fox News! Via Ana Marie Cox at Swampland:
I talked to people from a few of the campaigns today and they say that the movement to abandon the format is real. Romney's mocked the event outright, Giuliani's people told Ambinder that "scheduling" was an issue (insert Iraq Study Group joke here) but I've heard from others that many in the GOP feel that the deck in a YouTube debate would be somehow stacked against the candidates. Are they dodging "real" Americans in favor for a more tightly scripted event? Payback for the Dems skipping Fox in some weird televisual karmic sense? (OR is Fox pressuring them to do so? Hmmm.) I'd be wary about the event if I were a candidate myself, but if they do manage to kill the thing, I'll be disappointed. | | By: The Colette | | |
| | Viewers Win In YouTube Debates | | 2007-07-24 17:27:00 | | The clear victor coming out of Monday's CNN/YouTube Debate was the viewer. Never before have voters received such access to the campaigns or the ability to control the focus of an event. The debate likely brought people into the process that haven't participated in the past and created enough buzz that previously disengaged voters tuned in for the first time in 2008. It proved that users are intelligent enough to directly connect with the candidates without the need for a moderator or talking head expert. In those respects, the debate was certainly a success.Of course, this format was not earth shattering. Already in this cycle voters had more access to candidates and campaigns than ever before. Hillary Clinton asked voters to pick her campaign song. The two most memorable campaign videos thus far--Obama Girl and the 1984 videos--have both been user-created. Several candidates announced their intentions to run via the web, while others offer supporters behind the scenes access | | By: Political Realm | | |
| | Democratic Debates held in Charleston | | 2007-07-23 17:42:00 | | Charleston debate breaking new ground
CHARLESTON -- It's likely the biggest thing to come to The Citadel’s McAlister Field House since air conditioning was installed in the fabled gymnasium in the mid-1990s.
Tonight the eight Democratic candidates for president will converge on the campus off Moultrie Street for what one CNN executive described as the Internet's "first seat at the table in terms of determining who the next president of the United States might be.”
In all, some 2,700 tickets have been distributed for tonight's debate, the live broadcast of which begins at 7 p.m. That's more than three times as many as were distributed for the Democratic debate three months ago at S.C. State University in Orangeburg.
As has been highly publicized, rather than simply answer questions posed by moderator Anderson Cooper, the candidates will respond to questions submitted by video via YouTube.
By Sunday nearly 2,000 videos were submitted. Of those, only about 30 w | | By: Charleston's Home Port | | |
| | John Stossel Debates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | | 2007-07-13 00:05:00 | | John Stossel is always a refreshing face to see in the mainstream media. His common sense approach to analyzing public policy is second to none. Moreover, he is masterful at analyzing statistics and demonstrating the real unintended consequences of big government. Consequently, liberals cannot stand him. I guess his facts and cogent arguments seem to get in the way of their emotions. Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the “Live Earth” concert called John Stossel and other anthropogenic global warming skeptics a bunch of traitors, corporate toadies, and flat-earthers. He also called for the boycott of any corporation who supports Stossel. As a result of Kennedy’s babble, John Stossel in his witty way debated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Fox News with Neil Cavuto. In my opinion, this was not a debate; it was a clear thrashing. Evidently, Kennedy is not a fan of facts either. Before I discuss specifically what was said between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and John Stossel, allo | | By: Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty | | |
| | Debates implícitos | | 2007-05-22 16:27:00 | | No momento das edições, a gente começa a lembrar muitas coisas dos entrevistados. Declarações polêmicas, atitudes engraçadas, linguagens particulares, entre outras. Ante algumas perguntas, alguns entrevistados fogem pela tangente - atitude involuntaria na maioria dos casos. Se tivéssemos que fazer um Top 5 das edições mais complicadas, a artista plástica Didonet Thomaz estaria liderando o ranking. É difícil entender a moral do trabalho dela, e ainda pior, fazer-lo comprenssível para o leitor. Mas o desafio ainda não acabou, está começando e vai dar certo.Ontem falei das interligações que se dão de forma natural entre os personagens. Hoje se deu novamente, mas de um jeito mais implícito. Na real, é uma relação para contrastar posturas ante um mesmo tema.Didonet declarou que não gosta de expor. Sua justificação para não ter afã de querer ser conhecida foi a seguinte:"Isso é um critério de valor. Tem gente que é alucinado por isso. Quer fazer escola de qual | | By: Blog do Curitibocas | | |
| | On Ron Paul And The Debates | | 2007-05-21 03:47:00 | | By now, you've probably seen, heard, or read about the exchange between Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani in the second Republican presidential debate last week in South Carolina. In that discussion (see video below), Paul suggested that the US needed to adopt a non-interventionist foreign policy, because US action abroad had led to terrorist attacks. Giuliani responded that Paul needed to retract his claim the US invited the terrorist attacks. Paul refused to change his statement, though he never actually said the US invited the terrorist attacks. The next day, Paul further defended his position on CNN's Situation Room: I think he's [Rudy Giuliani] going to have to back away from his statement pretty soon, because I found two very clear quotes in the 9/11 Commission report that says that very thing, that our foreign policy has a very great deal to do with their willingness and desire to commit suicide terrorism. So, I would suggest that he read the 9/11 Commission report.The obvious quest | | By: Political Realm | | |
| | GOP Frontrunners Shun “Black and Brown” Debates | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | Shunned by those who could determine our destiny
Guiliani, Romney, McCain, Thompson snub black & Hispanic debates
Reported by Sam Stein for a Huffington Post exclusive, GOP frontrunners have shunned not only Univision’s Spanish debate, but now also a PBS debate at a black college.
Republican presidential candidates Rudolph Guiliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, [...] | | By: Garling Gauge | | |
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