Daily Topics - Thursday March 19th, 2015
By shawnt56
Join Thom in our chatroom during the program!
Be sure to check out our videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio
Hour One: Iraq-13 years after the invasion...
Hour Two: Who is hijacking our democracy now? Ona Porter, Prosperity Works
Hour Three: What happens when California runs out of water?
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#2
In the top-of-the-hour news, I heard that Pres. Obama is suggesting mandatory voting, because it would 'overpower money in politics more than anything' (that's an approximate quote). I don't think that's true, and I think a system in which abstentions of voters are counted would work better.
Politicians that used negative campaigning (which is all dark money is good for) would only reduce voting for opponents but not increase it for themselves, while politicians that used positive campaigning would increase voting for themselves and therefore increase their political power.
If you then compare states, a state that's more apathetic (because it has lousy politicians) would end up with proportionately less representation than a state with good politicians that inspire their constituents.
#3
Today you have called Israel '' the apharteid state''... This was a vivid example of dialectical low of transition too mach quantity of progressivism into quality: antisemitism with weak smell of... fascism. - Congratulation ! How successfully was found such country! It looks like you were not able to hide any more your real ''love'' to jews...
El
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Are there any good books about Israel that you could recommend?
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Grant