Permanent residence may be granted the right to vote in Japan.

By, Uwe Paschen. To give or not to give permanent residence the right to vote in Japan, this is the question many ask them self these days.  Japan may give permanent residence the right to vote at the local...

Party of fiscal responsibility? GOP 40-0

Jon Stewart said, I believe, "The Republicans hate Obama more than they love their country" whether this will fan out to be proven as correct, I am not really sure - some Republicans must love their country more than detest the current president.Yet we also have to look at...

TEA PARTY - What MA Scott Brown means? A different perspective.

This is an except for an article that I wrote on Examiner.com. " I will try to get straight to the point.  If you don't agree with my premise, stop reading: My fellow TEA Party Conservatives, I premise my...

TEA Party Express III coming to Minnesota April 8, 2010

"It is currently scheduled to stop in St  Paul and Duluth. Please check the included link for exact times as the date approaches. Currently details are St. Paul/Minneapolis 930a to 11a Near the State Capitol...

Dear GOP, Since you aren't really using the Republican Party name

This is a portion of my article written at Examiner.com. My intent in writing this article is to either convince the Republican Party to meet with the Conservative faction of the TEA Party Movement and reform itself...

UN Security Council passed resolution, arms embargo on Eritrea

New Delhi: United Nations Security Council has passed the resolution on arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing to withdraw troops from its disputed...

Ann Nixon Cooper, Centenarian Obama Voter, Dies at 107

Ann Nixon Cooper, an Atlanta, Georgia-based centenarian who voted for the first time in her life for President Barack Obama in 2008, died Monday, December 21, 2009 at the age of 107. Born in 1902, Nixon Cooper did...

Ben Nelson rejects abortion compromise

In an interview today, Senator Ben Nelson told KLIN radio in Lincoln, Nebraska, that he will not vote for the Senate Health Care bill as it now stands. Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, said in the interview that...

Voting in Annapolis

It seems that I don't actually live in Annapolis. Not in the political sense, I reside outside of the official boundaries. Click on the map above for a large view or this link here. I lived in Annapolis for a couple of years on Acton Road (Ward 1), but my Harness...

Nassau County Election 09: Suozzi, Mangano Separated By 237 Votes

Two candidates in the Nassau County of New York state -- Democrat Thomas Suozzi and Republican Edward Mangano will have to wait until all the absentee, affidavit and emergency ballots are counted to call the winner in the Nassau County Executive race. Right now, Suozzi is in...

Apology to the Little Old Ladies of Wright County Minnesota

" As you recall, over a series of several articles in the past few months, I attempted to get property tax and budget information from my County of residence, Wright County in the State of Minnesota. I was motivated to research and analyze this information due to...

NZ parents vote to smack their kids

" A referendum on the smacking of children has just been held in New Zealand and 88 per cent of Kiwis who took part voted to re-legalize it. Two years ago the Labor Government made it illegal for parents to smack...

Afghanistan Election: Taliban Threaten to Mutilate Voters

Thursday's presidential election in Afghanistan is likely to yield a low voter turnout, as Taliban has threatened to cut off the fingers, noses and ears of anyone who dares to enter a polling station. The Taliban are particularly strong in the Pashtun-areas of Afghanistan,...

Wright County MN Massive Financial Cover up Continues 2

" When I first started investigating this issue, I had no idea how difficult it would be. This has taken an enormous amount of time and patience. You would not know this was America. Was all the information we learned in High School Civics about "Public Servants", "Open...

Iraq Kurds Vote for Regional Leaders.

Kurdistan is not perfect but it is the least violent area of Iraq.Many Kurds would like to have a fully independent nation but that is unlikely unless Iraq's government falls apart.  For now Kurds mostly run...

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