Comments for New Jerusalem http://sosialydd.wordpress.com Thoughts on Elections, Socialism, Religion and so on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on French Election Maps I by Compass Youth http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/french-election-maps-i/#comment-224 Compass Youth Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:46:08 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/french-election-maps-i/#comment-224 Shape the Party of European Socialists Manifesto in London! Every major issue (and solution) has global reach and every global issue has local impact. Only by making it more relevant to people's everyday lives can we develop a more social and democratic Europe. That's why PES Activists and Compass Youth want to make connections that will keep the PES in touch with the most dynamic and innovative thinking of local activists. You are the eyes and ears of your communities so come and join the debate with our amazing line-up of speakers and feed in your ideas and opinions. We will also launch our EU Citizens for London campaign as part of this series of debates. Check out the full series of events http://www.lme-lse.org.uk/blog/?p=51 Shape the Party of European Socialists Manifesto in London!

Every major issue (and solution) has global reach and every global issue has local impact. Only by making it more relevant to people’s everyday lives can we develop a more social and democratic Europe. That’s why PES Activists and Compass Youth want to make connections that will keep the PES in touch with the most dynamic and innovative thinking of local activists. You are the eyes and ears of your communities so come and join the debate with our amazing line-up of speakers and feed in your ideas and opinions. We will also launch our EU Citizens for London campaign as part of this series of debates.

Check out the full series of events http://www.lme-lse.org.uk/blog/?p=51

]]> Comment on French Election Maps I by Gabriel http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/french-election-maps-i/#comment-218 Gabriel Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:48:11 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2007/02/07/french-election-maps-i/#comment-218 Hi I like this weblog and hope that maybe some of your readers may visit my weblog 'An Unrepentant Communist' at some time http://unrepentantcommunist.blogspot.com/ Hi I like this weblog and hope that maybe some of your readers may visit my weblog ‘An Unrepentant Communist’ at some time

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]]> Comment on New Swedish government off to a bad start by Antibush http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/new-swedish-government-off-to-a-bad-start/#comment-179 Antibush Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:21:22 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/new-swedish-government-off-to-a-bad-start/#comment-179 Bush goes ballistic about other countries being evil and dangerous, because they have weapons of mass destruction. But, he insists on building up even a more deadly supply of nuclear arms right here in the US. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear. Our country is in debt until forever, we don't have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths. We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do! Bush goes ballistic about other countries being evil and dangerous, because they have weapons of mass destruction. But, he insists on building up even a more deadly supply of nuclear arms right here in the US. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear.
Our country is in debt until forever, we don’t have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!

]]> Comment on Snap! by Rural Radical http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/snap/#comment-70 Rural Radical Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:03:13 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/snap/#comment-70 Good point again. There is no need for him to call an election. The longer there is to an election the better Brown will do. Cameron is screaming because when he is exposed for what he is, he is f****d. Good point again. There is no need for him to call an election. The longer there is to an election the better Brown will do.

Cameron is screaming because when he is exposed for what he is, he is f****d.

]]> Comment on Ramble no. 1 by Reproductive Rights « Vigilance http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/ramble-no-1/#comment-48 Reproductive Rights « Vigilance Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:25:41 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/ramble-no-1/#comment-48 [...] At the conclusion of a very readable piece on abortion, The New Jerusalem considers . . .the possibility that it might be a good idea to suggest some policies that would reduce the number of abortions by more than a fraction. Better access to contraception, more money and welfare services for vulnerable mothers and so on. But I suspect that’s too much to ask for. [...] [...] At the conclusion of a very readable piece on abortion, The New Jerusalem considers . . .the possibility that it might be a good idea to suggest some policies that would reduce the number of abortions by more than a fraction. Better access to contraception, more money and welfare services for vulnerable mothers and so on. But I suspect that’s too much to ask for. [...]

]]> Comment on Ramble no. 1 by vigilante http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/ramble-no-1/#comment-47 vigilante Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:10:50 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/ramble-no-1/#comment-47 Yes, it is too much to ask for. In the USA, abortion has attained a much wider and more prominent status than the actual numbers of Americans affected. That's because it is used as a wedge issue by one end of our spectrum to polarize our politics. As such it has become a symbolic mountain in our political topography: whoever controls its heights establishes a relative hegemony. The battle has gone on so long between the anti-abortion and the pro-choice (notice I did not use the term, "pro-abortion") that the mountain has been chiselled down such that conditions and stages of pregnancy have been added as caveats. I feel (always) compelled to state my personal and unchanging position on women's reproductive rights. Bill Clinton was close when he said something like abortion should be legal, professionally performed and rare (or words to that effect). What I say is that is that I am unalterably opposed to abortion <i>excepting in those instances when a woman determines, in absolute privacy with her physician, that she wishes one, for whatever reason</i>. Conclusion: Abortion vs. Choice is but one mountain in the American cultural civil war. If it weren't there, we would be contesting over the flag on some other summit. It's really that trivial: a metaphorical flag. Yes, it is too much to ask for.

In the USA, abortion has attained a much wider and more prominent status than the actual numbers of Americans affected. That’s because it is used as a wedge issue by one end of our spectrum to polarize our politics. As such it has become a symbolic mountain in our political topography: whoever controls its heights establishes a relative hegemony. The battle has gone on so long between the anti-abortion and the pro-choice (notice I did not use the term, “pro-abortion”) that the mountain has been chiselled down such that conditions and stages of pregnancy have been added as caveats.

I feel (always) compelled to state my personal and unchanging position on women’s reproductive rights. Bill Clinton was close when he said something like abortion should be legal, professionally performed and rare (or words to that effect). What I say is that is that I am unalterably opposed to abortion excepting in those instances when a woman determines, in absolute privacy with her physician, that she wishes one, for whatever reason.

Conclusion: Abortion vs. Choice is but one mountain in the American cultural civil war. If it weren’t there, we would be contesting over the flag on some other summit. It’s really that trivial: a metaphorical flag.

]]> Comment on Revenge of the Rustbelt by vigilante http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-46 vigilante Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:45:45 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-46 As someone has said (ominously) "interesting times we live in." As someone has said (ominously)
“interesting times we live in.”

]]> Comment on Revenge of the Rustbelt by sosialydd http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-45 sosialydd Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:47:53 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-45 Ah; I'd meant to but seem to have left it out. He actually lost by less than I thought he would. Btw, I never thought I'd see the day that a black man in the South would do as well as he did with rural Democrats. Ah; I’d meant to but seem to have left it out. He actually lost by less than I thought he would.
Btw, I never thought I’d see the day that a black man in the South would do as well as he did with rural Democrats.

]]> Comment on Revenge of the Rustbelt by vigilante http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-44 vigilante Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:14:02 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/revenge-of-the-rustbelt/#comment-44 Did you comment on Congressman Ford's loss in Tennessee? If you did, I missed it. Did you comment on Congressman Ford’s loss in Tennessee? If you did, I missed it.

]]> Comment on Democrats Take House by Roland Dodds http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/democrats-take-house/#comment-43 Roland Dodds Sat, 11 Nov 2006 03:07:03 +0000 http://sosialydd.wordpress.com/2006/11/08/democrats-take-house/#comment-43 It is truly a fine week in the states! 6 years of one party control was terribly taxing, and I hope this ushers in a new age. It is truly a fine week in the states! 6 years of one party control was terribly taxing, and I hope this ushers in a new age.

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