Glenn Beck foolishly calls Geert Wilders a fascist

Irritating - Glenn Beck said when there is economic unrest, there will be the rise of the extreme left (communists) and extreme right (fascists). And who did he idiotically point to as a fascist? Geert Wilders! Geert went to the House of Lords last Friday & spoke about the threat of Islam to our democracy & right of self- determination. VOTE BNP !

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In Chile, a democracy built to survive quakes

When it comes to the short- and long-term aftereffects of an earthquake -- the extent of the damage it wreaks, the speed with which the population reorganizes itself and rebuilds -- it has nothing to do with luck. Those who study famines have long argued that they are created by bad politics and bad economics as well as bad weather . . .

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The UK in Afghanistan for 30-40 years

The idea of democratizing Afghanistan is not only clumsy and overly idealistic as it supposes that a people foreign to democracy will accept it through a costly military invasion, but it is also hypocritical in that ’democracy promotion’ is being applied because it fits in well with the security and economic interests of the British.

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Ortega's End Run Around Democracy

With Iran and Venezuela in political, economic and military cahoots, Tehran has gained a foothold in South America. Now Nicaragua is at risk of being added to the list of authoritarian governments aligned with Venezuela and by association, its Islamic ally.

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Niger Junta Gives Assurances on Democracy Plans

Junta leaders met with representatives from the United Nations, the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States.

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"Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind."

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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