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The Wolfman

February 18, 2010 Leave a comment

Sometimes Hollywood has great ideas. Fewer times, those ideas are fully developed with reasonable success. Once every two years, a masterpiece reaches our screens. But the majority of times, a good idea, like Benicio del Toro as a werewolf, struggles to shine under what it seemed like a clouded production process.

Why?

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Referendum or death

November 5, 2009 Leave a comment

2390666040_2e6b0a9a78With the Czechs signing the Lisbon treaty, it appears a new era of Political relationships between countries from the European Union will start.

I for one salute the idea of living in Europe instead of Spain or the UK, but I do agree that democracy should always be taken into account.

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Apathy, biggest thread to Democracy?

October 13, 2009 Leave a comment

House_of_Representatives,_Parliament_House,_CanberraApathy:

  1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
  2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
  3. freedom from emotion of any kind.

From the Greek: apátheia insensibility to suffering

Democracy:

  • government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

The Political system in the UK (among many other European countries) is suffering. Apathy is destroying any sense of democracy left in the country.

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EU Profiler

Discover your position in the political landscape for the 2009 European Parliament Elections

With the imminent European elections this 4th of June and the current political climate is nice to find a bit of help deciding which party is the closest to what you stand for.

This website, through a series of general questions asked to the political parties and youthe users – will map your position on a cross of political views.

Select your country and answer the questions to get a rough idea of who you could vote for

http://www.euprofiler.eu/

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