If I turn out to have my head up my ass (excuse me, arse), I'm planning to blame it on the language barrier.
Willow: That's a work ethic! Buffy, you're developing a work ethic! Buffy: Do they make an ointment for that?
'Beneath You'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Noumenon - Apr 02, 2003 1:57:45 am PST #2979 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
Elena - Apr 02, 2003 2:27:42 am PST #2980 of 9843
Thanks for all the fish.
Australian Aboriginals didn't get the vote until 1967.
Natives in Canada got the Federal vote in 1960, I believe. Quebec was the last province to grant them voting rights (1969).
Women got provincial votes in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1916 - though I must say I thought it was earlier in Manitoba, I know they were the first province. The rest of Canada in 1918. Except Quebec where women got the vote in 1940.
October 19, 1929 Canadian women were declared 'persons' under the law. Yay Kate Nelligan Emily Murphy!
You know, I don't know when (for example) Chinese men or black men got the right to vote. Hmm, to Google! Away!
Elena - Apr 02, 2003 2:33:32 am PST #2981 of 9843
Thanks for all the fish.
Hmmm - Japanese people were granted the right to vote in BC in 1949, I don't see anything more widespread. In 1955 Doukhobours got the federal vote.
That's all I see. Huh.
(edit) Wait - 1947 everyone but Japanese and Native Canadians got the right to vote. But they removed the right to vote from Doukhobours, Hutterites, and Mennonites unless they had served in the armed forces.
Whew.
moonlit - Apr 02, 2003 2:57:05 am PST #2982 of 9843
"When the world's run by fools it's the duty of intelligence to disobey." Martin Firrell
You know how Australia pays everyone to take a year of travel before college?Nou, I only wish this was the case! I'm not sure who the guy on the plane with you was but he certainly wasn't Victorian and I honestly cannot think of anywhere in Australia that does this, if you mean that the Govt subsidises or funds this. If Angus or John or anyone knows differently?
Yes, that article and also this one,
- J Neufeld, ‘Thinking Ethically, Thinking Critically: International Ethics as Critique’, in M Lensu and JS Fritz (eds), Value Pluralism, Normative Theory and International Relations, London, Macmillan, 2000.
All my bookmarked sites and links and references are on disk because I only upgraded my computer from 486 to Pent 133 (yeah I know not that much of an improvement) a couple of months ago.
I could provide full list of cites but considering they ran at around 165 for the last paper I think it would be a slight overkill.
I will list the internet linked cites however,
Rise of Corporate Global Power
The effect of IMF and WB on poverty
short history of neo-liberalism
Citizenship & Carter of Incorporation
Is globalisation civilising, destructive, or feeble?
globalisation, oxford companion to politics
the revolt of developing nations
limits to social responsibility of business
Our allegiance - Australians or global citizens?
global problems culture of capitalism
has income distribution really worsened in the south?
Globalisation, growth and poverty
World's scientists issue urgent warning
Women's Entrepreneurship, Development and Gender in Enterprises
Poll reflects triumph of apathy
corpwatch, enron facts & figures
Corporate Gobalisation Fact Sheet
Does globalisation help the poor?
Please bear with me as some are a little antiquated and may no longer work. I'll go through them and edit.
Noumenon - Apr 02, 2003 3:06:37 am PST #2983 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
I'd love to see all the Buffistas' bookmark lists. I just swapped favourites folders with my brother last week and found some cool links. And I back mine up to disk too.
The effect of IMF and WB on poverty
Ooh, this is by William Easterly. His Elusive Quest for Growth was really interesting. I saved this to read this weekend.
Zoe Ann - Apr 02, 2003 3:18:31 am PST #2984 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Germany's annual military budget is 23.4 billion Euros, and is fixed until 2006. But even if Schröder were to add 1.5 billion Euros to the budget of his defense minister, Struck,
This seems like counting pennies next to the $50 billion Bush added to our $322 billion defense budget after 9/11.
Only if you ignore the scale. Don’t compare to the entire US defense budget, compare to the defense budget of one single US state for a more reasonable analogy.
What 'ZoeFinch' "thing with England"?
England is a part of my home country.
Jim - Apr 02, 2003 3:19:51 am PST #2985 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Don’t compare to the entire US defense budget, compare to the defense budget of one single US state for a more reasonable analogy.
Or compare defense spending as a proportion of GDP which is the only meaningful way.
Zoe Ann - Apr 02, 2003 3:25:33 am PST #2986 of 9843
Mathair & Athair beo.
Or defense spending as a proportion of the GDP of a single state.
Edit: It is a greater defense commitment than 'Noumenon' suggests.
Cindy - Apr 02, 2003 3:36:15 am PST #2987 of 9843
Nobody
America should offer everybody to spend six months in Haiti or somewhere. My friend went to Haiti for Army training and she's a lot more content with how much she earns and owns now. It's an important perspective.
Well there's the Peace Corps.
Daisy Jane - Apr 02, 2003 3:38:34 am PST #2988 of 9843
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Most states don't have a seperate defense budget in the same sense as a federal defense budget, unless I'm mistaking what you mean.