Tag: Democrat
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Politics, Governance – Words Really Do Matter
Words convey thoughts, ideas, possible polices or practices and great, if not extreme, care should be exercised by governing officials in the proper use of words. All to often care is the last thing taken for a walk and odd, yet predictable, things can and do happen, Comments made in private may prejudice others against…
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Politics, Governance, Arrogance – Why Elected Officials Often Look Brain Dead
When decisions are made at the governmental level there is a sort of arrogance by some elected officials to the point that consulting the electorate is considered evil. After all, they reason, they were elected to make decisions and consulting the people isn’t needed. This sounds well and good and would be true but that same…
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Politics – A Short Explanation
Politics is the manner in which elected officials make decisions and includes compromise part of the process. What politics is not is a method to bludgeon others into submission in order to force others into your way of thinking. These days politics has a dirty connotation because of the tendency of those in power to…
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Governance – A Short Explanation
Governance is the almost art of governing, in this case the population of a country. In our case we are talking about the community, city, county, township, state, or federal government. As we all learned in civics class in high school there are several broad types of governance. Dictatorships – one person or party in…
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News Media As Part Of The Political And Governance Process
In this discussion of politics as applied to governance it must be keep in the back of ones mind that the news media is part of the process. Some times they out right lie other times they just misquotes and or misrepresents the office holders and candidates views. It is a mistake to think that…
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The Sad Awful Truth
Now that you all know the “Sad Awful Truth” of being elected to public office, which is not dependant on smarts but the number of votes. It seems odd that so many elected persons think that somehow they became elected on the value of their own personal brain matter. Such is not the case because…
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First Things – The Basis
There are five things that we need to cover first before we continue the discussion. 5. Have a working relationship and understanding of the United States Constitution. Every state in the union has a constitution and its basis is the United States Constitution. All local laws, referred to as ordinances, must conform to both…
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Down The Sewer Pipe – Politically Speaking
Down The Sewer Pipe is a blog about politics as it relates to governance in Portland Oregon, Oregon in general, and the United States of America overall. I will not comment on your community and how things are run there, as I do not live there. This is designed to look at politics as a…
Down The Sewer Pipe - Politically Speaking 