“Politics is a strife of interests masqueraded as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage”. This quote‚ by Ambrose Bierce is an accurate reflection of what politics has become in the modern era. In today’s era‚ it seems politicians have abandoned the idea of public good‚ and instead embraced private‚ corporate sponsored agenda’s. In order to change this contemptible reality‚ the dominant corporate dominated political paradigm must be challenged. The only political
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The Visceral Politics of V For Vendetta: On Political Affect in cinema. By Brian L. Ott* pages 39-54 Abstract This essay concerns the role of political affect in cinema. As a case study‚ I analyze the 2006 film V for Vendetta as cinematic rhetoric. Adopting a multi-modal approach that focuses on the interplay of discourse‚ figure‚ and ground‚ I contend that the film mobilizes viewers at a visceral level to reject a politics of apathy in favor of a politics of democratic struggle. Based on the
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FAIRNESS AT PLAY Introducing electoral reforms to reduce the influence of money and muscle power in politics FAST FACTS 33% of candidates who declared assets more than INR 5 crore‚ won in 2009.i 2009 Lok Sabha Poll estimated spending (nearly INR 10‚000 crore) is higher than the 2008 US Presidential Elections (nearly INR 8‚000 crore).ii The cost of conducting 2004 elections was 125 times1 greater than that of 1952.iii 162 MPs elected in 2009 have criminal cases against them; 26% increase
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importance due to its scarce number‚ gained so much power that they depressed the political institution. The constitution-less 10 years-history from 1947 to 1956-was an ill exercise of the political actors‚ which invoked the military to interfere in the politics. Absence of a complete constitution‚ allowed the people with power to manipulate the political and constitutional institutions‚ as they wanted. The powerful
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Microsoft’s Strategic Initiative Kanika Barrett‚ Karen Ebert‚ Hector Garcia‚ and Cory Seguin Finance for Business FIN / 370 June 1‚ 2015 Beth Tissaoui Microsoft’s Strategic Initiative Microsoft was cofounded on April 4‚ 1975‚ by childhood friends‚ Paul Allen and Bill Gates. Bill Gates served as the first CEO due to the 60/40 partnership he had with Paul Allen. The first Japanese office‚ ASCII Microsoft‚ opened in August 1977. Microsoft became incorporated in Washington thus becoming Microsoft
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in 1920 as a result of A) presidential executive order. B) passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. C) congressional mandate. D) a Supreme Court decision. E) individual state decisions. 3. Through which pathway have Native American activists succeeded in their attempts to recover some of the debt owned them by the United States government? A) the court pathway B) the elections pathway C) the cultural change pathway D) the grassroots mobilization pathway E) the lobbying pathway. True-False
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Citizens of the United States were found to be divided into two separate political groups during the ratification of the United States Constitution. The first group‚ the Federalist Party‚ having a nationalistic view‚ favored a strong central government‚ restricting powers of the states. However‚ the Republican Party believed that the power of the national government should be limited and the states be given additional power. Many different issues occurred between the two parties‚ however the debate
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MICROSOFT STRATEGIC INTIATIVE 1 MICROSOFT STRATEGIC INTIATIVE � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �7� Microsoft Corporation - Strategic Initiative Paper Ruby Lee‚ Edward Abaunza‚ Brian Hammock University of Phoenix Finance for Business FIN 370 Grace Reyes August 29‚ 2010 � � Microsoft Corporation - Strategic Initiative Paper Over the past few years the economy in the United States has taken a downturn. It has been so bad‚ that some businesses were not able to survive. However‚ Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft)
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What sections of the economy (if any) should be government owned? How might a company be chosen as the focus for an industry policy? How can companies be prevented from misusing tax havens? Answer The government can intervene in the economy in several ways. For instance‚ producing goods and services‚ such as infrastructure‚ education‚ and national defense. In addition‚ transferring income‚ both vertically across income levels and horizontally among groups with similar incomes and different
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The Israeli war for independence in 1948 begun when David Ben Gurion announced the establishment of the state of Israel on May 5th; and had a significant effect on events thereafter‚ all the way to the 6 day war of 1967‚ and beyond. When Gurion proclaimed the state of Israel‚ the Arab states where infuriated‚ immediately seeking to destroy this new country‚ because they viewed it as a ploy by western powers‚ such as the USA‚ to secure a foothold in the Middle East‚ and Israel was cast as the stooge
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