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Political

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions.

Politics consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit, and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.

Political science (also political studies) is the study of political behavior and examines the acquisition and application of power. Related areas of study include political philosophy, which seeks a rationale for politics and an ethic of public behavior, and public administration, which examines the practices of governance.
Source: Wikipedia/Political
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Social Justice

Social justice refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law. It is generally thought of as a world which affords individuals and groups fair treatment and an impartial share of the benefits of society. (Different proponents of social justice have developed different interpretations of what constitutes fair treatment and an impartial share.) It can also refer to the distribution of advantages and disadvantages within a society.

Social justice is both a philosophical problem and an important issue in politics, religion and civil society. Most individuals wish to live in a just society, but different political ideologies have different conceptions of what a 'just society' actually is. The term "social justice" is often employed by the political left to describe a society with a greater degree of economic egalitarianism, which may be achieved through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or property redistribution. The right wing also uses the term social justice, but generally believes that a just society is best achieved through the operation of a free market, which they believe provides equality of opportunity and promotes philanthropy and charity. Both the right and the left tend to agree on the importance of rule of law, human rights, and some form of a welfare safety net (though the left supports this last element to a greater extent than the right).

Social Justice features as an apolitical philosophical concept (insofar as any philosophical analysis of politics can be free from bias) in much of John Rawls' writing. It is fundamental to Catholic social teaching, and is one of the Four Pillars of the Green Party upheld by the worldwide green parties. Some of the tenets of social justice, sometimes renamed civil justice, have been adopted by those who lie on the left or center-left of the political spectrum (e.g. Socialists, Social Democrats, etc). Social justice is also a concept that some use to describe the movement towards a socially just world. In this context, social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality.
Source: Wikipedia/Social_Justice
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Supreme Security

Security

Security is the condition of being protected against danger or loss. In the general sense, security is a concept similar to safety. The nuance between the two is an added emphasis on being protected from dangers that originate from outside. Individuals or actions that encroach upon the condition of protection are responsible for the breach of security.

The word "security" in general usage is synonymous with "safety," but as a technical term "security" means that something not only is secure but that it has been secured.
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Campaign for Liberty
Capital Hill Blue
Commonway Institute
Center for Defense Information
Disclosure Project
Drug Policy Alliance
Free State Project
Institute of Culture & Environmental Understanding
Fully Informed Jury Association
Gandhi
Get Your FBI File
Global Voices Online
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee
Liberty Committee
Major Armed Conflict (map)
Martin Luther King - Day
Martin Luther King - Speeches
MoveOn
Political News
Oregon Primary Election 2008 (map)
OSPIRG
End the Federal Reserve Act
Re-Evaluation Counseling
Forum for Democracy
Freedom Force International with G. Edward Griffin
Frontline Club
International Day of Peace
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
Positive News - US
Reporters Without Borders
The Co-Intelligence Institute
The Praxis Project
The Real News Network - U.S.
They Rule
Transpartisanship
True Majority
Vanity Fair: The Unbearable Whiteness of Green
We the People Foundation & Congress - Petitions for Redress of Grievances - Restoring the Constitution
What's Your Tree with Julia Butterfly
Youth Activism
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Mission Statement:

Abolish all POLITICAL systems based on misrepresentation and deceit. No more policy, or police for politicians to politic about. No more representative governments, but direct participation in self-governing systems by people of character and moral standing.

Self-policing, self-governing sovereign and free people need no outside authority, political or religious. Learn to govern yourself effectively.

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In Cairo, a qualified success | DailyTidings.com

In a rapturously received speech in the heart of the Arab world, Obama extolled America as "one of the greatest sources of progress that the world has ever known"; pledged we will "relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our country"; condemned Holocaust denial as "baseless, ignorant and hateful"; said "it is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus"; insisted that "the Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems"; and called for more democracy, religious freedom and women's rights.

Sotomayor, Gingrich, and the demise of our press corps | Media Matters for America

One of the most disturbing examples of how fundamentals were ignored involved Sotomayor's now-infamous quote from eight years ago about a "Latina woman" judge reaching a "better conclusion" on the bench than her white male counterparts. Sotomayor made the comment as part of a speech she gave at University of California, Berkeley, in 2001 in which she explored what it would mean to have more women and minorities on the bench.

"Disclosure of ‘Secrets’ in the ’70s Didn’t Destroy the Nation"

President Barack Obama promised “more transparent … more creative” government. His release of the torture memos, and the Pentagon’s expected release of more photos of detainee abuse, is a step in the right direction. Yet he assured the CIA that he will not prosecute those who followed the instructions to torture from the Bush administration. Congress might not agree with this leniency, with prominent senators calling for investigations.

Shell on Trial: Landmark Trial Set to Begin Over Shell's Role in 1995 Execution of Nigerian Human Rights Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa

A landmark trial against oil giant Royal Dutch Shell’s alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta begins this Wednesday in a federal court in New York. Fourteen years after the widely condemned execution of the acclaimed Nigerian writer and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, the court will hear allegations that Shell was complicit in his torture and execution.

Despite No Links to Violence, Founders of Muslim Charity Sentenced to Lengthy Terms for Donations to Needy Palestinians in Occupied Territories

Five founders of the Holy Land Foundation, once the nation’s largest Muslim charity, have received prison terms of up to sixty-five years on charges of supporting the Palestinian group Hamas. The five were never accused of supporting violence and were convicted for funding charities that aided needy Palestinians. The government’s case relied on Israeli intelligence as well as disputed documents and electronic surveillance gathered by the FBI over a span of fifteen years. We speak to Noor Elashi, daughter of Ghassan Elashi, the chair of the Holy Land Foundation who was sentenced to sixty-five years; and Nancy Hollander, a defense attorney who represented former Holy Land CEO Shukri Abu Baker.

Cheney Grabs a Third Term | NYTimes.com

Dick and Rummy are attacking Obama in the press about his position on Guantanamo Bay and he's starting to waiver. Who's still running national security anyway?

We Are Change

Awaken the Dreamer, Be the Change | The Evolutionary Times

Young people across the planet know that something is profoundly wrong with the world today. We are keenly aware of the challenges we are inheriting as a generation, yet so often we lack exposure to a larger context that helps us understand the full nature and significance of the times we are coming of age in.

Awakening The Dreamer | Pachamama Alliance

Our mission is bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth.

We can think better than this, too by Jeff Golden | Ashland Daily Tidings

Thousands of anti-tax "tea party" protesters took to the streets Wednesday in some of the nation's biggest cities voicing their opposition to high taxes and big government spending.

US, Cuban presidents open door for new relations | Yahoo News

he new presidents of the United States and Cuba, in a surprisingly direct exchange, appeared to open the door Thursday for negotiations toward a new relationship between the two countries divided by 90 miles of water and 50 years of cold war. After removing some of the restrictions that lock Americans and their money out of Cuba in what he called a show of good faith, Barack Obama said Thursday that it was up to Havana to take the next step

You Are Being Lied to About Pirates by Johann Hari | Huffington Post

Who imagined that in 2009, the world's governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy - backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the US to China - is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder pantomime villains. They will soon be fighting Somalian ships and even chasing the pirates onto land, into one of the most broken countries on earth. But behind the arrr-me-hearties oddness of this tale, there is an untold scandal. The people our governments are labeling as "one of the great menace of our times" have an extraordinary story to tell -- and some justice on their side.

Is the future Argentina?

In 1900, Argentina was one of the richest, most promising countries in the world. Just 100 years later it was, well...Argentina. A beautiful, cultured, wonderful place that's such an economic basket case that many of its promising young people emigrate to Mexico to find work and opportunities. What happened to this country so rich in natural resources? The bankers squeezed it dry is what happened. Could such a think happen in the US? If you're talking about the future of middle class America, yes. And not only that, it is happening.

9/11 Commission Counsel: Government Agreed to Lie About 9/11

The senior counsel to the 9/11 Commission - John Farmer - says that the government agreed not to tell the truth about 9/11, echoing the assertions of fellow 9/11 Commission members who concluded that the Pentagon were engaged in deliberate deception about their response to the attack.

Meet fierce blonde behind Obama eligibility lawsuits | WorldNetDaily

Taitz told Bowen she believed Obama did not have a legitimate, long-form birth certificate proving that he was born in Hawaii. She argued that if a candidate lacked proper documentation of meeting the natural-born citizen requirement, that candidate should be declared ineligible to run.

The Values Centre | 2009 USA National Values Assessment

President Obama recognized in his inaugural address that core values form the common thread that binds and guides the nation, especially in the wake of current economic challenges. Today, Barrett Values Centre, a global values survey company, released the results of its first US National Values Study identifying those core values. Based on a January survey of diverse population groups across the country, the study is the first of a series to be conducted throughout President Obama’s term of office in order to monitor the values that are common to the nation.

Writeup on Transpartisan Alliance | National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation

UT professor and NCDD member Patricia Wilson sent me a brief write-up on the Transpartisan Alliance’s American Citizens Summit. NCDD was one of the official co-sponsors of the Summit, but I wasn’t able to make it to the event. If you were there, feel free to send us your take on the Summit as well for the blog! (email it to sandy@thataway.org)

The Muslim Next Door | White Cloud Press

Since 9/11, stories about Muslims and the Islamic world have flooded headlines, politics, and water-cooler conversations all across the country. And, although Americans hear about Islam on a daily basis, there remains no clear explanation of Islam or its people. The Muslim Next Door offers easy-to-understand yet academically sound answers to these questions while also dispelling commonly held misconceptions.

Review: The Obama Deception by Alex Jones

This is the first, negative spin on the life and politics of President Obama. Though Obama gets top billing in this movie the film isn’t that much about our spruce pack-a-day new Prez. What it breaks down is the false left-right paradigm, the military industrial owned and therefore controlled mainstream media and the unholy alliance between the Federal Government and the private offshore banking cartel that is the Federal Reserve.

Ex-Pacific Lumber chief must face fraud trial

Financier Charles Hurwitz, who took over Pacific Lumber Co. in 1986 and touched off a storm of protest with his tree-cutting practices, must go to trial in a lawsuit filed by a former state forestry director accusing him of defrauding the federal government into paying $250 million for the pristine Headwaters Forest, a federal judge has ruled.

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Thank God for Evolution by Michael Dowd | Plume Paperback

What follows is the new preface...

As we observe the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the 150th anniversary of his landmark book, On the Origin of Species, evolution has become firmly established as the central organizing principle of the biological sciences. Natural explanations for the growth of complexity through time ground all the other sciences, as well, from cosmology and chemistry to neuroscience and psychology. That everything within this universe has emerged through natural processes operating over vast spans of time is now well beyond dispute among scientists and the educated public. Yet even today, families and public school systems remain divided and the evolutionary worldview is still shunned by millions, perhaps billions, of religious believers around the world. Why?

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greenLIFE | KVTL Channel 10

Local television station covering green and sustainability issues. Sponsor of the Oregon Green Expo.

Oregon's plate is full of sustainable food | EcoTrust

Leaders say it's one bright spot in an otherwise dim economic forecast. Demand for sustainable food is strong, and regional leaders are working to keep it that way.

Slow Money: Investment Strategies Appropriate to the Realities of the 21st Century

Think about it: a hundred thousand Americans providing millions of dollars a year for investment in local food systems. Is it typical philanthropy? No. Is it investing as we've come to know it? No. Is it achievable? Yes.

inERGYhomes.com

Eco-Friendly, High Efficiency, High Performance Homes - inERGYhomes.com - Eco-Friendly, High Efficiency, High Performance Homes. Building Science Technologies and Green Building are improving the way we’re building homes. inERGY Homes is at the forefront of viewing the whole house as a system in building techniques for High Performance Homes.

National Sustainable Building Advisor Program

The National Sustainable Building Advisor Program (NaSBAP) offers a 9-month certificate training course and exam specifically designed for working professionals eager to apply sustainable concepts to the buildings they design, develop, and construct.

Green job opportunities appear to be growing | DailyTidings.com

Sporting locally made t-shirts with their personal carbon footprint number on the back, students in Steve Schein's Sustainability Leadership class presented the results of their search for green jobs across the Pacific Northwest.

Global Footprint Network - Ecological Footprint - Ecological Sustainability

Global Footprint Network is an international think tank working to advance sustainability through use of the Ecological Footprint, a resource accounting tool that measures how much nature we have, how much we use and who uses what. By making ecological limits central to decision-making, we are working to end Overshoot and create a society where all people can live well, within the means of one planet.

Lexus Hybrid Living | Toyota

EcoDesign Fair Shanghai - a movement in creation | bambu

IMO Index

The Institute for Marketecology (IMO) is your specialist in quality assurance of eco-friendly products, organic agriculture and management systems.

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RESOURCES - Food, Air & Water

Dave's Dragon Dust - Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia)

Habanero Pepper Blend with Bhut Jolokia (Naga Jolokia).

RETURN TO TRADITION

A closer look at the exceptional growers, producers and artisans who safeguard our food traditions.

Doctors Warn: Avoid Genetically Modified Food

"Physicians to educate their patients, the medical community, and the public to avoid GM (genetically modified) foods when possible and provide educational materials concerning GM foods and health risks."[1] They called for a moratorium on GM foods, long-term independent studies, and labeling.

Raw Spirit Festival

Festivals 2009, World's Leading Healthy-Living Raw Vegan-Eco-Peace Celebrations! Please come join us at one, two or all THREE festivals. All feature onsite camping and parking at beautiful locations which delight and inspire!

Alive Raw

Living foods, alternative health

Trillium Natural Foods

Lincoln City's main source for organically grown whole foods.

LifeSource Natural Foods

Our retail grocery store provides an abundant selection of high quality organic and natural food items and nutritional supplements.

Why Buy Local? - Rogue Flavor

Locally grown fruits and vegetables are usually sold within 24 hours of being harvested. Produce picked and eaten at the height of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, when handled properly, is packed with nutrients. Also, local farm products are chosen for the best flavor, not for their ability to withstand industrial harvesting equipment and extended travel.

Rogue Flavor

The Rogue River Valley is home to some of the best agricultural and artisan foods in the world. The Rogue Flavor campaign makes it easy for you to find the unique businesses that create the local flavor of our community. Savor Rogue Flavor!