<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Sirened &#187; Democracy</title> <atom:link href="http://www.sirened.com/tag/democracy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>http://www.sirened.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:50:49 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item> <title>Top 10 Reasons Why I Have No Interest to Move Back to the USA</title> <link>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/top-10-reasons-why-i-have-no-interest-to-move-back-to-the-usa/</link> <comments>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/top-10-reasons-why-i-have-no-interest-to-move-back-to-the-usa/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:44:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bullshit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Living in Holland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sirened]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Taliban Christians]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USA]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sirened.com/top-10-reasons-why-i-have-no-interest-to-move-back-to-the-usa</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now been living in the Netherlands for nearly 5 months and aside from missing my family, friends and a good hamburger I barely even care about visiting the USA. Though there could be two reasons for this: 1)I haven&#8217;t been gone long enough and 2)I am actually visiting Florida in October on my way to South America for 2 weeks. Anyways, here are 10 reasons why I definitely have no interest in ever living in the USA again. 10)The fact that the United States has become a modern day Nazi Germany, nobody can stop the United States government from doing whatever [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.sirened.com">Sirened</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://b5media_b4.s3.amazonaws.com/36/files/2008/07/img_1821.jpg" alt="img_1821.jpg" align="left" />I&#8217;ve now been living in the Netherlands for nearly 5 months and aside from missing my family, friends and a good hamburger I barely even care about <em>visiting</em> the USA. Though there could be two reasons for this: 1)I haven&#8217;t been gone long enough and 2)I am actually visiting Florida in October on my way to South America for 2 weeks.</p> <p>Anyways, here are 10 reasons why I definitely have no interest in ever <em>living</em> in the USA again.</p> <p>10)The fact that the United States has become a modern day Nazi Germany, nobody can stop the United States government from doing whatever the hell it wants.</p> <p>9)The fact that the United States government is willing to bankrupt itself to protect the interests of Israel.</p> <p>8)The fact that you cannot be president of the USA without being religious, and of course religious means Christian.</p> <p>7)The fact that you cannot be president of the USA without pandering to Israelis, nobody else in the world, just them.</p> <p>6)The fact the the USA executes people while at the same time not allowing a human being the individual freedom to choose when they want to die peacefully, without living in miserable pain.</p> <p>5)The fact that the US puts people behind bars for a small amount of marijuana, absolutely ridiculous on so many levels.</p> <p>4)The fact that the US government has money for wars but no money for health care.</p> <p>3)Election fraud in the US, by a government that prances around the world preaching &#8220;democracy.&#8221; Meanwhile, we have electronic voting machines with no paper trail and we elect presidents who receive less votes.</p> <p>2)Taliban Christians. These people want to send American education back to the dark ages and politicians support this agenda to keep people dumb and blind.<br /> 1)The fact that the US government can&#8217;t even balance it&#8217;s fucking check book. So what else should they expect from their citizens?</p> <p>Sounds like I&#8217;m a real un-patriotic asshole, and perhaps I am seeing as how I don&#8217;t wear a US flag lapel pin. But I am American and I have a right to my opinion. Despite what any fascist, police state supporting fuck nut might otherwise say.</p> <p><em>photo credit: me </em></p> <p>Post from: <a href="http://www.sirened.com">Sirened</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/top-10-reasons-why-i-have-no-interest-to-move-back-to-the-usa/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>44</slash:comments> </item> <item> <title>D.C. Should Have a Vote in Congress</title> <link>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/dc-should-have-a-vote-in-congress/</link> <comments>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/dc-should-have-a-vote-in-congress/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:23:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator></dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sirened]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Boston Tea Party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[D.C.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DCvote.org]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sirened.com/dc-should-have-a-vote-in-congress</guid> <description><![CDATA[I normally don&#8217;t directly express my opinion on political matters, but I am going to on this issue. While it&#8217;s nice that the District of Columbia carries electoral votes and therefore counts in terms of electing the president, it&#8217;s rather ridiculous that they don&#8217;t have a vote in the United States Congress. The District of Columbia is represented by Eleanor Holmes Norton (as seen on The Colbert Report) in the House of Representatives, but she&#8217;s prohibited from actually voting. Thereby giving the people of D.C. no voice in Congress. There is a website called DCVote.org that is working to lobby Congress [...]<p>Post from: <a href="http://www.sirened.com">Sirened</a></p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/1579468118_25350454f8.jpg?v=0" alt="boston tea party boat" align="left" height="275" width="225" />I normally don&#8217;t directly express my opinion on political matters, but I am going to on this issue. While it&#8217;s nice that the District of Columbia carries electoral votes and therefore counts in terms of electing the president, it&#8217;s rather ridiculous that they don&#8217;t have a vote in the United States Congress.</p> <p>The District of Columbia is represented by Eleanor Holmes Norton (as seen on <em>The Colbert Report</em>) in the House of Representatives, but she&#8217;s prohibited from actually voting. Thereby giving the people of D.C. no voice in Congress.</p> <p>There is a website called <a href="http://www.dcvote.org/index.cfm?cid=1540&amp;uid=153515">DCVote.org</a> that is working to lobby Congress and educate Americans on this issue. America&#8217;s separation from Britain was fueled by &#8220;no taxation without representation,&#8221; a slogan that is also being echoed by DCVote.org. No word yet on whether they will dump oil into the Potomac River.</p> <p>Residents of D.C. can&#8217;t even write to a senator to complain about their lack of representation because they have no senator to write to. The kicker for me here is that since World War I, 1,686 residents of D.C. have died in combat, sent to war without proper representation in their government.</p> <p>I suppose this is appropriate for a government filled with hypocrisies though, we shout mightily for democracy and deny it to those who live within our nations capital.</p> <p><em>photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/15113264@N07/1579468118/">flickr</a> </em></p> <p>Post from: <a href="http://www.sirened.com">Sirened</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.sirened.com/2008/07/dc-should-have-a-vote-in-congress/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>