Monday, October 22, 2007
"sliding into authoritarianism"
"sliding into authoritarianism" - a phrase used by the NY Times in describing conditions in Kyrgyzstan:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/world/asia/23kyrgyzstan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=world&pagewanted=print
What I found interesting was this bit about legislature-rigging which, after the past three weeks and two Fairs' worth of begging for 1-2 per cent of the number of signatures needed to get the LP on the ballot in NC, struck me as very applicable to our own state:
"If you take every individual factor separately, you can say that the jury is still out," said one Western political observer who was not authorized to speak publicly. "But take them all as a whole, the jury is in fact not out — the fix is in."
¶ 5:51 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/world/asia/23kyrgyzstan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=world&pagewanted=print
What I found interesting was this bit about legislature-rigging which, after the past three weeks and two Fairs' worth of begging for 1-2 per cent of the number of signatures needed to get the LP on the ballot in NC, struck me as very applicable to our own state:
"If you take every individual factor separately, you can say that the jury is still out," said one Western political observer who was not authorized to speak publicly. "But take them all as a whole, the jury is in fact not out — the fix is in."
¶ 5:51 PM
