Matrimonio igualitario

[Arcadia]

I´m not a marriage big fan or specialist, but I´m for an igualitarian marriage for the ones who want to marry: I found very interesting to follow the Senate debate this afternoon, what a world itself...!! Also I discovered that I didn´t knew the face, names, party & voice of most of the members of the Senate... really an impact to know all of them!... wow!...

some links about it:

http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultim ... 07-14.html

[Arcadia]

good news!: the matrimonio igualitario finally got the mayority of the votes in the Senate ...!

See:
http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpai ... 07-15.html

[mtmynd]

how are the people reacting to the new law now that it has been 2 weeks?

[Arcadia]

well, I guess everyone is on their own bussiness or reacting to other news!

[still.trucking]

I wonder if we northerners will deal with our economic collapse as well as Argentina did? Or is the USA too big to fail? I keep hearing that the USA is has the most powerful most lethal military forces in the world. I suppose we can take comfort in that.


Thanks for the news, a relief to think about something other than the news here. I could have been Argentinian too if not for a simple twist of fate.

AGRICULTURAL COLONIES IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC

Sorry about the off topic ramble

[Arcadia]

I wonder if we northerners will deal with our economic collapse as well as Argentina did?

s-t: ... who tell you that we are not still in crisis...??? Since I have memory is a sort of natural state here...!

If you want to travel to Entre Ríos colonies listen to "Basabilvaso" cd, it´s quite probably you´ll enjoy it!

[hester_prynne]

We the people are too big to fail but we don't seem to care or know it.
Fuck the corporations who think because they have money they are the ones too big to fail. That doesn't make sense at all!
I just don't understand why we the people are letting this happen. All we have to do is pull our heads out of our selfish lazy asses and stand up together! Start blogging, state your "radical"? cases all over the internet.
Write to the congress and senate. Vote out all incumbents!
Once there is a huge volume of people shouting and protesting they can't do anything but back off. There's only like 500 people running this country into the ground!!! There are millions of us!!!!
PLEASE LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND SAVE OURSELVES AND OUR FREEDOMS!!!!! NOW!
H

[mnaz]

frustrating, isn't it?

and they say they're just giving us what we want, "filling our market niches," as it were, "protecting our freedom," our "free market," etc. etc.

like . . . for years they said we demanded gas-guzzling rigs, and pushed a long, long glut of such product in our faces to emphasize the point . . . and the list goes on of course.

[mtmynd]

Brazil seems to be using the voice of their people to clean up their own government -

With nearly 25% of the politicians under investigation for corruption, the proposed "clean record" law was a bold initiative. It would ban any politician with a previous conviction for crimes such as corruption and money laundering, from running for office.

It met fierce opposition from many politicians, especially those who would be directly affected by it.

This is a stunning victory for the people of Brazil. Strangely (sic!) this story has not appeared much in the English speaking media!

Avaaz joined the Brazilian people in their fight against corruption, and says:

Quote:

The "clean record" law was a bold proposal that banned any politician convicted of crimes like corruption and money laundering from running for office. With nearly 25% of the Congress under investigation for corruption, most said it would never pass. But after Avaaz launched the largest online campaign in Brazilian history, helping to build a petition of over 2 million signatures, 500,000 online actions, and tens of thousands of phone calls, we won!

Avaaz members fought corrupt congressmen daily as they tried every trick in the book to kill, delay, amend, and weaken the bill, and won the day every time. The bill passed Congress, and already over 330 candidates for office face disqualification!

One Brazilian member wrote to us when the law was passed, saying:

I have never been as proud of the Brazilian people as I am today! Congratulations to all that have signed. Today I feel like an actual citizen with political power. -- Silvia

Our strategy in Brazil was simple: make a solution so popular and visible that it can’t be opposed, and be so vigilant that we can’t be ignored.

This victory shows what our community can do - at a national level, in developing nations, and on the awful problem of corruption. Anywhere in the world, we can build legislative proposals to clean up corruption in government, back them up with massive citizen support, and fight legislators who try to block them.


article: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread597983/pg1

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Anti-Corruption Law in Effect This Year

By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO – For the 1.6 million Brazilians who put their names to the “Ficha Limpa” (Clean Record) petition, the news last week was just what they had been waiting for: the Federal Election Board (“Tribunal Superior Eleitoral” – TSE) finally ruled that the newly passed law to help prevent corruption in government will be applicable in this year’s October general election.

Law 9840 prevents candidates who have been convicted of any one of a range of crimes, including electoral fraud, from running for public office. The law passed unanimously through the senate on May 19th, and was ratified by President Luis Inacio da Silva. Last week the law passed a final hurdle when by a vote of six to one the Federal Election Board, which is actually a court composed of judges that has enforceable power, upheld the applicability of the law to October’s elections. Had the law failed to make it past this panel, the act could have been significantly derailed, opening the door to further challenges from opposing parties.

Electoral fraud has persistently dogged Brazilian politics over the years, and public office has become something of a haven for those with criminal records (of which there are many), largely because the Brazilian constitution makes it extremely difficult to prosecute accused officials. Though there are frequent Parliamentary Investigation Commissions convened to look into infractions by officials, Brazilians remain cynical as to their efficacy, since prosecution, or even removal from office, rarely results.

full article: http://riotimesonline.com/news/rio-poli ... this-year/

[hester_prynne]

Bravo Brazil! I just posted this on FB and a few other places....it can be done if the people demand it!
H

[Arcadia]

great for Brasil!! , gracias for sharing it Cecil!!!!!!!! : I didn´t knew about it, the last images & sounds of Brasil in my mind thanks the media: Lula crying and the sayings about the new Colombia-Venezuela chapter.