Whoever feels rich people have too much influence in politics should continue to read, the others too. According to data from the national corruption office, the newly sworn in 36 head strong government of Thailand consists mainly of US$-millionaires. Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of former Prime Minister and media champion Thaksin Shinawatra (overthrown in…
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USA – Republican Internet Site Kidnaped By Websavvy Democrats
In order to learn about their followers and to establish a list with urgent issues, the conservative US Republican Party launched the heavily subsidized internet site www.americaspeakingout.com. Well done, one might think and indeed their democratic rivals took the opportunity to make themselves noticed in the conservative world. After a short while they published numerous…
Japan – Bureaucrats Are To Publicly Defend Their Budgets
Japan’s bureaucrats are very powerful. Contrary to changing governments, they safely stay in their jobs for decades and have more than enough time to network and to make sure their budgets, pensions and lucrative allocations are safe. Politicians rely on a good standing with the administration if they want to achieve anything and utterly fail…
Poland – Proofing political maturity
In one short moment Poland lost a plane full of its political, economical and spiritual leaders. This shock however did not lead to chaos and instability. The institutional power-succession setting worked flawlessly, the designed people took on their responsibility and the nation joined ranks. Poland proofed to be not only economically (the only big EU-country…
Russian parliament – show-business and politics intermingled
Nikolai Rastorguev, one of the more famous Russian rock singers, is to become a member of the parliament on behalf of the party ”United Russia”. He is the next in a string of appointments of famous show-business persons without any political experience. Rastorguev will share the responsibility with beauty queens, a ballerina, a boxer, two…
