Blogging the democratic revolution
David McDuff from A Step At A Time has found a huge synopsium on the situation in Chechnya.
The other day, Condoleeza Rice told the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee about her concerns with Russia… “(The Russian government) is quite constructive in many areas … but that doesn’t excuse what is happening inside Russia, where the concentration of power in the Kremlin to the detriment of other institutions is a real problem,” she told…
Here is some interesting commentary I came across via Right Wing News. Senator John Kyl is calling on action against Syria and Iran because of their heedless attempts to reinforce terrorism around Israel and Palestine. Some have called on President Bush to “seize the moment,” and quickly broker some kind of a deal. But a…
I was at the school today, and regretfully missed President Bush’s 2nd inauguration speech, but it was everything that I predicted. If you haven’t already, read my longer-than-normal post called The new war for the new term, in which I predicted that America’s new struggle would be ending tyranny. WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush sought…
Ali from Free Iraqi made a post over a week ago with his thoughts on if Islam is compatible with democracy; or any religion for that matter. To begin with I must say I have a problem with the question itself and to clarify this problem in short, I’ll instead ask this question: Is Christianity…
Veronica Khkhlova from Neeka’s Backlog has posted an incredibly detailed post describing why the N.Y. Times article about the Orange Revolution and the secret police was probably a big fake. She posts the recent interview with Mykola Melnychenko as well as many historical accounts of the events surrounding his flee to the U.S. What I…
Scott Clark has posted an article dealing with the challenge of the Tatar separatist movement from Ukraine. He also comments and relates some personal experience with the area.
John at Crossroads Arabia posted an interesting article in which Mecca’s top clericgave a sermon denouncing Muslim militants as being “lured by the devil.” That is a good sign.
Daniel Storobin from Global Politician is pondering the possiblity of a U.S. invasion of Iran and Syria. Now let’s pick it apart, because I only agree with him to a point, at which point some things stop being considered. Some reports also suggested that Iraq was chosen as the second step in the War on…
Maidan is reporting that one of Yanukovich’s appeals has been turned over, but what is interesting about this appeal is that it was to prevent the publication of the election results. Therefore, they will be printed tomorrow. MPs are also predicting a January 22nd inauguration date. Bloggledygook has some more about the ruling and Ukraine’s…
It will be three years come the end of January since President Bush made his first declaration of “The Axis of Evil,” the three regimes of Iran, North Korea, and Iraq who sponsored in many ways acts of terrorism commited by individuals against the free world. Since that day, the United States has been commited…
It’s not like we didn’t know this already, but it’s coming out at a very opportune time for making the case against Iran.
The Argus has a a nice, long post about the recent accusations by Russia that Georgia is not doing what it can to prevent terrorists from 1) entering Russia, and 2) stealing their vodka. In any case, I find myself agreeing with him.
Well, Discoshaman is right: not much is talked about Yushchenko’s actual platform in the main stream media. Lucky for us, he did a writeup cover all the main points. Oh, and they have Guiness now. This is definitely an indicator of economic health.
In an interesting development, the Palestinian Authority is actually taking a stand against militants and deploying troops. This is actually rather unprecedented, and I hope Abbas is able to win true authority over the militants with this. We’ll see how it plays out
According to Orange Ukraine, the Supreme Court has rejected Yanukovich’s last appeal. I can’t seem to find verification of this through Maidan or Google News, or any other source. Closest thing I found was this but it says that they haven’t made a final, final ruling yet.
Terry Rogers has got the first financial report since the Orange Revolution. Seems to be a lot of confidence in the new leadership. Wish I had a few hundred thousand dollars to blow!
And here is a new catchphrase to add to your political vocabulary. Outpost of Tyranny is quite a mouthful, and seems like the name of a future expansion pack to World of Warcraft, but promising are some of the little looked after countries named. Rice named Cuba, Burma, Zimbabwe, North Korea, Iran, and…. Belarus! This…
It looks as if the U.S. military and the interim government are finally instituting how they will make the elections safer. Here is a quick run-down of what they will do: -Seal the borders (I’m skeptical as if this is possible). -Extend a curfew. -Restrict movement.
Can anybody say “domino effect?”
Dan McMinn over at Orange Ukraine has a huge roundup of articles regarding the years leading up to the Orange Revolution. They deal with Kuchma’s motives for firing Yushchenko, why Tymoshenko was throwin in jail, and voter preferences in previous years.
Neeka’s Backlog has the calculations done already. And here’s a recent news article. There are some interesting points to note here, however. Opinion polls recently published show that some 60% of this group believe that the state’s task is to provide for its citizens. … Far from welcoming social security reform, the polls suggest that…
Terry Rogers from Notes From Kiev has found an interesting article about the relative difficulty of purging the bandits from Ukraine government post-election.
Can anyone help Hossein Derakhshan get to the UNESCO conference on free speech in cyberspace? So does anyone know someone who might be of help, especially in the French councilor in Toronto or in the Embassy in Ottawa? To give some background info, he is a college student and a leading activist for freedom in…
Quickly becoming a favorite blogger of mine, Crossroads Arabia talks of recent initiatives to empower the intellectual youth in Saudi Arabia. This is the kind of thing I like to hear, as John notes: A lot of Americans complain that ???????Arabs never talk about change.??????? Those complaints are wrong, of course, but understandable. Stories that…