“Can a democracy be a dictatorship at the same time?” an op-ed asked in this morning’s Times Of India in response to the draconian efforts the Maharashtra state had taken to boost voter turnout.
October 21st, 2009 | Addison Wiggin | 3 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "election day"
“Give us Obama.” America’s voters spoke yesterday.
As Dick Tuck put it, after losing a California State Senate election: “The people have spoken…the bastards.” America’s voters spoke yesterday. And they said, “Give us Obama.” “America is a place where all things are possible,” said the man himself in his victory speech…
November 6th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
We Pity the Fool Who Gets Elected Today
Election Day. Pity the poor fellow who wins. A Swiss banker wrote to tell us that according to his proprietary indicator of World Economic Health “conditions are shown to be some 2.5 times worse” than the last recession…
November 5th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued