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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Arianna Huffington, David Brookson and others debate American politics
"Basically, the two-party system is like a stale marriage. Democrats and Republicans need something to spice it up. They need to go on Craigslist and find a third party."
~ Arianna Huffington
16 Feb 2011 19:07 Africa/Lagos
'America's House Divided'
Intelligence Squared Debates Examines America's Two-Party System
Arianna Huffington & David Brooks Square Off Against P.J. O'Rourke & Zev Chafets to Debate: America's Two-Party System is Making America Ungovernable
Debate to broadcast on NPR stations nationwide and telecast on Bloomberg TV globally beginning February 21 at 9PM EST
PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2011
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The latest round in America's premier debate series, Intelligence Squared Debates, pitted President and Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post Media Group, Arianna Huffington and New York Times columnist David Brooks, against America's premier political satirist P.J. O'Rourke, and Zev Chafets, contributor to the New York Times Magazine and founding editor of the Jerusalem Report.
The controversial resolution at Intelligence Squared Debates' (IQ2US) latest intellectual matchup was the second in their themed season, "America's House Divided." The debate was moderated by ABC News Nightline's John Donvan.
Key excerpts from the debate include:
ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
"Basically, the two-party system is like a stale marriage. Democrats and Republicans need something to spice it up. They need to go on Craigslist and find a third party."
DAVID BROOKS
"So they're weird social creatures [politicians]. Nonetheless, I would say in general, they are better people than one would anticipate. Most of them are in it for the right reason, but they're stuck in a rotten system. They're stuck in our current two-party system which forces them to behave in ways that are worse than they are. It's a mind suck."
P.J. O'ROURKE
"Now, I would argue in favor of America's two-party system not because of America's two political parties but because America doesn't really have political parties at all … Republicans and Democrats don't have ideologies. They just have these vague platform planks made of rotten wood of political expediency. If American party platforms were backyard tree forts, you would not let your children climb in them. Anyone can join an American political party, even a witch!"
ZEV CHAFETS
"In multi-party systems, there are many people who also don't feel that they're represented by any of the parties. And I, having lived in a country [Israel] that has 14 parties, I can tell you that I didn't find any that represented me -- that's sort of an inherent problem of democracy. If you have a party that fits the taste of every person or every group of people, you'll have hundreds or a multiplicity of parties that makes it impossible to govern."
For this specific debate, the audience not only voted on the resolution, but also identified their political party affiliation – Republican, Democrat, Independent – at the top of the evening. Before the debate, the IQ2US audience voted with the following:
* 46 % of audience agreeing with the resolution
* 24 % of audience against the resolution
* 30 % undecided
After carefully considering the points, P.J. O'Rourke and Zev Chafets won the debate -- the team that moves the most votes at the end of the evening is determined the winner.
* 50 % of audience agreeing with the resolution
* 40 % of audience against the resolution
* 10 % undecided
The showdown at NYU's Skirball Center in New York City (566 LaGuardia Place) put the leading public intellectuals in the limelight in front of a live sold-out audience of 800 for nearly two hours of heated debate.
To learn more about the debate and review a detailed breakdown of how Republicans, Democrats, and Independents in the audience voted pre- and post-debate, please visit our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/Think2Twice
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Since its inception in 2006, the goals have been to provide a new forum for intelligent discussion, grounded in facts and informed by reasoned analysis; to transcend the toxically emotional and the reflexively ideological; and to encourage recognition that the opposing side has intellectually respectable views.
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SOURCE Intelligence Squared Debates
NOTE TO EDITORS: To view transcripts and videos, download audio or video clips or learn more about Intelligence Squared U.S. please visit: http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/debates/america-divided-us-politics/ --- Bloomberg TV will air the debate on February 21, 22, and 23 at 9:00pm EST with additional repeats ongoing throughout the weekend. To find Bloomberg TV in your area, please visit: www.bloomberg.com/intelligence-squared-debates --- NPR will air the debate on stations nationwide and provide podcast availability to download (need exact language from NPR). Please check with your local NPR stations for additional details or visit: www.npr.org/intelligencesquared --- John Donvan, correspondent for ABC News Nightline, is moderator of Intelligence Squared Debates. Dana Wolfe is the executive producer. --- 2011 marks Intelligence Squared Debates fifth series and is themed, "America's House Divided." IQ2US' first debate of the spring season featured health care reform. Upcoming debates this season will focus on: clean energy, America's global reach and immigration. IQ2US' 2010 fall season highlighted issues including: the treatment of captured terrorists, whether Islam is a religion of peace, big government, the war in Afghanistan and airport profiling.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Gifts to Charity to Honor the 40th Anniversary of the Internet
29 Oct 2009 01:18 Africa/Lagos
Kevin Kimberlin, Chairman of Spencer Trask, will be featured along with Arianna Huffington and Internet creator Leonard Kleinrock at a special celebration marking the 40th year of the Internet. JOIN UCLA's celebration on October 29th online with UCLA's live feed at
http://tinyurl.com/uclaia40
Gifts to Charity to Honor the 40th Anniversary of the Internet
Spencer Trask & Co., the network of private equity investors, teams with Inlieuofagift.com for unique giving opportunity on October 29, 2009
GREENWICH, Conn., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Spencer Trask & Co., the leading private investment firm discovering and developing ideas to shape the 21st century, will join Leonard Kleinrock, the founder of the Internet, to honor the 40th anniversary of the Internet at a day long event at UCLA on October 29th, 2009.Members of the Spencer Trask network have been encouraged to make a financial gift to the charity of their choice in recognition of the impact the Internet has had on our global awareness and collaborative action. Spencer Trask has joined forces with the website Inlieuofagift.com to make a charitable donation in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Internet an easy online experience.Inlieuofagift.com offers electronic invitations with a "donate now" button associated with the charity of the party host's choice. Guests are asked to make a donation in lieu of bringing a gift. There are no fees and all donations are 100% tax deductible. Inlieuofagift.com partners with Guidestar.org and Justgive.org to offer access to 1.8 million charities, and has been featured on the Today Show and Oprah.com. Don Tapscott, the author of the bestseller Wikinomics and internationally renowned authority on the strategic impact of information technology on innovation, announced his gift to Tigweb.org in his Huffington Post entry today, "A Personal Card to the Internet. Happy 40th Birthday!". A member of the Spencer Trask & Co. network, Mr. Tapscott wrote, "I'm hopeful others will send similar presents as well." Kevin Kimberlin, Chairman of Spencer Trask & Co. and the Angel Investor who commercialized the wave division multiplexing technology that opened up the lanes of the data superhighway, will be speaking at a special event at UCLA along with Leonard Kleinrock, the recognized "Father of the Internet." Mr. Kimberlin says, "Even after 40 years, the consequences and impact of the Internet on collaboration and innovation remain limitless. I encourage all those who value the Internet to honor its 40th birthday and its founders by using the event as a reason to donate to the charity of their choice through Inlieuofagift.com."
Source: Spencer Trask & Co.
CONTACT: Mary Thigpen, Spencer Trask & Co., +1-212-326-9200,
mthigpen@spencertraskco.com, www.spencertrask.com; Jennifer Falvey, Managing
Director, Inlieuofagift.com, +1-203-966-0444, www.inlieuofagift.com
Web Site: http://www.spencertrask.com/
WIN A TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY FOR A SHOPPING SPREE!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Hillary Haters and the MSM
I read the report on Tom Brokaw Slams Press Drumbeat For Hillary's Exit: "Inappropriate", "Commentary Disguised As Reporting" written by DAVID BAUDER June 9, 2008 12:01 AM EST .
I believe that Arianna Huffington does not like the Clintons for issues best known to her.
I suspect that she has something against Hillary Clinton, but I am sure her resentment against Hillary Clinton goes back in time before she co-founded the Huffington Post.
"Hillary's too vane to be president. It didn't matter much that Sen. Clinton is a fickle leader -- until Obama came along."
~ Arianna Huffington
Moreover, she has a crush on Barack Obama.:)
The American mainstream news media that should have campaigned for the impeachment of President George W. Bush failed to do so, and instead diverted their focus on the making of Barack Obama mamia, the American Idol of the mainstream news media and like a pack of wolves bared their fangs and claws to tear the Clintons to shreds and scuttle the presidential ambition of Senator Hillary Clinton. They fawned and swooned over Senator Barack Obama who actually patronized them and spent more millions of dollars on advert placements and slots on the news channels of the mainstream news media.
I can bet that they will not join Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in the 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush, because they are hypocrites and puppets of their employers and patrons, the stakeholders and shareholders in the corporations benefiting from the spin-offs of the war in Iraq and the capitalists supporting the draconian economic policies of the Bush administration.
The 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign exposed the intellectual fallacy and hypocrisy of the American news media, because the mainstream news reporters, anchors and talkshow hosts compromised the principles of objective journalism for filthy lucre.
Remember Marc Cooper's nasty "Hillary's Ignominious Finale" posted on the Huffington Post on February 26, 2008 at 11:03 PM (EST)?
Many HuffPost writers and wannabes composed their best articles on how to dismiss Hillary Clinton even before the New Hampshire Primary, only to be shocked when she won and went ahead to become the Democratic frontrunner.
When Barack Obama had his winning streak in the following caucuses and primaries after the Super Tuesday, the Huffington Post and the pack of Hillary Haters were howling at Hillary Clinton to chase her off the presidential race, but she disgraced them by not giving up and going ahead to defeat Barack Obama in the next major primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania. What Marc Cooper called Hillary's Ignominious Finale in February became a magnanimous finale for Hillary Clinton last Saturday, June 7, 2008.
She has proved her mettle and became the Feminist hero of the American Dream .
Hillary Clinton has lost the presidential nomination in 2008, but she has gained the consolidation of her presidential ambition for the future.
I believe that Arianna Huffington does not like the Clintons for issues best known to her.
I suspect that she has something against Hillary Clinton, but I am sure her resentment against Hillary Clinton goes back in time before she co-founded the Huffington Post.
"Hillary's too vane to be president. It didn't matter much that Sen. Clinton is a fickle leader -- until Obama came along."
~ Arianna Huffington
Moreover, she has a crush on Barack Obama.:)
The American mainstream news media that should have campaigned for the impeachment of President George W. Bush failed to do so, and instead diverted their focus on the making of Barack Obama mamia, the American Idol of the mainstream news media and like a pack of wolves bared their fangs and claws to tear the Clintons to shreds and scuttle the presidential ambition of Senator Hillary Clinton. They fawned and swooned over Senator Barack Obama who actually patronized them and spent more millions of dollars on advert placements and slots on the news channels of the mainstream news media.
I can bet that they will not join Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in the 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush, because they are hypocrites and puppets of their employers and patrons, the stakeholders and shareholders in the corporations benefiting from the spin-offs of the war in Iraq and the capitalists supporting the draconian economic policies of the Bush administration.
The 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign exposed the intellectual fallacy and hypocrisy of the American news media, because the mainstream news reporters, anchors and talkshow hosts compromised the principles of objective journalism for filthy lucre.
Remember Marc Cooper's nasty "Hillary's Ignominious Finale" posted on the Huffington Post on February 26, 2008 at 11:03 PM (EST)?
Many HuffPost writers and wannabes composed their best articles on how to dismiss Hillary Clinton even before the New Hampshire Primary, only to be shocked when she won and went ahead to become the Democratic frontrunner.
When Barack Obama had his winning streak in the following caucuses and primaries after the Super Tuesday, the Huffington Post and the pack of Hillary Haters were howling at Hillary Clinton to chase her off the presidential race, but she disgraced them by not giving up and going ahead to defeat Barack Obama in the next major primaries in Ohio and Pennsylvania. What Marc Cooper called Hillary's Ignominious Finale in February became a magnanimous finale for Hillary Clinton last Saturday, June 7, 2008.
She has proved her mettle and became the Feminist hero of the American Dream .
Hillary Clinton has lost the presidential nomination in 2008, but she has gained the consolidation of her presidential ambition for the future.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Falling Standards of the American News Media
Rev. Jeremiah Wright
Who pushed the American mainstream media off the wall?
Rupert Murdoch or those Arianna Huffington called the lunatic fringe elements?
The best news in America is the childish and foolish debate over whether Miley Cyrus posed topless or backless for Vanity Fair magazine and the political nonsense over Rev. Jeremiah Wright's right to his own opinions.
Miley Cyrus
Americans want Rev. Jeremiah Wright to give up his life long convictions on calling a spade a spade without apologies or regrets, but he has proved to be a man of principles.
Senator Barack Obama cannot dictate to Rev. Jeremiah Wright and make him retract his unpatriotic statements. Rev. Jeremiah Wright is not Barack Obama's Man Friday.
Senator Barack Obama is so desperate to win the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party that he ready to even push his spiritual godfather over the cliff.
As the American news channels are falling over themselves over Miley Cyrus's photographs in Vanity Fair and the personal principles of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, more American soldiers are being killed in Iraq and these heroes never made headlines or cover stories.
Is this the American Dream of the Founding Founders of America or the American Nightmare?
God help America.
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