Civic Participation

I find it frustating that in US for example 80% of population wants a guaranteed minimum health insurance, that we know how much damage we do to the planet by burning oil (in different forms) and still refuse to get serious/invest heavily about using other forms of energy, and there are many other things supported by a large majority of people and scientists all over the world. Still none of these issues are taken into consideration by a greedy and corrupt political classes, not only in US, but in many other so-called democracies. Is there a way that the humans living on Earth as a whole can get organized and start demanding changes from all the governments ?
Other issues unanimously accepted by human being and the governments should take action are poverty, a more global educational system (so people all over the world can study a basic curriculum and be able to use the knowledge everywhere in the world), implement technological advances in poor countries, etc.

2006-07-08 02:37:52 · 3 answers · asked by cnmircea 1

2006-07-08 02:01:31 · 9 answers · asked by Seeker 1

2006-07-08 01:36:42 · 12 answers · asked by Don J 1

2006-07-08 00:08:07 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 23:23:13 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 21:41:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 21:30:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 20:43:48 · 4 answers · asked by FONADI 1

I appeared to me that IF those 'Hollywood types' truly cared abot the plight of those farmers on that property in Los Angeles, they would have better shown it ny helping to purchase the land, instead of protesting against the actual owner of the land bulldozing it! If I were running whatever organization for the environment, I would put out a memo saying, 'Hollywood, stay away from the cameras, you aren't helping'. Of course there actually are some that actually do help, but the ones that Ms. Hanna showed up with (I believe it was Hanna, Glover, and others) did not help. Why couldn't they come up with the $1million dollars? Would have been BETTER coverage AND a tax write-off!

2006-07-07 19:58:46 · 5 answers · asked by walterhawthorneiii 2

tiger problems are getting more and more serious in India. Poaching has become bread and butter for some people in and around the national parks where you get these animals. How to stop this chain when politics and corruption are giving a clean chit to all this. I saw it on Discovery channel that in some countries poachers are taught new agro based occupations so that they earn from something else which is legal and keeps them away from tempting offers of killing some animal. Can something like this work out in India or you have a better sollution??? Indian government is just awake after a long sleep In between tigers have almost dissapeared from some national parks. How to encourage todays youth to raise this question in front of the government by many many supporters just to highlight these issues? in a nut shell what can be done for these poor animals to live?

2006-07-07 19:47:21 · 2 answers · asked by Rahul S. Naik 1

President Carter is one of my heroes and I would love to meet him and shake his hand!

2006-07-07 18:34:46 · 12 answers · asked by crimson_aurora 2

2006-07-07 17:04:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 16:58:55 · 22 answers · asked by Valley Mental Health tooele Utah 4

to me it seems like we have more people and organizations fighting for animal rights and environment then we have fighting to Iraqi people's rights......
green peace
PETA
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Farm Sanctuary
Environmental and Social Justice Organizations
The EnviroLink Network
National Association for Environmental Education
Soulutions Now
Global Communications
PERRO


and thats just a few of em.....there are thousands of more organization that are for environmental and animal rights, and even though thats a real good thing how come we dont have organizations for abuse against Iraqi,Afgani people.........

2006-07-07 16:57:13 · 8 answers · asked by Love Exists? 6

In my efforts to become more internationally harmonious (I am American) I have tried to get into to the world's biggest sport but flat out don't see how it is so popular.

2006-07-07 16:20:23 · 6 answers · asked by Brad W 1

I got custody of my daughter in december. Her mother is a drug addict and her boyfriend is a sex offender which she was exposing my daughter to. She had visitation rights to my descretion so i found every other weekend to be suitable. In may, my daughter says that she has seen the sex offender. My wife and I took her to get checked out, and sure enough she had been sexually assulted SHE IS 3! We got dhs involved. My daughter will not give any information or clues of exactly what went on. The detective said they could not prosicute due to lack of evidence. even though they say that when the abuse happened was when she was with her mother. What can I do to get her mother and or the offender prosicuted. Please help with any information on what i can do from here.

2006-07-07 16:19:18 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 15:07:47 · 5 answers · asked by Melon 1

Your role. As a republican, democrat, libertarian, etc.

2006-07-07 14:12:40 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Although the U.S. calls itself a democracy, it is, in reality controlled by two political parties that are sustained by massive support from large corporations and wealthy individuals. Why is nothing being done to level the playing field for new, underfunded parties? Why are politicians allowed to conduct their activities out of the public eye? Why is the electoral system allowed to remain in spite of its irrelevance in the 21st century? Why aren't politicians trying to strengthen democracy by encouraging progress towards direct democratic principals? How can the average citizen whose time is taken up with making a living hope to have an impact on efforts to take the country back from short-sighted, greedy and selfish individuals? Being provided the opportunity time and time again to vote for the the lesser of two evils (candidates) is not going to make much differfence over the long term.

2006-07-07 14:10:17 · 10 answers · asked by Mark H 1

Like flag burning or pay raises. What do they think are they important to decide on a deadend question or are they waiting to collect a paycheck and head home.

2006-07-07 14:00:59 · 7 answers · asked by animalmother 4

Do people who call themselves Republicans agree with everything the party stands for and the same for Democrats? Wouldn't we be better off if candidates ran on what they truly stand for instead of making themselves "whores" to these two parties. I try to vote for the person that I feel would best represent my beliefs. It's hard not to feel at times that I have wasted a vote on a candidate that has no chance.

2006-07-07 13:54:01 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 13:40:53 · 15 answers · asked by Large Cop 2

How come governments take on a life of their own after being elected? Why do the people that chose one party over another for the policies that were promised have no part in decisions and policies?

Why are the people not consulted when important matters arise, like declaring war on a nation or when one part of a country suffers drought while another part has to release water downriver?

We elect parties who place experts in positions where their decisions affect our lives in ways we cannot control or check.
When will democracies evolve back into a system that takes the people's opinion into account?

2006-07-07 13:30:19 · 10 answers · asked by NotsoaNonymous 4

I think a lot of people do not vote and by doing so they are not giving a better person a chance to win an election that deserves to be a PRESINDENT OF UNITED STATES!!!

2006-07-07 13:02:46 · 8 answers · asked by Belarus94 3

Why do people serve others? Because they can. Why don't we expect it of each other? Because we don't have to....yet. What do you think we can do to create an atmosphere of service towards others?

2006-07-07 12:58:17 · 3 answers · asked by boydlyon 1

As the ranks of the world's wealthiest climb, the world's poor stagnate. Generations of aid have not yet fixed this problem. Do we in the North really want to fix the problem? Or are we too far away? Should each of us (those privledged enough to have internet access) have to spend time in another man's flipflops to truly understand poverty? As a consequence we may also find that our yeanings for material gain carry us on a pursuit of discontent. Happiness is at the center. If all of humanity merges there, can we not share it equitable? We might all win. How?

2006-07-07 12:50:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

None of the people of the world truly like the leaders they supposedly elect. We all are forced to work for their benefit while they provide no social improvement, no improvements to our living conditions, our cities, our green spaces.

Our environment is dying, our world is on the brink of nuclear war, the people are broken. When will we all as a human race decide its time to take matters in to our own hands and ensure these exploitative and diabolical dictators no longer have access to run anything more than a neighborhood watch program??

2006-07-07 11:40:50 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

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