Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Democracy. Show all posts
13 February 2011

Obama, Indonesia, and Egypt...

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I like Barack Obama . If I was an American I would have voted for the man. But, Mr. President, you are letting your 3 plus years in Indones...
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SBY Taking Credit For Hosni Mubarak's Resignation?

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Perhaps it is the cynic in me, but how desperate is SBY and the Democrat Party? Marzuki Alie of the Democrat Party, and Head of the House ...
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12 February 2011

"Reform Unplugged"

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A shout out to Treespotter who has made a post already using this title. I have been toying with the idea of writing a piece on how the ev...
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12 January 2011

Is The Fight Against RIM More Than Just Porn?

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The Jakarta Globe is reporting that the Minister for [Mis]Communication and [Mis]Information, Tifatul Sembiring (or as I prefer to call hi...
29 September 2010

Supreme Court, Gender, and Backlogs -- Indonesia

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There was an interesting article in The Jakarta Globe that suggests that a recent appointment to the Indonesian Supreme Court can thank he...
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02 August 2010

Pong Harjatmo -- Actor and Graffiti Artist...

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Most people would expect that their elected members of parliament would live by a creed that demands honesty resoluteness, and fairness. So,...
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01 August 2010

Julia Perez and the New York Times...

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For a political candidate with no political experience and a reputation for controversy Julia Perez has certainly quickly mastered the art ...
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08 July 2010

Beating Activists in Indonesia...

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Some things seem destined to never change. The fact that Indonesia seemingly does not take this kind of violence and brutality seriously onl...
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17 April 2010

Julia Perez and Democracy in Indonesia...

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It would seem that the Minister of Home Affairs, Gamawan Fauzi, indicated that the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was going to ...
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02 February 2010

Is SBY A Thief or A Buffalo?

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In a case of Indonesian democracy in action, the President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), has decided that he needs to put together a work...
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29 September 2009

The Jakarta Bombings and Democracy...

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The death of Noordin M Top provided the Indonesian National Police with a wealth of information and data apparently. During the shootout whi...
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11 August 2009

Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, and Adolf Hitler...

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I have taught a lot of advocacy classes in my time. One of the things that I teach students in those classes is to be careful using exagger...
27 June 2009

Defamation in Indonesia -- The Prita Mulyasari Case

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This is an interesting case for a number of reasons, but it has become infinitely more interesting now that the Tangerang District Court has...
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06 March 2009

Compulsory and Optional Voting -- Indonesia

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This has appeared previously on en.hukumonline.com - here . Optional and compulsory voting is always an issue that draws a great deal of com...
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27 January 2009

A Musing or A Ramble or a Bit of Both?

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This year is an election year in Indonesia. That in and of itself will either excite people or bore the hell out of them. However, this litt...
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10 January 2009

Indonesian Elections and Youth

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The Indonesian General Elections will soon be upon us. There is always talk of regeneration and providing opportunities for younger, and pre...
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18 October 2008

US Presidential Elections

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Are things shaping up for a landslide? I have been reading some interesting articles today that are suggesting that Obama seems to have been...
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02 October 2008

Freedom of Speech Under Attack?

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I am an advocate of free speech. I have never considered free speech to be an absolute right but rather one that is modified by defamation l...
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13 July 2008

The Right to Vote -- "Golput"

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There is a lot of talk at the moment in Indonesia in the lead up to the next election of "golput". Golput is the abbreviation of ...
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26 June 2008

Absentee Ballots

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Here is another little piece of trivial pursuit information that you may never need. In 1997 the Texas legislature passed a bill that allows...
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