Sentences with phrase «getting more politicians»

Reimers agreed that perhaps one way to make a difference is through education, getting more politicians involved, defining citizenship by making it more possible for immigrants, and mobilizing immigrants by getting them to vote.

Not exact matches

And Klepper's proudly ignorant character style comes across as a slightly more genial, Midwestern Colbert, who will also participate in the adversarial in - character interview style that helped get Republican and Democratic politicians alike to avoid «The Colbert Report.»

When politicians want to cut a program, do not let them get away with their favorite euphemisms, like «reform,» «fix,» «overhaul,»... Read more

By «We,» I mean the people who vote for the politicians who will decide if more of us get to live, or if more of us will continue to die.

If you're looking for more reliable SAT scores for politicians I would look at ELiot Spitzer (this is from the much more reliable NY TImes) who claims (note that to my knowledge oreilly and Limbaugh haven't even claimed to have taken the SAT let alone get any high score on the SAT) to have gotten a 1590 SAT on the old SAT and a perfect LSAT score

Got ta wonder who these American politicians are really loyal to.I believe atheists would be more likely to represent all Americans than a Christian would, if a situation occured where the choice would have to be made.

Hundreds of people attended and even more stood at the gates waiting to get in — a 300 person limit had been placed on the gathering — as politicians, city officials, interfaith leaders and activists spoke from the steps telling Mayor Bloomberg why he should change his mind.

«If they go back and take the cardinal from Milano, there is a possibility he will be a little more of a politician, get along better, be less concerned about sex sins, but he is part of the corporation.

I just posted this on another topic... change a few words, youll get the point: In an ideal situation, «World Religions» would be part of a «World History» class, unfortunately, in the USA, there are far too many conservative Christians with power to rewrite history, make whole groups of people second class citizens by making laws against them, and travel the world trying to convert non-Christians through our Military, Politicians, humanitarian efforts and more.

He's crooked just like every other politician who's tried to use the «faith card» to get more votes from far right conservative Christians.

In 2012 the lines between the sacred and the profane will get even more blurry: Scientists will religiously maintain their search for the elusive God particle (they won't find it); evangelical sports superhero and Denver Bronco quarterback Tim Tebow will continue to be both an inspiration to the faithful and an object of scorn to skeptics (he will be watching, not playing in, the Super Bowl); at least one well - known religious leader or leading religious politician will be brought down by a sex scandal (let's hope all our leaders have learned a lesson from former Rep. Anthony Weiner and stay away from sexting); and the «nones» - those who don't identify with one religion - will grow even more numerous and find religious meanings in unexpected places (what TV show will become this season's «Lost»?)

When they molest a lot of boys, the bishops transfer them to a new place to molest more and talk to politicians and parish members to get case dropped.

All the right candidate has to do is get up there — sound more like a preacher than a politician — or intelligent human being for that matter — and he won the evangelicals — hook, line, and sinker — just like GW did.

Everyday people complain about how politicians and bankers and... get all the money and flash it with their cars and bla bla and do nt care about people, money is not everything, the world is beocming to hateful, full of wars, we need more peace and friendship bla bla, and then when a guy like Conor shows up they apploud him for his childish and fake rants and show offs.

«In order to encourage more people to get on their bikes, it is crucial that politicians and decision makers take on board safety concerns, and ensure that our roads are appealing, safe shared spaces which can be used conveniently by all road users, regardless of their chosen method of transport.»

Politicians always claim more credit for a good jobs market than they deserve and get more blame for a bad jobs market than they deserve.

Consumer brands are usually very sensitive to how they're perceived, making them far more vulnerable to online action than a typical politician — Congressional offices EXPECT to get criticized via email, and they accept that many constituents will simply never be happy with them, but a corporation takes a great risk if it runs off even a few of its customers.

More often, though, politicians won't need an umbrella to ward off an unanticipated rain of support: they'll have to work for for every volunteer and every cent they get.

And some of the most successful politicians in history had to run more than once before they got elected to office.

Only about 5 % of taxpayers choose the $ 3 check off for public campaign funding (which is about $ 23 million per year because there are about 150 million 1040 tax returns filed each year), but public television, radio, the NEA and the NEH might get closer to the 25 - 27 % percent participation that the check off got when it was started (bringing the take to perhaps $ 115 million a year), because their programming is probably more popular than campaign funding for politicians.

He asked how important SDG5 was to the general public claiming that since politicians have to talk up popular issues to get elected they would talk about SDG5 more if it was a widespread concern to people.

But as it becomes normal rather than exceptional for campaigns to have a presence on Facebook and other social media channels, politicians will have to endure many more attempts by activists to take over their pages to get attention for their issues or their demands.

They got respectable front bench politicians on board - people like Michael Gove, who are more motivated by arguments on sovereignty than they are by frenzied talk of borders and refugee waves.

«No salaries to pay», on the other hand if every citizen becomes effectively full - time politician (voting is much more than merely pressing the button), who (and when) is going to get the real work done?

«There's no doubt about it: if we want living wage jobs, stronger hospitals and schools, more affordable rents, lower property taxes, a cleaner environment, and a state government that actually gets things done, politicians like Pedro Espada have got to go.»

If a blatant, demonstrative violation of Family and Christian Values get confirmed, this may repel the Conservative Christian politicians from supporting Trump and may encourage them for a more active collaboration with the Mueller investigation.

I'd be shocked if the Obama army marched too far off the reservation, though, since I suspect he's more likely to face the problem of dealing with disappointment, the kind that sets in when his True Believers realize the kind of compromises that any politician has to make if he wants to get something done.

Politicians on all sides are steered by polls suggesting low public support for raising benefits, especially for the unemployed (about 15 % believe they should get more).

More frequently than not (it seemed) a politician would get indicted and no one made a big deal.

According to him, politicians in the country will go all out to get power at all cost, and for that to materialize, they will kidnap children and subsequently use them as sacrificial lambs in order to get more votes in the coming election.

Reducing the number of politicians in Westminster - and getting Westminster to achieve more for less - would be a good place to start.

And, in these difficult economic times, I believe it's more important to help families by cutting their taxes than ensuring the politicians continue to get all of their pork.»

He says the former London mayor has got the» «Heineken effect», that refreshes the parts that more conventional politicians can not reach».

Miner also pleaded with state politicians for help, pointing out that Syracuse gets more than half its money from Albany and operates under mandates set by the state.

New Yorkers have a love affair with sordid politicians, and you can't get more sordid than those two.»

Granted, a lot didn't get solved, a lot didn't get addressed, but he did do a lot more than what politicians of today are doing.

They get more access to politicians than the average New Yorker.

We need more politicians to get out there and lead as they did in New York — whether that means being a driving force like Gov. Andrew Cuomo or sticking your neck out like four GOP senators here.

Unfortunately, most politicians are more interested in getting reelected than transparency.

Alongside that troop of northerners yet to appear, we were told this would be an opportunity for both David Cameron and Ed Miliband to promote more women — the PM because he's pledged to get a third of government posts filled by female politicians by 2015 (and the number of women in cabinet fell last time), the Labour leader because, well, he's got loads of good ones.

The former Smiths frontman - who once released a song called «The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get» - was ignored by most politicians as he vented his anger.

«The other half of the feedback that I get is, no more politicians.

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The cornerstone of that argument, and the way Cuomo sees himself as different and potentially more viable than more obvious 2020 prospects like Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Sherrod Brown or even home - state Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has always been that Cuomo gets done what other politicians — usually legislators — simply talk about.

It is unusual that the politician who split off from the original party ends up getting more votes than the party.

So I guess the reason is more to get a better negotiation position for... better paid politicians jobs in Barcelona,...?

The journalists get better access to information and the politicians can expect more positive reporting.

This new paradigm will force the politicians to get more involved in grass roots, community organizing efforts in order to get millions of people to support them instead of millions of dollars from a few insiders.

Today, I got a friend request on Facebook from Howard Dean, and I decided to break my own rule on accepting such requests from politicians, because I wonder how he's going to use Facebook... and if he'll now respond to my... Read More

Nick called his father the «perfect example of what a politician should be» and said he believes it's important for more young people to get involved in public service.