Sentences with phrase «see more politicians»

This is why we don't see more politicians suing media sources every time there's a false rumor spread about them.

I know I'd love to see more politicians and authority figures stop treating video games as if they're just for kids / teens.

I'd love to see more politicians called on the hypocrisy of claiming to be a good Christian just to vote for lower taxes on the rich, and fewer social services for those who desperately need them.

Not exact matches

The longer some politicians have been in business, the more money from those groups they've seen spent in their favor.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

Still, it's not hard to see why politicians have latched on to entrepreneurship: It's sexy and founders make much more palatable economic heroes than the corporate titans who triggered the financial crisis.

excerpt: «My Indo - American friend made a few other observations about the coverage that we're seeing, which is that he's not actually being treated poorly over there, and it's more that certain politicians and business leaders don't want to be associated with members of the Indian Cabinet, which is controversial in large swaths of Indian society.

The more educated one becomes the less religious one is... when you see educated politicians and professional people of all kinds talking religiousness it's lip service for the ignorant... it's part of their job... other wise there's trouble from the little people.

And as for, Sarah Palin, while I admit that she's not my favorite politician in the world, I might watch it, to «learn» a bit more about her, to see if my «assumptions» about her are correct, or wrong, or something else.

We are seeing more laws proposed based on politicians religious beliefs in the past ten years than any other time period since our founding in 1776.

I'd rather see the consistent approach move the other way, with the politician acceptance extended to the homosexual, but either would, at least, be more consistent.

It always irks me to no end when I see what politicians have been doing in the name of God, Christianity, and family values that does nothing more than alienate others and cause them to embarrass themselves and other believers.

Demagogic policies, How many times we have seen politicians saying things like «the wealthy are guilty of the people poverty», or talking about the 2013 US fiscal Cliff agreement «the wealthy have to pay more taxes to finance the people health services», for me those are populist and demagogic tactics to gain more voters, because they know that the democracy is controlled by the mob.

You have models in the case of road transport where the algorithms may be proprietary and not available, but they are being made to determine government policy nevertheless, because it is convenient for politicians to say, «The reasons we are building these roads is because the computer said so», rather than — «I decided that we would have more roads because I want to see more roads.»

EU citizens may want to see their money being spent more effectively, but they only have instruments to discipline their own national politicians, and not the EU as such.

Given that low - income individuals are the most likely to not vote largely because they need to work - often being paid hourly and needing the money more desperately than others, and that low - income individuals are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, why hasn't a democratic politician spearheaded this effort that could see increased turnout from their base?

See also Sandi's previous pieces on A Politician's Role in the Twitterverse here, here and here, as well as a few more thoughts about PopVox.

There is a feeling that we may not see their like again, that we are doomed to a period in which politicians without character or backbone inundate our national debate, ever more robotic and disconnected from their principles with each passing generation.

«Through the actions of Albany politicians, we have seen that they are more concerned about protecting the dysfunctional status quo than protecting these fundamental rights and protections that every New Yorker are entitled to.»

This is not because politicians should be expected to regurgitate every economic fact and figure, it is more because Labour wants to be seen as the government - in - waiting.

Paterson is not my favorite politician, but if I had seen more of this attitude from him I might have supported his return.

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Given that this was the decade that saw two whole parliamentary sessions without a single vote being cast against their whip by a member of the governing party, this observation was at least more accurate then than modern - day attempts to paint politicians as a bunch of spineless sheep.

The Labour government is now seen as tainted with sleaze, as the latest poll suggests David Cameron is regarded as a more capable politician than Gordon Brown.

Putting any moral judgements aside for the moment, those politicians that see a significant role for the state — formal or informal — are certainly more in tune with public opinion.

With examples from countries in Asia and Africa, the report says that men in textbooks are more likely to be depicted as business leaders, shopkeepers, engineers, scientists and politicians, while women remain likely to be seen in roles such as cooking or child care.

Politicians, seeing what Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson have done for the capital, tend to think that putting more power in the hands of a single executive office would be a Good Thing for most of Britain's smaller cities.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.

The new laws would give district attorneys more power when prosecuting politicians in situations like those seen last week.

Yet the crisis in politics today is about more than just the expenses scandal — there was the failure of confidence in the former Speaker, Michael Martin, there is the poor turnout we see at most elections now and there is, of course, the low esteem in which most politicians are held.

Against the background of a general breakdown of public confidence in the political elite, politicians on both left and right have seen themselves not as part of a broader governing elite but as outsiders, empowered by their democratic mandate to shake up government and make it more responsive to the wishes of the people.

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.

«What is particularly missing at this time is her coming out in public, meeting her constituents, talking to TV cameras, explaining what happened, perhaps being a little humble about all of this and giving a satisfactory explanation to her constituents and the wider Conservative family to be quite frank, because speaking to people from the West Midlands region where she is an MP, these things do have a knock - on effect and there are other marginal seats far closer to her constituency where people have got Labour majorities to overturn which may be more difficult if the local Conservative politician is seen as tainted and not having justified their actions and also I gather that Conservative Party HQ has had party donors from the region expressing concern that she hasn't satisfactorily justified what she has done.»

The prosecutor's next stop was two blocks away, in the baronial chambers of the state's Court of Appeals, where Bharara joined more than 100 lawyers, judges, politicians and well - wishers who came to see Janet DiFiore sworn in as the next chief judge of the state's highest court.

The new measures will delight modernisers and many of those members who want to see a «Wysiwyg» politician that is determined to deliver on his key pledges - one of David Cameron's being to create a parliamentary Conservative Party that looks more like Britain.

As a politician, these sorts of shows allow an audience to get to know you and to see you as more human.

As US moviegoers and politicians see Gary Oldman as Britain's wartime PM, more critical — and more British — views of the great man are likely to be in short supply

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

As he bids to retain his seat on Dublin City Council, the politician's face can be seen — or perhaps more accurately...

I've noticed more than a few times that dedicated gamers, with their alpha - dog winning - is - the - only - thing competitiveness, can be a pain to deal with in real - life social and working situations — the kind of office politicians who would just as soon see others fail as help a project succeed.

Policymakers, politicians and journalists explained Common Core to parents and observers, but seeing the standards in action just confused them even more.

We will see many more charter operators pulling in $ 400,000 - 500,000 a year for their role, not as principals, but as «rainmakers» who build warm relationships with politicians and investors.

Graspy regulators and politicians see incidents like this as an opportunity for more regulations.

In this day and age when politicians are using «bad» video games to boost their own careers, how can a developer like Rockstar hand more political ammo over to those that want to see video games become a legislated and restricted medium?

I don't imagine any politicians will go, but it would be good for it to be seen in a more political sense.

122, Bob (Sphaerica): I think that I more or less agree with you, except that I haven't seen the tiniest bit of action taken on climate change in the U.S., so it's hard to worry much about people «demonizing CO2 ″ or «ANY of the efforts made by politicians» because there is nothing to see.

I think that I more or less agree with you, except that I haven't seen the tiniest bit of action taken on climate change in the U.S., so it's hard to worry much about people «demonizing CO2» or «ANY of the efforts made by politicians» because there is nothing to see.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

Is this vast enterprise being promoted largely by politicians who see this as an excuse to raise taxes and exert more control?

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