John Burns
John Burns
John Elliot Burnswas an English trade unionist and politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly associated with London politics. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was anti-alcohol and a keen sportsman. After retiring from politics, he developed an expertise in London history and coined the phrase "The Thames is liquid history". When the Liberal cabinet made a decision for war on 2 August 1914, he resigned and played no...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth20 October 1858
Of course, Pol Pot in Cambodia, Rwanda -- things on a much larger scale than this. But this is pretty bad.
I'd think that some of them are relying on local management businesses. They'd be private managers, probably not large-scale.
There's no national housing bubble, ... About a third of the markets appear to be overpriced, if that's the definition of a bubble. That means two-thirds are not.
The touch-screen system will verify with the voter if they voted for who they wanted. The voter will then push the button to vote.
I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.
Why four great powers should fight over Serbia no fellow can understand.
My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.
For the moment and for some time great events have been denied me, forward action not come my way.
I neither drink nor smoke, because my schoolmaster impressed upon me three cardinal virtues; cleanliness in person, cleanliness in mind; temperance.
I don't want to be married. I don't know - it sounds crazy, but in my mind, it's all connected. You get married, you have kids, you grow old, then you die. Somehow, it seems to me, if you didn't get married, you wouldn't die.
Voting should go quickly once people learn how to use the touch screen. It's better in a whole lot of ways than printed ballots. An election can be certified in two days. It should also minimize recounts. The old paper ballot machines would sometimes miscount the ballot and sometimes two ballots would go through instead of one. The touch screen will leave a paper audit trail and recover everything each voter does.
We will also have paper ballots to help with the transition. We will be fully electronic touch-screen voting in November for the fall general election.
We need to embrace the changes because it will expand the population of people who can vote.
Those of us who have covered wars here and there over the past 15, 20, 25 years have to struggle to think of anywhere where we've seen such a relentless brutality,