What's World Government Anyway?

Reblogged from PA.G.O.N »

I intend to share what I've read about world/global government, what I've learn on the subject, and what I believe one should be.

I'll also show how having just one government would change everything for humanity.

Firstly, What Is A Global Government?

Currently, we don't have anything like a global or world government:

"'World government' refers to the idea of all humankind united under one common political authority."

-  World Government @ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

To put it in a nutshell. Its the globalisation of politics — without borders ... Read More @ PAGON »

i-thorts' i-Politics: Call for new drug policy research body

A new body is needed to assess existing and alternative drugs policies, and could be partly funded by assets seized from dealers, campaigners have said.

The UK Drug Policy Commission said billions of pounds a year were spent tackling drug problems, "without always knowing what difference it makes".

The commission argues that much of the £3bn spent each year on tackling illicit drugs is wasted...

Read the Rest @ BBC News »

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also see: « Is it in society's interest to keep drugs and prostitution illegal? »

i-thorts' i-Views: Should Drugs and Prostitution Be Illegal?

Reblogged from i-thorts' i-Views.

That's the question that any politician should ask; but not many ever do.

The law of this land is drugs are bad keep away from them (but alcohol and tobacco is okay so long as tax is being paid on them) and prostitution is immoral therefore bad; so both are equally illegal.

The thing is 'immoral' isn't the same as dangerous and 'bad' isn't the same as harmful.

Anything taken to excess is 'bad for you' - from sugar and fat to alcohol and cigarettes - but that doesn't necessarily stop their sale to the public.

Is it immoral to sell ones body for money? It's worst to sell it to feed a drug habit (for something that could be anything masquerading as the 'real deal').

Margaret Moran received £53,000 in bogus MP expenses

Margaret Moran, former Labour MP for Luton South, received more than £53,000 in fraudulent expenses, a jury has found, despite her being mentally unfit to stand trial.

Though jurors at Southwark crown court in London were unable to return a guilty verdict, they unanimously ruled the 57-year-old former assistant whip committed 15 counts of false accounting and six counts of using a false instrument over claims for parliamentary expenses between 2004 and 2008.

Read More @ Guardian »

Labour MP claims £164 for birthday cards at taxpayers' expense

Margaret Moran claimed £164 for birthday cards and £50 for Christmas cards as part of a £53,000 parliamentary expenses fraud, a court heard today.

Margaret Moran, the former Labour MP, forged invoices for more than £24,000 of non-existent goods and services as part of a £53,000 parliamentary expenses fraud, a court heard yesterday.

Read More @ Telegraph »