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  Jim Harris -- Greens' conservative new leader : IMC Maritimes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Jim Harris, the Greens’ leader, has been leading a vocal protest against his exclusion, citing a full slate of candidates and six per cent support in the polls.
For the Greens, however, their credibility might be better served with Harris sitting out the big dance, lest the public become too familiar with their leader’s entirely unconvincing pose as an outsider rebelling against ‘politics as usual’.
I’m sincerely reluctant to weigh in against Harris and Canada’s Greens, long a place for the disaffected to register a “protest vote”, a repository of resentment, however vague and undefined, against the ravages and injustices engendered by global capitalism.
maritimes.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=7901   (282 words)

  
 Jim Harris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Harris (politician) is a former leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Jim Harris (Compaq) was one of the founders of Compaq Computer Corporation.
Jim Harris (wrestler) is an American professional wrestler, also known as Kamala.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Harris   (110 words)

  
 Jim Harris (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harris was born in Toronto, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from Queen's University in Kingston in the 1980s.
Harris was a Toronto organizer for the federal Green Party for the 1993 election, recruiting seventeen candidates in the area.
Harris was elected leader of the Green Party of Canada on February 14, 2003, defeating Jason Crummey and John Grogan with over 81% of the votes cast by delegates.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Harris_(politician)   (2231 words)

  
 Seven Oaks Magazine.
Jim Harris, the Greens’ leader, has been leading a vocal protest against his exclusion, citing a full slate of candidates and six per cent support in the polls.
Early in this campaign, Harris, who is running against the NDP leader in the Toronto-Danforth riding, joined the chorus of ‘respectable’ voices castigating Layton for asserting Paul Martin’s responsibility for the increase in homeless deaths that resulted from cuts to social housing.
Criticism of Jim Harris’ ‘green’ vision should not be taken as disparaging of the environmental movement as a whole.
www.sevenoaksmag.com /commentary/16_jim_harris.html   (712 words)

  
 CTV.ca | Jim Harris: Jump on the Green train (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harris has said that the Greens could have doubled or tripled their support had television executives invited him to join last year's debate.
Harris is a best-selling author and professional speaker who lectures on change and leadership to dozens of international companies and corporations.
Harris is steadfast in his resolve to leave his mark as leader of the Green Party of Canada.
www.ctv.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050519/jim_harris_bio_050518/20051129   (1263 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Harris' Senate run worries many in her party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Harris, 49, denies wrongdoing, but recent revelations that Wade gave her illegal contributions and expensive dinners led to the latest in a series of staff desertions.
Harris, a citrus heiress, pledged on Fox News Channel in March that she'd put her father's legacy to her — a $10 million inheritance — "on the line" to win her race.
In an interview last week, Harris said her father's legacy was "extraordinary work and integrity." As for money, "There's nothing that I have specifically from my father." Harris has given $3 million to her campaign and says she'll liquidate personal assets if necessary.
www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2006-06-04-harris-senate_x.htm?csp=34   (1033 words)

  
 The History of Jim Crow
Not even fl politicians, prosperous entrepreneurs, or successful fl landowners violated the southern color line, enforced as it was by custom, law, and violence in the years from 1876 to the 1960s.
The Nation of Islam taught a form of Black Nationalism in response to the demeaning claims, practices, and laws of Jim Crow, contending that civilization had sprung from the Nile Valley of Egypt and that fl people were the Earth's original inhabitants.
For aspiring fl politicians in the North, especially after 1900, membership in volunteer fire brigades and fraternal orders was almost a requirement for gaining political support.
www.jimcrowhistory.org /history/surviving2.htm   (6587 words)

  
 Raising Kaine :: Harris Miller is Washington, Jim Webb is Virginia
Harris Miller is Washington, Jim Webb is Virginia
A vote for Harris Miller is a vote for political insiders, a vote to keep that world a secretive world that ordinary Americans like you and me are not allowed to participate in.
Harris Miller is Washington, Jim Webb is Virginia
www.raisingkaine.com /showDiary.do?diaryId=2066   (1082 words)

  
 CBC - Canada Votes 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Politicians are hilarious, too, their ability to deliver blatant lies to the public while holding a straight face is astonishing.
Living with a politician would be like living in a frat house, with the advantage of unlimited access to taxpayer dollars.
Furthermore, unlike the socially stunted and awkward politicians of today, Trudeau would be happy to kick back and and engage in an evening of drinking and debauchery without concern for the next day's poll numbers.
www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/yourview/letters_roommate.html   (1565 words)

  
 Jim Harris on the National | Alberta Greens / Green Party of Alberta
Jim Harris was interviewed by Peter Mansbridge tonight as a 'town house' where people wrote in questions.
I wanted to say thanks to Jim Harris; he won a victory for the Greens tonight.
Jim's answers were to the point, assertive, sincere, and quite un politician like.
www.albertagreens.ca /node/217   (277 words)

  
 Cactus Thorns
Jim wanted to let me know that he was not happy being lumped in with the incumbents in our recent cartoon.
Politicians now know -- or should know -- that they can no longer wait until the last minute to make their big pitches, because by Election Day, it's entirely possible that half of the ballots will already have been cast.
It's not a coincidence that the candidates for governor and hundreds of other offices, not to mention pro and con sides on ballot measures, are ramping up their media ad buys this week, or that the "slate mailers" that recommend votes on candidates and measures are beginning to show up in voters' mailboxes.
vote29.com /blog/blog/rss.xml   (5428 words)

  
 Guests 2005 2Q : It's The Jim Bohannon Show!
Politics isn’t the red versus the blue, liberal versus conservative, or the GOP versus the Dems, it’s a battle between the tax-payers and the tax-eaters.
Jim lured the Oak Ridge Boys to the microphones for a quick chat before they had to leave to rest up for their performance the next day...
Jim talked to a Medal of Honor winner, Don Ballard, about his service in Vietnam and the action that earned him his medal...
www.jimbotalk.net /page1485.html   (6394 words)

  
 Jim Harris (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Three days before the election, he predicted that his party would win one million votes.
The Greens increased their total to 665,940 votes (4.5%), but again failed to elect any candidates.
Pollesel charged that money had been spent without proper reporting, and called for Elections Canada to investigate possible wrongdoing.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Jim_Harris_(politician)   (2234 words)

  
 The Lords and Ladies of America
Given the Republicans' opposite political philosophy, one would expect to see their ranks cluster around 80%.
Their actual cluster around 60% illustrates the erosion of the senior Republicans' political philosophy as they make the transition from citizen to long-term Washington politician.
As another example, the Republican Party took control of both houses of Congress in the '94 elections, ending over four decades of control by entrenched Democrats.
www.renewamerica.us /columns/harris/030512   (1124 words)

  
 Election 2006
But it's still anybody's guess whether his new found popularity will win the NDP more seats in the next election.
His party is so popular in Quebec right now, he can do no wrong.
While many Canadians do not recognize Green Party Leader Jim Harris by sight or by name, he could be in an enviable position as disgruntled supporters look for an alternative party in the wake of the sponsorship inquiry.
www.ctv.ca /mini/election2006/static/leaders/index.html   (210 words)

  
 Arkansas Blog: Jesus as politician
I agree with NoZe that Jesus's life was very political; I disagree that both Democrats and Republicans aren't being disingenuous in coopting Jesus for their own political goals and doing so in an obscenely cynical way.
It rings hallow each time Tom DeLay or Harry Reid speak of prayer or wear their faith on theirsleeve.
The best way to know something is not the Will of God as manifest through Jesus is for a mere human to say it is.
www.arktimes.com /blogs/arkansasblog/2006/04/jesus_as_politician.aspx   (1181 words)

  
 Participatory democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Efforts to redefine green politics to exclude the participatory and consensus decision making methods have historically failed.
See David Scrymgeour and Jim Harris for examples of recent failures.
Workplace democracy is an application of methods generally used in politics in the economic enterprise, including the election or hiring of management by workers.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Participatory_democracy   (560 words)

  
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Party leader Jim Harris yesterday stated in a release that, “This government-subsidized seal hunt is a chapter in our history that needs to come to a close.”
Some 69 per cent were opposed to the hunt itself.
Bonnet added, “Like the principled stand taken by a few politicians in the 1970s against Canada’s commercial whale hunt, this announcement by Canada’s Greens will be a turning point in efforts to end the commercial seal hunt.”
www.ifaw.org /ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=158055   (262 words)

  
 Growth & Success eNews No. 150, 20 April 2004
Everywhere, every time a politician says something, their name is featured with a big (D) or (R) next to it, stating their political affiliation.
Many people polarize IMMEDIATELY, expecting the Democrats to be "liberal" and the Republicans to be "conservative".
Recall that in Florida, Secretary of State Katherine Harris and Gov. Jeb Bush hired a private firm, before the 2000 elections, for the purpose of eliminating convicted felons from the voter rolls.
www.jimpinto.com /enews/apr20-2004.html   (2962 words)

  
 Republicans looking for Lincoln challenger=TheHill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The governor earlier said he would wait until the state Legislature has hammered out a two-year budget before declaring his intentions about taking on the first-term senator.
Huckabee spokesman Jim Harris said the special session, which pits the Democratic majority in the state Legislature against a bipartisan band of conservatives opposed to raising sales and tobacco taxes, should last a week.
State Republicans have made it clear that Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist preacher who has won statewide election four times, is their preference.
www.hillnews.com /campaign/050603_lincoln.aspx   (556 words)

  
 Little Rocking: April 2006 Archives (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The group has a saga-like history with success, disappointment, hope, redemption and all of that, best checked out on their website www.boondogs.com.
Like a seasoned politician, he spoke for 45 minutes and managed to avoid having to say anything that matters.
Michael Buble, whose taken that Sinatra torch that Harry Connick Jr.
www.arktimes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /blogs/littlerocking/2006/04   (2378 words)

  
 Integral Visioning - Michel Bauwens: Foundation For Peer To Peer Alternatives Newsletter Issue 104
All of this material was intended to provide input to the GPC's next platform.
This was one of many long standing tensions between Harris' clique and the party as a whole, and it remains unresolved.
The Living Platform split off as another service entirely out of GPC control and eventually evolved into openpolitics.ca and a service to set up policy wikis for other groups.
integralvisioning.org /article.php?story=p2p104   (5025 words)

  
 Collected Quotations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The average American (should be) content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role."
"I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the perogotive to lie whenever I want."
Charles Peacock, ex-director of Madison Guaranty, the Arkansas S&L at
www.jim.com /jamesd/liberquo.htm   (4530 words)

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