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	Rubber stamp (politics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rubber stamp, is a political metaphor referring to an institution that has little power and rarely disagrees with more powerful organs, though usually it formally has much greater power.
		Conversely, in a constitutional monarchy, the monarch is typically a rubber stamp to an elected parliament, even if he or she legally possesses considerable reserve powers and/or disagrees with the parliament's decisions.
		In the situation where a dictator's legislature is a "rubber stamp," the orders they are meant to endorse are formalities they are expected to legitimize.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rubberstamp_(politics) (281 words)

	Rubber stamp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craft in which some type of ink made of dye or pigment is applied to an image or pattern that has been carved, molded, laser engraved or vulcanized, onto a sheet of rubber.
		Rubber stamps for business are custom-made, showing an address, a corporate logo or something similar, or they are bought ready-made.
		The print from the carved rubber stamp is viewed as work of art on its own or one or several stamps are used to embellish a work of art with other components.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rubber_stamp (787 words)

	wiki/Rubber stamp Definition / wiki/Rubber stamp Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rubber stamping, also called stamping, is a craftArts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill.
		Commercially available rubber stamps fall into two categories: stamps for use in the office and stamps used for decorating objects or as children's toyss article is about things that people play with.
		Rubber stamps for business are custom-made, showing an address, a corporate logoA logotype, commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface/font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way....
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Rubber_stamp (2164 words)

	MPR: Rubber stamp: Office tool or art object?
		Once rubber stamps became more widespread, they were marketed to children as toys for creating their own pictures.
		But the rubber stamp really had its hey day in the 1960s and '70s when the New York-based avant garde group Fluxus adopted it for the creation of "mail art." In defiance of juried shows and elitist galleries, artists created art, added a postage stamp, and dropped it in a mailbox.
		Stendahl first began using rubber stamps in her artwork after an accident made it impossible for her to sit at her drawing board for long.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2004/01/21_combsm_stamps (1382 words)

	Single-issue politics: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government....
		The politics of the united kingdom are based upon a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy....
		The liberal party was one of the two major british political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/single-issue_politics.htm (1323 words)

	Bush Weds Religion, Politics to Form World View
		It is a modern form of political fundamentalism -- that is, the adaptation of a self-proclaimed conservative Christian rectitude, by way of strategic language choices and communication approaches designed for a mass-media culture, into political policy.
		The ascendancy of the administration's political fundamentalism after Sept. 11 was facilitated by mainstream U.S. news coverage, which substantially echoed the administration's views.
		Political Fundamentalism in the White House, the 'War on Terror,' and the Echoing Press" (Pluto Press, 2004).
	www.commondreams.org /views04/0824-11.htm (1526 words)

	Politics : INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL:- The making of a rubber stamp National Assembly
		Nevertheless, rumblings followed these changes, and to make matters worse the effrontery of Wabara in contemplating moving some powerful Senators were to snowball in the crisis that subsequently enveloped the Senate four months after the changes.
		Waving off questions on the nature of settlement reached Okoro said:“The important thing is that we have settled this matter and this matter is over,” he said in scornful dismissal of the right of the citizenry to demand probity in the nation’s upper legislative chambers.
		Despite some of its significant legislative initiatives including the budget and its boldness in reversing some of the more horrendous clauses in the labour reform bill, impressions about the Senate, however, continue to be smeared by accusations of the legislative body being a rubber stamp.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/p401102004.html (1611 words)

	Rubber Stamp -- Assistance and Offers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		KHON2, HI -...\"They have proved they are not a rubber stamp,\" said...
		What this gift allowed children to do was create their own rubber stamps, letterheads and...
		Critics say the president has become a rubber stamp for a spendthrift Congress, betraying his campaign image.
	www.healthykidsplanet.com /extra/171/rubber-stamp.html (263 words)

	the-rubber-stamp: January 2005
		I risk being called a member of the Christian Right and I have even mockingly been called a devotee of personalities such as the Reverend Falwell, yet I will continue to argue that any form of moral and ethical values are far preferable to nihilism, the almost inevitable consequence of pure secularism.
		I do not agree with every issue stated on these web cites but I strongly support the idea that they are intellectual forums aimed at achieving their goals through an honest discussion of the issues and not an outright rejection and condemnation of their opponents.
		A group like NOW may have a legitimate claim to being a pro abortion, pro gay rights, political action committee or lobbying, but to believe that those issues are inherently inseparable from the concept of “women’s rights” is a farce.
	therubberstamp.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_therubberstamp_archive.html (6231 words)

	Tunisian Politics - North Africa Journal
		Politics is the domain of a few in Tunis, where opposition is not tolerated, despite the existence of a few inefficient political parties and a rubber-stamp assembly.
		While politics and the decision-making process are highly centralized and controlled by the regime, there is a new generation of activists who is pushing for meaningful and peaceful changes and is calling for an overhaul in the way politics is conducted.
		Therefore, all Tunisian political activists and militants have been focusing on breaking away from these controlled methods, seeking to institute a credible and functioning democracy that would serve as a check and an alternative to the administration in power.
	www.north-africa.com /tunisiaelections04.htm (2661 words)

	PrawfsBlawg: The FISA Rubber Stamp(?)
		Last night on CNN Jeff Toobin opined that the FISA court is basically a rubber stamp, and not an effective check on executive authority.
		Dec 20, 2005 4:28:11 PM First of all, even if it was pretty much a rubber stamp, the ability to refuse if it got really bad (trying to snoop on John Kerry during the election, for instance) could still be there.
		Likewise, the current eavesdropping issue is partly a tool of partisan attack on a politically vulnerable President; it is also about abuse of executive power and disrespect for the Constitution.
	prawfsblawg.blogs.com /prawfsblawg/2005/12/the_fisa_rubber.html (1610 words)

	Product Review - Innovative Stamp Creations - Rubber Art Stamping
		Rubber stamp sheets are unmounted rubber stamps that are still on one sheet.
		These stamps can be cut and mounted on wood or used with acrylic mounts.
		Each sheet is filled with coordinating stamps which makes it easy to use the stamps together on a project.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art39264.asp (336 words)

	USATODAY.com - Senators, don't rubber-stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Senators inclined to vote to confirm a nominee might find it politically prudent to remain ignorant of his views.
		On the other hand, the less the Senate and the public know about a nominee, the harder it will be to blame senators who voted to confirm him if and when his rulings anger voters.
		Judging may be non-political, but picking and confirming judges — and especially justices — is quite political, at least today.
	usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-04-judiciary-edit_x.htm (1075 words)

	Rubber Stamp Republican Congress
		Christy has the details, but the bottom line is that we're trying to get as many rubber stamps as possible to the rubber stamp Republicans, which will be delivered once enough are received.
		The Stamp Maker is offering a 20% discount, so it doesn't cost much.
		The designated address for everyone to send their "Rubber Stamp Republican Congress" will be politicstv (found here).
	www.taylormarsh.com /archives_view.php?id=2141 (176 words)

	Vanguard - Politics : Nnamani’s sole effort to remove rubber stamp image
		Not too long ago when he was under fire from his Enugu political base on account of the controversy that followed the reportage of an otherwise harmless radio interview, Senator Nnamani or his minders had to use a similar “impromptu” press opportunity to save himself from the embarrassment of being seen as a political weakling.
		His reiteration of his comments in the face of the cannon from his political enemies in his native Enugu State was seen as an effort in demonstrating his staying power under attack.
		If you are not quarrelling with the President you are called a rubber stamp, if you attack him even if he coughs, they say it is a tough legislative arm,’ Senator Nnamani said of popular thinking of a working legislature as a confrontational one.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/politics/december05/06122005/p106122005.html (1688 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄:::
		The ink coated rubberstamp is then pressed onto any type of Medium (bearer) medium such that the colored image has now been transferred to the medium.
		The image may be embellished by the addition of chalk chalks, ink inks, paint paints, fiber fibers and a variety of other ephemera and embellishments.
		There you will find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article Rubber stamp.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Rubber_stamp.html (705 words)

	Internet rubber stamp information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rubber stamp artists, scrapbookers, and other rubber stamp enthusiasts can now find local rubber stamp events with a single click using the online map feature at RubberStampCalendar.com, the web's most comprehensive listing of rubber stamp conventions, expos, retreats and trade shows.
		Although the Middle Georgia Regional Airport is only a federal rubber stamp away from having its security system officially upgraded, city officials are back to step one in luring in another airline, Mayor Jack...
		Stamp collecting takes some skill and experience and this cannot be learnt straight away.
	rubb7-akg.blogspot.com (3612 words)

	An Elephant in Donkey's Clothing \| Young Philly Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Schumer isn't always against primaries, it seems he's gearing up to fight against NY's Golden Boy and soon to be (but not soon enough) the first Jewish President of the US of A, Elliot Spitzer.
		I think that the political cartoon did what a political cartoon is suppposed to do, get a conversation going via a powerful image within a single frame.
		Political cartoons are as old as this nation
	youngphillypolitics.com /node/420 (5807 words)

	the-rubber-stamp: November 2005
		That is scary, that is not just politics it is a downright refusal to accept the fact that we are at war.
		Judicial activism is a danger to everyone no matter what their political views, because it is unpredictable and the justices who practice it are never held accountable for their actions.
		In the early part of the 1900s activist judges were mostly seen as enacting a conservative agenda, and for the last few decades they have been forcing liberal values onto the American people.
	therubberstamp.blogspot.com /2005_11_01_therubberstamp_archive.html (4448 words)

	Rubber Stamp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Daily Mail - May 24 5:58 AM The nationwide knife amnesty launched today is not enough to stamp out the culture, according to the widow of the headmaster stabbed to death outside his school.
		Karen Stamp, Karen Artwell, Huntley Henry and Dwight Bryan were recently charged with harbouring a criminal following the capture of Mr.
		rubber stamp card sheila golden rubber stamp projects stampendous rubber stamp rubber stamp
	www.top-searches.info /rubberstamp (3399 words)

	The Lady Speaks » Rubber Stamp Fun! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Update: (3.28.06 - 4:46p EDT) According to Christy, the stamp company - The Stamp Maker - is now offering a 20% discount on all orders made before noon Eastern Time tomorrow (Wed, 3.29) Use the SPRING promotion code (all caps!!) to qualify.
		And it is a doozy: we’re asking you to purchase a rubber stamp and send it to a specified address — which we plan on delivering to a member of Congress.
		Once we have received a "critical mass" amount of rubber stamps, we’ll make the delivery.
	palady.wordpress.com /2006/03/28/rubber-stamp-fun (338 words)

	Rubber Stamp Ink : Artist Fabrics
		Philately is a broader term for the study of stamps, and it is frequently (and wrongly) equated to stamp collecting.
		He gave supporters a rubber stamp and ink pad to make it easy to use the write-in slot in the voting machine.
		a rubber stamp and ink pad and is made of oak, mahogany, brass and steel.
	www.agwayretail.com /533-Rubber-Stamp-Ink.html (538 words)

	A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 2 By Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner
		Broadening FISA so that it may be used against Americans, with searches initiated by the prosecutorial arm of the government, against ordinary criminals, subverts that bargain.
		Section 213 is another extremely controversial part of the Patriot Act, engendering protest from across the political spectrum.
		By allowing the state to rummage first and let you know later (sometimes much later), the act upends the traditional requirement that the state advise you in advance that you are being searched.
	www.slate.com /id/2088106 (1510 words)

	Civil Rights Focus Shift Roils Staff At Justice
		Chris Cillizza provides daily posts on a range of political topics, from the race for control of Congress in 2006 to scrutinizing the 2008 presidential hopefuls.
		A quarter of those cases were related tohuman-trafficking crimes, which were made easier to prosecute under legislation passed at the end of the Clinton administration and which account for a growing proportion of the division's caseload.
		Although relations between the career and political ranks have been strained throughout the Justice Department over the past five years, the level of conflict has been particularly high in civil rights, according to current and former staffers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/12/AR2005111201200.html (902 words)

	Fears for Senate as rubber stamp - smh.com.au
		The clerk of the Senate, Harry Evans, said if the constitution was changed to allow prime ministers to call joint sittings of both houses of Parliament, without first facing an election, the Senate would become a powerless "debating society".
		"Obviously this scheme would mean the Senate becoming a political rubber stamp for the policies of the government, as the House of Representatives is now," Mr Evans said.
		Mr Evans, a defender of the powers of the Senate against both sides of politics during his 15 years in the clerk's job, said Mr Howard wanted "absolute power on 40 per cent of the vote".
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/06/09/1055010930121.html (449 words)

	The Very Phony Vito Fossella
		Bush's Rubber Stamp for Torture and Misinformation in the Bronx.
		The greater issue is whether our representatives in the U.S. Congress have the strength and integrity to stand up for the principles of the Constitution that they are sworn to protect, and demand honest answers about and a full accounting of the activities of the federal government.
		By failing to exercise the disciplined oversight that is his authority and duty, he is betraying the interests of his constituents in favor of loyalty to the partisan agenda of his political party.
	www.irregulartimes.com /fossellaphony.html (1350 words)

	Zimbabwe news Cathy Buckle
		Stomach cramps, vomiting and then difficulty in breathing and at last the child was admitted to hospital.
		Being admitted to hospital was a marathon which required a rubber stamp in an exercise book and eight hundred thousand dollars before anyone would even look at her son.
		JAG were damning in their condemnation of the CFU and said: "the leadership (of CFU) is still on their farms and have politically been left alone.
	africantears.netfirms.com /may2006.shtml (1798 words)

	Frist and the Rubber Stamp Republicans
		"If attempts to use the committee's charter for political purposes persist, we may have to simply acknowledge that nonpartisan oversight, while a worthy aspiration, is not possible," Frist said.
		This news must have pushed Frist and the rubber stamp Republicans into overdrive.
		Cheney, Frist and the rubber stamp Republicans in Congress are going hunting and it's not just Democrats they're after.
	www.taylormarsh.com /archives_view.php?id=2020 (1338 words)

	Politics from Taiwan » The ‘rubber stamp’ National Assembly
		Politics from Taiwan » The ‘rubber stamp’ National Assembly
		On the other hand, the presidium decided to make it possible for another voting, if the rubber stamps turn unfaithful.
		Should a serious fault occur in the voting, the presidium would meet to decide on a request for a second voting that is endorsed by at least 30 deputies, a National Assembly spokesman said.
	jujuflop.yule.org /2005/06/02/the-rubber-stamp-national-assembly (433 words)

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