Undemocratic Forces: Daniel Ortega. The WWW.

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Undemocratic Forces: Daniel Ortega. The WWW.

Postby Gouda » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:53 am

Sorry, more free association. Been seeing the following branding popping up with greater regularity: "undemocratic forces." <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Web inventor fears for the future</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6108578.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn...108578.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The British developer of the world wide web says he is worried about the way it could be used to spread misinformation and <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"undemocratic forces".</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br>...<br><br>But <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Sir Tim Berners-Lee</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> told BBC News he feared that, if the way the internet is used is left to develop unchecked, "bad things" could happen...<br><br>"Certain undemocratic things could emerge and misinformation will start spreading over the web...<br><br>He said he wanted to attract researchers from a range of disciplines to study it as a social as well as technological phenomenon.<br><br>Sir Tim added that he hoped it would create a new science for studying the web, which he believes would lead to newer and more exciting systems...<br><br>The Web Science Research Initiative will chart out a research agenda aimed at understanding the scientific, technical and social challenges underlying the growth of the web.<br><br>Of particular interest is the growing volume of information on the web that documents more and more aspects of human activity and knowledge.<br><br>The project will examine how we access this information and assess its reliability. <hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, was knighted by the Queen in 2003. Protection of democratic forces, coming from a Knight: <br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Creator of the web turns knight</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3899723.stm">news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn...899723.stm</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the world wide web, has received his knighthood from the Queen.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <br>"Turns knight." Interesting play on words. <br><br>Who else likes to bandy "Un/anti-democratic forces" about? <br><br>U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez.<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>Nicaragua: Ortega takes early lead</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/11/05/nicaragua.elections.ap/index.html">edition.cnn.com/2006/WORL...index.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a U.S. foe, has openly favored his "brother" Ortega, while Washington remains openly wary of the balding 60-year-old, once an iconic figure of the Latin American left and ally of the Soviet Union. <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> has said that aid and trade "will be endangered" if "<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>anti-democratic forces</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> prevail."<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--> <p></p><i></i>
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Ortega to win

Postby wordspeak » Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:58 pm

"Undemocratic"- new buzz term, but pretty much same old model, though. the linguistics battle for "democracy."<br><br>More importantly, though, Ortega appears to have won. And Lefty Rafael Correa may win in a few weeks, too- big concerns for the capitalists.<br><br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061106.wortega1106/BNStory/Front/home">www.theglobeandmail.com/s...Front/home</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>Ortega appears headed for victory<br>Associated Press<br><br>Managua, Nicaragua — Leftist Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega appeared<br>headed for victory Monday in his long-time quest to regain power, 16 years<br>after a U.S.-backed rebellion helped drive the former Marxist<br>revolutionary from office.<br><br>Early results from Sunday's presidential election gave Mr. Ortega with a<br>strong lead over his four rivals. His victory, if confirmed by final<br>results, would expand the club of leftist Latin rulers led by Venezuela's<br>Hugo Chavez, who has tried to help his ally by shipping cheap oil to the<br>energy-starved nation.<br><br>Mr. Ortega, who led Nicaragua from 1985-1990, has repeatedly said he is no<br>longer the communist guerrilla who fought U.S.-backed Contra rebels, a war<br>that left 30,000 dead and the economy in shambles.<br><br>But while he has toned down his leftist rhetoric and pledged to continue<br>free-trade policies, the United States remains openly wary of its former<br>Cold War foe, once a staunch supporter of the Soviet Union. Washington has<br>threatened to withhold aid to the nation, the second-poorest in the<br>hemisphere.<br><br>Related to this article<br><br>Articles<br><br>Old rebel finds a new cause in Nicaragua<br>A country decides<br>Latest Comments<br><br>Start a conversation on this story<br><br>The U.S. Embassy said it was too soon to “make an overall judgment on the<br>fairness and transparency of the process.”<br><br>“We are receiving reports of some anomalies in the electoral process,”<br>including polling stations that opened late and closed early, the embassy<br>said.<br><br>Roberto Rivas, president of the Supreme Electoral Council, dismissed the<br>U.S. statement.<br><br>“We have promised the Nicaraguan people transparent elections, and that's<br>what we've done,” he said. “I think there were enough observers to witness<br>that.”<br><br>With 15 per cent of polling stations counted, Mr. Ortega had 40 per cent<br>of Sunday's vote, compared with 33 per cent for his closest challenger,<br>the wealthy banker Eduardo Montealegre.<br><br>Three others rivals were well behind: Sandinista dissident Edmundo<br>Jarquin, ruling-party candidate Jose Rizo and former Contra rebel Eden<br>Pastora.<br><br>To win outright and avoid a runoff, the leftist Sandinista leader needs<br>just 35 per cent of the vote and a five-point advantage over his closest<br>opponent.<br><br>Mr. Ortega has already made three unsuccessful attempts at re-election.<br><br>Mr. Ortega's supporters flooded the streets, setting off celebratory<br>fireworks, waving the party's red-and-black flag and swaying to the<br>candidate's campaign song, set to the tune of John Lennon's “Give Peace a<br>Chance.”<br><br>Mr. Montealegre brushed aside Mr. Ortega's lead, saying: “No one has won<br>here. The Nicaraguan people, in a runoff, will determine the next<br>president.”<br><br>Mr. Ortega has already made three unsuccessful attempts at re-election.<br><br>Ruling party spokesman Leonel Teller warned that electoral authorities<br>were “inciting something could end in blood and violence.”<br><br>At stake are millions of dollars in potential investments, many from<br>foreign companies drawn to Nicaragua by its cheap labour, low crime rates<br>and decision to join the new Central American Free Trade Agreement.<br><br>“We are playing with the stability of the country,” said Jose Adan<br>Aguirre, president of the Chamber of Commerce.<br><br>Nicaraguans hiked miles through the jungle, paddled canoes down remote<br>rivers and waited under a searing sun to vote on whether to return Mr.<br>Ortega to power.<br><br>Overall the voting was peaceful, but many polling stations opened late,<br>leaving long lines of people waiting to cast their ballots. After the<br>polls closed, angry voters pounded on shuttered doors, shouting at<br>officials inside to let them vote.<br><br>After voting Sunday, Mr. Ortega said he was confident there wouldn't be a<br>runoff.<br><br>“Nicaragua wins today,” he said, climbing into his Mercedes sport utility<br>vehicle and driving away with his wife.<br><br>Polls have shown Mr. Ortega would have trouble winning a December runoff.<br>While he has a loyal base of support, many voters still have bitter<br>memories of Sandinista rule, in which homes and businesses were seized.<br><br>Mr. Ortega has repeatedly said he has changed. In fact, his vice<br>presidential candidate was once one of his biggest enemies: Jaime Morales,<br>who served as the spokesman for the Contras.<br><br>As Sandinista leader, Mr. Ortega seized Morales' six-bedroom estate, but<br>they reconciled after Mr. Ortega offered to pay Morales for his former<br>home — now Mr. Ortega's campaign headquarters.<br><br>Marvin Lopez, a 46-year-old doctor waiting in a long line at the same<br>polling station where Mr. Ortega voted, said he feared an Mr. Ortega win<br>would bring back uncontrollable inflation and conflict.<br><br>“I don't want to return to a dictatorship, the misery, the abuse of<br>families' rights,” he said.<br><br>Waiting at the end of the line was 26-year-old student Gema Amaya Larios,<br>who said she woke up at dawn to cast her vote for Mr. Ortega.<br><br>“He's the only one who will give the people what they need,” she said.<br>“Everyone else just cares about their own interests.”<br><br>Amid fears of fraud, armed soldiers kept guard at polling stations<br>monitored by more than 18,000 observers — including three former<br>presidents: Jimmy Carter, Peru's Alejandro Toledo and Panama's Nicolas<br>Ardito Barletta.<br><br>In a veiled reference to the United States and Venezuela, Toledo condemned<br>“any interference, wherever it comes from, whether it be Asia, Europe,<br>North America or Latin America.”<br><br>“Let the citizens of all countries determine their own destiny,” he said.<br><br>Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel on Sunday accused the United<br>States of “blackmail and pressure to twist this process” in Nicaragua.<br><br>Nicaraguan presidents can't serve two consecutive terms, and President<br>Enrique Bolanos steps down Jan. 10. <p></p><i></i>
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