does is clearly undemocratic but also in other ways so for example one reason politicians really like the i.m.f. is that it often enables them to. abdicate responsibility for austerity so in other words if they screw up and there are problems with their economy or even if there are problems which are not of their own making rather than take the blame for it they bring in the i.m.f. and they can say well if the i.m.f. is imposing austerity it's not really my fault i would really like to do it so it's a way of bypassing the democratic debate and the democratic process ok jeffrey in cambridge would you agree with i mean i mean just from a purely democratic point of view daniel's got a pretty good point. well i would probably come out on the bottom line the same the same place which is i think it's time for a candidate from emerging markets but i disagree completely about the reason if you if governance of the i.m.f. were to be completely democratic it would be run like the united nations and it would be much less effect and i think that emerging markets have earned. the right to have one

and there are some ways in which it's very clearly undemocratic and some ways in which it's not so clear so on the clearest side i mean the fact that it's western european heads for sixty plus years and the next thirty is likely to be european as well i mean that's clearly under across the fact that america which has less than five percent of the world's population has a veto and it does is clearly undemocratic but also in other ways so for example one reason politicians really like the i.m.f. is that it often enables them to. abdicate responsibility for austerity so in other words if they screw up and there are problems with their economy or even if there are problems which are not of their own making rather than take the blame for it they bring in the i.m.f. or maybe they can say what is the i.m.f. is imposing austerity it's not really my fault i would really like to do it so it's a way of bypassing the democratic debate and the democratic process ok jeffrey in cambridge would you agree with i mean i mean just from a purely democratic point of view i daniels got a pretty good point. we

as undemocratic as the united states senate is by design, the new supercommittee is the most undemocratic assembly of legislative power we've ever seen. here is the map of the supercommittee as we know it. this shows the states in congressional districts that they represent. when nancy pelosi adds her three choices, three more congressional districts will be included. the committee will represent 15.2% of the american people. the committee could have represented more people than that simply by choosing one senator from california, both of whom are democrats, so one of them would be a democrat, and one senator from texas. both of those senators are republicans, so that would be a democrat and republican. one senator from california, one senator from texas represent the two, most-populous states, together they represent 20% of our population. if you then threw in a new york senator, which would be a democrat, and a florida republican senator, and then throw in a democrat from illinois and a republican from pennsylvania, which they do have in the mix already, you would get to 41%. and then t

suggesting that the protests and what is behind them is almost undemocratic. what more should the government be doing to stop this corruption? >> it has become so steeped into everyday that it has become the way of living in india. they have said enough is enough, they have reached a point where unless there is such a revolution, this problem is not going to be fixed. if you ask the person marching on the streets about exactly what the anti-corruption commission which is where the protest rally started, to look into corruption in the government, i don't know that your average indian could tell you all of the intricacies of this commission. he could tell you that he is very frustrated with how much he is having to pay. >> the government is listening to people, are they going to do something? >> i think they realize that they have to. this has been bubbling for a few years. those of you that remember the attacks in 2008, there was a lot of candlelight vigil and a similar protest. this was from foreign shores. the finger was pointed at the government. they believ

he argues hazare's hundred strike is an undemocratic attempt to ship construction laws. after a series of high-profile financial scandals, it has hit a nerve with millions of indians who want the graft to stop. >> new franco-german plans to boost fiscal convergence in the eurozone is getting a cool response from other member states. austria and ireland criticized proposals to create an economic government in which euro states agree to give up sovereignty. the proposals have failed to convince investors that the debt crisis is closer to being solved. >> chancellor merkle believes the meeting in paris came up with steps to renew market confidence and ensure the future of the euro. germany and france focused on three main proposals. eurozone leaders should coordinate economic policy, members should enshrined that ceilings in their constitutions, there should be a tax in the financial transactions, securities to cover the eurozone are not planned, and are opposed by a coalition partners. >> you can only solve eurozone problems by running up less debt. the deficit spree has t

his supporters call hazare's jailing undemocratic. in parliament, opposition lawmakers are also increasing their criticism against the government. in an attempt to ease tensions, the government offered to release hazare who has been staging a hunger strike in jail. but he has refused to leave and is demanding freedom of assembly. in a bid to resolve the standoff, the government began negotiating with hazare's supporters on wednesday to allow him to hold a planned rally for a limited period. the situation is putting more pressure on the prime minister who is already under fire for rampant corruption and surging prices. >>> a british court has sentenced two men to four years in jail for inciting disorder using a social networking site during the recent riots. the rioting early this month spread from london to other cities. police have so far arrested 1,700 people. on tuesday, a court in chester handed down sentences to the two men, aged 20 and 22. the men posted messages on facebook encouraging rioting and looting. >> they decided in th

his supporters call hazare's jailing undemocratic. in parliament, opposition lawmakers are also increasing their criticism against the government. in an attempt to ease tensions, the government offered to release hazare who has been staging a hunger strike in jail. but he has refused to leave and is demanding freedom of assembly. in a bid to resolve the standoff, the government began negotiating with hazare's supporters on wednesday to allow him to hold a planned rally for a limited period. the situation is putting more pressure on the prime minister who is already under fire for rampant corruption and surging prices. >>> a british court has sentenced two men to four years in jail for inciting disorder using a social networking site during the recent riots. the rioting early this month spread from london to other cities. police have so far arrested 1,700 people. on tuesday, a court in chester handed down sentences to the two men, aged 20 and 22. the men posted messages on facebook encouraging rioting and looting. >> they decided in th

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time to stop making cuts and put this country back to work he says that gangs are fundamentally undemocratic they concentrate power in fewer and fewer hands and we need to stop doing that we've been doing it in corporate america since reagan stuck to force in the sherman antitrust act and we started getting oligopolies in megalopolises and then run in the banking crash and now we're doing it in government with these gangs frankly nuts and we need to speak up and tell our representatives we don't want any more government by gangs. our next comment is also from the rahm line last night president obama called on americans to get involved in the political process and call in members of congress to tell them that a deal need to be reached on the debt ceiling negotiations americans responded on capitol hill switchboard crashed within hours of the president's speech in a statement today the president again president obama once again credited the american people for their involvement in this process. i want to thank the american people for keeping up the pressure on their elected officials to put po

hundred thirty five members of congress i would suggest that most of them would tell you it's undemocratic we know tom going in that the republicans have said that no matter what happens between now and the conference itself they're not going to address the issue of additional revenues and the tragedy of this last week with was not the downgrade from standard and poor's that was just a message from a messenger the tragedy was we passed a bill on monday and tuesday that tried to resuscitate this economy only through the cut side when we were having debates all through the process as to whether or not there was an appropriate rule for revenues and to put that in some perspective for your listeners if you and i can knight had the best job creation program in the world but it took some resources and congress has told us and the president himself that we don't have the resources to put against the program we will not raise new revenues and that dysfunction is what standard and poor's and the markets are looking at askance but you've you've written several times extensively and spoken about some

. >> this is undemocratic. >> what was supposed to be a 15 minute talk rambled on more than 90 minutesometimes appeared a clown on the world stage his actions were often deadly. the irish republican armies to defeat. he viciously targeted americans. in 1986, libyan agents were accused of bombing a berlin nightcl nightclub. responded by bombing tripoli, targeting gadhafi's house. two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over the tiny village. raining debris and taking 270 lives. investigators traced the attack to libya. leaving the country isolated and increasingly destitute. he gave up the suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy all of his chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. he welcomed oil kpaeps into libya but questions linger about some western loyal contracts were traded for scotland's release of one of the convicted bombers. and he kint give up the bizarre behavior. >> back home patience was running thin. after more than 40 years, rebelian bubbled up quickly spreading across libya. as his government disintegrated he

. >> we are not committed to obey the resolutions of the security council because it is undemocratic.at was supposed to be a 15 minute talk rambled on more than 90 minutes. but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage, his actions were often deadly. he viciously targeted americans. in 1986, libyan agents were accused of bombing a berlin nightclub, killing two americans and a turk. u.s. president ronald reagan responded by bombing tripoli, targeting gadhafi's house. the raid killed more than 100 people including gadhafi's own daughter. two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over a tiny village, raining debris and taking 270 lives. after 11 years as an international outcast, gadhafi cut a deal. he gave up the suspects for trial and after the u.s. invaded iraq, he surprised the world by agreeing to destroy chemical, nuclear and biological weapons. he didn't kbif up the bizarre behavior. on a 2009 visit to italy he invited 200 models to his ambassador's house, paying $75 to listen to lectures on islam and giving each a copy of the koran. back home, patience was running t

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that's very undemocratible to me. >> it's disturbing. absolutely. it's disturbing. i think it's not accidental that those laws are being pushed through. that are controlled by republican governor and legislators, they're passing laws conveniently that seem to only block access to the kind of voting or registration or access to the polls for groups of people who support democrats. early voting, you know, much higher percentage of voters who are democrats go to the polls for early voting. putting road blocks in the way so it makes it harder for people to register, all with the gauzy accusation that voter fraud is somehow a problem, when over and over again it has been proven that you're more likely to get hit by lightning than be a victim of voter fraud. >> what is the dnc's plan to protect people having access toward their right to vote, and access to their voting booth? >> at the dnc, and the democratic party, we are very focused on election protection and voter protection, making sure that both on the days -- on election today and early voting days we ensure that p

tremendous resentment over the european union where the british people have been pulled in totally undemocraticallyration causing problems and multiculturism which is failing and most of the riots are happening in multicultural areas and that breeds anger at the abuse people fell that politicians are subjecting them to and it only requires a spark to turn it into riots. in the old days when i first went to wall street the firms were owned by participates would owned the business and invested their money. and it spread interest managers. and they used their customers' money to gamble and this was a root cause of the trouble on wall street. and this has happened in politics in both of our countries. once a calling, where people gave their time to serve their nation. now they are there as a career for big monetary reward. and privileges. think of obamacare, we are subjected to the high cost but members of congress get a special deal. not in it at all. and that creates great resentment and frustration. same in england. >>neil: what i also see, governments in a lot of political titans and those in the b

you might say it's undemocratic in the sense that, obviously, until the project is later announced, it's secret but i think part of the point of my argument is that a better way for people to participate is to be able to make their own decisions about the disposition of their property and to be able to say yes or no to the offers that are brought to them rather than having a voice in the political process whereas an individual particularly, a poor one, your chance of influencing the outcome is small. by contrast, if you can say yes or no to offers that are brought to you, then you have a much higher chance of actually having a say in your on own fate. so if you believe the money being offered is not enough and you'll end up living somewhere else or be worse off, then you can just say no. i think that's a good thing from a fairness perspective. it's also by the way a good thing from the perspective of maximizing economic efficiency and economic development. if, in fact, the current owners of property value it more than the developer does, then even if all you care about economic efficienc

. >> translator: we're not taught to obey the rules because it is the undemocratic and -- >> reporter: what was supposed to be a 15-minute talk -- rambled on more than 90 minutes. >> given by the security council. >> reporter: but while he sometimes appeared a clown on the world stage his actions were often deadly. in the mid '80s he support palestine liberation against israel. the irish republic's mission. and he viciously targeted americans. in 1986, libyan agents were accused of bombing a berlin nightclub, killing two americans and a turk. u.s. president ronald regan responded by bombing tripoli, targeting gadhafi's house. the raid killed more than 100 people, including gadhafi's own daughter. two years later, pan am flight 103 blew up over the tiny village of lockerbie, scotland, reigning debris and taking 270 lives. investigators traced the attack to libya. when libya refused to turn over the suspects the u.n. imposed tough sanctions, leaving the country isolated and increasingly destitute. after 11 years as an international outcast, gadhafi cut a deal. he gave up the lockerbie b

>> we should start by saying that this is ridiculously an undemocratic process, right? the supreme court outlawed a poll tax here. you have to pay $30 to be able to participate. so with that premise, and even though that makes a point about people finishing in the top two, there's no great correlation between people winning the straw poll and becoming the party nominee. that all said, yes, chris, i think your point suggests the answer which is there will be people who are you now living off the earth, newt gingrich, rick seasantorum and others who frankly, if they don't show better than expected and it's always a funny thing to play that expectations game. i think it's going to be very hard, the press only has so many camera craws and reporters that they can -- even embeds that they can send out to follow these candidates. and i just think with a field this big and growing with rick per ry and sarah palin, i think if you're lower or behalf or beyond, i think it's going to be hard to sustain a candidacy from the standpoint of supporters, endorsement, and money, of course

so i'm happy to see that because that is a democratic response to a highly undemocratic challenge whichterror. again it's the best way we can show our back to the ideas and the actions of this man is to do precisely that. you know, the youth is the hope and the way they respond to it. they have said very clearly this notion has gone around the world if one man can hate that much, imagine what we can do together with our combined love. it's a sentiment of a teenager but i think it's a good message after the massacre that inspires us. >> woodruff: mr. minister, we appreciate you being with us and again our condolences to you and your countrymen and- women. >> thank you so much. >> ifill: finally tonight: australian film stars; a russian playwright and a return to an american stage. jeffrey brown has the story. >> reporter: from queen elizabeth: to, unlikely as it seems, bob dylan: cate blanchett has engaged and surprised audiences in a variety of roles. she's become one of the world's most admired film stars and joined a group of fellow australians-- russell crowe, nicole kidman, hugh jac

you might say it's undemocratic in the sense that, obviously, until the project is later announced, it's secret but i think part of the point of my argument is that a better way for people to participate is to be able to make their own decisions about the disposition of their property and to be able to say yes or no to the offers that are brought to them rather than having a voice in the political process whereas an individual particularly, a poor one, your chance of influencing the outcome is small. by contrast, if you can say yes or no to offers that are brought to you, then you have a much higher chance of actually having a say in your on own fate. so if you believe the money being offered is not enough and you'll end up living somewhere else or be worse off, then you can just say no. i think that's a good thing from a fairness perspective. it's also by the way a good thing from the perspective of maximizing economic efficiency and economic development. if, in fact, the current owners of property value it more than the developer does, then even if all you care about economic efficienc

mosteduces congress' fundamental power of the purse to and undemocratic and un transparent hurdle. the trigger mechanism is another fundamentally anti-democratic gimmick designed to take legislative choices out of the hands of elected legislators. it is based on the premise that lawmakers cannot be trusted to make hard choices on their own. history makes clear that such triggers cannot be trusted. the graham-rudman-hollings -- the gramm-rudman-hollings budget law of 1985 had ferocious automatic cuts, which congress turned out not to like." you are on the air. we're waiting for your thoughts. what do you think? caller: i wish you would rephrase that because i was not really paying attention. host: should the super committee hold public meetings? caller: i believe they should, but first of all, we should not have a super committee. our country is not a democracy, it is a republic. we should not have the super committee to begin with, in my opinion. host: ok, you think all lawmakers should be involved? caller: yes, our founding fathers founded it this way for a reason, for balance of