 | Bill Bradley - Big Money, Lobbyists, and American Politics Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1124 Former New Jersey Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley criticizes the influence of lobbyists and high-dollar campaign contributors on American politics. ----- "A Troubling Nexus: Big Money and Politics" with Senators Bill Bradley and Alan Simpson speaking at The Commonwealth Club of California. Two former senators reach across the aisle to take an inside look at the impact of big money on our political system. They discuss how money influences who runs for office, who gets elected and the ability of elected representatives to remain in office, and they explain why they now support public funding of federal elections and the reasons behind their affiliation with Americans for Campaign Reform. -- The Commonwealth Club William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former U.S. Senator from New Jersey and presidential candidate, who challenged Vice President Al Gore for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election. |
 | Commonwealth Gold American Smooth Scholarship My instructor and I dancing waltz followed by tango and then foxtrot. |
 | Commonwealth Open Silver American Smooth This starts about 3 seconds into my foxtrot opening. Once the foxtrot finishes, the next dance is viennese waltz. |
 | England (Re: American YouTube) This video is in response to American YouTube. As England doesn't have an official national anthem ('God Save the Queen' is the National Anthem of Great Britain), I've used 'Jerusalem' (Which is often sung on sporting occasions) and 'Land of Hope and Glory' (Which is used as the English Anthem at the Commonwealth Games). |
 | Remembrance: Two-Min Silence at the Cenotaph The Queen, members of the Royal Family, senior politicians and officials, Commonwealth High Commissioners, and religious leaders assemble before the two-minute silence at 11am. ++++ In the United Kingdom, the national Remembrance ceremony is held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London. Wreaths are laid by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Kent and Prince William of Wales; the Prime Minister, leaders of major political parties, the Foreign Secretary, the Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Army, Navy and the Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets and the Civilian Services. Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. The silence represents the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, when the guns of Europe fell silent. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers, playing the Last Post. The event consists mainly of an extensive march past, with army bands playing live music, each year following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance. Other members of the British Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign Office. After the Ceremony, a parade of veterans, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. The Ceremony has been televised each year by the BBC since 1946. It is the joint-longest running live televised annual event in the world, the record being shared with the Chelsea Flower Show. When first shown in 1937, it was the second ever live outside event to be broadcast, the first being the Coronation procession of George VI earlier that year. The 1947 telerecording of the ceremony is the oldest surviving record of a broadcast of a live outside event. |
 | The Sweatshops None of us are free, if one of us is in chains. High Resolution On an American Commonwealth, Made in the U.S.A. is on the label, but you wouldn't know it was America, if you saw how these girls live. I traveled to the island, and this is what I saw.. |
 | Scott McClellan on "Selling the War to the American People" Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/24/Scott_McClellan_What_Happened Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan criticizes the Bush Administration's conduct in the run-up to the Iraq war, for conducting what he describes as a "political marketing campaign" designed to "sell the war to the American people." ----- Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006. As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign. Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office. Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas. |
 | North American P-51 Mustang in flight simulator 2004 Several post-war versions of the Mustang were manufactured including the F-82 Twin Mustang. This double fuselage airplane with two Allison engines was used as a night fighter, as well as an escort aircraft. Later versions were also made under license by Commonwealth Aircraft in Australia. North American P-51 Mustangs served with air forces all over the world, as late as 1979. |
 | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Economic Fiasco Commonwealth supposed economic growth after the 1950's. Curiously, the economic reform did not hold since currently over 50% of Puerto Ricans receive federal subsidies and the real unemployment rate is over 20%. It was a facade to quiet United Nations protest of American colonial rule over the island. On December 2005 United States recognized Puerto Rico as a colony, the Commonwealth Party remains in denial, and the statehood party thinks statehood is viable (a fence between Mexico and USA reflects a denial of a Hispanic state.) Today, United Stated has greater respect for the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) than any other Puerto Rican institution. And yes, the living standards have increases but only as a necessity to project the island as a developing, non-colonial country and a "showcase of democracy." Puerto Rico became in effect a sequin cage. |
 | Land of Hope and Glory - An Anglo-American Tradition Sir Edward Elgar's 'Pomp and Circumstance', set to lyrics, performed by the BBC Symphony in London in front of a nationwide audience in 2006 (BBC Proms). 'Pomp and Circumstance', composed in 1901, was first performed in the United States at the request of Yale's famous music school. It was used in Yale University's graduation ceremony in 1905 when Elgar received an honorary degree, and its use became an instant tradition at Yale. A few years later, the rest of the Ivy League followed suit, and then the rest of the country. Today, it is played at almost every US university and high school graduation ceremony. The tune is universally recognized in the US, and widely known simply as the 'Graduation Song'. In the UK, it is set to lyrics (partly written by Elgar himself) and known as 'Land of Hope and Glory'. It is the sporting anthem of England sung at sporting events, and many in England and throughout the rest of the UK know it by heart. 'Land of Hope and Glory' is a perennial favorite to replace 'God Save the Queen' as Britain's national anthem. The lyrics, however, refer to the expansion of the British Commonwealth during colonial times, and are not quite appropriate for contemporary consumption. Lyrics: Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, How shall we extol thee, Who are born of thee? Wider still and wider, Shall thy bounds be set; God, who made thee mighty, Make thee mightier yet! God, who made thee mighty, Make thee mightier yet. |
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