Yeah Government Has Never Lied

Not worry folk government always tells the truth

Stewardship & Citizenship

Pay attention to those in power and follow the money. They must be held accountable to the people. Be involved in the political process to be a good citizen.

American

government, amp, social, church, service

corruption

how to stop it?

UP a Creek

This is where we're all headed if 0bama gets his way with his force everyone to have health care plan

My Soapbox

Benefits & Scroungers: Every one's definition of 'scrounger' verses 'needy' is very different, and this definition changes as economics change. What worries me is this debate is beginning to look more like the making scape goats of people we don't like. The chronically obese are being attacked in the Daily Mail. The mentally ill and the chronic pain sufferers (your just a drug addict) are also attacked in the USA regularly in the right wing blogs. *

Politics and Governance

Elizabeth II's personal standard, used in her role as Head of the Commonwealth, and for when she visits Commonwealth countries of which she is not head of state.

Politics and Governance

From 21 April 1944 until her marriage to the Duke of Edinburgh,Princess Elizabeth's arms consisted of a lozenge bearing the same charges as the shield of the Royal coat of arms, and a label of three points argent, the centre bearing a Tudor Rose and the first and third a cross of St George. Following her marriage, these arms were impaled with those of the Duke of Edinburgh; she held these until her accession as queen,after which, as the sovereign of each of the Commonwealth realms, she acquired the arms of the monarch of each of those countries, in most cases formally known as the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of [Country] or the Royal Arms of [Country]. The governments of the realms use these arms as symbols of the authority of the Crown. Similarly, Elizabeth bears a number of personal flags for use in some of her realms: two in the United Kingdom (one for Scotland and another for all other areas), and one each for Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and Barbados. These consist of the banners of the associated Royal Arms, all, save for those of the UK, defaced with Elizabeth's personal badge: a crowned letter E within a circle of roses on a blue disk. This same badge is also used as the Queen's personal flag for her role as Head of the Commonwealth, or for visiting Commonwealth countries where she is not head of state.

Politics and Governance

Three portraits of Queen Elizabeth II illustrating her different positions as sovereign. Left: as Queen of New Zealand, wearing the Order of New Zealand, the Queen's Service Order, and the sash and the star of the New Zealand Order of Merit; centre: as Queen of Canada, wearing the Sovereign's insignia of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit; right: as Queen of the United Kingdom, wearing the insignia of the Order of the Garter and the Royal Family Orders of King George V and King George VI.

Politics and Governance

The Federal Council of Switzerland, the seven-member collective Head of State of Switzerland, in 2009 (also depicted: Federal Chancellor, far right).