{"id":184704,"date":"2010-01-15T16:25:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T21:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=9086"},"modified":"2010-01-15T16:25:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T21:25:05","slug":"debate-motion-california-is-the-first-failed-state-tuesday-jan-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/184704","title":{"rendered":"Debate motion: California is the first failed state. (Tuesday Jan 19)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My blog friend and The Economist reporter Andreas Kluth will be\u00a0debating “California is the first failed state” in New York with the likes of Gray Davis (CA governor from 1999-2003) on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The following is the line-up,<\/p>\n

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  1. FOR\u2013Andreas Kluth<\/li>\n
  2. AGAINST\u2013Gray Davis<\/li>\n
  3. FOR\u2013Sharon Waxman<\/li>\n
  4. AGAINST\u2013Van Jones<\/li>\n
  5. FOR\u2013Bobby Shriver<\/li>\n
  6. AGAINST\u2013Lawrence O\u2019Donnell<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is the info from New York Times<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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    INTELLIGENCE SQUARED US <\/strong>Tuesday at 6:45 p.m., \u201cCalifornia Is the First Failed State,\u201d a debate on California\u2019s financial problems. Those arguing in favor of the proposition are Andreas Kluth, a writer for The Economist; Robert Sargent Shriver III, a lawyer and member of the Santa Monica\u00a0City Council<\/a>; and Sharon Waxman ofTheWrap.com<\/a>. Those arguing against it are\u00a0Gray Davis<\/a>, California governor from 1999 to 2003; Van Jones, a lawyer and environmental advocate; and Lawrence O\u2019Donnell Jr., a writer and political analyst for MSNBC. The debate is the first in a spring series; a reception takes place at 5:45 p.m.\u00a0Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South, Greenwich Village\u00a0, (212) 303-4322,intelligencesquaredus.org<\/a>; $35; $45 includes the reception.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Posted in Democracy, Economics, investment, people, politics, united states \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    My blog friend and The Economist reporter Andreas Kluth will be\u00a0debating “California is the first failed state” in New York with the likes of Gray Davis (CA governor from 1999-2003) on Tuesday Jan 19, 2010. The following is the line-up, FOR\u2013Andreas Kluth AGAINST\u2013Gray Davis FOR\u2013Sharon Waxman AGAINST\u2013Van Jones FOR\u2013Bobby Shriver AGAINST\u2013Lawrence O\u2019Donnell Here is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}