Parliament
In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative, elected body of government. Generally a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government (i.e., hearings, inquiries).
Although some restrict the use of the word parliament to parliamentary systems, it is also commonly used to describe the legislature in presidential systems (i.e. the French parliament), even where it is not in the official name.
Historically, parliaments included various kinds of deliberative, consultative, and judicial assemblies (i.e. the mediaeval parlements).
Etymology
The term is derived from Anglo-Norman parlement, from the verb parler 'talk'. The meaning evolved over time: originally any discussion, conversation, or negotiation (attested around 1100), through various kinds of deliberative or judicial groups, often summoned by the monarch. By 1400, it had come to mean in Britain specifically the British supreme legislature.
Origins
Various parliaments are claimed to be the oldest in the world, under varying definitions:
National Assembly (South Korea)
The National Assembly, officially the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, is the 300-memberunicameral national legislature of South Korea. The latest legislative elections were held on 11 April 2012. Single-member constituencies comprise 246 of the assembly's seats, while the remaining 54 are allocated by proportional representation. Members serve four-year terms.
The unicameral assembly consists of at least 200 members according to the South Korean constitution. In 1990 the assembly had 299 seats, 224 of which were directly elected from single-member districts in the general elections of April 1988. Under applicable laws, the remaining seventy-five representatives were elected from party lists. By law, candidates for election to the assembly must be at least thirty years of age. As part of a political compromise in 1987, an earlier requirement that candidates have at least five years' continuous residency in the country was dropped to allow Kim Dae-Jung, who had spent several years in exile in Japan and the United States during the 1980s, to return to political life. The National Assembly's term is four years. In a change from the more authoritarian Fourth Republic and Fifth Republic (1972–80 and 1980–87, respectively), under the Sixth Republic, the assembly cannot be dissolved by the president.
Parliament of Singapore
The Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament (NCMPs) and Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) who are appointed. Following the 2011 general election, 87 MPs were elected, and three NCMPs appointed to the 12th Parliament. Nine NMPs were appointed during the first session of this Parliament. The first sitting of the 12th Parliament took place on 10 October 2011. It was subsequently dissolved on 25 August 2015, with a general election scheduled on 11 September 2015.
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Gold released: 2005
- Mothership Connection released: 2003
- Osmium released: 2002
- Funked Up released: 2002
- Get Funked Up: The Ultimate Collection released: 2000
- The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Parliament released: 2000
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Parliament released: 2000
- Funk Essentials: The 12" Collection and More released: 1999
- First Thangs released: 1998
- Live 1976-93 released: 1996
- Give Up the Funk: The Best of Parliament released: 1995
- PCU released: 1994
- Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980 released: 1993
- Trombipulation released: 1990
- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome released: 1990
- Gloryhallastoopid (Or, Pin the Tail on the Funky) released: 1990
- Rhenium released: 1989
- Parliament's Greatest Hits (The Bomb) released: 1984
- Motor Booty Affair released: 1978
- Live: P.Funk Earth Tour released: 1977
- The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein released: 1976
- Chocolate City released: 1975
- Up for the Down Stroke released: 1974
- ICON released:
- The Early Years released:
Gold
Released 2005- Up for the Down Stroke
- Testify
- All Your Goodies Are Gone
- Chocolate City
- Ride On
- P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
- Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Handcuffs
- Do That Stuff
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Funkin' for Fun
- Dr. Funkenstein's Supergroovalistic-Prosifunkstication Medley: Let's Take It to the Stage / Take Your Dead Ass Home (Say Som'n Nasty) (live)
- Fantasy Is Reality
Funked Up
Released 2002- Up for the Down Stroke
- All Your Goodies Are Gone
- Ride On
- Chocolate City
- Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
- P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Do That Stuff
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Let's Take It to the Stage (live)
- Fantasy Is Reality
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- Flash Light
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- Theme From the Black Hole
- Agony of Defeet
Get Funked Up: The Ultimate Collection
Released 2000- Up for the Down Stroke
- Testify
- Chocolate City
- Ride On
- Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Do That Stuff
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- Flashlight
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- Rumpofsteelskin
- Party People
- Theme From the Black Hole
- The Big Bang Theory
The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Parliament
Released 2000- P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
- Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)
- Flash Light
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Up for the Down Stroke
- Chocolate City
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- Testify ('74 version)
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalaphdiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Agony of Defeet
- Do That Stuff
- Ride On
First Thangs
Released 1998- Red Hot Mama
- Come in Out of the Rain
- Fantasy Is Reality
- Breakdown
- Loose Booty
- Unfinished Instrumental
- I Call My Baby Pussycat
- Put Love in Your Life
- Little Old Country Boy
- Moonshine Heather (Takin' Care of Business)
- Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
- My Automobile
- There Is Nothing Before Me but Thang
- Funky Woman
- Livin' the Life
- The Silent Boatmen
Give Up the Funk: The Best of Parliament
Released 1995- Flash Light
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Do That Stuff
- Theme From the Black Hole
- Ride On
- Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
- Up for the Down Stroke
- Agony of Defeet
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Chocolate City
- Let's Play House
Tear the Roof Off: 1974-1980
Released 1993- P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)
- Up for the Down Stroke
- Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
- Dr Funkenstein's Supergroovalistic Prosifunkstication Medley: Let's Take It to the Stage / Take Your Dead Ass Home (Say Som'n Nasty) (live)
- Mothership Connection (Star Child)
- Dr. Funkenstein
- Testify
- Mr. Wiggles
- Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)
- All Your Goodies Are Gone
- Do That Stuff
- Party People
The Early Years
- Red Hot Mama
- Come in Out of the Rain
- Fantasy Is Reality
- Breakdown
- Loose Booty
- Unfinished Instrumental
- I Call My Baby Pussycat
- Put Love in Your Life
- Little Old Country Boy
- Moonshine Heather (Takin' Care of Business)
- Oh Lord, Why Lord/Prayer
- My Automobile
- There Is Nothing Before Me but Thang
- Funky Woman
- Livin' the Life
- The Silent Boatmen
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Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
by: ParliamentThere's so much syndrome, baby
There's so much syndrome, baby
When all the smiles are out of town
You're going round and round
You find the syndrome
When your ups lift you down
Your placebo is too weak
You're in the syndrome
You're in the syndrome
And the intensity of their sadness
Is equal to the intensity they enjoy
There's so much syndrome, baby
When all the thing is out of sound
There's no coming round
Play with the syndrome
What used to be such fun to do
Can often leave you weak
Into the syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
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Livin' at the top of the syndrome
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Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
There's so much syndrome, baby
When all the smiles are out of town
You're falling round and round
You find the syndrome
When your ups lift you down
Your placebo is too weak
You're in the syndrome
When all the smiles are out of town
You're falling round and round
You find the syndrome
When your ups lift you down
Your placebo is too weak
You're in the syndrome
So good, syndrome
Livin' in the syndrome
Syndrome, baby
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
Placebo syndrome
Livin' at the top of the syndrome
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