"Being a sub-committee of the Care Quality Commission isn't independence, " he said.
But, you know, they don't advocate independence out of badness.
It doesn't achieve our energy independence or make it come any closer ... and it certainly doesn't do anything to address the challenges that Americans have in keeping their jobs, their homes and supporting their families.
And Roger says he doesn't feel that his independence is being curtailed by his parents.
Voters in Catalonia, the most powerful economically of Spain's 17 regions, heeded the call that these would be historic elections, even if independence wasn't on the ballot Sunday.
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Russia's central bank, which some critics say is too strict, made a step toward transparency and sent a clear message that it isn't prepared to forfeit its independence.
If that happens Northern Ireland would actually beat Scotland to the punch, as its independence vote isn't due until autumn 2014.
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Scotland isn't the only place in Europe where independence is at the top of the agenda.
"While a popular SNP isn't a sufficient condition to win an independence referendum, it's almost undoubtedly a necessary condition, " he said.
He said NATO will continue to protect the Albanian majority and serve minority in Kosovo, but wouldn't weigh in to the debate about independence.
The prime minister, who took over a faltering alliance that has ruled Malaysia since independence, evidently isn't keen on a redundancy when voters get another shot in parliamentary elections in 2012 or 2013.
So I think we ought to take a hard look at -- and we've got an estimated 500 year supply of natural gas, so I just say to my colleagues I think we ought to start looking at energy independence so we don't have to deal with these problems down the road.
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Calder relishes his independence, so it isn't clear that he would consider selling out or even diluting his equity to finance a purchase.
Call me crazy, but I can't help thinking this very public show of independence by the Office for Budget Responsibility, 10 days before the Budget, could end up being more helpful for the government than it seems today.
"The one thing I'd like to have is my independence, and I still haven't come to grips with that, " she says.
Anthony Cordesman, an energy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former national security assistant to McCain, says trying to solve the problem by focusing on supply or demand won't help the U.S. achieve energy independence.
"You want to make sure you don't politicize enforcement around elections...so the independence and the nonpolitical nature of the enforcement mechanism is important, " he said.
And I believe addressing CO2 and carbon and pursuing it ... and pursuing energy independence, all of these things don't happen in the term of one politician.
As president of the legislature of Massachusetts, old John rebelled against the British crown and affixed a signature to the Declaration of Independence ornate and large enough that King George III couldn't miss it.
His allowance is agreed at the start of his reign and can't be altered, save for inflation, to ensure the king's independence from Parliament.
Meanwhile, the ECB will have sacrificed its independence under political duress, while gambling that printing trillions of euros won't lead to inflation down the road.
As I said at the start, we don't really know what the negotiations would look like in the event that Scotland actually chooses independence, and what we've heard on Tuesday may not provide much of a clue.
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