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Illegal Redistricting or What?
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Posted by robin on Friday, December 22 @ 00:00:00 EST (716 reads)
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At an April press conference, a group of New York Army National Guard vets raised their hands when asked if they have health problems. The soldiers, all from the 442nd Military Police Company, are complaining of headaches and fatigue after what they think is exposure to depleted uranium during their recent tour in Iraq.
Posted by robin on Wednesday, December 21 @ 20:11:50 EST (898 reads)
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Wonderful news if you thought the 2000 Florida Election was bad... read this
Republicans from Diebold Chief Executive Officer Walden O'Dell, who wrote that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President
Posted by robin on Friday, June 17 @ 00:00:00 EDT (727 reads)
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memo
Bush inherited a projected $5.6 trillion ten-year surplus. That $5.6 trillion surplus is now a $5.2 trillion ten-year deficit -- a fiscal decline of $10.8 trillion in just three years. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/28/04; www.govexec.com, 1/29/04]
Posted by robin on Saturday, December 25 @ 00:00:00 EST (797 reads)
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Herman Goering
Herman Goering at his Nuremberg trial in 1946 said: “Naturally, the common people don’t want war…but, after all it’s the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship…Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
Posted by robin on Thursday, December 09 @ 00:00:00 EST (697 reads)
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ann coulter
A new T-shirt depicts Ann Coulter to the Nazis, and the advertising copy compares her to Nazi propagandameister Goebbels, and Miniluv has its girdle in a knot about the advertisement at Daily Kos. Apparently, depicting Coulter as a Nazi isn't very classy. But I think that Coulter and her ilk may be closer to Nazism than we think ... or at least exploit the same brand of hatred that Hitler et. al. exploited on their way to power.
Before we get to Ms. Coulter, I'd like to start with exhibit A: Inspired by a story at the Drudge Report, conservatives sent comedian Margaret Cho a large dose of hate mail.
I won't bother to repeat Ms. Cho's anti-Bush comments or the various racist replies she received here. You can go read them at Ms. Cho's Web site or the Drudge Report if you like. But their content is instructive.
Drudge's incredibly influential posting apparently inspired a level of hatred not usually seen outside of meetings that involve white sheets and hoods. Racial epithets, insults about Ms. Cho's weight, invitations to go back to Korea, all sorts of invective.
A new T-shirt depicts Ann Coulter to the Nazis, and the advertising copy compares her to Nazi propagandameister Goebbels, and Miniluv has its girdle in a knot about the advertisement at Daily Kos. Apparently, depicting Coulter as a Nazi isn't very classy. But I think that Coulter and her ilk may be closer to Nazism than we think ... or at least exploit the same brand of hatred that Hitler et. al. exploited on their way to power.
Before we get to Ms. Coulter, I'd like to start with exhibit A: Inspired by a story at the Drudge Report, conservatives sent comedian Margaret Cho a large dose of hate mail.
I won't bother to repeat Ms. Cho's anti-Bush comments or the various racist replies she received here. You can go read them at Ms. Cho's Web site or the Drudge Report if you like. But their content is instructive.
Drudge's incredibly influential posting apparently inspired a level of hatred not usually seen outside of meetings that involve white sheets and hoods. Racial epithets, insults about Ms. Cho's weight, invitations to go back to Korea, all sorts of invective.
Posted by robin on Thursday, December 09 @ 00:00:00 EST (830 reads)
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I'm mad as hell, and speaking out
I am really tired or what is being done in my name.
New video footage showing Iraqis celebrating a desert wedding raised more questions Monday about a U.S. air strike last week that killed about 40 people.
film was shot Monday, May 17. Drummer Basem Ishab Mohammad, 26, said he was the only band member to survive the U.S. attack
a musician playing an electric organ. The same man later appeared dead in a shroud.
Posted by robin on Monday, May 24 @ 13:53:08 EDT (719 reads)
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What is the world coming to?
I really despise Fidel. But based on what is being reported in the attached article, I think we should give him a medal.
He may be a brutal dictator, but from what I have heard, despite very many shortcomings, Cuba has adequate healthcare and education.
He's got a few things right:
Bush-a fraudulently elected leader trying to impose "world tyranny".
United States "ighting wars of conquest to seize the markets and resources of the world", while Cuba was sending abroad thousands of doctors to save lives.
Posted by robin on Saturday, May 15 @ 12:48:35 EDT (808 reads)
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Debunking a rabid urban legend
I received an e-mail recently from someone (a minister, in fact) who I lost some respect for. I thought the Christian faith was a faith of brotherhood.
I have done some minor editing of the rebuttal, and placed the "debunk" ahead of the nasty attack, lest someone with a short attention span misses the fact that the attack is unfounded
Posted by robin on Monday, April 19 @ 16:38:50 EDT (966 reads)
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Getting a big tax refund?... yours is chickenfeed
White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said the president and vice president join 109 million other Americans also benefiting from the tax cuts.
If she said lead she might have been closer to the truth
The Bush's went from 31% in 2002 to 28% lets see... 3% of $822,126, that's a measely $24,663
Was a little better for Halliburton's Cheney. He went from 29% for 2002 to 20% in 2003-- check it out how does your tax cut compare to a whopping $117,000.00 ?? (9% of $1.3 mil).
...must be nice to have friends in high places
Posted by robin on Friday, April 16 @ 14:03:23 EDT (702 reads)
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