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"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ" --Gandhi
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -Theodore Roosevelt
"A little revolution, now and then, is a good thing." -Thomas Jefferson-
"In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore. If this is evolution, I believe that in 12 years, we'll be voting for plants." -Lewis Black-
"When you're born in the world you're given a ticket to the freakshow; when you're born in America you're given a front-row seat. And some of us in the front row have notebooks and pencils." -George Carlin |
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High Court Weighs in on Assisted Suicide |
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| Topic: Society |
1:48 pm EDT, Oct 5, 2005 |
The appeal is a turf battle of sorts, not a constitutional showdown. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, a favorite among the president's base of religious conservatives, decided in 2001 to pursue doctors who help people die. Hastening someone's death is an improper use of medication and violates federal drug laws, Ashcroft reasoned, an opposite conclusion than the one reached by Janet Reno, the Clinton administration attorney general.
Fundamentally an interesting case. This could go in any direction. The court has previously said this is not a "right" but that is not the same as saying the government has a compelling interest that justifies overriding the Oregon statute. High Court Weighs in on Assisted Suicide |
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Suspect Says Vision Spurred Altar-Toppling |
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5:56 pm EDT, Oct 4, 2005 |
"We are in end times," Wagner said. "This is Armageddon, the end of all things. Basically, what we're in right now is the appearance of the antichrist who we believe to be
Pope Benedict (XVI). ... That's the main reason we chose the Catholic church. It didn't have anything to do with the people in it."
He calls it a vision, I call it delusional psychosis. It also doesn't surprise me. Suspect Says Vision Spurred Altar-Toppling |
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4:26 pm EDT, Oct 4, 2005 |
Bush made clear that the potential for an outbreak of avian flu is much on his mind, and has had him talking with "as many (world) leaders as I could find," consulting a book he read over the summer on the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed 40 million and meeting with staff and experts.
Why not just watch Outbreak? Oh, because the government is involved, silly me. And in response to the plan, NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT. You want to get people to stay inside in case of a major flu outbreak? Go on TV and scare the crap out of them. They'll stay in. You want to make it hundreds of times worse? Put guys with guns on the street roaming around spreading the damn flu! Bush Reads Book! |
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Bush Preparing for Greenspan Successor |
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2:56 pm EDT, Oct 4, 2005 |
"The nominees will be people that, one, obviously can do the job and, secondly, will be independent," Bush said.
He's right. It's too bad there is no way in hell that he would ever choose such a person. Bush Preparing for Greenspan Successor |
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CNN.com - Parish chief demands FEMA apology - Oct 3, 2005 |
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8:12 pm EDT, Oct 3, 2005 |
FEMA, in an e-mail, also said Sunday that Davis had asked that the agency pay $7,000 per acre per month for the property -- more than four times its value. Since then, the e-mail said, Davis dropped his lease rate "to a reasonable monthly amount," and federal officials had nearly finalized a deal to put housing on the site, which can accommodate as many as 1,000 units. "I do not own a construction company. I did not attempt to lease land to FEMA," Davis said Monday. "The only land I own is the lot my flooded home sits on. This is absurd.
I see FEMA is doing a much better job of disaster management than they had been. Now they're inventing them! CNN.com - Parish chief demands FEMA apology - Oct 3, 2005 |
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Media boasts land top hooker in jail - Yahoo! News |
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2:35 pm EDT, Sep 30, 2005 |
McLennan showed up for her arraignment dressed in a skimpy mini-skirt, a see-through blouse and four-inch spike heels, and told the court she had no idea she would remain in custody after the hearing
I hate gloating, but I think I would have paid to see this one... Media boasts land top hooker in jail - Yahoo! News |
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White House Condemns Bennett's Remarks - Yahoo! News |
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2:21 pm EDT, Sep 30, 2005 |
"But I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down," said Bennett
Well yeah, condemning that would probably be a good move. White House Condemns Bennett's Remarks - Yahoo! News |
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Nordic economies lead in competitiveness, study says - Sep. 28, 2005 |
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9:40 pm EDT, Sep 29, 2005 |
Finland, the United States and Sweden also occupied the top three places in the table last year, but the report indicated that the United States could have emerged at the top but for worries about current policies and attitudes in Washington. .... It ranked even lower -- 47th out of the 117 countries studied -- on the health of its macroeconomic environment, echoing, the Forum said, growing international concern about economic imbalances, "especially as it regards public finances."
We're competative, but we're not healthy (in fact at 47 that's going to put us down there with a whole bunch of 3rd world sweatshop countries). That's the sort of thing that does not look good when you're looking at the long term. Nordic economies lead in competitiveness, study says - Sep. 28, 2005 |
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