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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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Al-Qaida Plotters Dismiss Moussaoui's Role - Yahoo! News |
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1:11 pm EST, Mar 28, 2006 |
For example, he called Khallad daily, despite instructions to call only in an emergency, to the point where Khallad turned his cell phone off.
So Moussaoui was basically the Al-Q version of the clique fly that no one likes and they can't get rid of. Fifth plane my ass... Al-Qaida Plotters Dismiss Moussaoui's Role - Yahoo! News |
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Impact of Term Limits in Nebraska Feared - Yahoo! News |
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| Topic: Politics and Law |
11:11 am EST, Mar 28, 2006 |
Critics point to Colorado, one of the first states to pass term limits in 1990. Diane Rees, a lobbyist for the past 30 years in Denver, said term limits there have resulted in a near total loss of institutional memory and an increase in power of staff and bureaucrats.
(channelling W for this one) "I don't think anyone predicted this." Actually, I think everyone opposed to limits expected exactly this Impact of Term Limits in Nebraska Feared - Yahoo! News |
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Delta Force founder - 'our credibility is utterly zero' |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
7:58 pm EST, Mar 27, 2006 |
We have fomented civil war in Iraq. We have probably fomented internecine war in the Muslim world between the Shias and the Sunnis, and I think Bush may well have started the third world war, all for their own personal policies.
Delta Force founder - 'our credibility is utterly zero' |
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Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says - New York Times |
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2:47 am EST, Mar 27, 2006 |
A brief clause in the memo refers to a third possibility, mentioned by Mr. Bush, a proposal to assassinate Saddam Hussein. The memo does not indicate how Mr. Blair responded to the idea.
Now it seems to me if me whacked him (and got away with it) there wouldn't have been a need for war, but since killing him was discussed as a means to provoke one, that REALLY makes me wonder what the actual reason for the war was. I hope Helen Thomas hits him on this again. Bush Was Set on Path to War, Memo by British Adviser Says - New York Times |
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Pressure Grows to Free Afghan Convert - Yahoo! News |
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| Topic: International Relations |
9:20 pm EST, Mar 24, 2006 |
Another cleric, Ayatullah Asife Muhseni, told a gathering of preachers and intellectuals at a Kabul hotel that the Afghan president had no right to overturn the punishment of an apostate. He also demanded that clerics be able to question Rahman in jail to discover why he had converted to Christianity. He suggested it could have been the result of a conspiracy by Western nations or Jews.
I really have to laugh. Every time someone trots out "moderate Islam," they do something like this. Pressure Grows to Free Afghan Convert - Yahoo! News |
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Arkansas Times: Arkansas Devolves. |
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4:01 pm EST, Mar 24, 2006 |
Huckabee’s answer was laced with important misconceptions about science. Perhaps the most insidious problem with his response is that it plays on our sense of democracy and free expression. But several court decisions have concluded that fairness and free expression are not violated when public school teachers are required to teach the approved curriculum. These decisions recognized that teaching creationism is little more than thinly veiled religious advocacy.
Long, but the basics are, schools ignore the what the state says is the curriculum because if they don't the fundamentalists go nuts. Arkansas Times: Arkansas Devolves. |
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Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online |
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6:09 am EST, Mar 24, 2006 |
The first study to combine computer models of rising temperatures with records of the ancient climate has indicated that sea levels could rise by up to 20ft (6m) by 2100, placing millions of people at risk.
Thank you Mr. Bush for trying to actually make this even worse. Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online |
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AOL News - Chef Gets Big Send-Off on 'South Park' |
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1:48 pm EST, Mar 23, 2006 |
"We shouldn't be mad at Chef for leaving us," the eulogy concludes. "We should be mad at that fruity little club for scrambling his brains."
And now for another stab at Scientology... AOL News - Chef Gets Big Send-Off on 'South Park' |
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Porn star hits it big as wine-maker - Yahoo! News |
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7:37 pm EST, Mar 22, 2006 |
Savanna Samson did just that, but when it received a score of 90 to 91 out of 100 by wine guru Robert Parker, the project became serious. It turns out Samson, the star of "The New Devil in Miss Jones," has produced an exceptional wine, becoming the toast of two industries: wine-making and pornography.
Not only is the story unusual, but I'm wondering what the folks at Reuters were thinking uploading the photos for this one... Porn star hits it big as wine-maker - Yahoo! News |
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Bush: Troops to Stay in Iraq for Years - Yahoo! News |
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8:49 pm EST, Mar 21, 2006 |
President Bush said Tuesday that American forces will remain in
Iraq for years and it will be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home
Does anyone else remember "Mission Accomplished?" We're going to let this ass leaves troops in harms way for nothing for years? No, no and more no. Go back to Crawford. Bush: Troops to Stay in Iraq for Years - Yahoo! News |
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