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Latest Articles: Opinions/Editorials
Where are the Christians?
Post Date: 2006-07-19 19:05:40 by Jhoffa_
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WND Commentary Where are the Christians? When Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert unleashed his navy and air force on Lebanon, accusing that tiny nation of an "act of war," the last pillar of Bush's Middle East policy collapsed. First came capitulation on the Bush Doctrine, as Pyongyang and Tehran defied Bush's dictum: The world's worst regimes will not be allowed to acquire the world's worst weapons. Then came suspension of the democracy crusade as Islamic militants exploited free elections to advance to power and office in Egypt, Lebanon, Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq and Iran. Now, Israel's rampage against a defenseless Lebanon – smashing airport runways, fuel tanks, power ...
Factual Review of Concept of “Disproportionality”
Post Date: 2006-07-18 19:59:52 by A K A Stone
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Some 600,000 German civilians were lost due to Allied bombings alone, nearly 1% of their pre-war population. A very large minority had voted for Hitler, as has also happened with the Palestinian Arabs and their neo-Nazi Hamas. The total German dead were 10.82% which equals 154,592 from Gaza and 266,225 West Bank Arabs, or 420,817 in total. The much lower Japanese 3.61% rate of dead gives 51,578 for Gaza, 88,824 for West Bank, or 140,402 in total. By either standard, Palestinians have suffered little - so far. And as the 14 Hezbollah members in the Lebanese Parliament out of 128 are 10.94%, then that genocidal element in Lebanon would suffer 45,857 to 15,300 dead by WW II Axis standards. ...
Iraqi Reformist on Arab Society and Social Schizophrenia
Post Date: 2006-07-16 12:46:20 by A K A Stone
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In an article titled "Arab Society and Schizophrenia," Iraqi reformist Dr. Abd Al-Khaleq Hussein, who writes on several reformist websites, argues that Arab society suffers from "social schizophrenia," - the symptoms of which are similar to those of individuals suffering from actual schizophrenia. He further argues that the Arab governments must immediately launch social and political reforms which will gradually lead to democracy in the Arab world. If significant reforms are not carried out, he says, disasters will continue to strike the Arab word, and democracy will ultimately be imposed upon it through violent upheavals, as occurred in Iraq. In the article, he also ...
Why We're Fatter: Five reasons you haven't thought of.
Post Date: 2006-07-16 08:51:54 by continental op
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We all agree52;and despair52;that obesity is on the rise. America has been getting fatter for the past century, and the problem has worsened over the past 35 years. We also all know the obvious explanations. Who would discount the role of new food-marketing practices, like super-sizing or pushing soda sweetened with corn syrup? Or the decrease52;even elimination52;of physical activity in school and in adult life? An important new paper, though, cautions us to be skeptical that corn syrup and sitting around are the only factors that matter for understanding the obesity epidemic. The study's lead authors, David Allison and Scott Keith of the University of Alabama at Birmingham,* don't reject ...
Bush and Olmert's Dangerous Game
Post Date: 2006-07-15 12:53:04 by Jhoffa_
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Bush and Olmert's Dangerous Game Bush and Olmert are playing a dangerous game. It’s the U.S. and Israel against all comers, especially in the Arab and Muslim world. But as mighty as the U.S. is, and as mighty as Israel is, both will lose this game in the long run. Bush has been siding with the Israeli government for the past two weeks as it has made the population of Gaza suffer. Bush even vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s “disproportionate use of force.” The United States was the only country to vote against that resolution, showing the world once again that Israel can get away with just about anything it wants so long as its godfather in ...
Crowning Our Napoleon in Rags
Post Date: 2006-07-11 22:25:01 by Jhoffa_
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Crowning Our Napoleon in Rags Great Republics don't fall. They're just given away. Consider France. In 1799, facing a crisis of internal corruption and external military threat, the democratic leaders of France modified their constitution to create stronger leadership, and then elected military hero Napoleon Bonaparte as their First Consul. Napoleon did not disappoint. He dazzled the French people by being - in the modern parlance - a "war president," immediately attacking and defeating Austria. And the people cheered. Then, while his popularity soared, Napoleon worked to erode - slowly and almost imperceptibly - the constitutional restrictions on his power. The people and ...
Reflections On The Boy Crisis
Post Date: 2006-07-10 08:13:27 by continental op
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One hears often now that boys flounder in school, drop out, generally perform less well academically than girls, and don57;t go to college. A certain amount of this commentary comes from women who seem quietly to enjoy the spectacle. Given that women control the schools, this might suggest that, if they are not actually causing the problem, neither are they in a hurry to do anything about it. Other people worry that the comparative superabundance of female college graduates will have no one to marry: While men will marry down, women won57;t. Regarding all of which: The cause is not that boys are stupid. Boys have higher average scores than do girls on standardized tests, for example, and ...
I Don57;t Support the Troops
Post Date: 2006-07-10 08:10:15 by continental op
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I57;m a military combat veteran and critic of our government57;s invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, and I DON57;T SUPPORT THE TROOPS. I57;ll protest in the streets to end the war, and when the troops come home I57;ll do what I can to see that they get the benefits and treatment they need and deserve. That57;s my contribution to the troops. Many people "oppose the war but support the troops." Rotten war, brave soldiers. I don57;t buy this at all. Although little Johnny or Judy might have once been that nice kid next door, he or she may now be engaged in massacres and atrocities that you can57;t or won57;t believe. "The troops" are waging war against a civilian ...
Tired of diplomacy, Pussyboy Bill Kristol runs around whining and sticking his fingers in everyones eyes.
Post Date: 2006-07-09 20:26:04 by Jhoffa_
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Kim's Choice--and Bush's What price will the North Korean dictator pay? "There's a choice for [Kim Jong Il] to make. He can verifiably get rid of his weapons programs and stop testing rockets, and there's a way forward for him to help his people. I believe it's best to make that choice clear to him with more than one voice, and that's why we have the six-party talks. And now that he has defied China and Japan and South Korea and Russia and the United States--all of us said 'don't fire that rocket.' He not only fired one, he fired seven. Now that he made that defiance, it's best for all of us to go to the U.N. Security Council and say loud and clear, 'Here are some red lines.' And ...
An independent republic still?
Post Date: 2006-07-09 17:08:14 by Jhoffa_
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An independent republic still? Two hundred thirty years have elapsed since Jefferson's document was signed in Philadelphia, declaring the 13 colonies to be independent forever of the England of George III. In his Farewell Address, Washington defined independence in a single sentence: "It is our true policy to steer clear of any permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Jefferson echoed the father of his country, declaring America's policy to be one of "Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." Adams thought his greatest achievement was that he prevented a naval war with France from degenerating into all ...
Ethics, Corruption, and Economic Freedom
Post Date: 2006-07-09 03:29:05 by Jhoffa_
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Ethics, Corruption, and Economic Freedom The subject of ethics has increasingly been present in economic analysis,1 although not without considerable debate. Some economists believe that the importance of economics is purely technical. Others believe that moral considerations in economic analysis provide a more accurate picture of possible outcomes since it takes into consideration the human aspect of economic actors--that is, people.I confess that, as an economist, it makes me nervous to insert subjective measures such as morality and ethics when I do my own analysis, both because my conclusions may be applicable only to a few cases and because morality and ethics are hard to measure. But ...
Last Stand
Post Date: 2006-07-09 01:09:11 by Jhoffa_
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Last Stand: The military's problem with the President's Iran policy. On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced what appeared to be a major change in U.S. foreign policy. The Bush Administration, she said, would be willing to join Russia, China, and its European allies in direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program. There was a condition, however: the negotiations would not begin until, as the President put it in a June 19th speech at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, "the Iranian regime fully and verifiably suspends its uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities." Iran, which has insisted on its right to enrich uranium, was being asked to concede the ...
TIME MAG: THE END OF COWBOY DIPLOMACY (You've so got to see this pic)
Post Date: 2006-07-08 23:36:00 by Jhoffa_
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TIME MAG: THE END OF COWBOY DIPLOMACY Sat Jul 08 2006 23:23:03 ET In the span of four years, the Bush Administration has been forced to rethink the pre-emptive "Bush doctrine" by which it hoped to remake the world, as the strategy's ineffectiveness was exposed by the very policies it prescribed, TIME's Mike Allen and Romesh Ratnesar report in this weeks cover story on 'The End of Cowboy Diplomacy' on newsstands Monday, July 9th. President George W. Bush came to office pledging to focus on domestic issues and pursue a "humble" foreign policy that would avoid the entanglements of the Bill Clinton years. After Sept. 11, however, the Bush team embarked on a different ...
ANN COULTER SAYS SCREW THE LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS AND COMMIES BUT GOOD
Post Date: 2006-07-07 20:52:41 by TLBSHOW
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KEEP UP THE HEAT - HOLDING BUSH'S FEET TO THE FIRE IS A 24/7 JOB
Post Date: 2006-07-05 14:08:48 by TLBSHOW
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G. W. Bush’s Liberal Legacy
Post Date: 2006-07-04 22:54:14 by A K A Stone
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A Republican recently said to me that he no longer supports G. W. Bush, although he previously had voted for him. "He’s turned out to be a liberal just like his daddy," he said, "and I don't want a thing to do with him." This seems to be a common theme echoing throughout the blogosphere, where pundits have realized that 'compassionate conservative' really means "liberal in disguise." Is Bush a liberal? On four out of five key issues, Bush has shown his liberal leanings. First, nowhere is Bush’s betrayal more evident than with immigration. He refuses to recognize that America historically has not been a “nation of [illegal] immigrants” ...
FOX NEWS IS A JOKE
Post Date: 2006-07-04 21:28:46 by TLBSHOW
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The Reality Beneath the Flag-Waving
Post Date: 2006-07-04 10:43:06 by A K A Stone
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Americans who get their propaganda from Fox "News" or are told what to think by right-wing talk radio hosts are outraged at news reports that U.S. troops planned and carried out the rape and murder of a young Iraqi woman. They are not outraged that the troops committed the deed; they are outraged that the media reported it. These "conservatives," who proudly wear their patriotism on their sleeves, dismiss the reports of the incident as a Big Lie floated by "the anti-American liberal media" in order to demoralize Americans and reduce public support for the war. Playing to this audience, Col. Jeffrey Snow, a U.S. brigade commander in Baghdad, told AFP News ...
News of the weird: The Big & Rich Celebrity Latin Golf Classic
Post Date: 2006-07-03 20:36:35 by Jhoffa_
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Post Date: 2006-07-03 13:37:10 by TLBSHOW
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Affair Rocks Nashville, Big & Rich becomes Big & Gannon? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-07-02 20:15:16 by Jhoffa_
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Did Bush Commit War Crimes?
Post Date: 2006-06-30 21:21:36 by Jhoffa_
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Did Bush Commit War Crimes? The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt the Bush administration a stinging rebuke, declaring in Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld that military commissions for trying terrorist suspects violate both U.S. military law and the Geneva Convention. But the real blockbuster in the Hamdan decision is the court's holding that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Convention applies to the conflict with Al Qaeda 33; a holding that makes high-ranking Bush administration officials potentially subject to prosecution under the federal War Crimes Act. The provisions of the Geneva Convention were intended to protect noncombatants 33; including prisoners 33; in times of armed ...
Supremes bitch-slap Bush again
Post Date: 2006-06-30 21:03:31 by Jhoffa_
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Supremes bitch-slap Bush again The Supreme Court has taken another welcome step in thwarting President Bush's authoritarian plans for handling suspects swept up in the war on terror. Earlier it had ruled that the president did not have the power he claimed to imprison suspects indefinitely without charge or access to lawyers and the courts. This week the court ruled that his plans for trial by special military commissions were illegal under existing U.S. and international law, most specifically the Geneva Conventions. In doing so, it brushed past a shameful attempt by Congress to strip the court of authority over detainee appeals. The 5-3 decision does not affect the status of the 450 ...
When Will NYT Reveal One of al Qaeda's Secret Programs?
Post Date: 2006-06-28 19:02:24 by Jhoffa_
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When Will NYT Reveal One of al Qaeda's Secret Programs? When is the New York Times going to get around to uncovering an al Qaeda secret program? In the latest of a long list of formerly top-secret government anti-terrorism operations that have been revealed by the Times, last week the paper printed the details of a government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions that has already led to the capture of major terrorists and their handmaidens in the United States. In response, the Bush Administration is sounding very cross -- and doing nothing. Bush wouldn't want to get the press mad at him! Yeah, let's keep the media on our good side like they are now. Otherwise, they might ...
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