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Kerry's Joke, Funny or Not....
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Sure Kerry goofed in terms of political gamesmanship (what's new?) but... Kerry is, like it or not, an intellectual. He tends to out-think himself and the audience he is attempting to woo. Kerry was telling a JOKE that proved to be too intellectual (with too fine of a distinction) for our dumbed-down Americans to get at the level he intended them to "get it." He was referring to George W. Bush who is self-admittedly not intellectually curious and whose transcripts show he was not the brightest of students (even though he had the winds of academic prestige at his back). As a rule Americans, in recent decades, detest really "smart" people.... MORE
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder."
The least that can be said and perhaps the most important thing to say about this is, "Don't Be Afraid!" Fear, more than bad law itself, is what paralyzes justice. A... MORE
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Blagojevich Among Independents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.
This figure is double Whitney's results in the last SurveyUSA poll, released on September 20th. Whitney is the only... MORE
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Oct 25 2006 4:38:35 PM |
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Support DOUBLES for Green Candidate for Illinois Governor!!!
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Incumbent Rod Blagojevich Among Independents
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.... MORE
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Oct 24 2006 8:05:50 PM |
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Blind Allegiance
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Blind Allegiance to the Flag
The Pledge of Allegiance
"Blind" has yet to be a added (at least officially) to a manmade, not God spoken, pledge to the U.S. flag.
This ever-changing manmade pledge is just that... ever-changing, just like the physical appearance of our flag. Stagnant, conservative thinking tends to treat such pledges as if God-spoken and written in stone. Perhaps the greatest lie is to put carnal words in God's mouth and then tell our children they are God's own, inspired words... And perhaps the greatest sin is then to have them "blindly" recite it over and over and over again.... MORE
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Oct 22 2006 09:06:36 AM |
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After Pat’s Birthday
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After Pat’s Birthday
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Posted on Oct 19, 2006
By Kevin Tillman
Editor’s note: Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
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Two Views Tried and Tested
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I wrote this piece in 2004, as requested, for the Democratic Party in Paducah Kentucky. I generally vote for Democrats but I "belong" to no political party. I am voting Green and Democrat this cycle. Because I am a "free" citizen I fear not disclosing my politics. Why should any American fear disclosing one's politics? One answer is "Employers." Employers have become a proxy police force of sorts for the powers that be. Friends, if you fear voicing your politics because your employer might fire you or otherwise penalize you for having politics inconsistent with the company owners' politics something is seriously wrong! This is not freedom w... MORE
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Oct 20 2006 01:31:31 AM |
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
In Response to:
http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37706&pollresults=1
I invite all to read JB Williams essay on war. I say war because his entire message is a prescription for war with the end result being oppression of the loser by the winner.
If I was an advocate of perpetual war and pit bull humanity I might agree with JB Williams. But even then I would agree with Williams only if I believed I "happened" to have been born into a nation that I knew could back up my macho claims with the most powerful and sophisticated military on earth. Such a nation is the equivalent of th... MORE
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Oct 19 2006 5:53:24 PM |
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League of Conservation Voters Counts Votes... Period.
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The LCV list could have included many others but seven is seven. This list was one of unlimited number of ways to reveal those who fail to understand and appreciate the fact that we have one planet earth to sustain us.
Illinois Reprentative, John Shimkus (R), for example, has a score of zero (0) on the LCV Scorecard. Those who demonstrate a contempt for nature have that right... or do they? Do you live in a bubble? I know I do not. Politicians of all people must show concern for the quality of our environment.... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 2:58:23 PM |
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Whittling Away Wilderness
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Call it Compromise, Cooperation or Whatever - No matter how those who frame the issue frame it, wilderness is a finite matter. Compromise and cooperation with those who seek to tame wilderness produces one result: "less wilderness."
This is not a political statement. This is an irrefutable mathematical fact. That said, there will be those reading this who will try to deny the physical realites of life and contend wilderness protectors should "give" in their position and if they do not they are being rigid, unreasonable, radical and so on. Who, really, is radical when an objective assessment of the state of planet earth is considered?... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 12:11:07 PM |
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The Skeptical Environmentalist
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Good News is Inherently Accepted More Readily Than Is Bad News.
No better example of this is the disturbing news about global warming. Endless arguments have arisen to discredit 298 of 298 peer-reviewed scientific studies by a mix of independent, government, and corporate scientists. These studies, involving thousands of scientists, conclude human caused global warming exists and is significantly contributing to a set of climatic changes that are approaching a threshold that if crossed will set in motion natural events that at least will be upredictable and at worst catastrophic.
Denial of bad news is an epidemic in our nation of pleas... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 11:31:01 AM |
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Zion Mojave Wilderness
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When there no longer remains clean air to breathe, fresh water to drink, and healthy food to eat... nothing else matters.
Please visit *ZionMojaveWilderness.org to see what is at stake and discover what action you can take to help preserve this wonderful piece of planet earth.
*Slower internet connections may take a few moments to load but the animated slide-show is well worth the wait.... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 10:25:53 AM |
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Hastert, Shimkus Embarrass This Illinois Resident
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"Willful Neglect" is the best description of Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert's, and Page Program Co-chairman, John Shimkus's behavior regardling the Foley saga. Please vote to remove both of these representatives from their House positions. They have embarrassed Illinoisans and, worse, sacrificed the well-being of Pages by allowing 16 year old children to live in an unsavory environment to avoid embarrassing their self-righteous party.
This is sick behavior, not just poor judgement.... MORE
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Oct 09 2006 03:43:46 AM |
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Kerry's Joke, Funny or Not....
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Sure Kerry goofed in terms of political gamesmanship (what's new?) but... Kerry is, like it or not, an intellectual. He tends to out-think himself and the audience he is attempting to woo. Kerry was telling a JOKE that proved to be too intellectual (with too fine of a distinction) for our dumbed-down Americans to get at the level he intended them to "get it." He was referring to George W. Bush who is self-admittedly not intellectually curious and whose transcripts show he was not the brightest of students (even though he had the winds of academic prestige at his back). As a rule Americans, in recent decades, detest really "smart" people.... MORE
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Nov 01 2006 11:09:34 PM |
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder."
The least that can be said and perhaps the most important thing to say about this is, "Don't Be Afraid!" Fear, more than bad law itself, is what paralyzes justice. A... MORE
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Blagojevich Among Independents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.
This figure is double Whitney's results in the last SurveyUSA poll, released on September 20th. Whitney is the only... MORE
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Support DOUBLES for Green Candidate for Illinois Governor!!!
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Incumbent Rod Blagojevich Among Independents
Reply-To: communicationsdirector@whitneyforgov.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.... MORE
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Oct 24 2006 8:05:50 PM |
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Blind Allegiance
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Blind Allegiance to the Flag
The Pledge of Allegiance
"Blind" has yet to be a added (at least officially) to a manmade, not God spoken, pledge to the U.S. flag.
This ever-changing manmade pledge is just that... ever-changing, just like the physical appearance of our flag. Stagnant, conservative thinking tends to treat such pledges as if God-spoken and written in stone. Perhaps the greatest lie is to put carnal words in God's mouth and then tell our children they are God's own, inspired words... And perhaps the greatest sin is then to have them "blindly" recite it over and over and over again.... MORE
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Oct 22 2006 09:06:36 AM |
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After Pat’s Birthday
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After Pat’s Birthday
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Posted on Oct 19, 2006
By Kevin Tillman
Editor’s note: Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
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Two Views Tried and Tested
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I wrote this piece in 2004, as requested, for the Democratic Party in Paducah Kentucky. I generally vote for Democrats but I "belong" to no political party. I am voting Green and Democrat this cycle. Because I am a "free" citizen I fear not disclosing my politics. Why should any American fear disclosing one's politics? One answer is "Employers." Employers have become a proxy police force of sorts for the powers that be. Friends, if you fear voicing your politics because your employer might fire you or otherwise penalize you for having politics inconsistent with the company owners' politics something is seriously wrong! This is not freedom w... MORE
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
In Response to:
http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37706&pollresults=1
I invite all to read JB Williams essay on war. I say war because his entire message is a prescription for war with the end result being oppression of the loser by the winner.
If I was an advocate of perpetual war and pit bull humanity I might agree with JB Williams. But even then I would agree with Williams only if I believed I "happened" to have been born into a nation that I knew could back up my macho claims with the most powerful and sophisticated military on earth. Such a nation is the equivalent of th... MORE
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League of Conservation Voters Counts Votes... Period.
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The LCV list could have included many others but seven is seven. This list was one of unlimited number of ways to reveal those who fail to understand and appreciate the fact that we have one planet earth to sustain us.
Illinois Reprentative, John Shimkus (R), for example, has a score of zero (0) on the LCV Scorecard. Those who demonstrate a contempt for nature have that right... or do they? Do you live in a bubble? I know I do not. Politicians of all people must show concern for the quality of our environment.... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 2:58:23 PM |
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Whittling Away Wilderness
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Call it Compromise, Cooperation or Whatever - No matter how those who frame the issue frame it, wilderness is a finite matter. Compromise and cooperation with those who seek to tame wilderness produces one result: "less wilderness."
This is not a political statement. This is an irrefutable mathematical fact. That said, there will be those reading this who will try to deny the physical realites of life and contend wilderness protectors should "give" in their position and if they do not they are being rigid, unreasonable, radical and so on. Who, really, is radical when an objective assessment of the state of planet earth is considered?... MORE
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The Skeptical Environmentalist
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Good News is Inherently Accepted More Readily Than Is Bad News.
No better example of this is the disturbing news about global warming. Endless arguments have arisen to discredit 298 of 298 peer-reviewed scientific studies by a mix of independent, government, and corporate scientists. These studies, involving thousands of scientists, conclude human caused global warming exists and is significantly contributing to a set of climatic changes that are approaching a threshold that if crossed will set in motion natural events that at least will be upredictable and at worst catastrophic.
Denial of bad news is an epidemic in our nation of pleas... MORE
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Zion Mojave Wilderness
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When there no longer remains clean air to breathe, fresh water to drink, and healthy food to eat... nothing else matters.
Please visit *ZionMojaveWilderness.org to see what is at stake and discover what action you can take to help preserve this wonderful piece of planet earth.
*Slower internet connections may take a few moments to load but the animated slide-show is well worth the wait.... MORE
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Hastert, Shimkus Embarrass This Illinois Resident
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"Willful Neglect" is the best description of Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert's, and Page Program Co-chairman, John Shimkus's behavior regardling the Foley saga. Please vote to remove both of these representatives from their House positions. They have embarrassed Illinoisans and, worse, sacrificed the well-being of Pages by allowing 16 year old children to live in an unsavory environment to avoid embarrassing their self-righteous party.
This is sick behavior, not just poor judgement.... MORE
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Seven GOP Lawmakers Make Environmental 'Dirty Dozen'
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(CNSNews.com) - Seven Republicans have been named to a "Dirty Dozen" list of the worst environmental offenders in Congress.
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV), which describes itself as the "political voice of the national environmental movement," said it plans to target its "dirty dozen" in the midterm elections.
The seven Republicans newly named to the list voted for a "dirty energy bill" and for "drilling in the gorgeous and pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," said LCV President Gene Karpinski.
They include Reps. Katherine Harris (Fla.), Richard Pombo (Calif.), Bob Ney (Ohio), and Heather Wilson (N.M.), and Sens. Conra... MORE
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Kerry's Joke, Funny or Not....
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Sure Kerry goofed in terms of political gamesmanship (what's new?) but... Kerry is, like it or not, an intellectual. He tends to out-think himself and the audience he is attempting to woo. Kerry was telling a JOKE that proved to be too intellectual (with too fine of a distinction) for our dumbed-down Americans to get at the level he intended them to "get it." He was referring to George W. Bush who is self-admittedly not intellectually curious and whose transcripts show he was not the brightest of students (even though he had the winds of academic prestige at his back). As a rule Americans, in recent decades, detest really "smart" people.... MORE
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
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Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder."
The least that can be said and perhaps the most important thing to say about this is, "Don't Be Afraid!" Fear, more than bad law itself, is what paralyzes justice. A... MORE
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Blagojevich Among Independents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.
This figure is double Whitney's results in the last SurveyUSA poll, released on September 20th. Whitney is the only... MORE
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Support DOUBLES for Green Candidate for Illinois Governor!!!
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Whitney Support Doubles, Beating Incumbent Rod Blagojevich Among Independents
Reply-To: communicationsdirector@whitneyforgov.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 24, 2006
CONTACT:
Dave Sacks, Office Manager
Whitney for Governor, 773-557-9411
office@whitneyforgov.org
Despite refusing all corporate campaign contributions, and facing widespread media bias, Rich Whitney, the Green Party's candidate for Illinois Governor, is now polling at 14% support, according to the most recent independent SurveyUSA poll, conducted on October 20-22.... MORE
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Blind Allegiance
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Blind Allegiance to the Flag
The Pledge of Allegiance
"Blind" has yet to be a added (at least officially) to a manmade, not God spoken, pledge to the U.S. flag.
This ever-changing manmade pledge is just that... ever-changing, just like the physical appearance of our flag. Stagnant, conservative thinking tends to treat such pledges as if God-spoken and written in stone. Perhaps the greatest lie is to put carnal words in God's mouth and then tell our children they are God's own, inspired words... And perhaps the greatest sin is then to have them "blindly" recite it over and over and over again.... MORE
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After Pat’s Birthday
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After Pat’s Birthday
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Posted on Oct 19, 2006
By Kevin Tillman
Editor’s note: Kevin Tillman joined the Army with his brother Pat in 2002, and they served together in Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004. Kevin, who was discharged in 2005, has written a powerful, must-read document.
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Two Views Tried and Tested
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I wrote this piece in 2004, as requested, for the Democratic Party in Paducah Kentucky. I generally vote for Democrats but I "belong" to no political party. I am voting Green and Democrat this cycle. Because I am a "free" citizen I fear not disclosing my politics. Why should any American fear disclosing one's politics? One answer is "Employers." Employers have become a proxy police force of sorts for the powers that be. Friends, if you fear voicing your politics because your employer might fire you or otherwise penalize you for having politics inconsistent with the company owners' politics something is seriously wrong! This is not freedom w... MORE
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Oct 20 2006 01:31:31 AM |
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
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Carrots and Sticks: The Value of Nuance
In Response to:
http://www.newsbull.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37706&pollresults=1
I invite all to read JB Williams essay on war. I say war because his entire message is a prescription for war with the end result being oppression of the loser by the winner.
If I was an advocate of perpetual war and pit bull humanity I might agree with JB Williams. But even then I would agree with Williams only if I believed I "happened" to have been born into a nation that I knew could back up my macho claims with the most powerful and sophisticated military on earth. Such a nation is the equivalent of th... MORE
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Oct 19 2006 5:53:24 PM |
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League of Conservation Voters Counts Votes... Period.
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The LCV list could have included many others but seven is seven. This list was one of unlimited number of ways to reveal those who fail to understand and appreciate the fact that we have one planet earth to sustain us.
Illinois Reprentative, John Shimkus (R), for example, has a score of zero (0) on the LCV Scorecard. Those who demonstrate a contempt for nature have that right... or do they? Do you live in a bubble? I know I do not. Politicians of all people must show concern for the quality of our environment.... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 2:58:23 PM |
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Whittling Away Wilderness
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Call it Compromise, Cooperation or Whatever - No matter how those who frame the issue frame it, wilderness is a finite matter. Compromise and cooperation with those who seek to tame wilderness produces one result: "less wilderness."
This is not a political statement. This is an irrefutable mathematical fact. That said, there will be those reading this who will try to deny the physical realites of life and contend wilderness protectors should "give" in their position and if they do not they are being rigid, unreasonable, radical and so on. Who, really, is radical when an objective assessment of the state of planet earth is considered?... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 12:11:07 PM |
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The Skeptical Environmentalist
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Good News is Inherently Accepted More Readily Than Is Bad News.
No better example of this is the disturbing news about global warming. Endless arguments have arisen to discredit 298 of 298 peer-reviewed scientific studies by a mix of independent, government, and corporate scientists. These studies, involving thousands of scientists, conclude human caused global warming exists and is significantly contributing to a set of climatic changes that are approaching a threshold that if crossed will set in motion natural events that at least will be upredictable and at worst catastrophic.
Denial of bad news is an epidemic in our nation of pleas... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 11:31:01 AM |
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Zion Mojave Wilderness
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When there no longer remains clean air to breathe, fresh water to drink, and healthy food to eat... nothing else matters.
Please visit *ZionMojaveWilderness.org to see what is at stake and discover what action you can take to help preserve this wonderful piece of planet earth.
*Slower internet connections may take a few moments to load but the animated slide-show is well worth the wait.... MORE
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Oct 17 2006 10:25:53 AM |
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Hastert, Shimkus Embarrass This Illinois Resident
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"Willful Neglect" is the best description of Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert's, and Page Program Co-chairman, John Shimkus's behavior regardling the Foley saga. Please vote to remove both of these representatives from their House positions. They have embarrassed Illinoisans and, worse, sacrificed the well-being of Pages by allowing 16 year old children to live in an unsavory environment to avoid embarrassing their self-righteous party.
This is sick behavior, not just poor judgement.... MORE
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Oct 09 2006 03:43:46 AM |
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