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POPSBill O'Rielly and Fox (News?) Screwing You? You Bet!
This dialog came from this site: http://letters.mobile.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/29/family_values/view/index.html It says it all concerning conservative wingnuts such as Fox (You Call That News?)! Q: How many conservative wingnuts does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: There will be no screwing ...unless their name is Craig, Vitter, Sanford, Foley or Ensign:eek: ...Perhaps (right) wingnuts should try being human... That's the core issue here, conservative policies are INHUMANE, war, plundered economy and constitutional rights, laws that let corp. scam artists run amok... (pro-choice hate mongering) If the question was asked ... what kind of policy do Americans support without context to politics, the majority of people's answers would be "liberal" and "moderate" on issues such as job security, regulations of financial institutions, universal health coverage, education and social security. F**k (Right) wingnuts...and I don't mean screw or sex.:mad:
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POPSWe Stand At a Pivotal Crossroads in Our Nation's History It is a crossroads that we as a people have been a long time coming to, with the pivotal events occurring mostly in the last hundred years, and now escalating much more rapidly in the last few months. Many have fought them, but far too many have ignored the worsening condition, others have been bought and paid for through blackmail, bribes, or appeals to entitlement and vice, still others have been swayed, in the name of congeniality or "reason", to compromise, to have pleasant dialog, and to meet half way with those pushing for the end of our Constitutional Republic, our Free Market, and our way of life and liberty. The problem is, if you are always meeting the opposition half way towards their position, if they keep stepping further and further back along a particular path...then you are drawn right along along that same path to the destination of their choosing. And that destination is not a constitutional republic,
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POPS Obama and The Union Thugs In St. Louis, Democratic Representative Russ Carnahan held a town hall meeting. In attendance at this meeting were members of the union S.E.I.U, Service Employees International Union. They were not wearing brown shirts, but wore purple t-shirts with their union logo on the shirts. After the meeting outside was a gentleman named Kenneth Gladney. Mr. Gladney was giving out or selling little yellow flags from the American Revolution, which pictured a snake with the words, "Do not tread on me." The union thugs engaged Mr. Gladney, a conservative in a heated dialog. During which a union thug punched Mr. Gladney in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, giving a union member the opportunity to kick Mr. Gladney while on the ground. Mr. Gladney had to be taken to the hospital as a result of this vicious beating from these brown shirt type thugs. Could you just see Hitler smiling? Mr. Gladney was interviewed by Neil Cavuto, and related the following in part:
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POPSMohammed Ali Abtahi: Gegen Missbrauch der Religion durch die Politik Die Beweggründe seines nicht ungefährlichen Einsatzes für Toleranz und religiöse Offenheit erklärt Mohammed Abtahi so: "Es ist eine Verpflichtung für die intellektuelle Elite im Iran die religiöse Toleranz heute mehr denn je zu vertreten und zu vermitteln, vor allem gegenüber den jungen Leuten im Land. Ihnen müssen wir zeigen, dass es Gott in jeder Religion gibt, dass Sehnsucht nach Gerechtigkeit in jeder Religion ein zentrales Thema ist und dass alle Religionen Wege zu Gott suchen."
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POPSObama Frees Iranian Terror Masters I guess this is the Administrations way of opening dialog with a sworn enemy of the United States. All the while Iranian people are dying, it's government is supplying weapons through out it's Middle East tentacles and even into our hemisphere, it's received the OK from Obama to continue it's nuclear weapons program (and we all know that's what it is), and the attacks within Iraq from Iran WILL continue.
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POPSU.S. Drive For Middle East Peace Gathers Pace 
"That is our objective, and it is to that which we have committed ourselves fully." Mitchell earlier was in Damascus, where he took another step toward bringing Syria in from the cold. Speaking after talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Mitchell said restarting peace talks between Syria and Israel is a "near-term goal." In Washington, a White House spokesman said the Obama administration is moving to relieve the pressure of U.S. economic sanctions on Syria. Pressure On Iran Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates had talks with Jordan's King Abdullah about the perceived threat of Iran's alleged nuclear-arms program. Iran is emerging as one of the biggest obstacles to a Mideast settlement, in that Israel says there is no point reaching a peace deal with the Palestinians until the question of a nuclear Iran is resolved. After talks with the king, Gates warned Iran that Washington would seek tough new sanctions unless Tehran responded to its invitation to a dialog
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POPSKermani-Affäre: Die Revanche der Funktionäre Das Kultur- und Kirchenestablishment mag keine Außenseiter und Neulinge. Das gilt auch für das Triumvirat der islamischen Dachverbände, die sich bestens germanisiert haben: Intellektuelle sind ihnen suspekt, ihr Tonfall ist überwiegend Larmoyanz. Die Verkirchlichung und Verstaatlichung des Islam hat somit Fortschritte gemacht, und sie bezieht ironischerweise selbst die Kritiker des politischen Islam ein, wenn sie behaupten: "Der Islam ist nicht integrierbar!" Eben diese Anmaßung, zu wissen, was die "wahre Religion" ist, kennt man von Fundamentalisten aller Couleur. Der interreligiöse Dialog ist nur von Kardinal Lehmann, Kirchenpräsident i.R. Steinacker und Ministerpräsident Koch dispensiert worden. Wir können ihn erleichtert weiterführen . Dieser Dialog bezieht Agnostiker und Häretiker selbstverständlich ein.
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POPSFred Rogers: a truly good human being The snarkmeisters at rotten.com did their darndest to dig up the dirt on Mr. Rogers... and couldn't find a thing. He really was that good, that loving, that true. The world is a better place for having had Fred Rogers in it.
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POPS"I Know, Let's Cut Missile Defense If . . . Blah,Blah,Blah"
Iran would face “isolation, international pressure, and a potential nuclear arms race in the region that will increase insecurity for all.” And Obama said he would continue to pursue a missile-defense system in Europe as long as the Iranian nuclear threat existed – but suggested he would abandon it if Iran abandoned its nuclear pursuits. Though there is bipartisan support for many of the steps, Obama may face resistance from Republicans in the Senate on ratification of the Test Ban Treaty and other moves. Speaking to Iran, the other nation widely thought to be pursuing nuclear weapons, Obama reiterated his campaign pledge to engage the Tehran regime, winning applause for saying, “We believe in dialogue.” In his speech Obama laid out shorter-term steps, like beginning international talks on banning production of fissile material, could revive momentum on international arms control, despite potential resistance from Republicans in Congress.
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POPSAll-in-One Sidebar - Sidebar Extension for Firefox! You can set the orientation to left or right, set the minimum, default and maximum width and the behavior on browser startup. All-in-One Sidebar provides enhancements for many built-in features, which are related to the sidebar. Keyboard shortcuts (default settings) All keyboard shortcuts are fully configurable. So it would be possible to prevent collisions with other extensions. Open the options dialog to configure the shortcuts, click the button "Shortcuts" and change them to your needs. I just un-installed Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 b/c it was creating a conflict with a lot of my other applications. When my Firefox 3.0.8 was re-installed all my settings, addons & BOOKMARKS had disappeared. Fortunately I had made a backup of my bookmarks in "aio" (---otherwise, I would have lost about 3 years worth of bookmarks) I re-installed "aio" and restored my bookmarks. That is just one of many features that I really like!
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POPSThe World March for Peace and Nonviolence Why? Because we can end world hunger with 10% of what is spent on arms. Because eliminating wars and violence means leaving human pre-history behind and taking a giant step forward in the evolution of our species. Because we are accompanied by the voices of all the war-torn generations that came before us. The echo of their voices still resounds throughout the world, wherever armed conflict leaves its sinister memorial to the dead, disappeared, disabled and displaced. Because a “world without wars” is an image that opens the future and seeks to become reality in every corner of the planet, as violence gives way to dialog. The moment has come for the voiceless to be heard! Out of agonizing and urgent need, millions of human beings are crying out for an end to wars and violence. We can make that happen by uniting all the forces of pacifism and active non-violence worldwide.
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POPSThe Wired Presidency: Can Obama Really Reboot the White House? Any one know where to go to read thoughtful dialog on how Web 2.0 technologies can improve gov't? Seems to me there are at least two issue threads that need at least as much attention as how 21st century tools can enhance dialogue between gov't and citizens: 1) Can Gov't be more transparent while simultaneously not eroding its citizens' privacy and safety; and 2) What should the model for delivering public services be? Also, I'm interested in others' thoughts on the following: "Rapid advances in technology show us what CAN be done, but it takes more than just success in the marketplace to know what SHOULD be done."
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POPSHow To Turn of Hyperlinks in Excel Ugh, ever enter an email address or URL into Excel then have to click on the cell? It always makes the text into a link, and launches a browser or Outlook! Here is how to disable them!
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POPSIs Israel doing more damage to it's own interests than Hamas? This raises a question that every Israeli and its supporters now needs to ask. What is the strategic purpose behind the present fighting? After two weeks of combat Olmert, Livni, and Barak have still not said a word that indicates that Israel will gain strategic or grand strategic benefits, or tactical benefits... In fact, their silence raises haunting questions about whether they will repeat the same massive failures made ... during the Israeli-Hezbollah War in 2006. Has Israel somehow blundered into a steadily escalating war without a clear strategic goal or at least one it can credibly achieve? Will Israel end in empowering an enemy in political terms that it defeated in tactical terms? Will Israel’s actions seriously damage the US position in the region, any hope of peace, as well as moderate Arab regimes and voices in the process? To blunt, the answer so far seems to be yes.
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POPSMy Paul Weyrich Obit Weyrich, who died this morning , was a founding member of the religious right. Keeping a lower profile than similar minds like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, Weyrich managed to continue his career of professional hatred, bigotry, and lies until the day he died. Good riddance. For those of you reading this who are appalled that I'd be so callous on the occasion of a death of a fellow human being, I counter that Paul Weyrich wasn't a human being. He was hate and ignorance and antidemocratic philosophy incarnate. Paul Weyrich, bigot, idiot, and great big fan of voter suppression, dead at 66. The world is no poorer for the loss.
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POPS“Yavelow Study Confirms Ayers Hand In Obama’s ‘Dreams" Another example is what Yavelow calls “attributions”—e.g., he “asked,” she “said,” they “wondered.” Some authors use as few as three. Many use fewer than twenty. Dreams, however, uses 36; Fugitive Days 34, and with only four exceptions—three of these used only once—the two books use the very same attributions. Yavelow compares the two books on any number of other characteristics and concludes, “There is a strong likelihood that the author of Fugitive Days ghost-wrote Dreams From My Father using recordings of dialog (either tape recorded or notes). Alternatively, another scenario could be possible: Ayers might have served as a ‘book doctor’.”
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POPSFight The Republican Whelp Operation The Republican Smear Campaign is in Full Swing trying to win the '08 election with fabrications, distortions, lies and nasty name calling... It's Yogi Bearer's déjà vu all over again. Why do people listen and believe this nonsense? This should have been left in grade school a long, long time ago. They say children can be mean... Well childhood has nothing on the Republican "YO MAMA WEARS COMBAT BOOTS" campaigning. Join the "Truth fights back" movement ... sign up today and let's stop the very old "REPUBLICAN WHELP" operation in their tracks. This will not heal America it will only weaken her more! Link here: http://www.truthfightsback.com/site/index WHELP n - any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog
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POPSWeighing Parole For Killers I guess we could argue that there should be no parole for killers, and that would be a black and white argument. I'm sure black and white feels pretty damn good to the victim's families. One thing I would like to say is I think some on CM feel as though clippers must agree 100 percent with the clip or we wouldn't clip the article. Not true, at least in my case and I welcome polite, concise, adult conversation on any clip. Opposing views are always welcome and can lead to meaningful dialog and in the spirit of that, I feel this clip asks the reader to dig deep on the concept of forgiveness in our society. Is that concept worth considering? The answer can be a very complex one with good arguments on both sides.
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POPSUnited States sends diplomat to meet with Iranian official Wow - strict orders not to engage in one-on-one discussions aside - this seems to be a HUGE deal. Should something positive develop here, in addition to hopefully avoiding another military conflict, it would likely send oil prices significantly lower. Curious what kind of implications this will have on the election. My first thought is that it helps Obama because he's been such an advocate of dialog, but my gut tells me i must be missing something there because it's highly unlikely that the Bush administration would do something so seemingly helpful to Obama.
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