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POPS15 Awful Things Yeah, and look at how taking a stance on just one of these sent the xenophobic Lou Dobbs packing.
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POPSTown Hall protesters are nativists, not racists More: Just consider how utterly stupid and idiotic conservatives seem to serious Democrats when they smugly tell each other that progressives and Democrats are all really “fascists” because they support a variety of mild social-democratic polices. Within their closed ideological bubble the conservatives feel quite certain that they have achieved a deep psychological insight by recognizing that latent Adolph Hitlers lie just beneath the surface of everyone from Teddy Kennedy to Robert Redford and Jane Goodall. They actually sit around and pat themselves on the back for their penetrating aptitude at psychological analysis. This is exactly how stupid progressives and Democrats appear to culturally conservative Americans when they label as “racism” beliefs that these Americans know are in reality vastly different and more complex.
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POPSBarack Obama, College Admininstrator FTA: " The president tells the nation that his wonderful programs are met with distortion and right-wing lies,..". Hanson has it pegged. This is how it looks from *our side*.
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POPSEpic Trek of 'Lost Boy' more (at source): It is not hard to see why. The book's publication, and the astonishing world it opens up, is further evidence of the tenacity and desire that took a young boy across a vast continent. ''My motivation is to make money to pay my law studies which cost 27,000 rands a year ," he said "and to get my two brothers through school. I have put them into a boarding school in Uganda."
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POPSIs Pakistan Becoming Afghanistan? A Lament A very informative article about the place where Obama's Generals are about to (possibly) escalate the war, IMO: "Now no one is quite sure how to repair the situation. Two of the most active powers in the region are in foreign policy schizophrenia. While the U.S. is launching missiles into the FATA, China is busy constructing the Arabian sea port of Gwadar in Pakistan's deep, desolate south and attempting to improve road connectivity in the country's rugged far north. China is investing substantially in what many are terming a failing state. In order for Pakistan to be a corridor eventually linking China with the Persian Gulf, massive infrastructure investments are being made with great risk. Talk of creating a north-south conduit to carry oil to China's western Xinjiang province is ultimately a long term, pragmatic assertion on Beijing's part. The Americans are bombing while the Chinese are building." Read the article!
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POPSReckless rhetoric or freedom of speech? South Africa has a democratic constitution that protects freedom of speech. In saying things like this is Bishop Tutu trying to place an unconstitutional limitation on freedom of speech?
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POPSHELLO FELLOW LUNATICS AND FASCISTS! You won't believe the audacity of one Bill O'Reilly. He in all his delusional big headed bubbleness is calling anyone who leans left (you know those who think and care about others and our planet) Lunatics and Fascists... (FASCISTS, HUH? A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism...)talk about the POT calling the kettle black)! I can't stand this big ASS-A-HOLA, who can? But what baffles me to no end are his viewers. The man is a hateful bigot and he doesn't even try to hide this fact. I guess we really are a racist, sexist, xenophobic society (well those who watch Bill O'Reilly and believe him, anyway)... It's so pathetic! Please watch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENBwJqzdajc
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POPSUnemployment and xenophobia A clear and concise account of the root causes of the recent outbreaks of xenophobic violence in many parts of the country. Hat-tip to Dion Forster.
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POPSThe "third force" behind xenophobic violence? Could the ugly face of capitalism be behind the violence against foreigners that we have seen over the last couple of months? There have been taxi wars in the past, now it seems to have spread to other businesses.
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POPSFlames of Hate I never was a racist in SA - but one cannot suppress the feeling of horror, disgust, contempt, and feelings close to hated towards the ppl responsible for the attrocities shown in this slideshow. What is this world coming to?! - our planet is being destroyed, precious animals becoming extinct, murder, rape, crime , drugs, proverty, hunger, human trafficking, the most horrific natural disasters to mention just a few are the order of the day. Yet ppl still deny the existance of God and what was prophesied in the the book of Revelations in the Bible - surely we are living in those end times.
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POPSArmy on standby as South Africa waits on Mbeki
"He did, however, confirm that the acting president would have the authority to call in the army if necessary. The meeting between police and the SANDF in Johannesburg on Tuesday came after police commanders had apparently pleaded with the defence force for help since the beginning of the week. According to Beeld sources, police have not had enough resources - such as vehicles, weapons and patrols - at their disposal since the attacks began. The deployment of the army could have begun on Wednesday, had the order been approved by the president. Only the president, according to Article 201 of the Constitution, can authorise the army to work together with the police. Show of force Army units whose soldiers are deployed must get their orders from the defence force's joint operations centre. According to informed sources, the army's planned actions will revolve around a show of force and military presence to make combating the violence easier for the police. The poli
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POPSThe World Hates America? Dennis Prager: "There is another obvious argument against the belief that the world hates America: Many millions of people would rather live in America than in any other country. How does the left explain this? Why would people want to come to a country they loathe? Why don't people want to live in Sweden or France as much as they wish to live in America? Those are rich and free countries, too." "The answer is that most people know there is no country in the world more accepting of strangers as is America. After three generations, people who have emigrated to Germany or France or Sweden do not feel -- and are not regarded as -- fully German, French or Swedish. Yet, anyone of any color from any country is regarded as American the moment he or she identifies as one. The country that the left routinely calls "xenophobic" and "racist" is in fact the least racist and xenophobic country in the world."
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POPSBolton: Boisterous Bully Of Bloviation "There is an excellent review of John Bolton's new book, "Surrender is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad" by Brian Urquhart (a former UN under-secretary general) in the March 6, 2008 issue of The New York Review of Books ("One Angry Man"). "Urquhart reminds us that as an undersecretary of state, before his stint at the UN, "he did much to undermine America's leadership and position in the world." Actually, not a bad thing as undermining and weakening the power of the number one imperialist power strengthens the world progressive movement. Perhaps Bolton is a secret anti-imperialist? What Urquhart has reference to, however, is Bolton's role in undermining the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and the International Criminal Court. Of course he could have only done this with the consent of his masters Bush, Cheney and the ineffective Colin Powell." ...Countercurrents
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