Category — politics

The Blog | Max Blumenthal: Sen. John Cornyn Meets the Racist Right | The Huffington Post:
On Tuesday, September 18, inside the Dirksen Senate Office building, Republican Texas Senator and Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship Chairman John Cornyn spoke at a conference entitled, “Defending the Homeland: America’s Immigration Crisis.” The conference was organized by the Rockford Institute, publisher of Chronicles Magazine, and was moderated by its president, Thomas Fleming.

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is it just me… or do people find it extremely problematic when politicians support racism? i mean… didn’t racism go out with the advent of modern biological sciences? geeze, this guy needs to be booted from the senate for not supporting the constitution, discrimination clause… in the first place, and second.. for stupidity that has led to chronic ignorance.

Idéologie has taken over – Jeffrey Hart:
But that was then. Today, the standard-bearer of “conservatism” in the United States is George W. Bush, a man who has taken the positions of an unshakable ideologue: on supply-side economics, on privatization, on Social Security, on the Terri Schiavo case, and, most disastrously, on Iraq. Never before has a United States president consistently adhered to beliefs so disconnected from actuality.
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another conservative pundit speaks out…

And we thought Clinton had no self-control – Joe Scarborough:
This must all be shocking to my Republican friends who still believe our country would be a better place if our party controlled every branch of government as well as every news network, movie studio, and mid-American pulpit. But evidence suggests that divided government may be what Washington needs the most.

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or perhaps just a democratic government…

Activist’s remark starts FBI probe – Yahoo! News:
“I told him, `How could you possible think this is a terroristic threat? Don’t you have something more to worry about?’” Bensman said. “He said: ‘We have to investigate everything.’”
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you are a terrorist until they prove you are not to their own satisfaction:)

times:
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it might be a little harsh.

Beacon Journal | 07/24/2006 | Israeli court backs continued holding of UA geography professor:
An Israeli court on Sunday decided to continue to hold a University of Akron professor, at least until Thursday.
That’s when Ghazi Falah, 53, will be able to see his attorney for the first time.
By then, he will have been in custody for 21 days, the limit detainees in national security cases can be held in Israel without legal representation.
The geography professor from Wadsworth was taking photographs near the Lebanese border when he was taken into custody by authorities and taken to a Haifa jail.

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He is widely known to be an avid photographer and he uses the photos in his classes. Keep in mind, he was arrested before the current war started….

HOTSOUP.com:
HOTSOUP will create a new community of influence among those in government, politics, business and entertainment who make the decisions and those who want to impact them. It will bring the inside world out and the outside world in, and create a richer dialogue and stronger connections among all of these Opinion Drivers.

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This could be interesting…. but until you get people projecting opinions into traditional media… I think you’ll still have major issues with the conservative setting the agenda. They have the pulpits, they have their own media leaders, and they use tactics like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

TheDenverChannel.com – News – Marshals: Innocent People Placed On ‘Watch List’ To Meet Quota:
You could be on a secret government database or watch list for simply taking a picture on an airplane. Some federal air marshals say they’re reporting your actions to meet a quota, even though some top officials deny it.The air marshals, whose identities are being concealed, told 7NEWS that they’re required to submit at least one report a month. If they don’t, there’s no raise, no bonus, no awards and no special assignments.
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suspicious person? one a month… this sounds very suspicious too me.

Pregnancy centers mislead girls, says congressman – Yahoo! News:
Democratic staff on the House of Representatives Government
Reform Committee who called up some faith-based pregnancy
resource centers said they received incorrect advice aimed at
discouraging abortion.
“Twenty of the 23 centers reached by the investigators (87
percent) provided false or misleading information about the
health effects of abortion,” California Democratic Rep. Henry
Waxman (news, bio, voting record) said in a statement.

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the government should not fund people to lie…. end of story. this is why they should not fund things through religiously affiliated groups, because they tend to promote their ideological views above the facts of the matter.

Which Countries Support Middle East Ceasefire?:

Which countries back immediate ceasefire in the growing Middle East Crisis (some call it a war already) and which countries do not, asks the Belfast Telegraph. Here’s the answer: Link – via digg.
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this makes a key point….