True Respect at 'Ground Zero'

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Thursday August 19, 2010 · 3:41 PM PDT

2010/08/19 · 15:41

I was sitting in the Denver airport and on came that woman who is leading the charge against the multicultural center near the 9/11 site. I felt that her logic held an internal consistency, in its way. But the woman didn't go nearly far enough.

I humbly suggest that we MUST abandon all use of Arabic numerals and Arabic math anywhere near the site. All addresses, signs, menus, etc. must use Roman numerals from this day forward. I also think it imperative that all computers in the area (all of the financial district, for example) do a conversion to Roman numeral displays instead of that terrorist numbering system.

We kill two birds with one stone here. We show respect for all Muslim hating 100% patriots AND at the same time, provide work for out of work programmers (such as myself) who haven't had a decent gig since Y2K. I hope this gains some traction.

aClem

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 6:05 PM PDT

2008/08/02 · 18:05

According to an AFP storyhttp://news.yahoo.com/..., Radovan Karadzic, accused of war crimes and genocide, was being protected by the United States as long as he kept a low profile.

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his "deal", the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source.

Karadzic claims he was given this deal by peace negotiator Richard Holbrooke, which Holbrooke denies.

aClem

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Saturday May 10, 2008 · 12:29 AM PDT

2008/05/10 · 00:29

As an Obama supporter, I would like to suggest to my fellow Obama supporters to be as kind as you can to Senator Clinton and her supporters now that the handwriting is on the wall. Let us not gloat, gripe or snipe. The goal is to elect a Democrat as President along with as many other Democrats as possible. Clinton supporters are still part of the party, a BIG part of the party. We NEED them, and the less animosity they have towards Senator Obama and us, his supporters, the better.

Senator Clinton's supporters are very ardent. Any attack on her produces a tangible backlash. Let's not throw gasoline on the fire, hey? Treat them as you would family, because that's what they are. Keep your eyes on the prize.

Romney is losing it

aClem

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 3:13 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 15:13

Assuming he ever had 'it,' he's losing it.

By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 7 minutes ago

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused his rival John McCain of adopting underhanded tactics from Richard Nixon, the GOP president who resigned in disgrace.
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"I don't think I want to see our party go back to that kind of campaigning,"

If Willard/Mitt thinks dirty campaigning is offensive to Republicans... well, he's really lost it.

We Blew It

aClem

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Sunday January 20, 2008 · 10:15 AM PST

2008/01/20 · 10:15

I am one of them. I am a baby-boomer. We blew it. We had the numbers and, temporarily, the will to do something. But then 'Nixon the wise' ended the draft and poof, rebellion was a thing of the past. We started buying our designer shades and designer jeans. We bought tract homes in suburbs, BMWs, minivans and voted in Reagan. Now that our shallowness has come home to roost and the jobs are gone that we thought assured us a life on the gravy train, we stir slightly in our comfy chairs. We filled landfills with disposable diapers and the air with CO2. Some held true, some kept up the good fight, but the majority turned into their parents, only not quite as tough.

The current generation of 'youth'...

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Bhutto: Osama Bin Laden was murdered

aClem

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Friday December 28, 2007 · 12:18 PM PST

2007/12/28 · 12:18

I heard about this interview on the Mike Malloy program last night. I did a quick search and found this video of an interview with David Frost from November of this year: http://www.youtube.com/...

Talking about those who tried to assassinate her before, she speaks of those whom she suspects may have been involved. This segment begins at about 4:10 in the video. While this is very important of itself, she makes the following statement at about 5:40. Speaking of an unnamed security official in the Musharraf government, she says 'and he also had dealings with Omar Sheikh, the man who murdered Osama Bin Laden...'

aClem

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Sunday November 25, 2007 · 12:38 PM PST

2007/11/25 · 12:38

Back in 2004, when I moved to Costa Rica, I began using the local currency, the 'Colon.' Over the years, I became accustomed to the inflation here and the corresponding fall in the value of the Colon versus the US Dollar. The Costa Rican central bank had been regulating the value of the colon versus the dollar for the past 20 years, until December of 2006, when the central bank loosened the link between the dollar and the colon. And surprisingly enough, the colon's normal fall versus the dollar began to abate. Just last week, the central bank reset it's target exchange rates. In effect, the mighty US dollar lost 4% of it's value versus the colon. Inflation here is a fact of life. The government of this (relatively affluent) third world country can't bring itself to tax it's population (especially the rich part) enough to meet expenditures, so it simply prints money. Sound familiar?

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True Respect at 'Ground Zero'

Karadzic protected by the United States? (updated w/ link)

Let's be gracious, folks

Romney is losing it

We Blew It

Bhutto: Osama Bin Laden was murdered

The sky (dollar) is falling