Defending The Press and Freedom

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Monday July 03, 2006 · 4:20 AM PDT

2006/07/03 · 04:20

The right, frustrated and beliigerent, has ramped up the bellicosity of their insanities. We on the left, instead of being cowed, should be standing up for those institutions that draw the ire of these brownshirted rabble-rousers, so long as they've earned that protection, which I believe a free press has, with some exceptions (notably Fox news, which has made its own bed and will eventually sleep in it.) And the publisher of the Times shouldn't have waited even a full day before making his vigourous defense of his paper and our freedom.

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Remembering America

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Saturday July 01, 2006 · 7:02 AM PDT

2006/07/01 · 07:02

When one looks back at American history since the Nixon administration, one is struck that, for the first time in our history, liberty has been narrowed. Think about this for a moment: our Forefathers and -mothers fought for all of us to enjoy the fruits of liberty: young, old, black, white, male, female, straight, gay.

We seem to have reached the pinnacle of our efforts just about the time that forces to destroy our freedoms took root. It was as much as to say that, "OK, if everyone gets to be free, then let's redefine freedom." And so the task of rewriting what it means to be free had arisen, to the point where, only today, do we get a clear picture of the effort.

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Zarqawi Couldn't be Captured?

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Friday June 09, 2006 · 11:29 AM PDT

2006/06/09 · 11:29

Jeff commenting over at Simply Left Behind, said:

First it was two f-16s now it is only one that was in the attack, the other was refueling at the time. This says to me that the planes were not on stand by for a high priority target, why is that? The admin says that they were following this guy for two weeks to get Zarqawi, so when he finally shows up, they have only ONE plane to take him out, that make no sense. Also, if Zarqawi was such a high priority target, why didnt we try and capture him? The house seemed to be in an isolated area, perfect for a special forces snatch and grab, so why didn't we try? I think he would be better alive to give us info, then dead with only a body to show for propaganda (in a gold frame no less).At the saame time they raided 17 other hideouts for Al-qeda in Iraq, so they were prepared for this long before taking him out. Something is really starting to stink about this and it is just not the admins problem with telling the truth at any time. What is your take on this Carl, or am I letting my inner skeptic out too much.

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Saturday May 13, 2006 · 1:44 PM PDT

2006/05/13 · 13:44

Doctors puzzled over bizarre infection surfacing in South Texas
Web Posted: 05/12/2006 10:51 AM CDT
Deborah Knapp
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
If diseases like AIDS and bird flu scare you, wait until you hear what's next. Doctors are trying to find out what is causing a bizarre and mysterious infection that's surfaced in South Texas.

Karma's a bitch, ain't it, Texas? You inflicted us with a disease that's not quite a fungus, not quite a bacterial infection, and not quite a parasite...OK, maybe it's a parasite.

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A Glimpse of Immortality

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Monday May 01, 2006 · 7:11 AM PDT

2006/05/01 · 07:11

Built at the height of the Depression, for no other reason than it had to be built...there was no overwhelming economic force at play, no urban planning model that demanded such a structure, no governmental edict...this building has faltered, struggled, renewed and revitalized itself, and is now poised to step towards eternity as a thriving entity, modern-yet-classic, bold-but-familiar.

These lights, this building, has told people with its quiet grandeur and magnificence, that yes, you too can make it here.

And so I find the coincidence almost karmic that this emblem of this great immigrant city is celebrating it's 75th birthday on a day when immigrants from around the world gather to protest attempts to criminalize them.

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A Promise Gone Awry

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Monday April 24, 2006 · 10:51 AM PDT

2006/04/24 · 10:51

Farmer suicide on rise as India's rural crisis deepens
YAVATMAL, India (AFP) - Despite failed crops and mounting debts, the family of Indian cotton farmer Chandrakant Gurenule never believed his suicide threats until he set himself alight and fled their home in flames.

So here's a product designed to improve life for what amounts to subsistence farming: cheap, hardy, and higher yielding.

So what does Monsanto do? Jacks up the price. And now we see 9,000 farmers have committed suicide for the benefit of Monsanto's bottom line.

Disgraceful.

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In Hoc Signo Vinces

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Friday April 14, 2006 · 3:30 AM PDT

2006/04/14 · 03:30

I chose this particular title to commemorate the fact that the Roman emperor Constantine had a vision before a battle (with Maxentius, I think) in which a cross appeared to him in the sky. After his victory, his conversion to Christianity was sealed. I use it to remind us all, both of the faith and those who believe in other systems of faith, that we can win this battle for America, for peace, for equality, for justice, and for the very soul of this nation.

It's easy to think, when you look around you, that this nation is ruled by a majority of morons who elect puppets of evil men, if not evil men themselves. It's easy to think, when you look around you, that most Americans would rather see rigid dogma replace enlightened thought. It's easy to think, when you look around you, that most Americans are more afraid of the marriage of Ed and Fred than they are of losing their jobs.

But that's simply not true.

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Protocols of the Elders of Republicanism

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Wednesday April 12, 2006 · 7:18 AM PDT

2006/04/12 · 07:18

So I'm flipping channels on my dish last night, when I happen to catch a documentary called The Protocols of Zion. Rather provocative title, says I, having dissected the extremist mindset for many years now, and knowing precisely what this title refers to.

Now, I cannot possibly in the short space of this diary or my blog do justice to the Protocols in terms of depth and detail, but as I watched this movie and as select protocols were read, I couldn't help but shake the feeling that they documented precisely the taking over of first the Republican party and then the United States by a fringe radical group of extremists.

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Suing For A Right She Already Has

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Monday April 10, 2006 · 7:26 AM PDT

2006/04/10 · 07:26

ATLANTA -- Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant.
Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation.

Look, maybe I'm wrong, but isn't this truly a frivolous lawsuit?

No one is telling Ms. Malhotra that she can't speak out against homosexuality. What they ARE saying is that such opinions cannot be worded in a way that inflicts harm on other people. The very essence of the public square (to use a hackneyed phrase) is to promote tolerance while respecting the rights of people to form and have their own opinions. The whole point behind the politically correct movement is that people were terrorized in the past for being "different" from you and me: black, gay, Buddhist, poor. Those DOING the terrorizing were generally white Christians. Sorry, time's not up on the moral statute of limitations, baby....

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Thank YOU, Mr. Obvious!

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Wednesday April 05, 2006 · 6:28 AM PDT

2006/04/05 · 06:28

Giuliani: Another terror attack in U.S. likely
By Josh Noel
Tribune staff reporter
April 5, 2006
"It's better to assume we will be attacked again and go from there," Giuliani said during a speech at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Ya think? Ya think the failures of the administration that you so whole-heartedly have supported, in stark contrast to your years of battling fellow Republicans when they simply were wrong, might come back to bite us in the ass? Read More

Putting A Human Face On Tragedy

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Saturday April 01, 2006 · 5:27 AM PST

2006/04/01 · 05:27

I've been reading transcripts and listening to edited tapes of the calls to 911 on September 11.

The overwhelming feeling I've noticed is compassion. It would be easy to get angry at the frustrating delays. The first time I heard the Hanley tape the other day, I was infuriated by the fact it took the fire dispatch eight rings to pick up, until I realized what was going on. On reading these, it sounds harsh, cruel even, the way the dispatch operators are speaking to people, almost condescendingly.

And yet, maybe it's my acting training, but the panic apparent in those people's words (never mind their voices) speaks to the freezing unknown of that day. As we were all stricken with paralysis and shock, so too were these people, inundated with phone calls of people about to die, who knew, just knew, they were about to die, and were looking for some reassurance.

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Dirty Bombs Snuck Into America

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Tuesday March 28, 2006 · 6:50 AM PST

2006/03/28 · 06:50

To test security at U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada, GAO investigators last year represented themselves as employees of a fake company and obtained cesium-137.
They attempted to cross into the United States with the substance -- enough to possibly create two crude radiological bombs that could spread radiation if spread by the blast of a conventional explosive.
When stopped, the investigators presented counterfeit shipping papers and NRC documents that allegedly permitted them to receive, acquire, possess and transfer radioactive substances.

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