Dissecting CNN, "I love America,..that's my jihad"

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Sunday December 23, 2007 · 5:12 PM PST

2007/12/23 · 17:12

Muslim-American Army Spc. Lamia Lahlou was born in Morocco and was living in New York in 2001. On September 11, Lahlou's best friend was in one of the trains below the World Trade Center and was killed...

Hardly one week away from the year two thousand and eight, five years after the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, there remains within the mainstream media a baffling eagerness to equate the attacks of September eleventh two thousand and one with Saddam Hussein and, now, much more strikingly, Middle-Easterners, Arabs, Muslims and the nation of Iraq itself.

Within this purportedly front page worthy article, "U.S. Troops Turn to Faith amid Realities of War" by Alphonso Van Marsh, there is equated, among other suspect implications i will not touch upon within the articles fledgling tangents, that:

1. The invasion of Iraq is a proper response to the attacks of September 11, 2001...

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Friday May 26, 2006 · 7:00 AM PDT

2006/05/26 · 07:00

Like the "Tombstone Bonus" politicians set for Veterans after the First World War, Mr. Buyer's created his own "Tombstone Dialogue" and Veterans are not standing for it. You see, the original "Tombstone Bonus" was promised to WW1 Veterans as to be delivered in 1945, decades after the war was over. The Veterans gave this bonus such a title because it was believed that by the time they received any of their promised benefits they would be deceased.

More than half a century after the Hoovervilles were constructed and Veterans took to our Nation's Capital in protest, some Representatives still believe they should be censored from having their voices heard in DC.

a tale of two opportunists (Buyer/Delay), below the fold Read More

Mass Dissent Dispersal Tools in the 21st Century (and you!).

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Saturday May 20, 2006 · 5:24 AM PDT

2006/05/20 · 05:24

Within the body of this text I cover Four Product-Technologies known to have been actualized in modern years with the intention of terminating Group-Demonstration and effectively administering Riot Repression.

The Tools vary greatly in their methods, taking advantage of fringe degrees of sensory perceptions (sight, sound, touch) and psychological phenomenon, but with a common goal: Control of an Unsatisfactorily active, congregating Public.

Small biographies on each of the dispersal tools ("Dazzler" Laser, the "Screamer," Foster-Miller developed Ai Soldier, and the ADS "Sheriff") will be listed, with an image if available, and links for further information. A brief essay will then follow on the prospective these technologies have for presence and use within U.S. borders--say, in the event of allegations of Election Fraud or Protests concerning the potential for War in Iran.

In Fold We Trust, please take the leap. Read More

An Atheist Amendment: Church, State, and Sacrifice

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 5:01 PM PDT

2006/05/17 · 17:01

In light of recent developments within our ever unfolding Socio-Political American DocuDrama---including suspected sympathizer Phone/Computer Taps and a potential War against Iran---I now propose to you an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning our current regulations on Draft eligibility.

WHEREAS,
--It is deeply held within the fabric of this Great Nation that the separation of Church and State be a sound one
WHEREAS,
--The Atheists and Agnostics who dwell within America's borders are ruled by men who believe they will transcend their "Corporeal Ballast"

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Sacrifice for Ideological Utopianism in the 21st Century

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Sunday May 14, 2006 · 7:38 PM PDT

2006/05/14 · 19:38

It is a widely noted belief that the American perception of the failure of Communism as believed to be implemented within the Soviet Union comes down to one, hardly varying comment: Human nature won't support it.

This may perhaps be true.

While the Soviet dictators spread their tyrannical rule throughout the Russian Block, they made certain that the propaganda and the country's common goal stay on message: Utopianism and Brotherhood. These guises have fooled many Conservative, Progressive, European and American neighbors alike into believing that, through brainwashing or bribery, they had achieved this wondrous goal for the better part of a century before `Human Nature' ushered about its collapse.

They certainly hold this belief, and as such:
Soviet Propaganda is affecting your rights as an American Citizen to this day.
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UPDATED: The COLBERT Effect - C-SPAN's Fringe Cabinet, Contributions and NP Censorship

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Wednesday May 10, 2006 · 5:00 PM PDT

2006/05/10 · 17:00

Colbert On Demand:

[C-SPAN has] asked two Internet video providers, YouTube and IFILM, to pull clips of Stephen Colbert's April 29 performance at the White House Correspondents Association dinner from their Web sites... [stating that] copyrighted material was posted online without its permission.

Both YouTube and IFILM complied with the request.

YouTube posted the Colbert video...(Read: sloppy reporting "What is YouTube? YouTube is a free online video streaming service that allows users to view and share videos that have been uploaded by our members")...shortly after the dinner ended and received the letter to remove it May 3... The Colbert video was viewed 2.7 million times in less than 48 hours...

"Our (YouTube) community was really passionate about it."

Indeed.
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The COLBERT Effect: With Pretty Pictures!! - 32% Backwash

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Monday May 08, 2006 · 1:45 AM PDT

2006/05/08 · 01:45

On April 29, 2006, Stephen Colbert (Phd) took his allotted time at the annual White House Correspondent's Association Dinner to administer a simple scientific test on the nature of mass movements. In the name of national security, Mr. Colbert, who was scheduled to dance around in a tuxedo with his head up his ass, decided instead to err on the side of solemnity in an attempt to confirm Recent findings.

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The Future of Blog: an open letter to you

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 5:55 PM PDT

2005/06/28 · 17:55

The Future of Blog: an open letter to you

I select the much used bookmark, peruse the the recent and recommended diaries, then up to the right hand side labled 'tools,' ... One of which i select to begin this madness... and tools they certainly are.

This is Concerning the future of Blogs as means of communication and thusly activism for the causes we liberals seek to uphold, as well as the vices we hope to eradicate. It is preachy and it is written in the form of a speech, because i find it to be the most moving, but i blieve you will enjoy it nonetheless.

Peace!?Hunger!?Shelter!?

We have the means, the motives, the genius, and certainly the rhetoric to use as a leaping point... So? They say now that it is against Human Nature, some innate cruelty to which we all must succumb and wallow about in---Disgrace and Slander in and of itself to our greatest leaders throughout the years; Gandhi, King, Thoreau, and a million nameless others who chose right over battery and perhaps perished in true honor.

continue....
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Plagues and Strangers, Framing and Fascism, Camus and Crayola. Loose ends--bitter means...

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Thursday June 16, 2005 · 6:44 AM PDT

2005/06/16 · 06:44

I sit at my computer, seat swirled 22.8 degrees, watching Apocalypse Now on the television I've pledged to send off to the dump four times this week. It is not the first I've seen it, nor the second, however, it is the first time on T.V. The movie is great, as usual, but in the end we get to the final diatribe on `the f-word;' a word so powerful as to be reserved its own letter (A for snoot/intelligence; C for mediocrity; B and D for failure; and F for fucked). Near the end, as some of you may recall, Kurtz states, "They train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write (BLEEP) on their airplanes because it's obscene!"
Indeed....

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DemNow.org Various King Speech--Progressive Passive Entertainment

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Monday January 17, 2005 · 5:09 PM PST

2005/01/17 · 17:09

ppe....
democracy now special on king, includes his "Beyond Vietnam" speech at Riverside church in New York on april 4, 1967, A small excerpt of Robert Kennedy addressing the crowds at indianapolis, april 4, 1968, and the last speech King gave, the night before his murder, "I have been to the mountain top."

http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/2005/jan/video/dnB20050117a.rm&proto=rtsp
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Democracy Now: Rushdie, Pen, goodness video (old!)

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Tuesday January 04, 2005 · 6:06 PM PST

2005/01/04 · 18:06

This is not new news (but it is good news)!
Watch this Video! (or read the transcript!)

Some of you might've seen this on democracy now when it initially aired w/ the 'Bush Sovereignty fiasco', HOWEVER, it's more than able to stand alone. Description: "In a rare appearance in the United States, Salman Rushdie spoke at an event last week sponsored by the PEN American Center, a fellowship of writers to advance literature, promote a culture of reading, and to defend free expression." Read More

David Sanders Campaign For Congress

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Sunday October 10, 2004 · 6:02 PM PDT

2004/10/10 · 18:02

Hello - i've been a member/reader for some time, but this is my first diary entry:

David Sanders is running for Congress in Indiana's fourth district ( http://www.sandersforcongress.org ). I know that Yossarian has posted several entries also concerned with the campaign, but with less than a month to go we are, of course, still accepting contributions and looking for volunteers. Few quick points of motivation: Read More

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