Moral Authority and Constitution and China

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Wednesday February 15, 2006 · 8:46 AM PST

2006/02/15 · 08:46

The US prides itself for its Democracy, Rule of Law, Civil Freedoms and Constitution and models it for the world.

We know Bush is not America and America is not Bush but the world doesnt. But here is an example of loss of moral authority. This is what happens if you dont practice what you are preaching:

China Says Web Controls Follow the West's Lead
By JOSEPH KAHN

http://www.nytimes.com/...

U.S. Says China Boosts Internet Monitoring By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - A State Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that China's efforts to manipulate the Internet have increased in the last year, "sending a chilling message to Internet users."

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Talking Points 101-Email our Dem Leaders

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Tuesday February 07, 2006 · 12:51 AM PST

2006/02/07 · 00:51

To all Dems going on the air--TV, radiio, print, etc

Please repeat ad nauseum Clark's line on national security:

If the Democrats were in power,' he strenuously argued, `we would have gone after Bin Laden, we would never have wasted over $200 billion of the nation's wealth, we would never have ignored the threats of North Korea and Iran, we would never have ignored Putin's power grabs and suppression of Russian Democracy, we would never have completely ignored China's growing economic threat, and we would never have undertaken a policy of such ill repute that it creates more enemies in the world than friends

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Monday January 09, 2006 · 9:33 PM PST

2006/01/09 · 21:33

Something must be done right away to the misinformation that Abramoff scandals is a bipartisan affair when it is not. Abramoff is a Republican only scandal.

So why is the media....even...gasp...Colbert Report repeating the misinformation? Colbert Report included Democrats like Reid, Clinton, Dorgan, etc as list of Abramoff beneficiaries.

Before the Colbert Report, I thought this was the fault of political hacks in media in cahoots with GOP spin machine. But after the Colbert Report, I think this is now a failure of the Dem Party Rapid Response. Read More

Dean's gaffes now conventional wisdom

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Thursday December 08, 2005 · 7:46 PM PST

2005/12/08 · 19:46

Unfortunately I dont have a TNR subscription. But Red Dan in the comments section pulled an excerpt of the article which is on the flip. The article points out every gaffe Dean said in the past which is now conventional wisdom.

https://ssl.tnr.com/p/docsub.mhtml?i=w051205&s=judis120805

IN DEFENSE OF DEAN.
Chair Lift
by John B. Judis
Only at TNR Online | Post date 12.08.05
Howard Dean is being vilified again--not only by Republicans in the White House and Congress, but by his fellow Democrats as well. And once again it's for making a critical comment about the administration's conduct of the Iraq war. In an interview Monday with a San Antonio radio station, Dean, comparing the conflicts in Iraq and Vietnam, said, "The idea that we're going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong." Dean also likened the Bush administration's lack of candor about the war to that of the Nixon administration. "What we see today is very much like what was going on in Watergate," he said....

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Tuesday November 15, 2005 · 11:29 AM PST

2005/11/15 · 11:29

Dark Syde confided what it is like to be an atheists. And since being Christian or religious is a minority here, I thought of confiding what is it like to be a Christian and a Catholic.
I was born a Catholic from a conservative family, where there is no divorce, and birth control is a sin and if you failed to go to 1 Sunday Mass you cannot take communion until you take confession.
Since when we have problems and pray so if things go our way we think it is a miracle and have seen miracles happen in our lives reinforcing our beliefs.
We have seen lives destroyed by addiction change by turning to God, reinforcing our beliefs.
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70,000 kossacks * $10/month and 3 friends = $25 million

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Sunday November 13, 2005 · 3:02 PM PST

2005/11/13 · 15:02

Democracy Bonds is really a great idea and a way grassroots can take back America and its government. The root of corruption and Republican's corruption and kowtowing to special interest and big corporation is related to campaign financing. We need to make Democracy work and showing that Democrats is financed by individual people and giving 10, 20 dollars a month is a good branding for Democrats.

1 Million Democrats * $10/month = $120 million (and we win the fundraising race right there).
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Hillary vs McCain Poll

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Saturday November 05, 2005 · 12:29 PM PST

2005/11/05 · 12:29

Polls like AP,Zogby, have Hillary Clinton win the Democratic Party Primary. This is also conventional wisdom among MSM Pundits. While John McCain is popular with moderates and mainstream Republicans but believed to lose in the Republican primaries where mostly activists mostly skew the vote to amore conservative candidate.

This poll is to survey dailykos readers and their loyalty to the Democratic Party.
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There is a God and billions know it

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Friday October 07, 2005 · 10:17 AM PDT

2005/10/07 · 10:17

I am so sick of some people not respecting religious view points. You dont see religious converting atheists or agnostics here but there are a lot of diaries condemning religion and the religious. Hey, whether you are religious or not, we are all citizens of these great country and want good government.

Does God Exist? Yes. This wonderful essay by Marilyn Adomson is a good read. Then I link also to conversion stories from non Catholics to the Catholic Church. I did not want to do this but you ask for it. Read More

Must Read: Look for Media Labels

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Tuesday April 12, 2005 · 9:11 AM PDT

2005/04/12 · 09:11

This article by Ted Ralls is a must Read.

We should be really sensitive on how the Media/Pundits or even us perpetuate LABELS, ie., Religious RIGHT or Christian Right wing as if there is anything Christian on what Repubs are doing.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=127&ncid=742&e=8&u=/ucru/20050412/cm _ucru/lookforthemedialabels

LOOK FOR THE MEDIA LABELS

1 hour, 34 minutes ago Op/Ed - Ted Rall

By Ted Rall

An Examination of the Propaganda of Nomenclature Read More

FAKE NEWS beat fake News Lite

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Wednesday March 23, 2005 · 7:42 AM PST

2005/03/23 · 07:42

BIG "DAILY SHOW" RATINGS.

The fake newscast phenomenon shows no signs of abating. Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" logged its most-watched month ever in February, even without benefit of a national election cycle to lampoon. New episodes of "The Daily Show" averaged 1.5 million viewers for the month, up 32 percent compared with the same period a year earlier, according to figures from Nielsen Media Research.

Stewart's news spoof had more than twice as many average viewers as CNN's February prime-time lineup (637,000) and nearly equaled Fox News' powerhouse 8-11 p.m. schedule (1.6 million).

- LOS ANGELES TIMES

http://www.nynewsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-etrail4168353mar09,0,3940349.story?coll=nyc-manheadline s-tv

Jolly Buddah came up with that line about Fake News beating Fake News lite.

But this is a lesson for CNN or MSNBC. Instead of fighting over Fox audience why dont they try to appeal to Daily News viewers by not being like FOX but instead be real journalist and report real NEWS not spun news from left and right.

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Hillary vs McCain Poll

There is a God and billions know it

Must Read: Look for Media Labels

FAKE NEWS beat fake News Lite