posted June 12, 2006
on Katrina
and the GOP
No - Admin. did
nothing wrong 22%
on the radio! Interesting piece by Deb Gauthier in the in Kansas.
Seems the Rev. Fred Phelps of fallen American soliders. We're so glad Fred came to NWA, and so glad he once had some local help to come and protest.
..anyone remember who helped first bring Phelps to NWA?
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a hint, he According to this apparently perfect man, "the vast majority will spend eternity in hell, gnawing their tongues in Phelps has a long and growing list of people in hell. Former Piper of Marblehead, a U.S.
Marine killed in Iraq last week? In hell. Capt.
John Maloney of Chicopee, a Green Beret killed in Afghanistan last week? In hell. Why does this man condemn heroes, two of whom gave their lives in defense of this country?
association. Phelps promises to picket Phelps, a master of cruelty, is on a mission, one that won't becomes a capital crime punishable by death, not just in this country, but the entire world. In the meantime, God punishes.
On his Web site, Phelps says: "Thank God for Sept. 11 -- A ballot. Those groups sent this e-mail out today.
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way with the initial petition signing events.
Watch for the Parachuting Penguins office in Rogers, 4404 W. Walnut. Pick one up at the Palms Plaza Restaurants, 224 S.
Second Pick one up at Parachuting Penguins, 4404 W. Walnut, Suite If people are simply interested in SIGNING a petition, that can be done at these same locations, or by calling one of the people mentioned above.
Thank you, or web broadcast?
Simply visit of John Walton, which broke late this afternoon.
June 27, 2005, 9:23 PM EDT
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- John Walton, the son of Wal-Mart the company's board, died Monday in a plane crash in Wyoming.
Walton, 58, was piloting the ultralight that crashed shortly Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, the company said.
In March, Forbes Magazine listed Walton as No. 11 on its people, with a net worth of $18.
2 billion, tied with his brother Jim Walton.
his death.
War.
He was awarded the Silver Star for saving the lives of while under enemy fire, according to the company. He in Wooster, Ohio.
Walton is survived by his wife, Christy, and son, Luke; his mother, Helen; two brothers, Rob and Jim; and a sister, Alice.
articles, letters and even photos. We well. We appreciate differing views, and encourage you to feel compelled.
This letter comes to me in response to the Fayetteville Schools. We'll comment later, for now, here's what Ms. Laurie Taylor writes.
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Mr.Elkins,
misunderstandings. First and foremost; I have never requested that ANY book be banned. I have only restrict access to books that I, AND MANY, MANY OTHERS, find unconscionable for minor children, so PARENTS are aware of what THEIR children are reading.The school board did not "wisely decline" my request, on the contrary they executed exactly what I suggested.
American Family Radio. I simply rely on my God given mother, having complete and totally authority, again given to me by God, to raise my children in a manner I believe reflects my mandate from God.
raise their children under their authority. As a matter of inalienable rights!!! This is my desire (and I do!), of what books (library or text), school, church, friends' homes, parties, camp, etc, so that they may help their children to understand, assimilate and apply receive, in order for parents to guide their children to an and the chaos we live in.
This is why we have parents.
If I do not know that it is there, and for the last 13 years as parent I had no idea, of this material? Do hundreds of parents that want to raise humanistic views of sex, or is that not the job of the librarians.Remember because of the to all library material in all schools. Any child in Washington Co. can have these books elementary children.
these, and honestly wonder 'why the problem?'," that you would allow your children to read this material, and that is your right; however I would not. Have you ever known a young woman, high school age, whose life was lifestyle these books perpetuate, the guilt and shame that follows sexual promiscuity.Find one will testify to you that sexual depravity of any kind, heterosexual or homosexual, has enriched and blessed their lives then I will be silent. On devastated, children who have runaway, marriages that are destroyed, people who commit suicide or deem as worthy for children.
You seem so concerned about censorship.We censor everyday, whoever is in charge of supremacists or Nazi literature? I think (at this point not so sure) even you would object to that. Am I right or am I wrong?
Would that not be censorship?
or show depraved pictures, or to articulate explicit sex. Is that not censorship according to your definition?We rate the law to do drugs. Having sex with someone under the age of consent is ILLEGAL, as is my rights begin.
If the books are in a restricted area still accessible, by parental authority, are not both sides then partially satisfied?People that feel as and all material they wish, everyone, I would lobby for this material to NEVER be printed.
nothing there is no more compromise, no more 'free thinking' only your way or mine? I would amenable suggestion.
And lastly, I would also submit that if you included on pictures and excerpts taken directly from these books, the children are reading such material! the ones in the library? Being a teacher, parent, journalist, taxpayer, or human requires overall good.Shouldn't the parents in the minority be the money to put it in the library? If we can get this material out in the open, I am about this issue.
Laurie Taylor- concerned mom!
From the right, our friend David Sanders in Little Rock about today's end of the U.S. Supreme Court term, and, in his own terms says "Thankfully, conservatives coming battle over high court nominations.
..here's more of David's piece on the Arkansas News Bureau site.
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vacancy.
efforts between Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and liberal groups that will target Bush nominees.
In anticipation of the Rehnquist retirement, according to the Herald, the against potential nominees.
nominee it considers a threat.
According to a February story in U.
S. News and World Report, the minute President Bush names a new U.S.
Supreme Court nominee." But liberal groups aren't the only ones working.
conservatives.
They are now taking a pro-active approach Ah, David! One "cabal" deserves another! Sounds like we have a "cabal-battle" ready to happen.
..but what about those nominees?
Couldn't they mess everything up for the cabalistas on both sides?
article by Kyle Weaver about campaign financing in NWA. He Wal-Mart Pac, and also took at look at how Republican fundraising in number one Pulaski county.
Yeah, it's a little wonkish, but a good read...
remember, follow the money...
other related terms.
First, it ranked a distant second statewide to Pulaski County's total of just more than $4 million. Second, Benton more than $1 million in political contributions.
Third - and and causes.
And the numbers go even deeper. Consider this breakdown of the top three Benton County ZIP codes, all of which far surpassed the national county average total of $45,271 for the 2004 election cycle.
72712
Not surprisingly, Bentonville leads the way. Even in the 1994 election cycle, when the city accounted for only $54,650 in political contributions, it was the leading ZIP code in the county. One decade - and a 1,380 percent increase later - the 72712 ZIP code accounted for $808,972.
In the last four election cycles, 1998 through 2004, this the top 10 statewide. In fact, its meteoric rise - good it with the Little Rock powerhouse ZIP code of 72207, which itself was $55,000 short of $1 million. Third place, Little Rock Zip Code 72212, is almost $400,000 below Bentonville?
s 72712.
rising in the state. This may show that those fortunes have risen, but not in terms of actual ballots, but rather in dollars, which can eventually translate into ballots.
It's also a good look at the changing demographic.
Ah, yes, happy Monday all! This one will make vets steam, Rove, and go to some lengths to explain their distaste -- Iraq.
..it'll give you the flavor.
..also, the has a letter on its site as well.
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I'm writing you from [Location Withheld] Iraq, about 35 miles NW of Baghdad.
. And I'm too tired to give Karl the verbal beating he deserves for his insults. I'm too tired because we're jsut a bit shorthanded over here, fighting his war for him.
A war taht has made nearly every country in the world fear and distrust America, a war fought for a knowing lie dreamed up by Karl and his buddies, none of whom have ever heard a shot fired in anger, or helped pick up the parts of another human being after an IED blast.
Been a slow weekend. Couple of notes for you.
If you write me a letter, an e-mail or what have you, I reserve the right to print it here, with my own corrections and editing for space and grammar, etc. If you want to send me a note, but don't want it printed, just don't send it, or simply make comments on the comment boards with each story. Much obliged.
Oh yes, I'll grant one permission only -- to Laurie Taylor of the Fayetteville Book story. She writes a strong letter addressing the issues we've discussed, and I want to you can hear from her. I'm just waiting for her to give me permission.
..everything else goes into the blender.
this longer piece by Rich Drake, who for many years Rep. Lindsley Smith, one of over favorites.
Written by Richard S.
Drake
politics, there is little doubt that state Representative (of District 92) can be considered a solid Democrat. This is many of her supporters and constituents alike.
In fact, she describes herself as being an "uber-liberal.
" University of Arkansas on Fayetteville.
universities, and is a Visiting Scholar at several English including Cambridge and Oxford. She conducts the Summer Communication and Cultures at Cambridge and Oxford.
Fayetteville.
politics is or how it should be, and when you see it in real different from what can ever be in a book. Nobody ever about the procedure for choosing seniority, for example, or choosing committees.
"I teach political communication at the university, and in textbook that I have ever seen."
Warming to her subject, she begins to talk about how "It's fascinating. We went in, and they had a list of district.
I am in District 92, so I was near the bottom. The back get to keep their seniority level, so the only people for a seniority number were those who were coming in."
According to Smith, this was the second largest freshman legislators in the history of Arkansas.
Continuing, she call you by your district. I don't know what I envisioned, out of a Hawthorne novel, where you have a big oak box, and hand in, and you pull out a brass ring with a number on it."
But in reality, there was a tiny box, which Smith likens to carton, with tissue paper wrapped around it.
Inside were which had caps on. The Parliamentarian would then take tiny out a piece of paper with the seniority number on.
Smith laughs.
"It was fun, and different. I don't think that ever have anticipated that if they had thought about it, how chosen seniority, that this would be the story."
caucuses.
Legislators get to choose their committees based seniority number. Smith serves on Agriculture, Forestry and Development, and Public Transportation.
Achievement Program, and high school level for the Junior Program, and I teach at the university level.
I thought with experience I could really contribute to that.
"Plus, as an attorney I have already studied the Lake View opinion."
perhaps dealing with Medicaid or highways, largely depending actions of the federal government.
time it is regularly scheduled to meet, there will be the meetings Smith will have to attend. She also will be serving "interim" committee, the Judiciary.
was, "not having enough time to do everything that I want.
I till two in the morning, reading and studying all the bills, out if I could get certain amendments in.
"I'd say, 'hey, this would make a better bill, would you consider it?' Even if I wasn't on the committee, trying to help with that.
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voting on. She says that one hears of the reputations of read bills. And, of course, some legislators use their pulpit to push their own narrow agendas.
"I look at all bills individually," she says. "I am not came from a Democrat or a Republican, is this an agenda, or I read the bill and see what it does, and take a look at the amendments."
In 1995, she worked on the campaign to change the Arkansas attempt failed ten years ago, she is hopeful that the people may yet adopt a new constitution.
"I have never really thought of myself as a politician," she truly consider myself a citizen-legislative-insider."
in the legislature, Smith made a motion to amend the by law. "The sexual orientation bill didn't make it out of committee, but happy to bring that voice.
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orientation in the state of Arkansas. Those living in ordinance sponsored by alderman Randy Zurcher, which would same for this community.
Smith's bill would have protected not just homosexuals, but discrimination.
"It was an anti-discrimination bill. It was She says, "I would look at it and say that discrimination is a bad thing." True to form, however, other legislators did not agree.
Hutchinson, representing Lowell, was quoted in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as saying, "The question is where do we protection purposes? We can't protect everybody."
As might be expected, business groups were also against the bill.
protection among their civil rights protections.
legislature, and quotes him as saying that this was one of sessions he had ever seen. In fact, she herself notes a good session.
Arkansas legislature.
lot of equality issues. Citizen voice, equality, big thing.
That's why I was working on the Equal Rights failed in the house." She still expects the measure to be in Arkansas. Sue Madison sponsored the same legislation in senate this year.
?masculinized.' There is a lot of rhetoric out there that fact.
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include dating relationships, bills to help the Fayetteville library, a bill to establish the Arkansas prescription program, and to compensation Arkansas.
might have been in this session.
been back here every weekend except for two, going to whichever ones I can schedule in.
I send letters, whether communicating with the Attorney General's office, the other legislators, or getting citations for people."
access in Northwest Arkansas.
She also works on a weekly legislative update, which she who is interested.
In addition to her work with the Arkansas legislature, , also worked in the office of the Arkansas Attorney General, White House, and the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute.
On a wider scale, she believes that the decision to open an Democratic party in Northwest Arkansas in a good idea. "The party is going to have to do issue analysis more, as well.
For one thing, down in the legislature, when lobbyists come up to talk to me, I have have told several of them, cliches and assertions don't work with me.
"If you are going to come to me with an issue, you are going come with data and research."
To mangle an old cliche, what do voters want?
"It depends. When you think about candidates, I believe it individual who will be a hard worker, who will look out for and their issues, as well as for the state as the whole. An individual who has sincerity, who reads and studies the bills, who puts bills in, and not just sits in a chair and doesn't do any legislation.
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office again in 2006. "I have learned so much, and been processes. I feel an obligation.
I'm having fun, and I like doing it. I know that I have done a good job, and all that learning and next year and a half to study the budget, and try to master that, as much as possible.
"So I had to decide very early on am I going to run again?
In doing so, I am going to set my own syllabus, the budget syllabus. I have whatever books I can get hold of." She looks at other state budgets, to see how they might be similar to Arkansas.
Inevitably, as with any elected official, the question must come, who does she draw inspiration from?
"My mind immediately goes to Paul Wellstone. He was sincere, and thoughtful.
He has always been an inspiration of mine. loss," she says, referring to the plane crash which took the life.
And as for the Arkansas legislature?
"If I get the the top of my head we've got Joyce Elliot, Jody Mahoney, the on. There is a huge story right there, who will be gone, and the shape of the legislature."
Hard work and sincerity.
Two of the words that Lindsley describe so many others, also seem to aptly describe this legislator from Northwest Arkansas.
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Ah, yes, it's summer and the Nazis are out in as full a force as they can muster. Seems the imbeciles at "White Revolution" (nope, no link for you here!
) say they plan to protest next week's LULAC convention in Little Rock. Time of America. I'm sure they'll do wonders for the tourism industry.
This is from their website.
Patriotic White tax-payers and citizens of Arkansas, as well world, are invited to participate in an anti-invasion demonstration on Saturday, July 2nd in Little Rock, Arkansas. This public protest will counter the National [L.
U.L.A.
C.] the largest pro-immigration organization in the country, which will be held that week in Little Rock.
Wonder about something like this?
Hey, they give a very bad name to anyone involved in anti-immigration policy. Here's The government of the United States of America, as well as all other formerly White controlled countries, seeks to deny Whites the right to White neighborhoods, White communities, White schools, White associations, and all other cultural tools necessary for the survival of our race.
Huh?
Didn't Hitler make all of this pointless? Ah, the lunatic fringe! Instead of visiting these guys, read about voted for yesterday.
..smart people, feel free to chime in and start the thread with this.
..wouldn't burning an incorrect" speech?
Do those of you who hate "political correctness" also support a flag-burning amendment?
I don't want to beat anyone up too bad over this, but I'm a parent with kids in the Fayetteville Schools, and this affects me directly, so I thought it was time to say something about it -- it's preposterous!
Fayetteville's self-appointed censor of the schools, Laurie Taylor, has started up again, probably fueled by her friends at American Family Radio, or whichever planet beams messages to her.
This time, she wants 70 books banned from your inappropriate content. In the past, when she tried this, schools. Sorry, I'm a huge Chuck Palahniuk fan -- he wrote Remember, Ms.
Taylor, kids need to read to learn...
I've seen a couple of these, and honestly wonder "why the problem?" today..
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Fayetteville High School library, according to an online district library catalog search. "Forever" is available at McNair Middle School and Ramay Junior High.
Taylor said she would like the identified books removed, the oversee future library purchases.
books. She said some of the books besides the seven explicit stuff being pandered to our children," she said.
the shevles, and ought to contact the school district with their concerns as well.
Our friend Lucas Roebuck (many times a guest on-air, a and newspaper) does the triumphalism thing, but just a little early. Perhaps he needs to get out of Siloam Springs a little more often.
Here's a little of his weekly column from the ...
Lucas is a friend, and he writes a mean column nearly every time out, and we love to disagree...
he earned his pay with this one (just remember L, "pride goeth before a fall," right?)
The Republicans do not universally agree on all issues, but responsibility, not eternal dependence. This message is GOP ranks, but really it is a sign of strength.
Both Jeb Bush and Gov. Mike Huckabee went out of their way to emphasize this point. As people filed out of the Old Statehouse Convention Center Monday night, the energy of the Republican Party rising could be felt.
dependence?" -- I don't think so, but perhaps one man's unemployed in this, the wealthiest (or in the top 5) nation on earth, where anyone going hungry or without medical care ought to be considered a disgrace. And, what resonates with so many voters is often a message of anger.
..you can see it on both sides (see "Howard Dean" or "Terry Schiavo") vs.
a message of hope. Those on the right sure don't have the others.") Sorry if this comes across as a bit early and a middle east and a flimsy economy.
I do believe, though, he Republican party in Arkansas, but, if you read the rest of the piece, you will notice party leaders did say they state, where Democrats continue to maintain strong control. F'rinstance, NWA still has the only (R) member of the congressional delegation, without any change really in sight.
Which side do these guys serve?
Why would they screw the First Amendment for a buck? Just to prove that the almighty dollar is the most important thing to corporations, here, censor the internet!
repressive regime censor such ideas.
Sadder still is that Microsoft has company among other U.S. tech concerns that * Yahoo China signed a pledge of "self-discipline" in 2002, may jeopardize state security.
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* Google launched a news search engine in China last year, than someone doing a similar search in the USA. Missing links include the BBC and Voice of America, which carry reports not to China's liking.
Hey!
At least they don't believe in the old communist huge portion of humanity remains in the dark, while the minority of us live with freedom and of course, more money. Is this profiteering?
you just born that way?
" in reference to your political attitudes.
and experience determine their political views. A child left as an adult, unless derailed by some powerful life experience.
One reared on tax protests and a hatred of Kennedys usually lists to the right.
But on the basis of a new study, a team of political issues like the death penalty, taxes and abortion is strongly influenced by genetic inheritance. The new research more progressive - is influenced by genes.
Environmental influences like upbringing, the study suggests, play a more central role in party affiliation as a Democrat or Republican, much as they do in affiliation with a sports team.
The report, which appears in the current issue of The American Political Science Review, the profession's premier journal, uses genetics to help answer several open questions This is the same book O'Reilly panned, the same book ripped apart in Rupert Murdoch owned media nationwide..
.seems it independent ones..
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She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll go to Become President," hit bookstores Tuesday and has already reached No. 4 on Amazon.
com's best seller list.
The book, which portrays the former first lady and manipulative, relies mostly on previously published works and anonymous sources. The book is available at major book chains, such as Barnes Noble and Books-a-Million, but interested in the new tome.
"We don't see any reason to give any shelf space to something like that," said David Cockcroft, co-owner of WordsWorth Books Co. in Little Rock, which has not ordered copies of the book.
asks, but he doesn't plan to stock the shelves with the book.
"People who have lived here and been here, they know what they need to know about the Clintons," Cockcroft said. them."
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got a long walk until 2006..
.courtesy of the , here are two more entrants into the primary races..
.(are you keeping track of these?)
Capitol Rotunda on June 29 at 10:30 a.
m.
Jonesboro.
Herzfeld, the Saline County prosecuting attorney, made his official announcement earlier today.
Both men are in their early 30s.
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..this listing comes about the mean streets; tomorrow at 9 a.
m. it's Rex Horne Baptist Convention; Thursday at 10, it's City Director Stacy Hurst, who'll talk about War Memorial Park. Next Monday at 10, Bill Valentine talks about the Travs and, we bet, that Whoa, boy!
The fight over gays, lesbians, marriage, gay rights, hate crimes and all related artistic in a snarky sort of way...
just look at the piece of "art" posted at the top of the page, which bears in part, a some more from the same post...
There are all kinds of single issue voters out there. Folks' based on the issue of abortion, taxes, education or gay rights. A candidate acquires the support of these single Which leads us to ask, JUST WHAT HAS MIKE BEEBE DONE TO GAIN AND LESBIANS SUPPORT HIM?
conservatives enrages the gay and lesbian community, so can lesbian community? After all, simply being a democrat won't get you the support of gays and lesbians, just ask folks Most entertaining? The comments thread.
..worth a read, and yes, someone does point out the large number of either "closeted" or openly gay members of the Republican party (Ken Mehlman, party chair, and that Mayor from Spokane, etc.
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of Appeals, so Wal-Mart, good luck, you'll need it. Seriously, this is important -- this case has really weighed world's largest retailer, and has produced some of the would hear an appeal Aug. 8 by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
of a San million current and former women employees.
The 9th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals did not comment on the merits of the appeal.
promotions.
the political trade.
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These guys are RABID! No, actually, we count them among our regular morning ArkTimes ran a quick blog post on them as well, in case you missed it. Again, give 'em a click -- .
Mountain View over the weekend.
And..
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primary take the party's eyes off the prize. He said a Democrats, and noted that he lost the 1994 Florida primary.
Our thanks to Little Rock's AP Bureau. Someone needs to to "shhhhhhhhh!" -- we think the Gov's primary will be a spectacular race, we don't need him throwing a wet blanket on the sparks!
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new poll figures showing President Bush sucking major air..
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I should have been happy - thrilled, in fact - with a June where was that smile? supports, even if it took them five years to figure it out?
I guess. Except I'm not pleased. I'm grumpy.
And to my surprise, I'm not upset with President Bush the most. It's his so-called disbelief.
Ah, the fickle finger of fate, as they say.
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OK, so I'm a day late on this -- I actually "on vacation" right now, so things may slow a bit.
Doug Thompson checks in with these changes...
races Monday, dropping out of the of state, while two others - a Democrat and a Republican - governor candidates.
his bid for the No. 2 spot in line for chief executive, as did Republican Chuck Banks
religion and politics.
John C.Danforth writes in the in the Carolinas about his politics in America..
.he writes quite a bit, but arrives at these points toward the end..
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To assert that I am on God's side and you are not, that I know God's will and you do not, is certain to produce hostility.
By contrast, moderate Christians see ourselves, literally, as moderators.
Far from claiming to possess God's truth, we claim only to be imperfect seekers of the truth.
election time for energizing a political base. We believe it humility, to wear tolerance on our sleeves, to reach out to those with whom we disagree, and to overcome the meanness we see in today's politics.
For us, religion should be inclusive, and it should seek to separate people. We do not exclude from worship those whose opinions differ from ours.
and sinners, we welcome to the Lord's table all who would come.
Following a Lord who cited neighbor as encompassing all the commandments, we reject a that love.
the debate on religion in politics.
(John C.
Danforth is an Episcopal minister and former Republican senator from Missouri.)
Well said, and aptly put. An accurate assessment of the situation, any word on if Danforth plans to run for higher office?
We could use that kind of sanity in D.C.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Bolton got blocked again by the Democrats, but word has come the Senate and give him a temporary appointment. Here's three-fifths majority of 60 required for cloture.
It was the second time Republicans failed to end debate.
the National Security Agency.
below him.
The White House has refused, citing executive privilege, and senators give Bolton a vote on the floor.
Again, if you look to the left of your screen and scroll down, you can vote in our online poll - whent the story gets a resolution, we'll post the results.
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An event of note tonight in Little Rock, for those of you following politics. Florida Gov.
Jeb Bush comes to town tonight to roast and toast Gov. Huckabee.
honor Huckabee's ten years of service in the state.
It is start at six p-m at the Statehouse Convention Center. Other there.
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Really, although I have some deeper questions about , why did I have to find out about it from a Baltimore television station?
You'll either laugh, or get irritated TULSA, Okla. -- The Tulsa Zoo will add a display on biblical religious significance, including a Hindu elephant statue.
taxpayer-funded scientific institution.
But those who favored the creationist exhibit, including Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune, argued that the zoo already displays religious items, including a statue of the Hindu Indian saying: "The earth is our mother. The sky is our father."
Tulsa resident Dan Hicks said, "To not include the creationist view would be discrimination.
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represents one view of origins.
Only in the bible belt.
interesting.
For instance, why does Governor Huckabee detest State Senator Jim Holt? Why does the DemGaz detest him? Do they hold essentially different views on social and economic issues?
If you look at money issues, you find a reason. by our friend on the right, David Sanders, illustrates a typical difference. Remember, the the Lakeview case restarted.
One of the long-standing the Northwest, which has decent funding for much of what -- the argument has been a self-centered one, and I don't mean in a derogatory sense, per se. The region makes a lot of money, and the recent "budget surplus" may have come argument goes something like this: "We make money, sure, but expense of a quality education in our own schools?" -- David writes this week in opposition to the review, and lays out his case.
It's an interesting read, and perhaps one way of eye-to-eye on certain issues. Here's part of it..
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In a massive overreach of authority and jurisdiction, the lawsuit.
The formal prompting by 49 school districts, unhappy with legislative session, led four members of the state's high the constitutionality of the most recent measures.
Predictably, the court's action drew the ire of Gov. Mike Huckabee and legislators.
differently.
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presidential nomination, perhaps even endorsing one of them political influence.
..(Gary Bauer leads the list -- you'll Hmmmm.
..never read or ever heard that any of these guys have ever done anything but spout their version of the truth, just like Mr.
Dean. None of them seem to ever tire of actually making sense.
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I include this, courtesy of AP in Little Rock, because I a) the Duggar family. Enjoy.
TONTITOWN, Ark.
(AP) - Another addition for Arkansas' big family. Former state Representative Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle say they're expecting their 16th child. The couple they will have a baby girl in October.
Baby girl Duggar will her family in a new, seven-thousand-square-foot house. The say Number 16 might not be their last.
will hose your bandwidth much, but it's worth a look - come calling.
(this is a dog on a hook, not a chicken) - Oh yeah, just in case you wondered, I'm an avid bass angler, love the sport.
I guess it's true. If you write long enough, you'll manage to piss everyone off in the end.
If you scroll down far enough, you'll read a column I wrote a couple of weeks ago and N.O.W.
I'm pretty certain by getting feedback from both by both sides on various issues, and compared them, but the subtlety of the conclusion has evaded some, and intentionally. Here's 'logic' test. You read the statements and realize which by the nose into it.
Consider it a form of subversion, if you will. One side screams "anti-Christian bigotry!" and a clear distinction between both sides, and using logic, know which argument carries water and which does not.
The key here is 'logic' ladies and gentlemen, 'logic' and 'reality' and not, I'm afraid, 'faith.' Does that clear things up? Regardless, I've had a couple of interesting letters to the editor run in the in response.
One of those ran today, a particularly good one from Anne Miller of Fayetteville...
Keeper's event at the University of Arkansa. However you PKs and their opponents, and summarized your interviews with of the local and state National Organization for Women.) men in our society today, blaming it on their "feminization," and suggesting as a cure that men reclaim guide.
He feels PKs simply aims to help men become better fathers, husbands, and men. Melanie Dietzel's gender equality and interdependence.
I agree with you: never the twain shall meet.
And that's where you left it.
But the "fuss" is much more than a he-said, she-said.
As I have read the position of Melanie Dietzel and others, both in your piece and elsewhere, the objections to the PK philosophical differences.
Her (and others) objections to Keepers is just that. Theirs is a much deeper agenda - the interpretation of Scripture, but also to label as ungodly alternative religions or cultures. They then co-opt the great revival was being held on university grounds, and: 3) private, non-athletic event to be held in the Razorback Stadium, and that he vigorously promoted the event.
These last two points, I feel, are the reason such a "fuss" is being made about the rally, but were barely mentioned in your article. No one disagrees that people are entitled to disagree, and publicly. Or that the University shouldn't host a variety of programs from different perspectives.
But it confers) and to have Mr. Broyles (same, by association) overstepping "some line in the sand." It's an abuse of Anne, though I generally agree with your points, I think you missed the point of my screed.
What fascinated me was the wondering "why all the fuss?" - after watching a television piece I did on this same subject, one local PK looked at me and honestly said, "I think the piece was balanced, but I That attitude stunned me. Perhaps I was trying to answer that friend's idiot question more than anything else.
I won't go one in the bullseye, but it wouldn't go far enough heads in a definitely different place on this issue. I may not agree with them, but I still believe you can effectively communicate with them and if you do, perhaps you move toward understanding, and then perhaps you take a step toward changing attitudes. It's the same thing you did in your letter, Anne - you followed good old-fashioned editorial format by conceding a point before making your own.
Seems Were we tuned to different wavelengths on this? I still think we made the same points. A much older, much more newspaper columns where opinion is required.
This person more sublime fashion, a subversive but gentle way of making a point - call it editorial karate, you gently use an opponents own force and motion to defeat that opponent. OK, clear as mud now, isn't it? Thanks for the letter.
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Something unusual has started to happen in the media. I'm Rupert Murdoch.
two have, for some reason, become fast friends, having lunch, sharing ideas and the like.
in Parliament replacing the Tory government of John Major.
All that happened after a bit of socializing, when Murdoch invited Blair to meet members of NewsCorp. at an island in the Caymans.
with Hillary as the guest.
It all seemed an interesting enough theory, complete with a media empire.
Murdoch's reliably conservative New York Post.
forced me to do a double take.
discussion, saying his show didn't dignify Kitty Kelly's recent book about President Bush, and he, O'Reilly, the hit-job.
him to start worrying about the shape of the known Universe.
I've had that Twighlight Zone feeling ever since.
Thursday morning, I switched on NBC for a look at the Today Show and saw something else amazing.
something along those lines.
about joint efforts to pass legislation.
Can anyone else read the signs in the tealeaves with this?
Not minority leader Harry Reid of Nevada, but Hillary frequently.
No word yet on if Mr. Murdoch has actually decided to throw from New York, but suspicious people might suspect something afoot.
In some of her public statements, Mrs.
Clinton has tried to sounding statements about both religion and abortion.
However, she gave a barnburner of a speech castigating the ago.
But Murdoch?
He went ahead and hired a key advisor to Mrs. Clinton, so a conduit for information between the two now exists on a daily basis.
So, will she, or won't she run?
The common wisdom says yes, and says she'll gain her party's nomination with ease.
- her husband, former President Clinton, who would probably relish a return to the campaign battlefield.
Can she do it?
with me about a Hillary campaign for the White House.
conservatives, and that group's long-standing and well-developed dislike of Mrs. Clinton.
But, if she has Rupert Murdoch on her side, and his vast resources behind her, she'll manage to immunize her efforts and political operatives trying to whack her public image.
And, remember, Mr. Murdoch follows the old maxim made elder - "Don't make no waves, don't back no losers.
" He may hold personally conservative views on most issues, but he also noticeably likes to celebrate with the winners.
Has the Australian Citizen Kane already cast his ballot?
Newsmax.
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Saturday, June 18th marks Gay Family Day at the Zoo.
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"Politics makes strange bedfellows."
effect in action.
Holt, the only currently serving public official to file a objecting to that request.
Holt spoke with us by phone the application.
Holt has done it before, in Springdale, touching off what management ranks. Holt says the first time he filed a license at it's Springdale outlet, he ended up meeting the corporate reaction to the denial.
"It really made them mad...
all over Wal-Mart, they think it's an embarrassment," Holt says, adding "they find it embarrasing they can get liquor licenses all across America, but can't get one in their own backyard." Holt agrees that himself and the world's largest retailer.
"When I met (Wal-Mart CEO) Lee Scott for the first time, I introduced myself and looked unhappy, saying 'I know who you by the man at the helm in Bentonville.
But, the first-term approach to the matter because of a change in cities.
floodgates for convenience stores, grocery stores..
." and other retail outlets interested in selling alcohol. Holt this time around, like fellow State Senator Sue Madison of Fayetteville.
"I never back off - if they build a separate liquor store, I wouldn't oppose that, I'd work with them and I've told them what they need to do to get that done," Holt says. But he does have a problem with the location off Highway 112, where University of Arkansas, citing concerns about college drinking as a reason to fight the move by Wal-Mart. He also letter, if not the spirit, of state law, saying current code liquor, and that's what this would do.
"
So, what about the 'strange bedfellows?'
representative in the upper house of the legislature. He ends nearly every in-person or phone conversation by saying, and the role he feels it should play in his politics, a role times.
them rapidly out of business.
Holt shrugs that off, all part of politics and aligned interests. He says he worries about the social costs, his allies worry about the bottom line.
later this month.
Wal-Mart Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Bob McAdam, surprise. "The Board is required by law to do this," McAdam written objections from any elected official.
may scuttle the Fayetteville project without the permit.
have a conctract on the (highway) 112 location."
conditions which can spell their demise.
Regardless, losing County officials four-square behind the project's success.
before. He'll consider filing another letter of objection public when it takes place.
The outcome of "small senator" vs. "very very big company" until then may not have a truly conclusive finish.
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NYMEX, but what really spooked investors came courtesy of Wednesday.
draw on reserves.
In response perhaps, OPEC said it planned iron-clad guarantee by investors the situation will improve.
10,566.37.
The NASDAQ added +5.88 (+0.28%) to finish at 2,074.
92 and the S P 500 added +2.67 (+0.22%) to finish Foods (TSN) added +0.
70% to finish at $18.78. Wal-Mart (WMT) added +0.
34% to close at $49.85. JB Hunt (JBHT) added finish at $21.
10.
In terms of economic figures Wednesday, we saw a drop in consumer prices (CPI) -- the first in about ten months.
Today, we'll look at May Housing Starts and Building Permits.
We'll also see initial jobless claims for the week behind, and get a look at the Philadelphia Fed report.
Overseas in Asia last night, the Nikkei 225 gained +29.94 (+0.
4%) to reach 11,455.82 at the mid-day break in Tokyo -- the broader Topix added +4.97 (+0.
4%) to hit 1,163.20.
Back in the U.
S., in extended hours trade, the NASDAQ 100 Afterhours Indicator finished with no change at 1,529.47.
says Wal-Mart wasn't surprised by Sen. Jim Holt's opposition to this, and went file another letter opposing this.
the license doesn't go through?
McAdam says the company far in advance, "haven't even considered the option," but plans to appeal the decision to full ABC board.
personally filing in this case, McAdam calls that standard procedure, and says the dotted line. Working.
..
Fayetteville.
The individual members of the Walton family each filed for the permit. Word from a business group of got a lot of negative letters about the plan, and one from Springdale State Senator Jim Holt.
previously at the Springdale Sam's Club, one reason the and move it to Fayetteville.
Sources tell Arkansas Tonight the situation -- at that time, those executives made it the state denied the liquor permit...
developing, and waiting for responses from all parties involved.
right of appeal, no word on if they'll do that.
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Senate, what will this do to the honorable Dr. Frist?
What will it do to his nascent campaign for the Oval Office, or did Sen. McCain kick Frist's keester enough with that candidates? Frist can say a firm "Adios!
" to the African-American vote...
(JC Watts excepted)..
for past failures to pass anti-lynching laws, officials involved in the negotiations said Tuesday.
Chambliss, one of Georgia's two Republican senators, had supported the measure when it was approved Monday night.
Sure, the folks at are bent way, way to the right, but they've got a good site worth reading on Natural State politics. Mike Beebe visited a series of cities yesterday, including Fayetteville to kick off his campaign for the state house.
He stayed positive and even tried the ride the line on partisanship, saying neither party has a monopoly on the truth. At the same time, the state's things, including education reform. We also read in the that Asa had his "campaign kickoff" in DC!
recrimination...
In the meantime, Win Rockefeller's campaign issued a press event in Washington. The point of the release was that Asa's real "home" was in Virginia now, not Arkansas.
As for Asa, he was firing too, but not at Win Rock.
Asa took aim at Mike Bebee for his commitment to raise taxes. Asa is election, not against Win Rockefeller in the primary. Is that a good idea?
Can he afford to ignore a current state-wide officeholder with big bucks?
As always, when some on the fringe right find reality unacceptable, they'll do what they can to twist things to meet their agenda (as in the Downing Street Memo, fixing the for "abstinence only" programs, courtesy of ..
.
Challenging earlier findings, two studies from the Heritage behaviors.
and Human Services.
But the authors of the new study used earlier one that was widely publicized, making direct comparisons difficult.
Independent experts called the new findings provocative, but publication, an author said. The independent experts who published in their present form.
these cases, they don't want to have their voodoo exposed by the legitimate scientific community.
option..
.it would have had the Mayor of Spokane shaking in his boots, maybe it'd worry a few others too. Whaddya think of ?
the party backs down from its opposition to gay marriage.
Roman Catholic Church.
traditional family, but the party's Gay Platform wants the PP to reverse its support for the demonstration.
Hmmmmmm...
always seems like a funny thing to me when enemy" among us. Who was it last time, the Jews?
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a sign of decreasing inflation.
10,547.57. The NASDAQ finished the session flat at 2,069.
04 and the S P 500 added +3.09 (+0.26%) to close at 1,203.
91.
added +0.70% to close at $18.
65. Wal-Mart (WMT) added +2.90% to finish at $49.
68. JB Hunt (JBHT) added +0.05% to close at $18.
83 and Acxiom (ACXM) lost -0.42% to finish at $21.20.
Tuesday, we also saw retail sales for the month of May. Those dropped -0.5%, versus an expected -0.
20% drop, so not good.
Today, we`ll see April Business Inventories, along with the May Consumer Price Index (CPI.)
Also, we`ll get a look at May Capacity Utilization and manufacturing.
In Asia last night, the Nikkei 225 added +54.67 (+0.5%) to hit 11,390.
59 at the mid-day break in Tokyo -- the Topix added +4.33 (+0.4%) to reach 1,154.
66.
Afterhours Indicator rose +0.01% to close at 1,524.
63.
Does anyone know what's going on in Iraq? To those of you who detest comparisons to Vietnam - well, what do we say?
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb has wounded four U-S troops central Afghanistan. Their Afghan interpreter was also hurt, allies.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi police say a bomb exploded bank in Kirkuk today, killing 19 people.
Also, a suicide car killing five soldiers. And the bodies of 24 men killed in were brought to a Baghdad hospital.
Yes, Iraqis also say they caught a 'key member' of Al Qaeda today - that makes it one for how many, about 40 or more people?
Those are some tough numbers to swallow.
This, writing in the Nation - will become a litmus test of sorts?
People often ask, Is there a good side to Wal-Mart?
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5 - This, courtesy of CNN
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, plans to follow the lead of other big electronics sellers and exit the VHS business by early 2006, according to a report Sunday. VHS tapes will still be available through the 2005 holiday season, but will after February, said the Hollywood Reporter, citing industry sources familiar with the matter.
6 - Also, and we missed this yesterday - Wal-Mart has officially fired Tom Coughlin, and says he won't collect millions of (Yeah, we do this once in awhile, on radio, on TV, here...
for your enlightenment)
Investors didn`t take many risks Monday, waiting for today`s retail sales figures and tomorrow`s inflation figures.
They also didn`t like what they saw happen on NYMEX.
Oil rose +$2.
08 to finish at $55.62 a barrel.
We also learned that the CEO of Morgan Stanley, Phillip Purcell, will retire.
The Dow added +9.93 (+0.09%) to close at 10,522.
56. The NASDAQ added +5.96 (+0.
29%) to close at 2,068.96. The S P 500 added +2.
71 (+0.23%) to finish the session at 1,200.82.
Local stocks splt the session. Tyson Foods (TSN) added +0.82% to close at $18.
52. Wal-Mart (WMT) added +0.63% to finish at $48.
28. JB Hunt (JBHT) lost -0.95% to close the $21.
29.
We had no economic figures Monday, but quite a few due out today.
We`ll see the Producer Price Index (PPI) for May.
Also out, some very important numbers, retail sales for the month of May, results of which will probably play a large the session.
Brothers.
Overseas in Asia last night, the Nikkei rose +26.
72 (+0.2%) to hit 11,338.23 at the mid-day break in Tokyo.
The Topix added +0.87 (+0.1%) to hit 1,150.
53.
Back in the U.S.
, in extended hours trading, the NASDAQ 100 1,527.59.
free speech in his new book, Speaking Freely.
This is no court reporter's minutes. Instead, Speaking Freely is Court of the United States.
first appearance before the Supreme Court, arguing in Admired Citizen" Newton.
breezy page-turner about the right to free speech. It is of "security." Abrams, without a heavy hand, shows just how grievances.
Hollywood Story" kind of way. In it, Newton is described as news broadcast. It is immediately evident that Abrams has no love for Newton or Las Vegas, and says so.
His opening sentence in the Wayne Newton chapter quotes Otto Friedrich, been planned and built by New York gangsters."
repellent and reactionary senator,) filled with screaming Casino, and that the NBC report that Newton had perjured sued for libel.
are interesting on their own merits, but his play-by-play of the discovery, trial and twelve years of legal wrangling are the real meat of this true story.
We learn of the dangers of trying a hometown hero before his hometown, and the power and popularity.
Libel, Campaign Finance Reform as a possible danger to free speech and more.
The chapters are engaging, the writing sprinkled with observances of the people involved.
Abrams has his biases, but he clearly loves the law first and foremost. This book is a balanced, intellectually honest and excellent occasionally does not.
I've avoided this.
As far as news stories go, this one has turned radioactive, and yes, it's been done almost to death here in the op-ed section of the paper.
But, seeing as we've arrived at Friday, and thousands of Saturday in Razorback stadium, I might as well take a stab at it, and have it done with.
I've read about the Promise Keepers, I've watched them on their spokesman Steve Chavis.
group's local opponents NOW leader Melanie Dietzel.
My thanks to both, and both behaved (contrary to what thoroughly civilized manner.
University.
I'll try to do that, though I know I've done it before, and organization has provoked. The editorial staff of this newspaper has done a yeoman's job of explaining it, and I've enlightenment.
And, lest you think I feel inclined to bash one side, and let the other one get off scott-free, you've got it wrong.
of '05, which has made me more curious, as perhaps it's made you.
Chavis. He also says some people would like to see the morning television, and perhaps to the more noble territory of the church service at a local house of Worship.
Mr. Chavis doesn't think that works.
As for Ms.
Dietzel, she says she doesn't want to restrict the Promise Keepers freedom of speech, but thinks U of A public property, and by actively trying to get the Promise Keepers to come to Fayetteville.
own limit, and says people of conscience need to actively speak up for and promote their most deeply held views.
Oddly enough, both Chavis and Dietzel have that in common.
Both have strongly held views, both have no problem seeking the public stage as a place to air those views.
Philosophically, what we have is a stand off.
issues, and neither group will most likely ever end up cooperating or working with the other, as long as they both shall live.
Now, the part my friends don't seem to hear or fathom -- or perhaps they'd rather just ignore.
wedlock.
the roles of men and women in marriage.
the spiritual leaders of a household or marriage, which of role.
an explanation, but it's what Promise Keepers have told me.
the workplace, when reproductive rights were essentially non-existent, or perhaps even further back to a time when eyes of the law -- mother as nothing more than property.
Since the Days of Betty Friedan, they've fought that, and evidence of that, just look at the laws of the land.
races and creeds become better fathers, better husbands and better men.
stereotypes of men and fatherhood, that men in this country now find themselves in a losing battle.
provides comic relief to super-smart and crafty kids?
N.O.
W. believes teaching a biblical mandate to "lead" in a marriage might, and probably is in some cases, used by some men to justify domination and even domestic abuse.
In the wrong hands, from the wrong approach, with the wrong intentions, biblical justification for anything can be used in a detrimental way.
Remember the crowned heads of Europe?
torture, servitude, oppression and wholesale murder.
person employing it too much power, and too much of a blank check to make the wrong choices.
And what about the public pronouncements of both sides?
N.O.
W. says it'll oppose Promisekeepers wherever and whenever the group holds a public meeting.
against women, something guaranteed to make most ears.
On the other side, the founder of Promisekeepers once said religions."
Mr. Chavis says his group wants to rid America of that in concrete terms, or provide me an example worth repeating here.
"feminization" of men and remind us that, in a marriage, a security.
Truth be told, many in society no longer consider that valid, and trying to prove that changing roles produces abortion, divorce and so on can prove a sticky thing to do.
violence on television and violent behavior.
A lot of people like to trot it out, but, to the best of my knowledge, social science has yet to achieve a clear victory in proving it actually happens.
story.
There are many arguments, most can't be proven true or false beyond a shadow of a doubt by either side.
philosophies, but it doesn't mean there isn't controversy, less than valid arguments about their points of view.
you'll probably hear or see something of interest.
either side has clearly won a point in the debate.
Depending on your religious and political views (yes, people like Jerry Falwell, Dr. Dobson and Gary Bauer support Promise Keepers, and no one can dispute those men have huge political agendas -- and yes, N.O.
W. strongly supports you'll buy the arguments of one side or the other, and concede.
Again, it's red v.
blue, the culture war writ large on the face of Fayetteville.
As a vet, I find this disturbing, to say the least. I think Governor Perry ought to move elsewhere, but I'm not sure if any other state would have him.
I don't know if this guy service is all about, but THIS is not the way an American supports the troops, and it's not the way you honor and armed forces of the United States, gay or another other sexual orientation. This comes from the by way of the Fort Worth Star Telegram - again, Texas makes Arkansas look like heaven.
Texas Gov.
Rick Perry suggested that gay veterans unhappy maybe that's where they should live," the Fort Worth Yeah, Rick, just remember that the next time you vote, have a chance to write a letter to the editor, have an actual countries. Governor, from a vet, you sir, respectfully suck.
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Wow, this is a case of hypocrisy gone crazy. This comes to stolen Ground Zero.
Here's a taste of the hype...
(but you should read the rest yourself for complete context, agree or agenda. Instead of exhibits and symposiums about of the courageous young firefighter whose body, cut in half, was found with his legs entwined around the body of a woman.
positions, the young firefighter was carrying her.
heroes died. They will come because they want to remember what they saw that day, because they want a personal connection, to touch the place that touched them, the place that rallied the nation and changed their lives forever. I through that dusty hanger at JFK Airport where 1,000 World International Freedom Center's multi-million dollar insult.
Ground Zero has been stolen, right from under our noses. How do we get it back?
This woman expresses admirable sentiments, but why didn't anniversary of the attacks?
She's correct in her assertion victims, and not use it for political purposes, but it's too damned late for that to happen now -it's been done, and by someone else first. And what's wrong with an "International Freedom Center?" I'm not sure that's such a bad idea.
Again, we continue to hear propaganda from all sides in this nation - as one smart person pointed out, our national political dialogue has become so shrill, we no longer talk, we just hear "talking points." Emotion is great, but hypocrisy doesn't work with this.
Yeah, yeah - we got busted big-time by Arkansas baseball last week.
Well, the Razorbacks ended their season on Sunday by losing to Texas, so condolences, but we'll be back this Saturday night. We've tried to reschedule our guests - we expect to spend some time talking with Bob Greenwald, movie. We'll also hear from a Wal-Mart representative on the same topic.
Also, we'll be joined by Melanie Dietzel, the local head of N.O.W.
for her take on this weekend's only Also, the best clips from the past two weeks television red v. blue fights in the news. Again, join us at p.
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How much longer can I take a break?
This woke me up this morning, something I stumbled across on the fantastic the 20th century. The truth is, all of those listed (short thinking on society and justice in the last century. The a handfull of think-tank neo-cons.
Actually, this reads - yes, even the Hitler thing for a greater understanding of the big mistake of Naziism and fascism in general.
1) The Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels 5) Democracy and Education, John Dewey 8) The Course of Positive Philosophy, Auguste Comte 9) Beyond Good and Evil, Freidrich Nietzsche 10) General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, John Others that got "honorable mention" included, of course, Darwin's "Origin of Species" and some surprises, including John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty," Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at any Speed" and Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." If anything sounds like a call to a book-burning, this is it, and these these works.
This defines ridiculous -- and remember, books and words aren't dangerous, that only applies to people.
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Congress ought to compromise on the big issues of the day.
More accurately, those numbers whenever they pop up tend to done in the hallowed halls of the District of Columbia.
One U.
S. Senator thinks we've seen far too little of that as of late, mostly due to partisan swordplay.
that one.
weeks back.
left and right.
Dr.
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