http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4678264.stm I’m usually wary of reader comments on news sites, but on the topic of the cartoon conflagration this is a gem: To everyone in the middle east, that has been offended by these cartoons, why dont we see the same commitment in demonstrating against the extremists that hold Islam hostage with suicide bombs and […]
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http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=10143 Uh oh – the right-wing Christians are revolting: “History warns us that when large religious groups start imagining themselves to be oppressed by a pernicious and cunning minority, bad things can happen. So it was with a growing sourness in my stomach that I watched the luminaries of the Christian right take the stage […]
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A Pat on the Back – New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/opinion/06vowell.html Violet Parr (Sarah Vowell) discusses Pat Robertson’s apparent born-again(-to-sanity) experience: “I am a capital-D Democrat who still believes in the value of partisan politics. And I hold onto that belief despite the fact that I belong to a party whose only true talent is writing exceedingly eloquent concession speeches.”
What rocks is capitalism… yeah, yeah, yeah – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/07/05/do0502.xml Showing Live8 for the sham it was: “Don’t get me wrong. I love old rockers – not for the songs, which are awful, but for their business affairs, which so totally rock. In 1997, David Bowie became the first pop star to hold a bond offering himself. How about that? Fifty-five million dollars’ worth […]
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http://www.apolloalliance.org/about_the_alliance/ They’re backed by Jesse Jackson, which is usually a sure sign of impending failure, but I’ll root for clean energy any day.
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http://www.freewayblogger.com/ Freedom of vox populi 🙂