Archive for the ‘Scandal’ Category
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
I, for one, was greatly disappointed in the President's state of the union address. So much more could have been said about poverty both in the US and on a global scale. Instead we saw some political sleight of hand to make the numbers appear better than they truly are.
Here ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Another day, another fantastic album.
On September 12, 2003 the world mourned the loss of one of it's greatest poets.
Roseanne Cash mourned the loss of her father.
Black Cadillac deals with loss, anger, hurt, despair and hope. It is a seminal album from an often overlooked artist.
I said yesterday that Derek ...
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Republicans maintain their commitment to cutting social programs. Is there really nothing we can cut other than health care, child support and school loans?
A tip of the hat must go to the five Republicans who showed some heart and voted against it: Lincoln Chafee (R.I.),
Gordon Smith (Ore.),Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia ...
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Monday, November 7th, 2005
President Bush vehemently denied today that the U.S. is involved in torture.
Why is it that I don't feel reassured?
Why is it that I doubt this man that I have voted for twice?
In the light of Abu Ghraib, the revelation of additional CIA prisons, and a track record of manipulation a ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2005
Michael Brown blames the Governor of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans.
The Governor and Mayor blame the federal government.
Flight attendants blame Jodie Foster for disparaging flight attendants.
Did William Bennett just tie the crime rate to the lack of abortions among blacks?
George Bush is responsible for the 1918 Influenza pandemic.
The ...
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Friday, September 9th, 2005
I know that you are a very busy man. With a war in Iraq to fight, Supreme Court vacancies and a national disaster, I know that you must be overwhelmed with the responsibilities of your office.
Allow me to take just a moment of your time and make a special appeal ...
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
If we, as Christians, ever wonder why some people don't like us, look at us rather skeptically and have a hard time taking us seriously we need look no further than right here for one of the main reasons: Link
Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of Hugo Chavez. That's just ...
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Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
Or do you find this just plain wrong like I do?
It seems this site is selling car magnets with "Bush" inside the Christian icthus, a symbol dating back to the early days of the church that represented to those persecuted followers of Christ a message of hope and salvation, not ...
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2005
When I started writing on this site I made a silent agreement with myself:
No politics.
It's just too messy and all I will do is fire people up when there are others more qualified than myself to deal with sticky hot-button issues of the day.
I'm not sure how much longer I ...
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
We can now legally starve people to death. We rail against the atrocities at Abu Ghraib but how is this different?
Link: Yahoo! News - Schiavo Dies 13 Days After Feeding Tube Removed.
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