Posted on November 24, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The hypocrite, whose followers are forever enamored with the hypocrite’s platitudes, and who only makes information he produces freely available when it’s advantageous to him, especially the information that generates income for him, as opposed to that which he produces as a hobby, writes again one of his favorite platitudes:
Information wants to be free. And [...]
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Posted on November 15, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: When Asked Where the Constitution Authorizes Congress to Order Americans To Buy Health Insurance, Pelosi Says: ‘Are You Serious?’ (cnsnews.com)
A quote:
CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance–a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill–Pelosi dismissed the question [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: Perry says Obama taking U.S. toward socialism (statesman.com)
A quote:
Gov. Rick Perry had some pretty strong comments about the Obama administration on Wednesday in Midland, saying, “This is an administration hell-bent on taking America towards a socialist country.”
Everything is bigger in Texas. We had the biggest political gigolo, George Wharletto Bush, while it lasted. [...]
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Posted on October 2, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: George Will’s Afghanistan Moment (theatlanticwire.com)
A quote:
America’s slipping fortunes in Afghanistan have caused conservatives to ally with Obama on staying the course, while liberal and moderate support for the President’s war efforts have been foundering, as the Wire has covered here and here. Today, George Will, the premier tory conservative columnist in the Washington [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The links:
Shakeup in Texas execution probe draws criticism, questions (cnn.com)
Trial by Fire (newyorker.com)
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: Millionaire Filmmaker Michael Moore: ‘Capitalism Did Nothing For Me’ (cnsnews.com)
A quote:
Moore said: “Well, capitalism did nothing for me, starting with my first film.”
“You know, I had to pretty much beg, borrow and steal,” he said. “The system is not set up to help somebody from the working class make a movie like this [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: In Bad Times for Capitalism, Socialists in Europe Suffer (nytimes.com)
A quote:
Some American conservatives demonize President Obama’s fiscal stimulus and health care overhaul as a dangerous turn toward European-style Socialism — but it is Europe’s right, not left, that is setting its political agenda.
Europe’s center-right parties have embraced many ideas of the left: generous [...]
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Posted on September 23, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: Obama to world: Don’t expect America to fix it all (news.yahoo.com)
A quote:
“The time has come for the world to move in a new direction,” Obama said in his first address to the U.N. General Assembly. “Our work must begin now.”
…”In an era where our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero-sum [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: Hi-Ho, the Derry-O (washingtonpost.com)
Let’s say you’re preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don’t have any certified organic Tuscan kale. What to do?
Here’s how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon:
The Secret Service and the D.C. police brought in three dozen vehicles and shut down H Street, Vermont Avenue, two [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 by Gezu Crankn
The link: Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America? (time.com)
A quote:
The Profit Motive
We tell ourselves a tale in America, and you can read it in Latin on the back of a buck: E pluribus unum. Many people from many lands, made one in a patriotic forge. And there’s truth in that story — it [...]
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