Archive for September 16th, 2006

Sep 16 2006

Media Does Spur Violence

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Whether reality or fictional, the media does present certain people with tantalizing ideas they seem incapable of understanding. The Columbine massacre was a tragic copy-cat effort of a scene out of the movie The Matrix. Last week a college student followed suite and did a copy-cat of the Columbine incident. A student obsessed with a […]

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Sep 16 2006

Lindsay Graham Is Confused

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I watched last night as Lindsay Graham said there was no reason to clarify the Geneva Conventions because Congress had already CIRCUMVENTED the conventions by shielding US Intelligence Agents from prosecution. Since Bush is only asking Congress to DEFINE what the US understands the vague language imposes on Americans, it seems Graham and McCain and […]

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Sep 16 2006

Bringing Order To Baghdad

The reason Americans are losing hope with Iraq is not because of Bush’s decisions (they have brought the country to the brink of a bright future), but more because the Iraqis and Muslims tend to run to violence to solve their issues and frustrations. The West long ago rejected the quick and easy violent response […]

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Sep 16 2006

Nay To Ney

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As the details of Rep Ney’s greed and influence peddling (aka bribes) comes out I am struck by how the old saying “absoluet power corrupts absolutey” still applies. The Reps only took over Congress in 1994 and already we have major corruption scandals. Hastert could do well to promise to clean house and remind hie […]

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