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In light of a RC Bishop excommunicating Rep Patrick Kennedy for supporting a woman's right to choose (see Walt's post below, Time to Trim the Fat), I would like people to read Gov Mario Cuomo's brilliant speech in 1984 at the University of Notre Dame. Religious Belief and Public Morality: A ...
World
Foreign Policy
I had occasion to sit in on a recent chat session between two of my collaborators. These two gents are conservatives, whereas I seem to have grown more liberal the older I've become (quite odd, considering - I expect I'll be a rather uncompromising Marxist by the time I die).Anyway, a few of the ...
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Congresscritter Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) has a minor problem.His local Bishop, Thomas Tobin, has reportedly banned him from receiving Communion because of Rep. Kennedy's support for abortion rights.Okay. What's next? Excommunication? Oooh, I am sooooo scared.Leaving aside the stupidity of a ...
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For god's sake, why they can't find something for U.S. Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, to do here in the states so she can care for her 11 month old son? They put the baby in foster care and her in jail for not arriving on time to deploy to Afghanistan. I mean, really, come ...
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U.S. Army
Afghanistan
This is all you need to read today..... Shoot the fat guys, hang the smokersDear Joe,I smoke cigarettes. This is my 49th or 50th year -- don't know which.When this war on smokers really heated up, in the late 90's, I wrote to a friend in San Francisco, and asked her what was going on. "Is this ...
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I reserved the couch yesterday, and took the day off. I had to slow down. This frantic pace has really gotten to be too much -- and I don't even work (for money that is) -- I don't know how these working moms do it. I don't think you could pay me enough to do it. I sat down just in time to catch ...
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Afghan women, in order to escape a life of domestic torture and abuse are burning themselves. Can you imagine being so distraught that you literally set yourself on fire? Some women were forced to get married as early as 7 years old. Domestic violence is still prevalent in Afghanistan despite ...
World
Afghanistan
I've been sick since last Thursday night. Today is Tuesday. And I have a good idea what my source of infection was. (Hint: stay away from tour groups with sneezing kids in them).I don't know if it is THE flu, you know, the CAFO Special, or if it is just some run-of-the-mill seasonal riff-raff ...
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Lou Dobbs
Have you seen the band Sonos? Check out this video, I Want You Back (Jackson Five) with a completely new take.
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St. Francis Hospital In Hartford Is On Probation For One YearHARTFORD — - The surgery was supposed to repair the patient's heart, but more than five hours into the procedure, something went wrong — a "catastrophic" failure of the pump meant to keep blood and oxygen flowing through the patient's ...
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Liz Cheney suggests Cheney/Palin ticket in 2012Teh stupid hurts.Fallujah’s infants suffer from sharp rise in birth defectsBoy, we showed them! God (if there is one) help us.During House Health Care Debate, Statements By More Than A Dozen Lawmakers 'Were Ghostwritten, In Whole Or In Part, By ...
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Health care
Washington, D.C
9/11
Dandelion Salad -- a terrific site to add to your favorites.Here's a sampling of their posts --Exclusive: The Souls of Wealthy Men by Gary Sudborough (EXCELLENT READ!)Morality vs Material Interests - Myths of Our Time by Paul Craig-Roberts:For whatever the reason, morality has shown itself to be ...
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Afghanistan
United States
The Missing Link From Killeen to KabulBy FRANK RICHPublished: November 14, 2009THE dead at Fort Hood had not even been laid to rest when their massacre became yet another political battle cry for the self-proclaimed patriots of the American right.Their verdict was unambiguous: Maj. Nidal Malik ...
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"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war.... you can take that to the bank."
White House
Barack Obama
From our "Some People Have Interesting Problems" department:British couple forbidden to have sex.
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Huffington Post
from huffpo:Have you ever seen 300,000 birds move at once? Buzzfeed posted this video of a massive flock of starlings swarming together over an unspecified area in Denmark, forming a dark, shape-shifting cloud. For all the Harry Potter fans out there, it bears a frightening resemblance to a ...
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Denmark
Did you know that we're paying the insurgents who shooting at us in Afghanistan? According to a recent investigative article in The Nation, the process goes like this: we, the US taxpayers, give money to the Department of Defense. The DOD gives money to the private contractors who ship supplies ...
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Afghanistan
Ever had to put up with a snotty brat of a child?You tell the child that you're going to do something that the child doesn't want or like, and in retaliation the child says, "I'll stop loving you," or words to that effect.Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Petulant Child, 2009.The District of ...
