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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Re-Emergence Of The Body (Electronic) Politic

"But within all the noise, among the billions of words and pixels of new content being generated every day, lies a very important and steadily rising voice; the ordinary citizenry, on a national and global basis, re-engaging in the lost art of the public conversation." -- David Kline and Dan... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 30, 2008

Maybe Senator Obama Should Start Considering Attending Another Church...

"But we’ve got to get beyond this, and try… I think the new generation of voters is really determined to get us beyond this point, and I hope we can. It would be amazing if America could finally turn that page and have an African American president. Not just because he’s such just a good person and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

There Is No Lose, No Surrender In An Occupation...

"And by the way, I will never surrender in Iraq, my friends; I will never surrender in Iraq." -- John McCain to hecklers at speech in Denver, Colorado, May 27, 2008 Sign in to see full entry.

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If Dubya Didn't Like It, He Just Amended Passed Legislation On His Own...

"I will not subvert the purpose of legislation I have signed by making statements that indicate I will enforce only the parts of it I like." -- John McCain, in a speech in Columbus, Ohio, May 15, 2008, commenting on presidential "signings" Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 23, 2008

No Doubt He Was Talking About Wolfowicz, Cheney, Bush, Feith, And Rumsfeld

"There's just no other way to be so relentlessly self-justifying and even indignant in the face of criticisms over their war support except by blocking out, just ignoring, the extreme, totally pointless human suffering and slaughter for which they're responsible." -- Glenn Greenwald, "Michael... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Beware The Revisionist That Fails To Control The Present...

"Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past." -- George Orwell, 1984 Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Senator Clinton Seeing The Writing On The Convention Wall?

"I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still hoping to be that nominee, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me... understands what a grave error it would be not to vote for Sen. Obama." -- Senator Hillary Clinton, May 14,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Myanmar Government Adding To Devastation Of The Cyclone...

"It's a crime against humanity. It should be against the law. It's like they are taking a gun and shooting their own people." -- Pierre Fouillant, of French disaster agency Comité de Secours Internationaux, on the reported lack of aid being provided to Myanmar cyclone victims, Time Magazine (May 12,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Two For The Price Of One -- The Importance Of Motherhood...

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers." -- Jewish proverb "An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy." -- Spanish proverb Sign in to see full entry.

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Leave It To A Man Who Had A Complex About Overcompensation...

"In politics, absurdity is not a handicap." -- Napoleon Bonaparte Sign in to see full entry.

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