If I asked you........

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Fri, 10-24-2008 - 3:08am

Who is the last group of people to say ‘History doesn’t matter.’

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 2:12pm

What have the last few days of this presidential election revealed? Consider:

Now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Obama doesn't care about fixing the economy; his socialist agenda is about the redistribution of wealth and "economic justice."

Now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Obama doesn't care about vote fraud; his financial, tactical and legal support of the unabashed lawbreakers at ACORN clearly demonstrate this fact.

Now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Obama doesn't care about our constitutional right to free speech; his campaign's suppression of the wrong kinds of questions and assertions is beyond McCarthyism.

Add these things to what we already knew Obama didn't care about:

- Our right to life

- Our constitutional right to keep and bear arms

- A strong national defense

- Border security

- Campaign finance laws

- "Zionists"

- Honesty & ethics

- Accountability

And because of these things and others, now we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that Obama's past and present ties to radicals such as Rashid Khalidi, William Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Michael Pfleger, Louis Farrakhan, Raila Odinga, Frank Marshall Davis, Jeremiah Wright and others are no accident. These individuals have all been waiting for the right man to carry them to the highest halls of power. No, they have not been waiting, they have been grooming the right man for this day and hour of absolute control.

This is a classic Marxist revolution in progress


Dynamic Magazine Spring 2008 Double Issue!


Spring 2008, Issue 18
by Dynamic Committee, 30.04.2008 14:57

Author: YCLUSA
First published 04/30/2008 16:09 by (article_topic_desc)

Dynamic is the magazine of the Young Communist League USA. It includes art, politics, and culture written by youth, for youth.

The 2008 Spring Double issues includes articles about the youth impact on the 2008 elections, youth participation in unions, the writer's strike and its impact on a family that struggled through it, and much more!

Once on the site, click "youth impact" for article:
http://www.cpusa.org/article/articleview/941/1/36/

Obama-file 20: Young Communist League Backs Barack Obama-Again
The Young Communist League USA is the youth wing of the Communist Party USA.
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-file-20-young-communist-league.html
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Statement from Communist Party USA (CPUSA):

"The Communist Party USA views the 2008 elections as a tremendous opportunity to defeat the policies of the right-wing Republicans and to move our country in a new progressive direction.

The record turnout in the Democratic Presidential primary races shows that millions of voters, including millions of new voters, are using this election to bring about real change. We wholeheartedly agree with them."

http://cpusa.org/article/articleview/907/1/4/






A mannequin hanging from a home in West Hollywood has been outfitted to look like Governor Sarah Palin.

A mannequin hanging from a home in West Hollywood has been outfitted to look like Governor Sarah Palin.








Edited 10/27/2008 2:16 pm ET by drtscott
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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 2:16pm
never met a single one who didn't teach their children values and morals but rather expected their kids to decide all this on their own without a "parental rudder"

That's not what ab.wells said...


Huh! Could it be, do you think, that uurosey and a.b. wells might not be the same person....or even travel in the same circles (even if what you cite a.b. wells as saying is accurately reflective of his/her actual thoughts/beliefs)? LOL.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 2:23pm

1) I do fully intend to 'revolt with a vote' just NOT with a vote for McCain. I am revolting against 8 more years of a republican in the White House, revolting against another war hungry Commander-in-Chief, revolting against another 'regular guy/gal' in the White House. I am giving my vote to the smart one.

2) If you truly object to the mannequin dressed up as Palin and hung in effigy why do you continue to put it on every post? I have counted 3 or 4 by now. Aren't you now doing that which you claim to object to?

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 2:23pm
I took a peek at the website and wasn't able to find anything that said they offer a "sanitized" view of the world. Can you show us where it says that?


Nope, I've no doubt whatsoever that nothing I show you will help you see it at all.


So you're saying that you were just making things up and can't support your allegations? Got it.


Gee, I didn't read it that way at all. I could be wrong, I suppose, but it sounded to me as if uurosey wasn't saying she'd "made things up," but was instead offering a gently soft-pedaled statement of belief that - based upon your statements so far - you would likely either not be willing, or possibly not be able to recognize it even were she to decide to humor you and do the legwork you asked for. That doesn't mean it's not there, nor that uurose was "making it up," only that she's probably got better things to do with her time than snapping up your bait.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 2:35pm
First of all, you're making more spurious allegations about an organization with which you've already admitted you're not familiar.


She was? I must have missed that. The closest thing I saw to that was when you asked uurosey why she "believe that BJU would provide a more 'sanitized' point of view than any other institution of higher learning?" UURosey's answer was "their web site." Was this what you took for a "lack of familiarity" with Bob Jones? The fact that she referred you to their web site?

I can see how you might make such a mistake, but in fact, uurosey didn't actually mention anything at all one way or the other about her own personal knowledge of Bob Jones, so therefore neither you nor I nor anyone else here can make any assessments whatsoever about her level of familiarity with Bob Jones.

Again, I'm guessing, but I have a feeling that the suggestion you have a look at the web site was offered because it's something that each one of us can access (and therefore know we are discussing apples-to-apples issues), instead of someone reaching back into their own personal storehouse of anecdotes or memories, which can sometimes be rather hard to debate objectively, since only the person relating the event actually witnessed or experienced it.

But, whatever uurosey's reasons for suggesting you have a look through the web site, claims that she's not familiar with BJU - and ESPECIALLY claims that she's ADMITTED as much - are baseless.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:02pm
I must admit, I get no end of amusement from conservative people who think that they have a monopoly on morals and values.


Me, too, LOL.

I happen to think I have wonderful morals and values and plan on passing those on to my kids as best I can.


This is where I get the "huh?" factor from conservatives - I wouldn't think a statement like yours here would be all that remarkable or unbelievable....but apparently, they are, to some conservatives. Go figure....

Mind you, I also understand that other people in this world have different value systems than my own and that's their right, one I try hard to respect.


And THAT, in the end, is probably one of the major differences between you (and me) and some of those conservatives.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:10pm
Mind you, I also understand that other people in this world have different value systems than my own and that's their right, one I try hard to respect.

And THAT, in the end, is probably one of the major differences between you (and me) and some of those conservatives.


It's what I like to call the curse of the open-minded.

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Registered: 10-24-2008
Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:25pm
Farrakhan, Wright and Bill Ayers are going to be influencing policy decisions for the Republic if Americans don't vote for McCain-Palin.

Yes, it really is that simple.

Obama and his thugs hate America, and they will destroy our Nation if they win next week.

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:27pm
As an educator it is his job to give a well-rounded education. I may be wrong, but I seriously doubt that's what his students get.


Not the way I see it. In my opinion, especially at the University level, where one has (by design) a multiplicity of professors every term (and even more over the course of obtaining a degree), I would say that it is the responsibility of the university to give a well-rounded education, not (necessarily) the job of any individual professor. I believe there's a reason they're called "professors" at the college level, instead of "teachers" or the even-more-generic "educators," as you used: because, at that level of knowledge/learning, their job most certainly IS to profess (which, by definition, often (usually, even) includes opinions), rather than merely to merely impart facts and remain as "objective" as possible. It depends upon the course, obviously - there is probably a lot less room for that sort of "professing" in, say, inorganic chemistry than there is in, say, political science or economics. But, while I would think it unbalanced of a college or university (in a negative way) if they hired ONLY professors in one or more departments who all shared the same outlook on their subject(s), I can't imagine thinking less of any university for hiring ANY given professor, just because of that professor's particular point of view. If it could be discerned that they were significantly distorting their own discipline/field to conform to their views, or if they were incompetent in general, I'd think you and I would agree they should be pink-slipped just on those grounds alone.

But, as in journalism, it's quite possible to hold a particular personal perspective and ALSO retain fidelity to the rules and goals of the profession, indeed, to excel at it. I've never understood why people insist that the journalists from whom they get their news (and/or the media outlets who employ them) be as close to 100% free of any of their own opinions as humanly possible. First, it's not possible: everyone has perspectives on various things, and if you spend most of your days working in a particular field, the likelihood that you wouldn't develop some opinions related to it approaches zero. People aren't machines. Second, there's no evidence that even if it were possible, it would result in better reporters - or better professors. If you want "just the facts," only what actually took place and nothing else, use a video camera. But a videotape of something can't tell you what bits of tape are important, and which are irrelevant. It can't offer you the benefit of experience and knowledge by telling you why this relates to previous events, or in what WAYS it does so.




Konichiwa, Bitches!
McCain LOST???

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Mon, 10-27-2008 - 3:39pm
I'd be happy with "woe is me" were it not for the fact that sometimes this lack of affording respect for those who see things differently causes real harm. Right now those who cannot see another point of view as valid -- even though the folks who hold the view they find invalid cannot in any way shape or form harm them -- are planning to vote to remove existing legal civil rights from a minority group, and to write discrimination into our State Constitution.

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