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My Opinion of the NYT "Democracy and Anxiety" piece, written by John F. Burns
The New York Times
| January 30, 2005
| John F. Burns, inter alia.
Posted on 01/30/2005 2:07:16 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham
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To: TexKat
Thanks.
'ppreciate it.
:)
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
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posted on
01/30/2005 10:26:31 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("Hope so, because in this country, no news is always bad news"-Bahman Farmanara)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham; Tarpaulin; xcamel; Petronski; MEG33; Fiddlstix; lonevoice; aculeus; ...
I suppose now they will say that the Iraqi elections were stolen....
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posted on
01/31/2005 1:26:10 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(Allah the Moon God wants the Moon Bats out of his Belfry......)
To: Irish_Thatcherite
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posted on
01/31/2005 1:30:17 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: Irish_Thatcherite; jigsaw; TexKat
To paraphrase one of my favorite, classic cinematic lines:
Tha's a humbug! A humbug an' a roust!
:)
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
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posted on
01/31/2005 1:43:39 PM PST
by
TexKat
(Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)
To: TexKat; Irish_Thatcherite; Slings and Arrows; onyx; Syncro; bad company; King Prout
FREEDOM FROM FEAR BUMP!
To: Do not dub me shapka broham; TexKat
Joking aside it was great to see the courage of the Iraqi People turning out to vote in large numbers, despite the terrorist death threats - they put us to shame here in the West with our low turnouts (US election notwithstanding), and increasing voter apathy - we take Liberty for granted, and it shows with the rapid growth of the power of Western governments.
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posted on
01/31/2005 3:36:29 PM PST
by
Irish_Thatcherite
(Allah the Moon God wants the Moon Bats out of his Belfry......)
To: Valin
Ping, you're it!
Aside from a misplaced apostrophe, and a few misspelled words, this particular vanity thread isn't too cumbersome to read.
Hope you enjoy it.
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
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posted on
02/08/2005 10:04:18 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("There is some sugar...It's harder in the case of fires. The tariffs are too high!")
To: GVgirl
EAST COAST CONNECT
:)
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
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posted on
02/09/2005 1:08:42 AM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
("There is some sugar...It's harder in the case of fires. The tariffs are too high!")
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
I was hoping that the rest of this piece would focus on the positive developments leading up to this historic, groundbreaking election, especially after Mr. Burns quoted a female Shiite dentist-who was a former member of the IGC-who defiantly proclaimed that, "If I die, it is better to have died for something than to have died for nothing."
The unceasing emphasis on the bad down playing of the good in Iraq never ceases to amazze me. Like most Freepers I'm a news junkie, but it's gotten to the point where I just can't read/watch them anymore.
I recall last year Nightline said they were going to do a show on the "good news" from Iraq. The show did show some of the good thing then the last 2/3 of it was the same old litany of blood and bombings, and "interviews" from Iraqis yelling that it was better when Saddam was in charge.
For me it was a real light bulb moment.
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posted on
02/09/2005 7:08:05 AM PST
by
Valin
(Work is a fine thing if it doesn't take too much of your spare time)
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