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  • Chavez is no dictator! -Sean Penn

    01/14/2008 1:24:35 PM PST · by filepile · 64 replies · 258+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 1/14/08 | Sean Penn
    Editor - From reading The Chronicle's banner-line propaganda, which teases the "star envy" piece within ("A modest proposal for celebs on the skids," Thursday), I could only hope this great city was more clever than its increasingly lame-brain paper. In its unequivocal naming of Chavez as dictator on A1, either "Pop Culture" man Peter Hartlaub or his equally biased Chronicle editor, doesn't quite understand that Venezuela's President Chavez was democratically elected, and that dictators don't lose constitutional referendums. The Chronicle should take comfort that the New York Times generally does no better than them here. Yet, in the paper's attack...
  • Bill Clinton blames GOP environmental policies for hurricanes

    06/13/2006 11:57:45 AM PDT · by filepile · 57 replies · 1,205+ views
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/clinton_democrats ^ | 6/12/06 | Brendan Farrington (AP)
    ORLANDO, Fla. - As Tropical Storm Alberto threatened to strengthen into the ninth hurricane in 22 months to affect Florida, former President Clinton predicted Monday that Republican environmental policies will lead to more severe storms. ADVERTISEMENT "It is now generally recognized that while Al Gore and I were ridiculed, we were right about global warming," Clinton said at a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party. "It's a serious problem. It's going to lead to more hurricanes." Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," chronicles the former vice president's efforts to educate the public about global warming. It's in limited release around the...
  • Hockey player banned for life for making racial slur

    12/28/2005 10:34:07 AM PST · by filepile · 14 replies · 1,113+ views
    A hockey player was banned for life from Italy's national team after repeatedly shouting racist slurs at an opponent during a league game. The punishment was largely symbolic since Daniele Veggiato hasn't played with the national team since 2003 and is not on Italy's roster for the Turin Olympics.