Keyword: rants
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Repeatedly I hear that the misbehavior in New Orleans sprang from the exigencies of poverty. I would offer a countering view. Permit me to start with the family of Violeta, mi pareja in Mexico. I know them well. Listen, and judge. Her father was born poor 78 years ago. Poor in Mexico in the twenties meant poor--dirt-floor poor, village well with typhoid and no sewerage poor, no safety net, no medical care, and government by caciques who had unlimited power and didn’t care whether you lived or died. It was hookworm, roundworm, pinworm, tapeworm poor. It was louse poor. Obesity...
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Sucias, Meet Lylah Alphonse. She is the "LA" who keeps blasting me on this blog. She used to work with me at the Boston Globe. She was a copy editor at the time, and the only solid thing I really remember about her is that she made her own coffee in a cute little desktop pot. ... I should say that Lylah eventually got a book published. It is called "Triumph Over Discrimination: The Life Story of Farhang Mehr." I haven't read it all the way through, mostly because I fell asleep after page...nine. The writing is passive, weak, bland,...
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Sick,Slick Self-Promoting Radicals and 9/11 The latest buzz – among the sick, slick radical set – is the release of the 9/11 tapes. “ A-hah !” , they declaim . “EXPLOSIONS in the World Trade Center !!” Yes, they say. The audio tapes clearly reveal the sound of explosions…which means: ( Ta- dah !!) “The Twin Towers were brought down by BOMBS – cunningly planted by:” (Choose one or – What the heck ! – Choose all !) 1. Mossad Agents - seeking to promote World Zionism ; 2. Jewish terrorists - seeking to smear peaceful Muslims; 3. The CIA...
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had thought we might be done with Howie, for awhile. Alas. No such luck…unfortunately. Unless someone can discover some new and unique way to stop him from talking, we are all doomed to his incessant rantings and ravings. But, Howie loves to hear himself speak. This is evident each time he opens his mouth and his words vomit forth. As do his MoveOn.org audiences, Dean laughs after he spits out each and every new invective against those who refuse to follow his proscriptive progressive pronouncements. Each time this man speaks his speech becomes more sinister. Thursday, as he spoke to...
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William A. Cook, professor of English at the University of La Verne in southern California, asks the question, "What fuels slavery, ethnic cleansing, land theft, and genocide? What enables a mind to justify imprisoning another without cause, without trial, without rights of due process and assumption of innocence until proven guilty? What enables a soul to accept dominance over another, to degrade and humiliate other humans, to participate in or acquiesce to genocide?" Cook then knocks down his straw man in rambling prose, "I'll posit two trends of thought that seem to reside at the root of Western culture,...
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iPod users are music thieves says Ballmer October 04 2004 by Andy McCue 'Vested interest', say cynics... Speaking to an exclusive gathering of press in London on a number of issues, such as security, Steve Ballmer didn't pass up the opportunity to take several digs at his company's arch rival Apple. At the heart of the debate is Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology which will let content providers such as record labels and movie studios keep control of their intellectual property (IP) - or at least ensure all royalties are paid and copyright observed. Billing Microsoft as the good guys...
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RE: Dear Uncle Ted When Sen. Ted Kennedy was merely just another Democrat bloviating on Capitol Hill on behalf of liberal causes, it was perhaps excusable to ignore his deplorable past. But now that he's become Sen. John Kerry's leading campaign attack dog, positioning himself as Washington's leading arbiter of truth and integrity, the days for such indulgence are now over. It's time for the GOP to stand up and remind America why Sen. Kerry's chief spokesman had to abandon his own presidential bid in 1980 - time to say the words Mary Jo Kopechne out loud. As is often...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean was able to step away Thursday from his intensive campaigning in New Hampshire long enough to deliver the Top Ten List on "The Late Show With David Letterman." The former front-runner has been scrambling to make up for a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses and has taken some heat (from Letterman, among others) for his rousing concession speech Monday night following the Iowa caucuses. The Top Ten topic: "Ways I, Howard Dean, Can Turn Things Around." No. 10, switch to decaf. No. 9, unveil new slogan: "Vote for Dean and get $1 off your...
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Geraldo Rivera Rants About Media Critics Reporter Lashes Out At Networks On Web Site Posted: 12:17 p.m. EDT April 30, 2003 Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera is still filled with "smoldering anger" from the way the media reported on him being asked to leave Iraq for drawing troop movements in the sand. Rivera wrote on his Web site, roughpoint.tv, that the media stories were a "grotesque exaggeration." He especially blames MSNBC, who he says conducted a "Get Geraldo" campaign. He seems to go after Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann, though he doesn't mention them by name. He wrote that MSNBC...
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Essex woman rants against 'whites' as she takes over a snatched Zimbabwe farm By Jane Flanagan in Harare and Andrew Alderson (Filed: 22/09/2002) A white British woman who formerly worked as a local government officer in Essex is the latest and most unlikely beneficiary of Robert Mugabe's land-grab policy in Zimbabwe. Anne Matonga and her black Zimbabwean husband, Bright, have been given possession of a 1,500-acre farm after it was seized from a white farmer on the orders of the President. Mrs Matonga's new home, which the farmer and his family had lived on for four generations, is a reward...
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