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Re: Speaking of Religion and Politics…

Shaneen Clarke — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:01:27 -0000

Obama now is the president and I hope he will do what he needs to do for the country.

Re: Good luck, spammers.

Michael Rose — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:53:47 -0000

It should solve your spam problem. After I installed that WP plugin very few comments got through, and when they did Askimet caught them.

Re: Good luck, spammers.

endonend — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:15:04 -0000

It's looking to be a good install. Since I activated this AM, 225 attempts caught. No spam got through yet...

We'll see, if this doesn't solve the problem I may move back to Textpattern.

Re: Good luck, spammers.

Michael Rose — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:08:24 -0000

Bad Behavior rules! The amount of spam it blocked on my site before hitting Askimet was insane. Something around 1,000 or so requests a week. Haven't noticed anything that crazy with my Textpattern install. For whatever Wordpress gets exploited more.

Re: Krugman on the economy

Melisa — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:44:48 -0000

This tells me 3 things:
This economic thing is freakin scary.
I am annoyed easily- by minute 6 she has asked the same question 3 times.
I am impatient- by minute 6 I lost interest and got the point.

Maybe the fact that 2/3 of the things I took away from this have nothing to do with this enormous crisis is the real problem...

Re: Live Blogging - Election Night

kjmalc — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:16:41 -0000

I saw the Live count of Votes in

http://hunkspedia.websiteko.com/obama-mccain-li...

and this could be A GOOD FIGHT BETWEEN THE BLACK AND THE WHITE GUY!

We can't still predict who will win, instead if they have landslide lead...

So the question here, Who Will be the next President, is it Black Obama or White McCain?

Let us hope that this game would be fair and peaceful!

Re: Joe the (unlicensed) Plumber?

endonend — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:24:21 -0000

OK, so maybe the points were valid for the 5% of small business owners (or what ever extreme minority it is) that it applies to, but why keep on this 'Joe the Plumber' guy if his story isn't true? Two dozen times. McCain dug his own grave on this one...

Why? Because 'Joe the Plumber''s "story" is more compelling than saying a (wealthy) small percentage of you will have your taxes go up under Obama's plan. That doesn't sell the issue to the majority of middle class (or 90-something percent who will get a tax cut under Obama) viewers... but "hey, if you work hard and get to a point where you can become an entrepreneur, you are going to be penalized for your hard work." does (or at least more so)... why not come out and say that, instead of keeping on this fake life story? Or, how about this... even easier: find a guy (or gal) that it really applies to and make them the centerpiece of your debate? That would have been too easy, huh?

To me, it just seems as if the McCain campaign has repeatedly shown they aren't very interested in the details, which is a big deal when you want to be a leader of a world super power (in my opinion.)

Re: Joe the (unlicensed) Plumber?

Jerms — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:18:09 -0000

What's the point? This is merely a cheap attempt to discredit a guy who made some valid points. This information has no real bearing on the points he was making. A fine example of not only yellow, but blatantly biased "journalism." Probably a cheap attempt by John Seewer to get his 15 minutes...typical journalist...make a name for themselves at the expense of other people's names.

Re: Will it really end?

Matt — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:45:25 -0000

Last week I saw Naomi Wolf in Seattle give a talk about her new book, “The End of America.” The basic premise; we are heading towards a “closed society” -- a police state, and we can look to history (Hitler, Pinochet, Mussolini) for the evidence as to how this occurs. Scary stuff. She highlights ten steps a nation almost always takes (either a right wing or left wing government) in closing a society. Steps include spying in citizens, controlling the media, and privatizing militias.

One of the most concerning moments of her talk occurred when an audience member asked a question regarding her Naomi’s knowledge of Continuance of Governance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_of_gove...) discussions in the military. The man asking the question described that he was a member of a military family and that there are strong debates occurring within the military right now about their role in a COG situation. Remember the military answers to the commander in chief, and they do not answer to the people. Coupled with ignoring Posse Comitatus and the Insurrection Act the topic of Naomi’s work starts to sound less and less like a conspiracy theory.

Unfortunately, if everything goes smoothly and Obama wins, the system will not correct itself. It is highly unlikely that Obama wouldn’t use the expanded powers of the executive branch to his own advantage, and without reversing this trend, future presidents, including republicans, will continue to have and abuse these new powers as well. Obama is not the solution to fixing the system, and I say this as an Obama supporter. We have to remember this after he wins and continue pushing for reform.

Re: McCain wins debate!

adamvarga — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:29:54 -0000

The sign of a good leader is if their capable of preemptively saying they won... even before the battle's over... just like Bush's "Mission Accomplished" ;)

Re: Declare bankruptcy, get a (huge) bonus

Nancy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:47:26 -0000

This is the very same stunt that Delphi/the auto industry and steel companies pulled-your Dad being one of many victims in this country. The very same Delphi executives that ran the company into the ground are STILL get huge bonus and stock option packages and STILL have their jobs. And, now the auto industry is looking for a government bailout, too! When Paulson was asked how he, one man, would oversee the takeover of all that the government will be now handling, he replied that good people were at them all and he would count on them. You have to be kidding me! I'll join you in one of these jobs!

Re: No Questions!

endonend — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:04:44 -0000

Sour grapes, you're right... but it's the McSame campaign saying "I'm taking my ball and going home," because they don't like their VP being vetted in public.

Saw a recent poll -- over 65% of Americans have no clue about Palin's past performance, her credentials as a 'reformer', or the scandals she is involved in... but almost 70% know about her daughter's pregnancy.

Are those the kind of priorities Repubs value? The tabloid, half truth, spin-it-to-death stories? It sure seems like those are the ones they are pushing, because they have no where to stand on the real issues.

I mean, what excites you about McCain? If you make under $250k per year, you'll get a better tax break; some kind of universal health care; more focus on the environment and alternative, renewable energies; focus on actually improving education (rather than a policy with a snappy name that doesn't do anything, like Bush); someone who actually understands the constitution and defends it; and someone who acknowledges that the economy is actually doing pretty poorly for a vast majority of Americans -- with Obama.

Palin and McCain don't talk about those issues very much, because they can't compete. Their campaign manager even says so... it tells you a lot about the campaign, when both acceptance speeches didn't touch on very many key issues (McCain's) or none at all (Palin).

Re: No Questions!

J Eidens — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:39:02 -0000

Bada-bing!!!! Sour grapes. Face it, the dems were out manuvered. I suppose the lady will at least be diplomatic and not refer to a Russian Head of State as a "commie pig"

Re: Making My Case for the VP

Edith White — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:19:23 -0000

Count me in the "few dozen!" - Edie

Re: Why I am voting Republican this Fall

Jay Brigham — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:27:11 -0000

I enjoy being in the film. It was a good shoot and great crew. Go Synthetic Human Pictures!!

Re: Hilary’s Math: How is she still viable?

uncommitted voter — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:46:58 -0000

She is still in the race because she is working for the Republican party for a McCain victory. Her advisor stated that she would appeal the decision the DNC made, even though she herself agreed to the rules made at the beginning, I assuming when she thought, no way could Obama beat her. Right now, if she really does have the democratic party's best interest, she would quit, support Obama,( who obviously winning by anybody's math), and an upfront supporter for him and the democratic party to win in the November elections......................................................uncommitted voter

Re: Must watch video: Moyers talk with Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Jason — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:57:48 -0000

The question now is, why isn't this being covered in the MSM? Just checked msnbc.com, cnn.com, abcnews.com -- nothing on the homepage. Even looking at the more liberal online news sites, like huffingtonpost.com, talkingpointsmemo.com and dailykos.com have virtually noting on the homepage.

The only sites I did find anything was truthdig.com and surpisingly the only MSM site that had any mention of this on the homepage was foxnews.com.

Re: What’s the worst movie you actually liked?

Michae! — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:01:26 -0000

Ok so a lot of movies that I "liked" were on that list. I use the term like loosely...Bio-dome, Battlefield Earth, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Ugh.

Re: Super Delegates

Jason — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:37:53 -0000

Don't really think it will be an issue unless the super delegates go against the will of the people. Possible, I guess, but unlikely.

And, as far as crash and burn goes, the Repubs have been doing such a *fantastic* job the last 8 years, I think the Dems will be hard pressed to meet up with them at the bottom of the heap. Although I do wish this primary season was over already. It's way too long.

Re: Super Delegates

John Spahr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:27:48 -0000

I recently heard that neither Democrat candidate can win the election on the remaining state primaries. Thus, we have the "super delegates" electing the candidate. So, once again, the big party officials like the blathering Howard Dean will select who they want and the voters have no say.

It's fun to watch the Democrat party crash and burn!!!

Re: Speaking of Religion and Politics…

Jason — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:29:37 -0000

I added some more to the discussion here:
http://www.end-on-end.com/2008/04/10/mlk-wright...

Thanks for your comments!

Re: Speaking of Religion and Politics…

Bev — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:27:17 -0000

Pastor at Clintons' D.C. Church defends Wright

The Reverend Jeremiah Wright is an outstanding church leader whom I have heard speak a number of times," Snyder wrote. "He has served for decades as a profound voice for justice and inclusion in our society. To evaluate his dynamic ministry on the basis of two or three sound bites does a grave injustice to Dr. Wright, the members of his congregation, and the African-American church which has been the spiritual refuge of a people that has suffered from discrimination, disadvantage, and violence. Dr. Wright, a member of an integrated denomination, has been an agent of racial reconciliation while proclaiming perceptions and truths uncomfortable for some white people to hear. Those of us who are white Americans would do well to listen carefully to Dr. Wright rather than to use a few of his quotes to polarize."

Re: Speaking of Religion and Politics…

Bev — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:22:00 -0000

I believe this needs as much airing as the Rev wright controversy. Why should she be able to get away with it?

She has degraded his reputation, by saying if it were her pastor she'd leave.

Please get this out there.

Tit for Tat.

Her dishonesty we don't need in the white house.

At least Obama has never said anything verbally. Only the pastor. Why should he take the heat for what others say.

I 've been told people don't agree with some of the things their pastor and priest have said.
But they've got to go to church somewhere.

They all have their sermons they believe in, and try to convince the congregation it's true.

They'll preach anything as long as they can, pass the collection basket at the same time.

Re: Awesome post on the workplace…

Cali and Jody — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 10:14:01 -0000

ROWE is indeed the future of work. It brings common sense to the workplace and it treats employees as ADULTS. Polly hit the nail on the head with the title - give adults the freedom they deserve and they'll pay you back tenfold.

Let's grow this revolution!

Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson
Creators of the Results-Only Work Environment (ROWE)
Authors of the forthcoming book "Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It"

Re: Speaking of Religion and Politics…

margie — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:04:51 -0000

I'm glad you pointed out at the end of your post the once respected rule of 'separation of church and state'. Why have Americans forgotten this concept? Also, it appears that my favored canidiate is not yours, which I already knew, but I thought I'd throw that in anyway. Although I tend to steer clear of political discussions, I always find it interesting how much candidate bashing goes on during the campaigns. I think it's pretty safe to say that they all have screwed up in the past, they all have flopped on the issues and they all have lied at some point in their career to make themselves look better. That being said, I don't care who they worship or what religious establishment they attend. As long as they are not an extremist in any way, I think having diverse presidents from a plethora of religious and cultural backgrounds is beneficial to the US. May the best woman (or man) win! ;) (PS - I won't BO-bash you, so please don't H-Bash me!!)