Tag: politics
member name: Rick McGirr
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May 18, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
I have been inspired by Berf, to write at length about my attitudes towards gay people. What started as a simple comment to Berf's article, turned into an expose of my feelings and how I came . . . more
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May 08, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
Take all your Obamas Clintons, Edwardses, Gulianis, McCains, whatever, whoever is running and jockeying for money and position in the ongoing, already interminable presidential race for 2008… PLEASE! . . . more
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September 28, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
Here are the top ten reasons I don't watch commercial TV, as a rule:
10. Repeated viewings of stupid, nebulous, or obnoxious commercials nauseates me.
9. Repeated use of predictable plots, lines, . . . more
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September 14, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR YOUNG?
I can't help it. I see the young man in that TV ad jogging through the neighborhood. I listen as he shares his thoughts with us. It's . . . more
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August 29, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Hi, all. This is a delusional diatribe, a set of rambling ruminations, an overtly over-generalized overview, a plaintive, pontificating plethora of thoughts about my generation of . . . more
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December 04, 2007 11:57 AM EST --
My friends, check out this interview with Naomi Wolfe, and tell me what you think of the possibility that we may be blindly inching toward dictatorship right here in the homeland.
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/interviews/ . . . more
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December 10, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
How do we ensure...
that we are not dragged into another unjust war?
that the anti-establishment clause of the constitution is upheld?
that all religious groups will be treated equally?
that . . . more
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September 26, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
This article is in response to a question posed on August 17th by Troy Stouffer, who publishes regularly on Gather under the moniker, Cacoethes Scribendi. In an article dated Mr. Stouffer asked, . . . more
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October 04, 2006 02:03 PM EDT --
Why No Push To Remove Bush?
Lately, we see more and more cracks in the moralistic, patriotic façade of the policy makers. We also see people in the media one by one start to realize . . . more
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April 12, 2008 01:25 PM EDT --
I hope you'll take the time to fill yourselves in on the real meaning behind the hot-button quotes with which the Fox network and other fascist media in this country have tried to make it . . . more
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July 21, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
Obama and McCain ought to be best friends. They behave exactly the same. I suppose I will vote for Obama, because McCain is too old and hangs out with too many nazi-types. McCain is . . . more
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September 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
I'm not budging
No appeals to fear
Will sway my dogged determination
To seek what is right...
Beliefs
I believe
Give me space
Time for one cleansing load of air...
The game . . . more
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May 15, 2007 07:32 PM EDT --
I would like to draw your attention to an article posted by Carolee (life is good on my side) K, entitled, "One Nation Under God?" I commented on the article and I'd like to use . . . more
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May 25, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
Memorial Day. Big flippin' deal.
You dwell on the heroism of the dead, and don't think a minute about how we are ever going to stop piling up the bodies. How does that . . . more
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July 04, 2006 01:23 PM EDT --
Some random musings in honor of the 4th of July, 2006…
Can yesterday fulfill?
Can tomorrow sanctify?
If time is a dimension
What is I?
People who favor a strong military have . . . more
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November 09, 2006 12:04 PM EST --
Hi, folks. I'm Rick. Been a Gather guy since June or so. I have been ranting and raving on this and other forums. I've been finding that there is no political party that . . . more
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December 04, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Do you know a liar when you see one? I just saw one. He was at a presidential press conference. He had the shiftiest eyes I have ever seen. And he lied and lied about the recent . . . more
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January 15, 2008 11:07 AM EST --
Chech out Bill Moyers' interview with two think tank members, one on the left, one on the right, both with credentials enough. What's remarkable is that the representative of the right wing . . . more
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November 29, 2006 11:37 AM EST --
Global warming? Doesn't bother me. Racially motivated police killings? Everyday news. Starvation on a planetary scale? I'll try to remember to donate online. . . . more
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January 30, 2007 01:07 PM EST --
I recently have discovered that there are many video clips of Frank Zappa available at YouTube.com. Just enter "Frank Zappa" in the search tool, and you'll get not only some classic . . . more
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