tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post9046745496290101633..comments2023-12-21T03:31:54.013-07:00Comments on Alternate Reality: Soft Balls (for Clarence Thomas); Mud Balls (for Babies)capthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-5959770417517954422007-10-17T09:37:00.000-06:002007-10-17T09:37:00.000-06:00New Thread<A HREF="http://alternatereality456.blogspot.com/2007/10/republicans-and-tax-mongering-spent.html" REL="nofollow">New Thread</A>capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-8833672075020116812007-10-16T20:12:00.000-06:002007-10-16T20:12:00.000-06:00Specter: No Retroactive Immunity for TelecomsAs th...<A HREF="http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004472.php" REL="nofollow"><B>Specter: No Retroactive Immunity for Telecoms</B></A><BR/><BR/><BR/>As the ACLU worries that Senate Democrats in the intelligence committee will give retroactive immunity to telephone companies for collaborating with the administration's warrantless surveillance program, the two senior members of the judiciary committee say they won't entertain that without knowing what the telecoms did.<BR/><BR/>Here's Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and ranking member Arlen Specter (R-PA) speaking earlier today on CNN:<BR/><BR/>Specter:<BR/><BR/><I>I certainly would not give them immunity retroactively on programs that we don’t know what they are…. I think it’s unreasonable to ask us to give them immunity for things we don’t know what they did. If there was a need for it at the time, and if the telephone companies were good citizens and if they supplied information which was important, then I’d be prepared to look at it. But I’m not going to buy a pig in a poke, and commit to retroactive immunity when I don’t know what went on. They’ve kept that from us. That’s a big problem, Wolf.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004472.php" REL="nofollow">More HERE</A><BR/><BR/>*****end of clip*****<BR/><BR/>A sure sign the senate will roll over. Spector is just too predictable.<BR/><BR/><BR/>captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-24153583793878166072007-10-16T19:18:00.000-06:002007-10-16T19:18:00.000-06:00The powerful have invoked God at their side in thi...The powerful have invoked God at their side in this war, so that we will accept their power and our weakness as something that has been established by divine plan. But there is no god behind this war other than the god of money, nor any right other than the desire for death and destruction. Today there is a "NO" which shall weaken the powerful and strengthen the weak: the "NO" to war: <B>Subcomandante Marcos</B> - Source: No to war, 2/16/03 <BR/> <BR/>=<BR/>Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each of their screams was ours. When they were humiliated, we were humiliated. The U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq - mostly volunteers in a poverty draft from small towns and poor urban neighborhoods - are victims just as much as the Iraqis of the same horrendous process, which asks them to die for a victory that will never be theirs: <B>Arundhati Roy</B> <BR/>Source: Arundhati Roy, "Tide? Or Ivory Snow? Public Power in the Age of Empire," 8/24/04 <BR/><A HREF="http://www.democracynow.org/static/Arundhati_Trans.shtml" REL="nofollow">Link</A><BR/> <BR/>=<BR/>"Then what is freedom? It is the will to be responsible to ourselves.": <B>Friedrich Nietzsche</B> - (1844-1900) - Source: Twilight of the Idols, 1888<BR/> <BR/>=<BR/>"One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.": <B>Lyn Nofziger</B> [Franklyn C. Nofziger] Press Secretary for President Reagan<BR/> <BR/>=<BR/>"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.": <B>Theodore Roosevelt</B> - (1858-1919) 26th US President - Source: letter 01/10/1917 <BR/> <BR/>===<BR/><BR/>Thanks ICH Newsletter!capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-24772237474491634922007-10-16T16:30:00.000-06:002007-10-16T16:30:00.000-06:00Free Trade Does Not WorkFew economists have bother...<A HREF="http://economyincrisis.org/articles/show/1139" REL="nofollow"><B>Free Trade Does Not Work</B></A><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Few economists have bothered to think about the issue of offshoring, preferring to dismiss concerns about it as manifestations of the old protectionist fallacy. They learned in graduate school that free trade is always mutually beneficial and ceased to think when they passed their exams. This is especially true of "free market economists," who believe that economic freedom, which they identify with the freedom of capital, is always good. Thus, most economists mistakenly believe that offshoring is protected under the authority of free-trade doctrine.<BR/><BR/>Free-trade doctrine is based on the assumption that domestic capital seeks its comparative advantage in its home economy, however, specializing where its comparative advantage is best and, thereby, increasing the general welfare in the home economy. David Ricardo, who explicated the case for free trade, rules out an economy's capital seeking absolute advantage abroad instead of comparative advantage at home.<BR/><BR/>Jobs offshoring is not only a problem for displaced U.S. manufacturing employees -- displacement that Princeton economist and former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder says will also impact 30 million to 40 million high-end U.S. service sector jobs, as well -- but also a problem for economic theory.<BR/><BR/>Economic theory assumes that capitalists pursuing their individual interests are led to benefit the general welfare of their society by an indivisible hand. But offshoring, or the pursuit of absolute advantage, breaks the connection between the profit motive and the general welfare. The beneficiaries of offshoring are the corporations' shareholders and top executives and the foreign country, the GDP of which rises when its labor is substituted for the corporations' home labor. Every time a corporation offshores its production, it converts domestic GDP into imports. The home economy loses GDP to the foreign country that gains it.<BR/><BR/>Recently, Ralph Gomory, co-author with William Baumol of "Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests," the most important work in trade theory in 200 years, pointed out that traditional trade theory has broken down because companies are no longer bound to the interests of their home countries. Offshoring has decoupled the link between a company's motivation for profit and a nation's desire to improve the wealth of its citizens. "Most economists," Gomory observed, "have not acknowledged this fundamental change and its implications for economic theory."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>COPYRIGHT 2007 CREATORS SYNDICATE INC.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>*<I>The above article has been excerpted from Paul Craig Roberts’ article “Cato's Trade Report: Blinded by Ideology.” Mr. Roberts is an economist. He served as Assistant Secretary to the Treasury in the Reagan Administration where he earned the nickname the “Father of Reaganomics.” He was an editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal and Business Week. In 1993, Forbes Media Guide ranked him as one of the top seven journalists in the United States. Currently he is a nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate and a frequent contributor to EconomyInCrisis.org.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>E-mail editor@economyincrisis.org <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://economyincrisis.org/articles/show/1139" REL="nofollow">More HERE</A>capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-26689874306233521322007-10-16T14:13:00.000-06:002007-10-16T14:13:00.000-06:00Rockin'Rockin'capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-81515971636724949332007-10-16T13:59:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:59:00.000-06:00The United States of Evil will do what pleases her...The United States of Evil will do what pleases her. Carnage and the slaughter of human beings pleases the United States of Evil.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-70510805638888547382007-10-16T13:55:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:55:00.000-06:00Putin is all talk and no show when it comes to act...<A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071016/ts_afp/iranrussiadiplomacyputin" REL="nofollow">Putin is all talk and no show when it comes to action</A><BR/><BR/>The United States of Evil will soon level Iran.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-40534549469191266892007-10-16T13:49:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:49:00.000-06:00Dignity is the issue that vexes billions of people...Dignity is the issue that vexes billions of people around the world, not democracy. Indeed, when people hear President George W. Bush preaching about democratic values, it often comes across as a veiled assertion of America power. The implicit message is that other countries should be more like us - replacing their institutions, values and traditions with ours. We mean well, but people feel disrespected. The bromides and exhortations are a further assault on their dignity.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-16307954893553740532007-10-16T13:45:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:45:00.000-06:00The World Is Tired of the U.S. of Evil<A HREF="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18560.htm" REL="nofollow">The World Is Tired of the U.S. of Evil</A>Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-80797065132803002212007-10-16T13:32:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:32:00.000-06:00The reduction of human beings to slaves of a Burme...The reduction of human beings to slaves of a Burmese pipeline sets the stage for the slaughter which has taken place over the last few weeks. Once again, an economic abstraction has been given mastery over the needs of human beings. To help support globalized oligarchy, the corporate media has been busily promoting a degenerate form of Christianity in which economic success is the sign of God's favor, thus deadening the religious conscience. The truth lies elsewhere: "There is nothing more inconsistent with Christianity than the optimistic idea that the economically strongest and most successful are of necessity the best, that wealth is a favor granted to man as a reward for his virtues." - BerdyaevGeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-82846975204239501312007-10-16T13:28:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:28:00.000-06:00"Christianity has to condemn the exploitation of m..."Christianity has to condemn the exploitation of man by man and of class by class from a religious and moral point of view, and she has to protect the worker and the exploited, for the Christian faith attaches a value beyond price to personality and to the human soul. There it is impossible for her to refrain from condemning also that regime under which this personality and this soul are turned into a means towards the unhuman economic process." - BerdyaevGeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-45602532030559387502007-10-16T13:24:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:24:00.000-06:00Head Bloody But Unbowed<A HREF="http://nonviolentjesus.blogspot.com/2007/10/head-bloody-but-unbowed.html" REL="nofollow">Head Bloody But Unbowed</A>Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-25934968473166299542007-10-16T13:21:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:21:00.000-06:00"Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means consci..."Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering. It does not mean meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means pitting one's whole soul against the will of the tyrant. Working under this law of our being, it is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire." - Gandhi<BR/><BR/>Make no mistake THE UNITED STATES OF EVIL IS AN UNJUST EMPIRE. -GeraldGeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-49880288534718083872007-10-16T13:18:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:18:00.000-06:00Love and Kindness Must Win Over Everything<A HREF="http://nonviolentjesus.blogspot.com/2007/10/love-and-kindness-must-win-over.html" REL="nofollow">Love and Kindness Must Win Over Everything</A>Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-19202958442771572412007-10-16T13:15:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:15:00.000-06:00Clarence Thomas is another Nazi's Nazi. He may be ...Clarence Thomas is another Nazi's Nazi. He may be more of a Nazi than Hitler.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-21730177400447671602007-10-16T13:13:00.000-06:002007-10-16T13:13:00.000-06:00From the previous blog Dick Hitler Devos' face is ...From the previous blog Dick Hitler Devos' face is shown. He is up to his eyeballs with Blackwater. The Nazi Party in Michigan has the greatest number of low lifes in the United States of Evil. They are totally scum and slime.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://ncrcafe.org/node/1375" REL="nofollow">Another priest to stand trial</A><BR/><BR/>We are a banana republic with a despotic ruler.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-41055939791708184642007-10-16T12:27:00.000-06:002007-10-16T12:27:00.000-06:00Here's an idea: Universal healthcare for ALL minor...Here's an idea: <BR/><BR/>Universal healthcare for ALL minors - all children from birth to 18 years. <BR/><BR/>We will need a healthy workforce to pay the next generations war debt. <BR/><BR/><BR/>captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-84026349849394638132007-10-16T12:06:00.000-06:002007-10-16T12:06:00.000-06:00"They are advocates. We are leaders."House Speaker...<B>"They are advocates. We are leaders."<BR/><BR/>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in regards to "Anti-war activists."</B>capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-53829464986393087302007-10-16T12:03:00.000-06:002007-10-16T12:03:00.000-06:00Mmmmm Grubsteaks!Mmmmm <BR/><BR/>Grubsteaks!capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-37538003032457697302007-10-16T11:20:00.000-06:002007-10-16T11:20:00.000-06:00Cool! Baby Grubstakes!!! Anybody know a do-it-you...Cool! Baby Grubstakes!!! <BR/><BR/>Anybody know a do-it-yourself way to reverse a vasectomy?<BR/><BR/>I got BABIES to make!<BR/><BR/> <BR/>After 10 or so, I should be able to afford a HOUSE to keep 'em in!<BR/><BR/>-THajjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474174174383452147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-29921972144518170052007-10-16T09:45:00.000-06:002007-10-16T09:45:00.000-06:00Mr. David Corn,What do you expect from the WaPo? I...Mr. David Corn,<BR/><BR/>What do you expect from the WaPo? <BR/><BR/>I hear there will soon be a <I>real</I> and honest source of journalism from the new Washington Bureau at MoJo. <BR/><BR/>I think you give the worthless rag too much credit. Obviously the "truth" being reported at the WaPo and others is driven by bias and lies. <BR/><BR/>No more stories <I>about</I> the failings at the big newsrags - just put out some honest reporting about how the people have failed to keep the papers honest. <BR/><BR/>The second they had the nerve to "report" that stories were held that could have effected a national election subscription cancellations should have put them in check. <BR/><BR/>"<I>As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.</I>"<BR/><BR/>~ Dick Cavett<BR/>US comedian & television host (1936 - ) <BR/><BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>Kirkcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.com