Jan 16 2011
I was scanning through Al Jazeera’s timeline of the “unrest” in Tunisia: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/spotlight/tunisia/2011/01/201114142223827361.html …and was struck by the differences between how others around the world take a stand as compared to we self-centered, it’s-all-about-us Americans. Back on December 17, Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire after the police confiscated the fruit and vegetables he was …
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Jan 16 2011
Two days ago, Chris asked the following: “Any good answers to the Hariri killing and the switch in emphasis to Hezbollah? Or to what Hillary’s doing in Yemen?” Re. Hillary Clinton’s trip to Yemen, I’ve seen/read little so far except the usual fluff about Hillary falling down and about this being her “apology tour” for …
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Jan 09 2011
“O all ye exorcizers come and exorcize now, and ye clergymen draw nigh and clerge, For I wish to be purged of an urge.” – Ogden Nash, from “So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much” Sweet, sweet surrender to a rising, raging reflex against the inanity of these pretentious, portentous times, these zany …
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Jan 07 2011
Another letter to the editor, titled “Force creeping into America,” in today’s Sentinel Record, from a reliably regular hater of all things Muslim… Monsieur d’Nalgar Dear editor: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right …
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Jan 04 2011
…and wishing calamity on her unrepentant naysayers (who are legion), our new mayor speaks in this letter to the editor, titled “Thoughts on ‘tolerance’” (today’s Sentinel Record, page 8): Dear editor: In recent days, I have been reminded (due to the intolerance of those who beat the drum of “tolerance”) of two famous quotes. The first …
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Jan 02 2011
Arkansas is nicknamed “The Natural State.” We have deer and fox (and possums, raccoons, eagles, buzzards, etc.) who walk or fly by our home nearly every day. But the state of our state is most unnatural on this, the second day of 2011, especially after reading today’s local newspaper. Consider, for example, these two AP stories which appeared in the …
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Dec 31 2010
Introductory note: This explanation of the current political scene in Israel can easily be adapted to help explain our own emerging fascism, and the rise of our own American Hezbollah, which will hereafter be referred to as “The Tea Party of God” on this blog. The emphases in the article are mine, not Mr. Strenger’s. Here’s hoping …
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