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Saturday, July 14, 2007

My Church Better'n Your Church:

Pope Benedict XVI is busy correcting Vatican II. The Papal See recently verified what everyone already believes by proclaiming "my church is better than you church." That's always the case, right? Read the MSNBC story here.

More Religious News:

Today's New York Times' "Quotation of the Day" reports Pastor Jorge Del Toror, a Galaxy soccer team fan: "I'm a pastor; I always preach about idolatry. I have qualms about being here, but he's David Beckham." We do worship at the feet of the god Celebrity, don't we.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Inspiring Progress:

Nicholas Kristof pointed out the following in his Op-Ed piece in yesterday's NYTimes:

We can’t afford universal health care at home — but we can afford more than $10 billion a month so that American troops can be maimed in a country where they aren’t wanted? If we take the total eventual cost of the Iraq war, that sum could be used to finance health care for all uninsured Americans for perhaps 30 years.
It's good to see we have our priorities straight, don't you think?

Monday, July 09, 2007

Words To Live By:

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics." – F.D.R. in 1937.

I don't often watch Fox News (surprised?), so I count on people like Paul Krugman to point out just how low this scum will go in promoting "self-interest." Following the recent events in Britain, Fox News host Neil Cavuto and commentator Jerry Bowyer "solemny discussed how universal health care promotes terrorism," while the on-screen headline read, "'National healthcare: Breeding ground for terror?'" Well, why not? These are the same folks who worked so hard to propagandize the idiotic war in Iraq.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

The Way Things Work:

Last year, Warren Buffett, the third richest man in the world, paid a tax rate of 17 percent, while his receptionist paid 30 percent. That's America at its finest, the opportunity to benefit at other's expense.

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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Bush Pardons Scooter as Bush Admits Republican Party in Free Fall:

Recognizing that his political party is in complete disarray, President Bush went ahead and pardoned convicted felon, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's hatchet man, who had been convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the C.I.A. leak case.

The announcement made yesterday was met with derision by Democrats and disgust my moderate Republicans, who see their party being eviscerated by the arrogance of the current administration and its complete disregard for law.

You can read the NYTimes story here.

According to a Washington Post story, Bush did not consult with the Justice Department or a large group of analysts in making his decision to commute Libby's prison term. Following his practices for making most of the decisions while in the White House, Bush only consulted a very small number of his closest advisors.