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I didn't know that the Transformers were Neocons! Here's Optimus Prime explaining, much more effectively than the Bush administration, why we shouldn't set a timetable for withdrawal. Dennis Kucinich (the short autobot) briefly protests. This must have been what convinced Barack Obama. Original post blogged on b2evolution.

I just signed a petition opposing the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" and similar efforts to silence conservative leaders like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Please join me in this important effort by going here: Media Research Center is leading the effort to expose and defeat these efforts. The Broadcaster Freedom Act (H.R. 2905) -- a bill in Congress that would ban permanently the so-called "Fa

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This practice advisory examines how DHS invokes the fugitive disentitlement doctrine to deny FOIA requests and how courts apply the doctrine to dismiss petitions for review. The advisory provides arguments to challenge the doctrine in both contexts. Please click here

Federal Court Says First-Sale Doctrine Covers Software, TooSlashdot - 1 hour agoBecause that is exactly what World of Warcraft (and all MMO's, for that matter) does. by FooAtWFU (699187) The difference is that World of Warcraft has … Written by Google Inc. and Powered by WordPress

Here’s my biggest problem with Matt Bai’s longwinded window on the mad cow mind of presidential wannabe John W. McCain: it’s complete and utter hogwash. Desperately seeking an angle by which to sell editors and America alike on yet another feature article on the faux-maverick of the moment, Bai rolls out this theory at the beginning of his Sunday New York Times Magazine cover story: There is

IT IS ONE of the most well-known scenes in cinematic history. Don Vito Corleone, head of the most powerful of New York’s organized-crime families, walks alone across the street from his office to buy... Continue reading at The Chicago Syndicate

I asked John McCain about the return of the Fairness Doctrine today: HH: Would you veto the Fairness Doctrine if it's attached to any legislation, even legislation that you wanted, if presented to you as president?...

The California Supreme Court has given additional protections to manufacturers faced with products liability suits. Following the lead of other state and federal courts, California courts will now apply the “sophisticated user” doctrine. Under this doctrine, a manufacturer cannot be...

Benedict Visits America to Replace Pediphile Church Leaders | Rope a Pope Game Jesus said allow [ not torture ] the children to come to me and forbid them not for such is the kingdom. Anyone who hurts a child in the way the Catholic leaders have done in the past let him/her be cast into outer darkness. And may ALL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND that it is not societies fault that priest molested children

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In my opinion, the most important point in the second tape in two days by Osama Bin Laden is his reiteration of long-held Al Qaeda doctrine that victory in Iraq is critical to the long-term success of the jihad throughout the Middle East, ending in victory over and the destruction of the State of Israel. Bin Laden issues a renewed call for jihadists to win in Iraq in order to support the Palestinian cause: "The nearest Jihad (holy war) battlefield to support our people in Palestine is the battlefield...(read more)

Source: naomiklein.org “When I finished The Shock Doctrine, I sent it to Alfonso Cuarón because I adore his films and felt that the future he created for Children of Men was very close to the present I was seeing in disaster zones. I was hoping he would send me a quote for the book jacket [...]

Some conservatives are beginning to warn of the assault on the Constitution that can be expected if the Democrats consolidate power with the next election.They are all too right, but few of those that matter will care, since conservative credibility has been blown to smithereens by the reign of George Bush—what with the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretapping, the War Commissions Act, suspension of habeas corpus, secret prisons and such. As much as I would like to permanently let the hot air out of the Oxycontin Dough Boy and never again have to hear the shrill noise of Ann Coulter, shutting them down, in any manner other than the acquirement of a brain by the public, would be exponentially worse. But, according to a number of conservatives, that is precisely what the liberal plan is. One o

Shock Talk by Sandy Haksi (from ) NAOMI KLEIN’S NEW BOOK AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER As Cool World’zens know, we’ve spent the last few months working on a campaign for The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by celebrated author and journalist Naomi Klein. Drawing on historical examples going back thirty years, the book attacks the idea that [...]

Neocons profit from disasters - unnatural ones like the war in Iraq, and natural ones like the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina. They use governments and multinational corporations to take advantage of these people's shock and capitalize on their suffering and loss.The Shock Doctrine exposes the Bush administration and the generations of Neocons who've chosen profits over people in war and disaster. Watch these videos and see it all ....The Shock Doctrine Part 1The Shock Doctrine Part 2Disaster CapitalismThe Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster CapitalismThe Great Iraq Swindle

New Orleans protest gets rough - CNN.com  The City Council vote is a critical moment in a protracted fight between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and residents, activists and preservationists. HUD wants to demolish the buildings, most of them damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, so developers can take advantage of tax credits and [...]

It’s happening again. My mailbox is well overstuffed with internet marketers newsletters as it is, but that isn’t enough for them. I need to know something. I need to know that Rich Schefren has finally released his Attention Age Doctrine Part Two! Honestly? After reading part one, I was already sharpening my pitchfork. [...]

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Keith talks to Naomi Klein about her book The Shock Doctrine and how disaster capitalism has worked in Iraq, Katrina, and past military coups to push through extreme economic practices which privatize everything and gut social programs and government agencies against the will of the general populations of the countries in which the disasters occur [...]

I read with interest bit no surprise yesterday that Bush and Iraqi PM al-Maliki had signed a long term 'agreement' committing American forces in Iraq for years. The stated purpose was to protect the government in Baghdad from internal coup plots and foreign enemies. The corrupt Iraqi government, no matter how unpopular, will be protected by its puppet masters in Washington for years to come.Iraq's government, seeking protection against foreign threats and internal coups, will offer the U.S. a long-term troop presence in Iraq in return for U.S. security guarantees as part of a strategic partnership, two Iraqi officials said Monday.The proposal, described to The Associated Press by two senior Iraqi officials familiar with the issue, is one of the first indications that the United States and Iraq are beginning to explore what their relationship might look like once the U.S. significantly draws down its troop presence.In Washington, President Bush's adviser on the Iraqi war, Lt. Gen. D

Questa sera ho comprato l'ultimo libro di Naomi Klein: Shock Economy (titolo originale Shock Doctrine).La Klein mi piace perchè, dietro al sensazionalismo complottista di facciata (anche un pò markettaro) scrive la nuda realtà delle cose.Max(qui il sito della Klein)

The latest offering from Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, promises to be a good read. From Publishers Weekly:The neo-liberal economic policies—privatization, free trade, slashed social spending—that the Chicago School and the economist Milton Friedman have foisted on the world are catastrophic in two senses, argues this vigorous polemic. Because their results are disastrous—depressions, mass poverty, private corporations looting public wealth, by the author's accounting—their means must be cataclysmic, dependent on political upheavals and natural disasters as coercive pretexts for free-market reforms the public would normally reject. Journalist Klein (No Logo) chronicles decades of such disasters, including the Chicago School makeovers launched by South American coups; the corrupt sale of Russia's state economy to oligarchs following the collapse of the Soviet Union; the privatization of New Orleans's public schools after Katrina; and the se

More and more God has been showing me the importance of sound biblical doctrine; Christian teaching free from any mixture of error or worldly influence and interpretation. Titus 1:9He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.Within the church today there is a lack of teaching about the importance of sound doctrine. In fact, in many instances, doctrine has become a thing to try to avoid. I have heard many statements in the past few years that attest to this.Comments such as:I don't send my children to church to learn doctrine, I send them to learn the Bible.We don't need to get bogged down with boring stuff like doctrine, all we need is Jesus.Those who study and get caught up in doctrine are caught up in head knowledge rather than heart knowledge.It doesn't matter if we disagree on doctrine, we just need to get people saved.Without sound biblical doctrine we are at risk of

Those in keeper leagues need to decide when to go for it and when to build for next year. The Powell Doctrine can help you make that decision. In a keeper fantasy league, the annual question that teams face is whether to go for a championship in the current season or trade for the future. That dilemma is the thing that vaults dynasty leagues to the top of the heap and what makes them so far

I started reading The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein today and after tanking down 60 pages, basically, the introduction and the first chapter, and well Naomi Klein has scared the living crap out of me. The first chapter is about the correlation between shock treatment, MKUltra, McGill University, torture and the [...]

Este brutal mini documental fue direccionado por Alfonso Cuarón y Naomi Klein, el cual recoge con exquisita sensatez las políticas internas de ciertos países, en periodos de crisis, para el beneficio económico. Allí se plantea la estrategia del Shock social para la implementación disgredadora de prácticas económicas arbitrarias y manipulación de masas.The shock doctrine es un documental que DEBEN ver. Dura algo más de 6 minutos. No perderán su tiempo. Aquí está la versión subtitulada.

In the beginning, an empty space. A word breaks the silence, bespeaks a universe; the world dawns. More words; nondescript space acquires shape, becomes a place for forms emerging from the dust. The stage is set. Action!To be or not to be is not the question, nor our choice. We are "thrown into existence" . . . We simply find ourselves in a world. We are here, onstage, with many others. . . . We have mapped the galaxy, but we are still trying to get our bearings. We have mapped the human genome, but we are still trying to determine what we are. We need guidance as we seek to play our parts, prompting as we grope for our next lines.Thus begins, The Drama of Doctrine.In a recent interview, Vanhoozer defends his use of the drama metaphor in his theology:The driving force of Christian theology is the God of the gospel. The subject matter of theology is intrinsically dramatic: God in his missionary movements (viz., Son and Spirit). It's a matter of God saying and God doing the good for the

1 Timothy 4:16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. (NIV) Doctrine is a word that we don’t use very often these days. We tend to associate it with the word ‘dogmatic’ and so it has some negative connotations for a society full of free-spirited people. The New Testament Greek word for doctrine is

I found this video clip on Alternet earlier and I was well...shocked. I knew that the republicans were using September 11th to push all kinds of radical and obscene legislation through congress but I hadn't really thought about it being used as frequently as it has. Apparently, the video is a sort of introduction to a new book called "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" by Naomi Klein. It looks like she did a lot of really great research and connected a lot of dots. Its on my gotta have book list and I'll get paid right before the September 18th when it gets released. Well, let me shut up and you watch the video for yourselves, we'll talk after you're done. In a short synopsis she has on her web page about the book, she says that she tracked this trend back

In THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, Naomi Klein explodes the myth that the global free market triumphed democratically. Exposing the thinking, the money trail and the puppet strings behind the world-changing crises and wars of the last four decades, The Shock Doctrine is the gripping story of how America’s “free market” policies have come to dominate the world-- through the exploitation of disaster-shocked people and countries.At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq’s civil war, a new law is unveiled that would allow Shell and BP to claim the country’s vast oil reserves…. Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly out-sources the running of the “War on Terror” to Halliburton and Blackwater…. After a tsunami wipes out the coasts of Southeast Asia, the pristine beaches are auctioned off to tourist resorts.... New Orleans’s residents, scattered from Hurricane Katrina, discover that their public housing, hospitals and schools will never be reopened….These ev

Durbin said the government has the right to regulate talk radio, because the airwaves belong to the American people.   Does that statement make any sense to you? The airways belong to the people, so we must regulate it? If the airways belong to the people, shouldn’t the government stay away? I think so, but I am not smart enough to make my own decisions, so the government will tell me what to listen to.   The free market has determined that talk radio should be dominated by conservative talk. Conservative talk is what makes money, so conservative talk is what many stations offer. There is NPR and Air America trying to promote liberal talk, but liberal talk has not been successful so now the Democrats want to force it on the American people. The liberals already own all the other outlets of the media, but it is noy good enough for them, they need to conquer talk radio also. They want to eliminate opposing views instead of debating them. He (Durbin) challenged Coleman’s fai

In an act of pure arrogance and stupidity, Senate Democrats on Friday blocked an amendment that would have prevented the return of the Fairness Doctrine, a federal rule that gives the government, not only the ability to license and regulate the public airways, but allows government control of political content as well. South Dakota Sen. John Thune, Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman and other Republicans have been attempting to mirror the actions of Mike Pence (R-IN). Pence effectively thwarted the reimplementation of the Fairness Doctrine in the House of Representatives. We should all be proud to have politicians working for the American people as diligently at him. Sadly, however, when Coleman (R-Minn.), tried to bring up his amendment Friday to a defense authorization bill, Democrat Senator Carl Levin objected. More frightening, Senator Levin is not the only communist who supports the Fairness Doctrine. For example, Senator John Kerry, Senator Dick Durbin, and Dianne Feinstein supp

Friday, July 06, 2007 In a recent fly-around tour across Missouri, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox joined Governor Matt Blunt (R) at bill signing ceremonies for two of NRA-ILA's top legislative priorities. SB 62, Missouri's "Castle Doctrine" bill, removes the "duty to retreat" for victims of criminal attack; while SB 225, the "Hunting Heritage Protection Areas Act," preserves important wildlife habitat and hunting opportunities for future Missouri generations. "Missouri now joins a group of 18 other 'Castle Doctrine' states, guaranteeing victims' right to protect themselves against a criminal attack," said Cox. "When you're confronted by a criminal, you don't have the luxury of time. This bill states that if victims choose to stand their ground and fight, their decision will not be second-guessed by the State of Missouri. The ability to protect yourself, your children, or your spouse from harm is critical, whether you're in yo

We've heard a lot of rumbling this week about bringing back the Fairness Doctrine and I'd like to take some time to dicuss it.First of all, the original intent of these rulings was to ensure that both sides of any controversial issue be represented in the media...in 1949.  When the policy went into place, we didn't exactly have the massive amount of media coverage that we have today.This week, members of Congress began rumbling about the need for a reinstating of the Doctrine.  What sense does this make?  The reasoning in my eyes is simple, but on quite a few different levels.  We'll run these down one step at a time.The past week, the whole country has been in an uprise over the proposed Amnesty Bill that was on the Senate floor.  Now of course, conservative talk radio was up in arms over the whole.  And frankly, the whole think stunk to high heaven, but it's over and done with so we'll leave that one be.  At any rate, every major conservative host was urging pe

In an effort to combat reimplementation of the archaic “Fairness Doctrine,” Congressman Mike Pence, together with Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and RSC Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) introduced an amendment to the Financial Services Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2829) yesterday. Thankfully the Amendment passed 309-115. The next question is, “Who are the 115 Stalinists?” Here is what Mike Pence’s Amendment will do: It will prohibit funds in the Bill from being used by the Federal Communications Commission to impose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters. This is no small feat. It is a monumental victory for free speech and Pence should be commended for protecting the 1st Amendment. Moreover, the fear of the “Fairness Doctrine” is certainly warranted. It is one of the most dangerous laws ever conceived over the last hundred years. It gives the government, not only the ability to license and regulate the public airways, but it would allow government control of politica

Many states have created a standardized document for forming a legal entity. These standardized forms were created partly to prevent lawyers from drafting and submitting extremely long incorporation documents and partly as a way to create ease of use for the general public. Most standardized forms contain a section for the name of the entity, the name of the resident agent, the name of the officers and/or directors, and a section for the corporate purpose. We are going to take a closer look at the “purpose” section of an entity formation document. Today, lawyers generally use broad language such as, “any lawful purpose” in the purpose section of these documents. However, such was not the case many years ago. Incorporation documents used to be drafted with a very specific corporate purpose. As such, the doctrine of ultra vires was created by the courts. The doctrine of ultra vires was the cause of much litigation and judicial interpretation. The dictionary definition of

I am considering this post as a follow up post to this post. While that post was a commentary on political correctness being an attack on free speech this one is not. This post is about another attack on free speech. Does anyone else find it frightening to think that Democrats are trying to shut down conservative talk radio? (more…)

"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." Harrison Bergeron – Kurt Vonnegut Jr, 1961 Any news or daily information of worth loses the interest of the media by day two, hence the need to reach for documents from ancient history which reveal from the archive of The Heritage Foundation, October 29, 1993, “Why the Fairness Doctrine is Anything But Fair.” FAIR on the other hand Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting has an article, er opinion piece “The Fairness Doctrine, How we lost it and why we need it back,” from early 2005 arguing the opposite of The Heritage Foundation. In an official and very legal opening FAIR quotes from the 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision: “A license permits broadcasting, but the licensee has no constitutional right to be the one who holds the license or to monopolize a...frequency to the exclusion of his fellow citizens. There is nothing in the First Amendment which prevents the Government from re

Libs Want Regulation On The Only MediumThey Don't ControlFor years now, conservative talk radio has been beating liberal talk like a drum. The left has tried with Mario Cuomo and others such as the scandalous and quite boring Air America. Every single attempt has been an utter failure in spite of huge hype and mega bucks.In the meantime, Rush Limbaugh has flourished and Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Mark Levin have consistently high ratings. WABC radio in New York City is the most listened to station in the nation and runs a 100% conservative lineup. Note this is in a city that is deeply blue.There's a new push on by the Democrats to re-institute the Fairness Doctrine , a regulation that would require stations to air equal content from both left and right. For instance, say a radio station airs three hours of Laura Ingraham, under the Fairness Doctrine, they would be required to air three hours of some liberal drivel such as Randi Rhodes or Al Franken. The problem is simply that l

What will our leaders in Washington think of next? We all know they’re up there in Washington, alternating between adrenalin and Zen, zooming around to meetings and trying to think of good things to do for all U.S. citizens. One of those good things relates to an issue many politicians get a little squeamish over. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. And so did Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.). I read the transcript of the two senators’ remarks at the Fox News Web site. Lott had already said, earlier this week, “Talk radio is running America.” He followed that statement with, “We have to deal with that problem.” Wallace quizzed Lott about those statements. Lott dodged the quiz. He explained he’d been on a radio program and tried to explain the proposed immigration bill. It’s a complicated bill. “A lot of moving parts.” And it’s hard to get that across on talk radio—“It’s not that they’re maliciously trying to, you

The Fairness Doctrine is receiving new life these days even from the likes of a Trent Lott who recently said that Talk Radio needs to be looked into. The Fairness Doctrine is a political doctrine with the usual emotional name that implies something in the realm of Talk Radio is not fair. Emotion does not belong in the debate but makes its way into it when one needs to fight logic. Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and others are railing against the “doctrine” as a tool to silence debate and the free marketplace, which it is when one stops to think about it and one does not have to stop and think about it long to come to that conclusion. Radio stations are in the business for money and it falls that if something doesn’t make money through ad revenue that something won’t remain on the air long. Yesterday Hannity made remarks about being called a “shill for the Republican party,” and pointed out that when he doesn’t agree or think something is bad for Conservatism he speak

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez doesn't like his country's media coverage on him, so he has put rules into affect that he feels are fair.Fred Thompson, the presidential non-candidate upon the fence, takes a moment to compare the business as usual actions of a tyrant with that of the Democrat party and its resurrection of the Fairness Doctrine.From National Review Online, Fred Thompson's "Radio Free Congress:""I had planned on talking a bit today about Venezuela. The president there doesn’t like the way his media is covering him, so he’s doing away with the free press. He’s established rules on what he thinks is fair, and he’s denying licenses to television and radio stations that don’t play by government rules.I can’t criticize him now, though. After all, how would it seem for me to complain about another country, when our own congressional leadership is trying to put the same sort of rules in place here? To do so, they’re pulling the Fairness Doctrine out of the dust

Knowing that they cannot compete on the merits of their ideas, Democrats love to try to silence the competition. Why is it that it is the Republicans that always get accused of censorship? Rush Limbaugh explains it this way: Bring it on! Pelosi and the Democrats are resurrecting The Fairness Doctrine to shut up Rush. The left saw their liberal radio network go down in flames, but they won't accept that they cannot compete in the marketplace of ideas. No, they're going to require local radio stations to "balance" Rush's commentary, knowing it will create hassles so thick that radio stations will drop the show. "It's a pure Stalinist tactic," Rush says. "Elected officials of government are attempting to deny private citizens access to the microphone." The focus of Democrats is to make war on Rush, not Al-Qaeda. It's not just Rush, though, it's a host of conservative radio hosts. Of course, Rush is the biggest name, but there are others. Since there ar

Rex “Duff” Dixon of Technically Speaking really liked the policy I wrote for O’Flaherty today which covers disclosure, privacy and commenting. Rex actually dubbed it the “O’Flaherty Doctrine”. You can see the full policy here, or follow the “Site Policies” link in the sidebar. Anyway, as I said Rex liked it and is going to use it on his own site. In fact he went as far as to say that other blogger’s should use it as well. Technically Speaking, I think all bloggers should adopt this doctrine or code of ethics or policy. No twinkie sheriff’s badge required! Now, I don’t think my policies will work for all bloggers! I think the particular set I’ve policies I’ve written fit what I’m doing with this site, and may not fit other sites. I do think that they are a good jumping off point for putting your own sites policy together. So to make Rex happy, I’ve put together a little Zip file which contains a cop

In the coming revival, we are not only going to see signs and wonders but I believe we will also see a revival of doctrine. All kinds false christian teaching is presently floating around out there. I believe Jesus is abruptly bringing it all to an end. Just in case you thought Jesus isn't concerned with this you may want to consider some of the discussions he had with the Pharisees when he said " you whitewashed tombstones" or " you brood of vipers" when they tried to promote their own religion and put words in God's mouth.Ever wonder why we have all these different denominations that have different beliefs about the scripture. It's because we have drifted away from the teacher. THE HOLY SPIRIT! The Holy Spirit always backs up Jesus and everything he did. There aren't 52 different ways to interpret any given scripture there is only one. God's interpretation. After all there is one God, one baptism, one saviour and one divine truth.The Holy Spirit is not confused about what the

George W. Bush's bright idea of staging preemptive wars may see it's endSenator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) has introduced a bill that would bar the President from taking military action against Iran without Congressional approval. Basically the bill explains that the President can only stage a war against Iran (or any other country) with a declaration of war from Congress...kinda like what it says in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution. It's a complete repudiation of the Bush Doctrine, which advocates preemptive wars (or as I call it, Wars of Paranoia)No more "police action" crap. The President has the power to regulate a war as Commander-in-Chief, but only after Congress gives him the authority to do it, only after Congress does their Constitutionally mandated function of declaring war.The chances of this passing are good, but the chances of it becoming law are not. The Republicans will argue it gives Iran reason to agitate the United States, knowing the Pr

I've heard it proposed and my policy is to take every argument seriously, but how does one defend this? Here's what I've come up with so far: 1. People who listen to AM radio but have never attended college, read a newspaper, or watched television might get the impression that everybody's conservative. 2. ummm....I don't know. I'm all tapped out. Can anybody help? http://www.gameaccount.com/img/mail/GAinsider25062004/fairness-guaranteed.gif

The Fairness Doctrine is not fair at all. It is only a way to get Liberal ideas on the airwaves, because they ca not hack it themselves. This in no way will be fair for anybody. It will only stiffle...

[Cross-posted at The Right’s Field] Arizona Senator John McCain is going balls to the wall on Iraq. In a speech to, of all places, neocon central, the American Enterprise Institute, Senator McCain called for a “substantial and sustained” escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq. Joined by Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, McCain “called for a minimum of six additional Army brigades — roughly 25,000 soldiers — to be sent to Iraq, especially translators, Special Forces and civil affairs officers,” reported MSNBC’s Tom Curry. McCain said, "The worst of all worlds would be a small, short surge of US forces. We've tried small surges in the past and they've been ineffective" CBS recently reported that the U.S. military says only 9,000 forces are available for a surge, with 10,000 more “on alert in Kuwait and the U.S.” The “McCain Doctrine,” as former Democratic Senator John Edwards recently labeled it, is

(debate on "our way out of Iraq")No sane decision can be made before setting the house in order (the house beyond the House, that is - congrats for the Elections !). I suggest 3 steps :First, America must clearly formulate some apologies to the Iraqi people and the international community for forgetting its own values. America will be respected again when America will be respectful again.Second, quickly formulate the positions from all key players through a commission with a mandate to meet with all parties willing to talk (including Iranians). Iraqis should be open to new faces and ending the black / white talk should help hitting common ground / common sense. From America's point of view, that could also be a way of putting a friendly pressure : the US won't be the black sheep anymore, the scapegoat responsible for all trouble.Once America repositions itself as a neutral force instead of an invasion / occupation force, the next steps will appear much easier.But the US cannot leave

THERE IS, I BELIEVE, A BASIC INGREDIENT which is largely lacking in Christianity today, and the lack of it is the source of most of our problems... It is my absolute conviction that most of us miss this most obvious and most repeated message, even while laying great emphasis on "sound doctrine." Well, I would like to ask you, "What is sound doctrine?" We have long discussions on the Second Coming, on the Atoning Work of Christ, on the Church, the Holy Spirit, etc., etc. But what about love and humility and brokenness? These usually go into a separate category, but I want to tell you that if your doctrine does not include love and humility and brokenness, then your doctrine is not sound. There are thousands, even millions, of people who claim to be "orthodox Christians" because they cling to a certain set of beliefs in accord with the Bible. They are aware that they do not practice much humility, but they do not think that makes them any les

North Korea back to the 6 party talks ? Thank the very official US-NK meeting, a total renouncement to the Bush dogma : we don't talk to dictators (er... make that "this kind of dictators").Iran and Irak restoring diplomatic links ? Thank the US-backed Iraqi government for initiating a meeting the US wouldn't want to be known as the actual initiator.$500M for Iraq from the World Bank ? Thank the same US-backed Iraqi government for asking a favor which had been denied to the country since 1973. Thank also Paul Wolfowitz for making a priority of what we expected from him (outsourcing the US deficit created by the Iraqi quagmire) instead of what he said he would do (fighting against poverty in Africa). The World is better when the US don't follow the Bush doctrine . And the World would definitely be even a better place if the US didn't follow it in the first place.

The Brights have organized an online petition with the following wording:We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to ban within government-funded schools the promotion or practice of any particular faith or religion.Faith-based or sect schools encourage and propagate divisions within our society.Schools should be places where our children are taught to think about the world around them and come to their own conclusions. In short, they should be taught, not only about the profusion of religions and faiths but also about how moral and socially responsible lives can be led without them; rather than, at a time before they have sufficiently developed critical faculties, being indoctrinated.I would urge you to sign this petition (only available to UK citizens). There is nothing wrong with the presentation of religious information, and teaching about the cultural significance of religions. However, having one particular stance presented as irrefutable, established fact in the sort of au

from my understanding the evangelical doctrine of sin is:all sin leads to deathit is our nature to sinwe will continue to sin no matter whatwe can not stop our sin nature.so, no matter what we sin - and we keep sinning according to the evangelical doctrine - but, what do we do with things like this:1 john 5:16-17 "If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death."1 john 1:6-7 "If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we're obviously lying through our teethÂ?we're not living what we claim. But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God's Son, purges all our sin."1 joh

Great stuff from Maggi: our doctrine is love. If you feel that doctrine compells you to violate Jesus' new commandment, then you need to wonder if your doctrine is in error. Love - especially for sisters and brothers in Christ - is as central a Christian doctrine as just about anything else you might name: the trinity, the incarnation, the atonement - heck, the existence of God, since God is love. If you think the most effective way to express love for your brother or sister is to spew venom in his or her direction, then brother, you have issues. If you admit that your venom-spewing betrays a lack of love for the person you're aiming at, then you've got doctrinal issues. Or so it seems to me.Thanks, Maggi!