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Friday, April 18, 2003

Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word. ITS NOT FUCKING INAPPROPRIATE. its fuckin words. its like the word NIGGER. who fucking cares.. its A WORD. people need to learn to worry about other things. shit like this gets me all worked up. [allconsuming.net] I bet that whoever wrote the above is not black... 10:57:57 PM  Permalink  comment []

Clutching for Answers in Baghdad. BAGHDAD -- The streets of Baghdad are prickly with pointed questions, as residents pick at my sleeve and beg me for answers I cannot give. "Why is there no water?" "The river is too high and will soon flood. When will the Americans do something?" "We need electricity and security, where is it?" "Where are the prisoners?" asked a man who gave his name as Muhammed. "It's a simple question. What is the answer?" [Back In Iraq 2.0] Can you say quagmire? 9:09:27 AM  Permalink  comment []

Southern Baptists. An Insider's Look at the Southern Baptist wing of the Republican party. How religion and politics became so entwined and how fundamentalists took control of a major American denomination. The Southern Baptist fundamentalists conquered their denomination; they have every reason to hope the Bush administration will make over the world in their image. ... The separation of church and state, long central to Baptists, is of little interest to the fundamentalists: In 1998, Richard Land, at a strategy meeting with Republicans and members of the religious right, told the Republicans, "No more engagement. We want a wedding ring, we want a ceremony, we want a consummation of the marriage." [MetaFilter] 8:48:43 AM  Permalink  comment []

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