Thursday, June 03, 2004

Top 25 Censored News Stories Project Censored [posted by Troy] Sonoma State University tracks the most censored news stories from year to year. Check out the 2002-2003 list. 8:11:19 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It! GOP outsources fund-raising to India So very Republican [posted by ZelderBar] Check out this story about the Republicans sending fund-raising jobs to India. I was recently speaking to a friend of mine who is overly educated in things like the economy. This friend asked me if people in other countries would work for free, wouldn't this be good? Then we could do other things. He also agreed that we have to enforce human rights and environmental laws. I agree to some extent. The problem is figuring out what jobs are left. In the long run, things may workout. But people live in the short run... 8:05:56 PM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It! Kurt Vonnegut, Jesus, and Arabs...What more could you want? Vonnegut Rocks[posted by Troy] Checkout this piece by Kurt Vonneget. Here is a section from it: "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God..." And so on. Not exactly planks in a Republican platform. Not exactly Donald Rumsfeld or Dick Cheney stuff. For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere. “Blessed are the merciful” in a courtroom? “Blessed are the peacemakers” in the Pentagon? Give me a break! ...We’re spreading democracy, are we? Same way European explorers brought Christianity to the Indians, what we now call “Native Americans.” How ungrateful they were! How ungrateful are the people of Baghdad today." From Kurt Vonnegut. "Cold Turkey." In These Times. 12:05:52 AM  permanent link  Reader Comments []  Google It!

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