Comments on: ThinkFast: October 29, 2007

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:28:07 +0000

when he was in France this weekend, former Secretary of Defense, and bespectacled herald of doom and destruction, Donald Rumsfeld, had to make a break for it when a coalition of the way-more-than willing human rights groups filed a complaint with the French courts over his authorization of torture at Gitmo and elsewhere. Just the thought that, even for a moment or two, after his attendance at a breakfast in Paris, Rumsfeld feared he might be jailed and told to answer for his crimes. The notion that Rumsfeld was sweating, wondering if at any moment French officials might actually have the balls to do it?

By: katy

katy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:54:43 +0000

“extremeists”. exactly.

g’day all… have more work on my new garden pond – that i dug myself -
to get the liner in and filled before the winder cold!
rock work will come in the spring…
later…
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By: Witch1

Witch1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:49:39 +0000

PLC, you and me. we could be known as the new rock and roll band…LOL..Great post’s….Thank’s…Blessings.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:45:41 +0000

Comment by missmolly â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:38 am
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Good point. Notice that “Hezballah”, the Islamic terrorist organization directly means “Army of God”. The American “Army of God” is a radical pro-life group known for bombing abortion clinics and assaulting/threatening and even burning the homes of doctors who provide abortions. Both are extremists, religious terrorists groups.

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:44:45 +0000

Good Morning Lady Z and all……Gas prices here last Friday $3.10 a gallon for unleaded…..Didn’t need any, already baught my alotted monthly amount the week before…..Wasen’t it around a buck a gallon when Clinton was in.?.Remember awhile back when I met a guy at the pump’s who had a nice new SUV…He was screaming swear word’s while pumping his beauty full of gas…..I had noticed his bush sticker’s all over his bumper.LOL…Smiled at him and said, maybe next time you shoulden’t vote oil men into office……Keep on smiling, they will wonder what your up to…….Blessings

By: missmolly

missmolly — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:38:20 +0000

The word is â€œfundamentalistâ€. No reason to make up new words, especially when theyâ€™re meaningless.

Comment by gummitch â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:18 am

I disagree. I don’t want to see the word “fundamentalist” become associated with evil, twisted ideologies. Unfortunately, that’s probably already a done deal — past the possibility of reversal.

Here are the Muslim “fundamentals” — practiced by every Muslim “fundamentalist”:

1) Believe that there is no other god but God. And that Muhammed is His messenger.
2) Pray five times daily.
3) Give to charity.
4) Fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
5) Make a pilgrimage to Mecca during your lifetime.

There is NOTHING in these most fundamental of fundamentals that says “blow up buildings and kill people.”

As to the tag we should assign to the twisted people who committed the atrocities on 9/11 or who advocate similar acts — let’s not call them “fundamentalists”, as that term already covers devout Muslims who would never dream of doing such things. We can call them “extremists”. Or “lunatics”. Or simply “terrorists”.

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:38:18 +0000

I think that qualifies as prickly heat. ;)

Comment by Zooey â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:37 am

I thought it was “urban heat”. :)

By: Zooey

Zooey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:37:03 +0000

Itâ€™s so hard NOT to get â€œon fireâ€, isnâ€™t it? Well, unless you are a neocon, one of the â€œarsonist politiciansâ€ who start the fires in the first place.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:35 am

I think that qualifies as prickly heat. ;)

Later all, UI beckons…

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:36:34 +0000

PLC and the Witch

Sounds like the name of a very strange rock band or a CS Lewis book.

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:35:14 +0000

Hi, Zooey

It’s so hard NOT to get “on fire”, isn’t it? Well, unless you are a neocon, one of the “arsonist politicians” who start the fires in the first place.

By: Exley

Exley — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:34:51 +0000

Zooey…Good one! I’ll give you that..

By: katy

katy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:33:58 +0000

PLC and the Witch! good team there!
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By: Zooey

Zooey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:33:39 +0000

But really, the whole discussion seems like semantics to me.
Comment by Exley â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:31 am

Oh the irony….

By: Exley

Exley — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:31:46 +0000

#104, Gummitch,

I don’t quibble with that. I have no vested interest in the term “Islamofascisim.” I am not sure I have ever even used the term here. I usually refer to Al Qaeda or the Taliban by name. More generally, I speak of “radical Islamic fundamentalists.” But really, the whole discussion seems like semantics to me.

By: katy

katy — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:30:59 +0000

A WELL THOUGHT OUT ARTICLE – AN EASY, MUST READ!

SCHIP and the Rigged Health Insurance Game
Eric Haas Fri Oct 26, 4:57 PM ET

The House on Thursday passed a modified version of the SCHIP bill, with a vote that was seven votes shy of a veto-proof majority. There were 142 members of Congress who voted against extending health care to more poor children. Behind their rhetoric, their intentions are clear: they want to protect the health insurance market and the huge profits that go with it.

But the huge profits are killing health care. We all know that now. Profit-maximizing insurance companies are bad economics. They make money by denying care, which is a terrible way to try to keep us healthy. (The Rockridge Institute’s white paper on health care security has details.)

And, profit-maximizing health insurance does more harm than that. It is also killing our sense of community.
[...]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20071026/cm_huffpost/070051
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By: Zooey

Zooey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:29:48 +0000

Heh. PLC is on fire this morning. ;)

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:25:31 +0000

Witch1,

95 + 107 = 108 (it’s “the” math)

By: Witch1

Witch1 — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:23:42 +0000

#95 should read..cult like group of crackpot’s like
george W.Bush and the republican’s who want to install totalitarian government’s based on twisted radically restrictive intrepretations of christian law…There I fixed it for ya.

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:23:18 +0000

The word is â€œfundamentalistâ€. No reason to make up new words, especially when theyâ€™re meaningless.

Comment by gummitch â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:18 am

Oh, but there is a reason and you suggest it. Using “fundamentalist” puts the American Christian Theocrats, the “Christian fundamentalists”, too close to the terrorist “Muslim fundamentalists”.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:23:13 +0000

Itâ€™s about $2.75 at some stations.
Comment by Bad Eye â€” October 29, 2007 @ 11:15 am

I’m jealous! Ours just went up to $3.10.

I’m glad I can ride the bus.