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Re:Soviet phone listening to you?
You should pay more attention, Jonh Conyers, John Lewis and Barbara Boxer are 3 senators speaking about it as well as Norman Ornstein, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, former Nixon White House counsel John Dean and last but not least, Pat Buchanan. There are many others, but these alone speak volumes. This has been on CNN, MSNBC and Salon at the very least not to mention every centrist and left blog on the internet.
Once the 2006 elections come, and the Dems regain the majority - and they will - say good bye to the Bush criminals. This coming year, with the Abramoff scandal likely to spread throughout congress as well as Frists and De Lays issues, the repugnants will lose all credibility and we'll finally have some honesty. Man, I would not want to be a republican for the next 2 years, after November things will be really ugly. I want to see someone do time.
Oh and to the righties who say liberals don't have "any ideas" or suggestions, you truly don't get it. There is but one standard and one thing to keep in mind; The golden Rule: Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you (there are many versions). It is so easy to understand, but that is the difference between conservatives and liberals: empathy, you do not need long drawn out explanations to realize what the correct thing to do is. -
The Wacom Cult
whats the difference between this and a wacom tablet
Well, this probably isn't owned by a crazy, quasi-religious cult leader* for starters.
*Specifically, Sun Myung Moon. -
Wacom is a Moonie Front Company
Old news for a lot of people but just FYI: Wacom is part of the Church of Reunification aka the Moonies. You can read up about them and even the MoonMan himself gloats about it. The problem appears that they own the technology for batteryless/wireless digitizing tablets so other than calcomp there is no alternative. Too bad.
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Re:WWJTWithout commenting on the overall torture problem, I feel impelled to point out that there are multiple logical fallacies in the parent post. The parent stated:
[1] God allowed Jesus to be tortured.
[2] God = Jesus.
[3] Therefore, Jesus allowed Jesus to be tortured.
[4] Golden rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
[5] Jesus says: Do unto others as I (God) would do unto (others) Jesus.
[6] Therefore, Torture others, coz Jesus says it's okay.
One formulation of the so-called golden rule [4] is found in Matthew 7:12 "So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets." The parent's formulation of the rule, while popular, is not the scriptural statement the parent should be using when attributing an argument to Jesus or to a person who believes in Jesus.
In [5], the parent substitutes you = "I (God)" and you = "(others) Jesus". However, the parent's premise [2] precludes any notion of Jesus being an "other" to God. Further, the parent also deletes with no basis the words "have them", causing [5] to have a meaning much different from [4]. The parent's statement [5] is thus unsupported.
The parent's [6] is likewise a hopeless muddle that cannot be reached from [5]. The parent attempts to replace what "God would do" in [5] with "torture" in [6]. However, the parent has not shown that God would torture. In [1] and [3], the parent stated only that God and Jesus allowed Himself to be tortured. In fact, the so-called Golden Rule does not speak to what you should do to yourself. It addresses only what you should do to others. What God/Jesus may have done to himself or allowed to be done to himself provides no justification for the torture of any other person.
Frankly, I am disappointed by the parent. With a little logic and a little scripture, it is quite easy to wrap any religious absolutist in his own arguments. There is no excuse for doing such a poor job of it as the parent has done. The parent could have done better simply by stating that under the so-called Golden Rule, anyone who commits torture must accept that he, himself, should also be tortured. Better yet, he could have begun with Matthew 7:16-18:
You will know them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? So, every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. A sound tree cannot bear evil fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
Torture is without question an evil fruit. Any further conclusion is left as an exercise for the reader... -
Re:Sigh...another reference to terrorism
On the one hand, my first thought also was 'yikes, terrorists'. But then I noticed the source: The Washington Times, created by Sun Myung Moon expressly to advocate for his wildly right-wing point of view. A big Bush supporter. And who benefits most from new terror scares?
Has anybody verified this with, like, the FAA or Delta airlines? -
Re:Washington TimesWashington Times stories routinely cite reports generated by political action committees as the basis for its stories. Those reports are written because special interest groups paid their authors to produce reports that appear to support their the special interest groups' positions. That is the first reason The Washington Times is not a real newspaper. In this respect, it is more of a glorified business journal.
Second, real newspapers do not exist for the purpose of promoting their owners' beliefs. Real newspapers have a strict separation between the editors and the publishers.
Sun Moon himself says he created The Washington Times so he could influence the world:
"Do you know that I was creating the Washington Times during the court case?
The court case he refers to is regarding charges of tax evasion. He was convicted and spent over a year in prison.He also claims he used The Washington Times to bring Reagan and Bush to power to defeat Communism:
The Unification Church, centering on Reverend Moon, came to America to connect that victorious foundation with the American government, the presidential level.
Moon claims he used The Washington Times to influence Congress (yawn):Father [Moon] was in prison, but at that time said Nicaragua must not be abandoned, the Freedom Fighters must be supported. US Congress abandoned the project, they didn't want to give any money to the Freedom Fighters. So the Washington Times made a special editorial on the front page. You never see front page editorials, but it was published. Many people sent money and letters to Congress and the Senate. The leaders were shaken and knew they had to pass the resolution for support that had already been sent to the trash can. They decided that instead of fourteen million dollars, they would send twenty seven million. That is the money that Father earned for the Freedom Fighters of Nicaragua.
Bo Hi Pak, publisher of the WashTimes, claims Moon used The Washington Times to promote Star Wars (SDI -- double yawn):Through The Washington Times and other organizations he founded, Rev. Moon staunchly supported President Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," to protect the United States from Soviet nuclear missiles through space-based defense.
I'm getting tired of looking up instances in which the owner or publisher of The Washington Times states that Rev. Moon used the publication to extend his influence over the world, so I'm going to go take a nap now. If you still want to believe the WashTimes is a real newspaper, well, it's your loss. -
Re:Washington TimesWashington Times stories routinely cite reports generated by political action committees as the basis for its stories. Those reports are written because special interest groups paid their authors to produce reports that appear to support their the special interest groups' positions. That is the first reason The Washington Times is not a real newspaper. In this respect, it is more of a glorified business journal.
Second, real newspapers do not exist for the purpose of promoting their owners' beliefs. Real newspapers have a strict separation between the editors and the publishers.
Sun Moon himself says he created The Washington Times so he could influence the world:
"Do you know that I was creating the Washington Times during the court case?
The court case he refers to is regarding charges of tax evasion. He was convicted and spent over a year in prison.He also claims he used The Washington Times to bring Reagan and Bush to power to defeat Communism:
The Unification Church, centering on Reverend Moon, came to America to connect that victorious foundation with the American government, the presidential level.
Moon claims he used The Washington Times to influence Congress (yawn):Father [Moon] was in prison, but at that time said Nicaragua must not be abandoned, the Freedom Fighters must be supported. US Congress abandoned the project, they didn't want to give any money to the Freedom Fighters. So the Washington Times made a special editorial on the front page. You never see front page editorials, but it was published. Many people sent money and letters to Congress and the Senate. The leaders were shaken and knew they had to pass the resolution for support that had already been sent to the trash can. They decided that instead of fourteen million dollars, they would send twenty seven million. That is the money that Father earned for the Freedom Fighters of Nicaragua.
Bo Hi Pak, publisher of the WashTimes, claims Moon used The Washington Times to promote Star Wars (SDI -- double yawn):Through The Washington Times and other organizations he founded, Rev. Moon staunchly supported President Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," to protect the United States from Soviet nuclear missiles through space-based defense.
I'm getting tired of looking up instances in which the owner or publisher of The Washington Times states that Rev. Moon used the publication to extend his influence over the world, so I'm going to go take a nap now. If you still want to believe the WashTimes is a real newspaper, well, it's your loss. -
Re:Washington TimesWashington Times stories routinely cite reports generated by political action committees as the basis for its stories. Those reports are written because special interest groups paid their authors to produce reports that appear to support their the special interest groups' positions. That is the first reason The Washington Times is not a real newspaper. In this respect, it is more of a glorified business journal.
Second, real newspapers do not exist for the purpose of promoting their owners' beliefs. Real newspapers have a strict separation between the editors and the publishers.
Sun Moon himself says he created The Washington Times so he could influence the world:
"Do you know that I was creating the Washington Times during the court case?
The court case he refers to is regarding charges of tax evasion. He was convicted and spent over a year in prison.He also claims he used The Washington Times to bring Reagan and Bush to power to defeat Communism:
The Unification Church, centering on Reverend Moon, came to America to connect that victorious foundation with the American government, the presidential level.
Moon claims he used The Washington Times to influence Congress (yawn):Father [Moon] was in prison, but at that time said Nicaragua must not be abandoned, the Freedom Fighters must be supported. US Congress abandoned the project, they didn't want to give any money to the Freedom Fighters. So the Washington Times made a special editorial on the front page. You never see front page editorials, but it was published. Many people sent money and letters to Congress and the Senate. The leaders were shaken and knew they had to pass the resolution for support that had already been sent to the trash can. They decided that instead of fourteen million dollars, they would send twenty seven million. That is the money that Father earned for the Freedom Fighters of Nicaragua.
Bo Hi Pak, publisher of the WashTimes, claims Moon used The Washington Times to promote Star Wars (SDI -- double yawn):Through The Washington Times and other organizations he founded, Rev. Moon staunchly supported President Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," to protect the United States from Soviet nuclear missiles through space-based defense.
I'm getting tired of looking up instances in which the owner or publisher of The Washington Times states that Rev. Moon used the publication to extend his influence over the world, so I'm going to go take a nap now. If you still want to believe the WashTimes is a real newspaper, well, it's your loss. -
Re:Washington TimesWashington Times stories routinely cite reports generated by political action committees as the basis for its stories. Those reports are written because special interest groups paid their authors to produce reports that appear to support their the special interest groups' positions. That is the first reason The Washington Times is not a real newspaper. In this respect, it is more of a glorified business journal.
Second, real newspapers do not exist for the purpose of promoting their owners' beliefs. Real newspapers have a strict separation between the editors and the publishers.
Sun Moon himself says he created The Washington Times so he could influence the world:
"Do you know that I was creating the Washington Times during the court case?
The court case he refers to is regarding charges of tax evasion. He was convicted and spent over a year in prison.He also claims he used The Washington Times to bring Reagan and Bush to power to defeat Communism:
The Unification Church, centering on Reverend Moon, came to America to connect that victorious foundation with the American government, the presidential level.
Moon claims he used The Washington Times to influence Congress (yawn):Father [Moon] was in prison, but at that time said Nicaragua must not be abandoned, the Freedom Fighters must be supported. US Congress abandoned the project, they didn't want to give any money to the Freedom Fighters. So the Washington Times made a special editorial on the front page. You never see front page editorials, but it was published. Many people sent money and letters to Congress and the Senate. The leaders were shaken and knew they had to pass the resolution for support that had already been sent to the trash can. They decided that instead of fourteen million dollars, they would send twenty seven million. That is the money that Father earned for the Freedom Fighters of Nicaragua.
Bo Hi Pak, publisher of the WashTimes, claims Moon used The Washington Times to promote Star Wars (SDI -- double yawn):Through The Washington Times and other organizations he founded, Rev. Moon staunchly supported President Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, also known as "Star Wars," to protect the United States from Soviet nuclear missiles through space-based defense.
I'm getting tired of looking up instances in which the owner or publisher of The Washington Times states that Rev. Moon used the publication to extend his influence over the world, so I'm going to go take a nap now. If you still want to believe the WashTimes is a real newspaper, well, it's your loss.