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Archive for May, 2010

29 May, 2010

Mosque Near Ground Zero

Posted by: arabellasays In: Media Frenzy| Social Issues

Do we really want a moderate Islam? Islam is not going to go away. We obsess over the radical Muslims who, clearly, are the enemies of America. But we do little to encourage and engage Muslims who want to be a functional part of America.
There is a huge uproar over the proposed development of a [...]

John Dickerson over at Slate wants to know what Obama promised to Joe Sestak if he would drop out of the Senate race.  Sestak claims that an administration official offered him a job if he would drop out.  I don’t know what some unnamed administration official said to Joe Sestak.  John Dickerson doesn’t know, and [...]

25 May, 2010

DirecTV Cinema misses the point

Posted by: zaphod In: Just Plain Annoying| Stuff

“Valentine’s Day” and “Invictus” are available nowon DirecTV!  If you want to rent them from Netflix or Redbox you’ll have to wait – 28 days!  Man, is DirecTV great or what!?
Or what.  We could question whether we need earlier video releases for these and other films.  After all, if you weren’t willing to pay $10 [...]

13 May, 2010

Contraceptives next on pro-life agenda?

Posted by: arabellasays In: Around Florida| Social Issues

Let’s cut to the chase. So-called pro-life groups are not limiting their goals to the banning of late term abortions, or even all abortions. They are employing strategies that would ultimately eliminate most reliable forms of birth control and dictate everyone’s reproductive life.
Anti-choice groups abide by the mantra that “life begins at conception” and have [...]

I’ve got a problem with red light cameras. They’re yet another instance of giving us a false sense of security while not solving the problem. The pending red light camera bill is purely a money grab by municipalities that have been unable to balance their budgets and are afraid to raise taxes openly.  It’s not [...]


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