How the Republicans’ scorched-earth anti-Obama strategy has backfired By being ‘the party of no’ to Obama on jobs, stimulus, healthcare and all, the GOP has left Romney with no positive offer to voters Readmore at The Guardian.[...]
Archive for September, 2012
September 8th, 2012 - 4:05 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The reality of an eternal hell
Scripture Is Clear About Hell If you want a God who is good—truly good—and if you want a God who is just and holy, then you must have this God, this God who condemns people to suffer the eternal torments of hell. On what basis can I so strongly and confidently assert the necessity and […][...]
September 7th, 2012 - 3:39 am § in Misc.
VULTURE CAPITALISM
Barclays makes £500m betting on food crisis Tom Bawden: Outrage as bank revealed to be major speculator while millions face starvation.[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 11:34 pm § in Misc.
The War On Women
[F]emale independence is strongly correlated with a whole host of social ills. Using the utilitarian metric favored by most atheists, a few acid-burned faces is a small price to pay for lasting marriages, stable families, legitimate children, low levels of debt, strong currencies, affordable housing[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 9:20 pm § in America
Alternative Universes: Election 2012
I am sitting here wondering .. is there really an alternative universe? The one I live in and another for the Republicans? The entire RNC struck me as if some TV guys from the era of Reagan .. the actor not the President … tried to make a political commercial. About the only things missing[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 1:28 pm § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: Amazon Uber Apple!
Kindle Fire HD: Amazon Unveils New Tablet With High-Res Screen, Lowers Price And Boosts Performance Of Old Tablet … Huff Post The real star of the show, as has become usual for Amazon, was the prices of these new gadgets, revealed to audible gasps from the crowd in attendance according to Th[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 10:37 am § in America
Commentary by SMS: Two Americas
These two conventions seem to show alternative realities .. two very different Americas.[...]
September 6th, 2012 - 9:23 am § in Misc.
Keeping immigrants out
US should return stolen land to Indian tribes, says United Nations UN’s correspondent on indigenous peoples urges government to act to combat ‘racial discrimination’ felt by Native Americans[...]
September 5th, 2012 - 10:00 am § in Misc.
ELECTION 2012: What the bumps mean
A look back at the 2008 convention bumps by kos Before the Democratic convention, Aug. 25-28, 2008: After the Democratic convention, on Sept. 2: That was a 4.7-point bounce, decent but not spectacular. Then came the Republican National Convention, from Sept. 1-4: That was a pretty good bump, a 9.3-[...]
Commentary by Halstead: The Speeches
The two recent conventions prompt me to think about speeches: Lincoln’s of course. And Bryan’s ‘Cross of Gold’: one of the very few which actually swayed a hostile crowd to a prompt consensus. Soon regretted. The theory of parliaments has it that a group of people with open[...]