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I thought this was a good article from the BBC on the
Iraqi president story it's more or less a list of quotes from Iraqi and middle eastern papers...

Posted by Tex at April 7, 2005 05:44 AM

This is totally incorrect! Evolution is only a theory!

It's God's will that staphococcus become drug-resistant and rid the world of non-believers!

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Posted by pessimist at April 7, 2005 06:05 AM

So the GOP talking points on the Schiavo case came from a GOP Senators office. They admit it. When a member of the GOP Senate starts admitting wrongs, you know they are in flux. They read the Gallup like every other politician. They know Bush is dragging the party down, assisted by the likes of DeLay. GI deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq on the upswing won't help either. Wait until the Shia Prime Minister is installed, what words of wisdom will he have for the infidel invaders?

Posted by T2 at April 7, 2005 07:20 AM

Go back to sleep... Nothing will come of this. Just like all of the other unethical, unAmerican, and unConstitutional things coming from the Repub party in the five or so years.

This too shall pass and nothing, I repeat, nothing will be done. Until heads roll, this will blow over like my ol' man's gas.

Posted by anthony at April 7, 2005 07:24 AM

In related news, there seems to be a widespread truth-resistant staff infection among Republican politicians...

Posted by buck turgidson at April 7, 2005 07:30 AM

AmericaBlog has a great post about all the conservatives snipping about the "fake" GOP talking points memo. My favorite is Fred Barnes in the Washington Times:

The only evidence was of a dirty trick -- and there wasn't much evidence of that. Powerline, the influential blog, found a version of the memo with typos cleaned up on left-wing Web sites.

Bwa-ha-ha! So the theory is the dastardly Democrats put up a "clean" memo (without typos) on the web and then deliberately messed it up before passing it on the the Republican representatives so they would think it was the work of a GOoPer? LOL!

Posted by Mary at April 7, 2005 07:34 AM

Is anyone else getting that "questionable content" kickback, without having questionable content?

Posted by maybell at April 7, 2005 08:32 AM

This is what wouldn't post. Wierd. Now I am paranoid.

Does anyone know of a scholarly thesis on the link between Christian belief that the priest/minister/pope/reverend acts in their best interest, and their similar blind allegiance to the current authoritarian Father State (as opposed to the Democratic “Mommy State”)?

The hard-core Christians I know scratch their heads at what is going on, but then stop their bewilderment with the comment -

"But the Bush Administration must have our best interests in mind."

They are kinda like a kid being whipped by their Dad, but accepting it as all part of having a strong, loving parent.

Posted by maybell at April 7, 2005 08:58 AM

Medication is over prescribed. I think it's only getting worse. Remember, I'm a vegan. That's a vegetarian who doesn't eat any meat, chicken, fish or dairy. No animal products. (OK, I have cake and ice cream on my birthday. It's not a religion, just a lifestyle.)

When I switched to this lifestyle, in just 6 months, I lost about 50 pounds, cholesterol dropped over 100 points, blood pressure went from too high to normal, blood sugar dropped, etc. Oh geez, you should've seen the change in triglycerides. My doctor thought there was some mix-up in the blood tests!

Meanwhile, the medical complex is putting everyone on blood pressure medication, cholesterol medication, and who knows what else. I think they're trying to get everyone on prescriptions. Meanwhile, have you been paying attention to what's going on with big pharma warnings and recalls?

Screw 'em. Just say NO. Go vegan. (Low fat. High fiber.)