Lowes knows. They made a business and moral decision.http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/27/205510/101
Thank you, Lowes.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Shop Lowes.
Lowes knows. They made a business and moral decision.http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/27/205510/101
Thank you, Lowes.
Caught! Rove's Arkansas US Attorney Pick Was Caging
This poor sap cried in front of cameras and made jokes about 'caged animals.' Silly chump:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072607A.shtml
G U I L T Y .
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/072607A.shtml
G U I L T Y .
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Borrow & Spend Like A Drunken Republican
I'm telling you, something's gonna pop. The Roaring 2000's have seen people overextend themselves on housing, run up huge credit debts and otherwise live beyond their means. This philosophy of "borrow & spend" is not limited to individuals and families. Our country as a whole has done the same thing. Where is all the money (trillions of dollars) for 2 wars coming from?
The Dow and it's related stocks are overvalued. That makes for nice reading when the 401K statement comes in the mail, but eventually imbalances correct themselves. A run on stocks over a weeks time results in this kind of correction:
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/07/26/724281.html
A decade-long run on credit spending by an entire nation results in a correction similar in type but much larger in size and scope. The Roaring 20's ended in the Great Depression of 1929. How will the Roaring 2000's end?
The Dow and it's related stocks are overvalued. That makes for nice reading when the 401K statement comes in the mail, but eventually imbalances correct themselves. A run on stocks over a weeks time results in this kind of correction:
http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/07/26/724281.html
A decade-long run on credit spending by an entire nation results in a correction similar in type but much larger in size and scope. The Roaring 20's ended in the Great Depression of 1929. How will the Roaring 2000's end?
Shop Lowes, Fly SWA Instead of Home Depot, JetBlue. Let 'Em Know.
Bill-O should not be rewarded with advertising dollars from Home Depot and JetBlue:
http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/oreilly-banned-me-for-exposing.html
Give 'em a piece of your mind.
http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/oreilly-banned-me-for-exposing.html
Give 'em a piece of your mind.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
"Moderate" Baptists To Gays: Don't Call Us, We'll Call You (or not)
While anti-gay sentiments in the Baptist Church are not necessarily newsworthy...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- The organization sponsoring an upcoming historic pan-Baptist gathering has told two gay-friendly Baptist groups they cannot participate in an official capacity.
The North American Baptist Fellowship, under whose auspices next year’s “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant” is being held, has informed the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America that they cannot join NABF. Therefore, they cannot be official participants in the event.
...Listen to this patronizing statement by the North American Baptist Fellowship:
“This is not a rejection of either organization or the people in those organization[s],” wrote Alan Stanford, general secretary of the NABF, in a July 18 e-mail alerting leaders of the two groups to NABF’s decision. “[I]t is a recognition that we can not hold together the large coalition of Baptists needed to create a new Baptist voice in North America and address the issue of sexual orientation at the same time. We ask for your forbearance and understanding.”
This statement clearly shows that the organizers of this "Celebration" think that gay-friendly Baptists would have nothing to contribute to the stated goals of the event, or would usurp the discussion with topics of their own. All the leaders of the event would have to do is limit discussions to the Fellowship's 'socially imperative' topics. If they mean what they suggest, that is gay-friendly Baptists would only talk about gay issues, then they admit their own incompetence in being unable to control the discussion. Or, they admit that the very presence of gays or gay supporters would offend the other participants.
When the first sentence of the explanation is a disclaimer (“This is not a rejection of either organization or the people in those organization[s],”), it gets me wondering if the writer is actually denying his own true motives. Such is the case many times when it comes to say, passing gas. "He who first smelt it, dealt it." Right? I suppose there is room for speculation there.
In any case, this policy is a real stinker. I'm really disappointed that Presidents Carter and Clinton are involved in this - Bill Clinton especially. He holds little to no allegiance to those who supported him. As for these North American Baptists, their seemingly worthy agenda comes with a particularly offensive odor: That is, you can't effectively address society's problems from a prejudiced standpoint.
Read the whole article here:
http://www.abpnews.com/2675.article
(Hat tip to BoxTurtleBulletin)
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- The organization sponsoring an upcoming historic pan-Baptist gathering has told two gay-friendly Baptist groups they cannot participate in an official capacity.
The North American Baptist Fellowship, under whose auspices next year’s “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant” is being held, has informed the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists and the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America that they cannot join NABF. Therefore, they cannot be official participants in the event.
...Listen to this patronizing statement by the North American Baptist Fellowship:
“This is not a rejection of either organization or the people in those organization[s],” wrote Alan Stanford, general secretary of the NABF, in a July 18 e-mail alerting leaders of the two groups to NABF’s decision. “[I]t is a recognition that we can not hold together the large coalition of Baptists needed to create a new Baptist voice in North America and address the issue of sexual orientation at the same time. We ask for your forbearance and understanding.”
This statement clearly shows that the organizers of this "Celebration" think that gay-friendly Baptists would have nothing to contribute to the stated goals of the event, or would usurp the discussion with topics of their own. All the leaders of the event would have to do is limit discussions to the Fellowship's 'socially imperative' topics. If they mean what they suggest, that is gay-friendly Baptists would only talk about gay issues, then they admit their own incompetence in being unable to control the discussion. Or, they admit that the very presence of gays or gay supporters would offend the other participants.
When the first sentence of the explanation is a disclaimer (“This is not a rejection of either organization or the people in those organization[s],”), it gets me wondering if the writer is actually denying his own true motives. Such is the case many times when it comes to say, passing gas. "He who first smelt it, dealt it." Right? I suppose there is room for speculation there.
In any case, this policy is a real stinker. I'm really disappointed that Presidents Carter and Clinton are involved in this - Bill Clinton especially. He holds little to no allegiance to those who supported him. As for these North American Baptists, their seemingly worthy agenda comes with a particularly offensive odor: That is, you can't effectively address society's problems from a prejudiced standpoint.
Read the whole article here:
http://www.abpnews.com/2675.article
(Hat tip to BoxTurtleBulletin)
Death Threats Against Hillary From Right Wingers
John Aravosis over at Americablog.com is keeping track of a developing story about death threats made against Hillary Clinton on Bill O'Reilly's website. Sadly, I'm not surprised:
http://www.americablog.com/search/label/Bill%20O%27Reilly
The party of "God Loves Guns" (R) has a serious problem. Its base is made up of people with very little respect for lawful protest and civilized discourse. Violence, naturally takes the place of reasoned debate, when reason is absent in the mind of the debater.
http://www.americablog.com/search/label/Bill%20O%27Reilly
The party of "God Loves Guns" (R) has a serious problem. Its base is made up of people with very little respect for lawful protest and civilized discourse. Violence, naturally takes the place of reasoned debate, when reason is absent in the mind of the debater.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Ex-Gay Or Ungrateful Toward God?
What an inteteresting context Rev. Maneker put the "ex-gay" movement into, in this article:
http://www.christianlgbtrights.org/2007/07/sexual-expression-as-sacrament.html
Can we, by extension of this line of thinking, assume that those who call themselves "ex-gay" or reject their homosexuality in favor of celibacy are ungrateful when it comes to God and his gift of sexuality? They will promptly say that God gives that gift only to married procreating hetero people, which is horse **** since no switch exists that flips on one's sexual equipment and abilities when the words "I do" are spoken.
Ex-gays are ingrates? Should we go there? I happen to think its between God and them. And after all, they would never go out of their way to make self-accepting gay people's lives more difficult, would they?
http://www.christianlgbtrights.org/2007/07/sexual-expression-as-sacrament.html
Can we, by extension of this line of thinking, assume that those who call themselves "ex-gay" or reject their homosexuality in favor of celibacy are ungrateful when it comes to God and his gift of sexuality? They will promptly say that God gives that gift only to married procreating hetero people, which is horse **** since no switch exists that flips on one's sexual equipment and abilities when the words "I do" are spoken.
Ex-gays are ingrates? Should we go there? I happen to think its between God and them. And after all, they would never go out of their way to make self-accepting gay people's lives more difficult, would they?
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