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Sunday, June 01, 2008

STARBUCKS AND AMERICAN CORPORATE CONFORMITY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY RICHARD ROGERS IN THE GUARDIAN Conformity, contrary to America's fantasies of itself, has been there sinc...

SOME ELECTION WORKINGS IN AMERICA

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL John Brown, Bush was "elected" with half a million votes less than Gore....
Friday, May 30, 2008

GLOBAL WARMING

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES I do believe enough good scientists have confirmed a warming trend, but t...

WHY IS MRS THATCHER STILL ADMIRED BY SO MANY?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE DAILY TELEGRAPH You don't have to think Thatcher was a wonderful prime minister to have some admirati...

THE PROPOSAL TO TEAR DOWN PART OF TORONTO'S ELEVATED GARDINER EXPRESSWAY

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Just do it and quit talking about it. This idea must be thirty or forty years ol...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

PRIME MINISTER HARPER SAYS NO SECRETS WERE COMPROMISED BY ANTICS OF FOREIGN MINISTER BERNIER

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SERIES OF POSTED RESPONSES TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL How would Harper even know this? He has been saying for days that it ...

THE IDEA OF COMPETITION IN HEALTHCARE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES While you can inject elements of competition into healthcare here and the...

ALL FRANKEN AND SEX WITH MACHINES AND REPUBLICAN TROGLODYTES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Franken is not original in this. There's a British academic who has written a thesis ...

LEGACIES AND POLITICIANS AND IS HILLARY CLINTON'S TO SHOW A WOMAN CAN DO IT?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE I don't know why the press always speaks in terms of "legacy" for politicia...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

DON'T BE SURE THE FLORIDA RECOUNT FIASCO WON'T BE REPEATED IN 2008

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES I'm not sure I agree on this, Clive. Voting procedures in Florida wer...

HUCKABEE WON'T BE MCCAIN'S VP CANDIDATE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES Daniel, I agree with your analysis. But I take exception to the following (un...

JIMMY CARTER REVEALS ISRAEL HAS 150 NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Thank you, Jimmy Carter, for a truth the world needed to be confirmed. We all knew...
Monday, May 26, 2008

ISRAEL'S POST-AMERICAN FUTURE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DOMINQUE MOIST IN THE GUARDIAN You have some good points here, although you don't offer much basis for yo...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

ABORIGINAL CANADIANS AND CHILD ABUSE AND THE DEBILITATING INSTITUTION OF THE RESERVES

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RESPONSE TO A CBC RADIO BROADCAST One of the most distressing set of interviews you have ever broadcast was that around aboriginal child abu...

BUSH'S IGNORANT REMARKS IN ISRAEL AND CHAMBERLAIN, CHURCHILL AND HITLER - THE IDEA THAT BUSH IS MORE LIKE CHAMBERLAIN THAN CHURCHILL

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MATTHEW DUSS IN THE GUARDIAN There seems to be something close to complete misunderstanding on all sides, inc...
Monday, May 19, 2008

CHERIE BLAIR'S MEMOIR AND AN INTERVIEW

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Cherie is simply an idiot. She was so embarrassing as the wife of the Prime Minist...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

PARLIAMENTARY BEHAVIOR AND HARPER'S ROLE IN ITS DECLINE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL What is truly happening here is Harper's introduction of Republican Right Wi...
Saturday, May 17, 2008

HUCKABEE'S INSANE JOKE ABOUT OBAMA DUCKING A GUN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES From his retarded comments on evolution and his bringing the Bible to political debates to...
Friday, May 16, 2008

ISRAEL A SUCCESS AT SIXTY?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY BENNY MORRIS IN THE GUARDIAN Despite the cultural achievements mentioned, I don't know that you can make ...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

BUSH'S ABSURDLY IGNORANT WORDS ABOUT NAZIS AND OTHER GROUPS AND TALKING FOR PEACE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE This is ignorant beyond words, but what else would you expect from a moron like Bush? The...

HAMAS AND ANTI-SEMITISM: YET MORE GROSS MISUSE OF THIS INCREASINGLY MEANINGLESS EPITHET

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ALAN JOHNSON IN THE GUARDIAN Alan Johnson, One gets very tired of reading the expression "Jew-hatred," its...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

EINSTEIN AND FAITH

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ANDREW BROWN IN THE GUARDIAN Einstein was not religious in the least. He did not attend temple and he did not...
Monday, May 12, 2008

ON HAMAS CONDEMNING THE HOLOCAUST

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY BASSEM NAEEM IN THE GUARDIAN Israel does not oppose Hamas because it is a terrorist organization - it is not ...

MCCAIN'S JUDICIAL CONFUSION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DYLAN LOEWE IN THE GUARDIAN I wish it were so. First, I wonder how the U.S. Supreme Court could be more conse...

MCCAIN DEDICATED TO A PRINCIPLED CAMPAIGN AHEAD?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES I dearly wish this proves to be the case. But McCain’s record is one of s...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

AMERICA IS STILL AN INSPIRATION TO THE WORLD?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY WILL HUTTON IN THE OBSERVER Your paean to America does seem to have overlooked a few matters, Mr. Hutton. Ins...

HILLARY DROPPING-OUT SPECULATION AND A NAIVE COMMENT ON THE PURPOSE OF PRIMARIES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DANIEL FINKELSTEIN IN THE TIMES "People seem to forget that this race is about picking the BEST candidat...
Friday, May 09, 2008

INDIA AND POPULATION GROWTH AND DUMB COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING TOO MANY CHILDREN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL Dakota K, Yours is an ignorant comment, not worth making really. First, all third-...

IS THE MONSTER FRITZL FIT TO PLEAD?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY DAVID WILSON IN THE GUARDIAN The question of madness is endlessly complicated. This man clearly is some kind ...

MAKING SENSE OF THE MONSTER FRITZL

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY YVONNE ROBERTS IN THE GUARDIAN Ms Roberts misses the point, almost entirely. Yes, many people are capable of ...

CLINTON AND THE END OF THE LINE AFTER INDIANA?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN Clinton has run the most despicable campaign in memory. After her massive ass...

A STRANGE IDEA THAT THE ARAB WORLD CAN DEPEND ON ISRAEL AS A LINK TO THE WEST

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY PETRA MARQUARDT-BIGMAN IN THE GUARDIAN Ms. Marquardt-Bigman, This is a genuinely offensive article. First, it...

HAS ISRAEL AT SIXTY DECIDED THAT IT DOES NOT NEED PEACE?

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JONATHON FREEDLAND IN THE GUARDIAN "This nation was forged in refuge, not imperialism." So it seeme...

OBAMA AND THE FLAG-PIN NONSENSE, AGAIN

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY MICHAEL TOMASKY IN THE GUARDIAN Michael Tomasky, This is such an idiotic, parochial issue, it well deserves t...

CLINTON VERSUS OBAMA ON A BREAK FOR GASOLINE PRICES

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL Clinton is pandering to all those pick-up truck drivers with shotgun racks in th...

FURTHER THOUGHTS YET ON REV WRIGHT AND AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS RIGHT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES A further thought. Why is it that Wright's words so bother some Ameri...

MORE ON REV WRIGHT AND THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT AND SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE BROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES George Hanshaw, your first comment is a set of very, very tired clichés. ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

CLINTON CALLING FOR SUPPORT OF WHOEVER IS THE CANDIDATE

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE Clinton is simply a lunatic. You can't throw the kind of filth she's been throwin...

MORE ON REV WRIGHT AND OBAMA AND POLITICIANS MAKING MISTAKES

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RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE NEW YORK TIMES The Wright business is being blown entirely out of proportion, and I believe the reasons for this...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

MORE REMARKS FROM REV WRIGHT

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN IN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE I am sorry for any embarrassment caused to Obama, an example of just about all that is go...

THE FALLACY OF COMPARING OBAMA'S DEALING WITH THE LIKES OF ANN COULTER AND NASTY FOREIGN LEADERS

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POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY CLIVE CROOKS IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES "Obama will have to deal with foreign leaders who are far, far worse...