Politics

http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/archive/November2004/NYTimesConcedes111804.htm The article above is from a web site that's aimed at pushing conservative causes on college and university campuses, but the article itself was originally from the New York Times, and as far as I know it wasn't edited or anything. I'm just using it from that site because you can read it for free. (The Times requires not only registration, but actual *payment*, to read older articles.) Anyway, I mention it here for two reasons: 1) The author, John Tierney, was named today by the New York Times as the replacement for departed conservative columnist William Safire. My gues…

What the heck, I think I'll start a second thread just for old times' sake. This is something I've been meaning to harp on lately, and I just posted something that's construable as anti-right, so a little anti-left jabbing seems in order. (grin) If you want to see the difference between Democrats/liberals who are fairly normal, mainstream people, and Democrats/liberals who are so extreme they make you wonder if forced birth control might be a good idea after all, you need look no further than the issue of Iraq. Many outspoken Democrats, who spared no punches during the 2004 election cycle, have been ardent, even outspoken, in their support for our current efforts …

Hey folks! It's been a while and I had a slight break from my workload at school so I thought I'd swing by and see how things are going at SFN. Looks like you guys have been keeping up the tradition of excellence in debate and discussion. Just for fun, here's a little something I whipped up a few days ago for some friends of mine on a private board that we use to keep in touch. (Hence the invective at the end -- don't take it personally!) ------------- "Blue Dogs" are moderate-to-conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives who support a balanced budget and logical fiscal spending. Here's their 12-point plan: 1 Require a balanced budge…

Who have you been listening to? The people were terrorized under Sadaam. The US helped the people overthrow the tryranical government, and the situation continues to improve. Just because a Nation is powerful doesn't mean that they are nessicarily the agressor, or that anyone assumes that way. People in Iraq can now vote with more than one man on the ballot, girls and women can now go to school and even own property (what a concept!) people have rights now! Why would you think that they wouldn't want that?

June 20, 2004 Poker With Dick Cheney Transcript of The Editors' regular Saturday-night poker game with Dick Cheney, 6/19/04. Start tape at 12:32 AM. The Editors: We'll take three cards. Dick Cheney: Give me one. Sounds of cards being placed down, dealt, retrieved, and rearranged in hand. Non-commital noises, puffing of cigars. TE: Fifty bucks. DC: I'm in. Show 'em. TE: Two pair, sevens and fives. DC: Not good enough. TE: What do you have? DC: Better than that, that's for sure. Pay up. TE: Can you show us your cards? DC: Sure. One of them's a six. TE: You need to show all your cards. That's the way the game…

I was just thinking, after watching CNN and the news here about a really bothering question. There's no doubt that the media (in all its various shapes and appearances) has incredible ammount of power over the world's population. The media, theoretically (god, I hope not practically) can state flat-out lies and the population of the world would believe it, if it's convincing - or "visual" enough. If any of you has seen "Wag the Dog" - you'd know what I mean. If not, think about this hypothetical question (I stress: HYPOTHETICAL. I don't deny any event occuring in Bosnia even for a second, this is just to prove a point) -- What if the war didn't really happened AS …

this info`s just come my way, you may see news programs about it soon. a commonly use red food color agent has been found to be carcinigenic, see here: http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/sudani/sudanlist a list of the foods and where from with dates. edit: links for the lazy: http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/news-ng.asp?id=47595-recalls-of-sudan http://news.google.com/news?q=%22sudan+1%22&hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2004-10,GGLD:en&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr http://www.healthypages.net/forum/tm.asp?m=125093&mpage=1𞢥 http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/EnvironmentalServices/foodhygieneandstandards/fsasudan1_warning031003.asp fai…

Should private companies have the right to discriminate against potential employees based on race/sex/religion/anything they want? I was listening to people argue over this on the radio today. I can see where both sides are coming from, but I tend to go with "yes".

I think privatizing Social Security is another scheme to help the rich get richer. There are many flaws with Bush's plan, and I'm very leery this will turn out just like deregulation of energy utilities, where service stays the same but costs skyrocket since these new private companies take their profits from the equation. http://www.socsec.org/ http://www.socsec.org/publications.asp?pubid=503 http://zfacts.com/p/486.html

Interesting topic, just wanted to see what everyone on here thinks about it.

From BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3696306.stm "Imperial College London researchers in the UK are developing a new way of storing data that could lead to discs capable of holding 1,000 gigabytes. Current discs carry one bit of data per pit. But the researchers say that by using angled ridges in the pits, they can alter the way light behaves. The end result is a way of encoding and detecting up to 10 times more information from one pit."

A parrot living in New York has been observed inventing his own words, making humourous comments and displaying a vocabulary of 950 words. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3430481.stm

In politics fragile situations tend to explode in your face when you do not handle with care. The Bush administrations foreign policies and use of the media to intimidate the rest of the world is working... But they are too stupid to realize the consequences of their actions. N. Korea has nukes, and will not disarm them because they are intimidated by the U.S. foreign policies Can anyone honestly say they feel safer since the Bush administration began "making the world safer"?

This is been getting a lot of news recently thanks to Michael Newdow, who used his daughter to sue over the pledge of allegiance (which includes the words "one nation, under God". Now he's filing a lawsuit to keep the clergy out of the presidential inauguration. Is he taking it to far?

I'd like to know the positions of forum-goers on the issue of abortion and their reasoning behind said positions. At the moment, I'm relatively neutral on the topic, and I'd like to hear some arguments for either side. Here's a preemptive 'thanks' to anyone that posts on this thread.

I have compiled this research to the best of my ability to not only try to help myself to understand what is going on but to also share with others. This is more of an informative post than a discussion post but feel free to share your opinions or challenge this information. If you do respond please read all of the material and links contained so you understand the point of view this research is coming from. This is not an attempt to bash Bush, or start a debate between left and right point of views, rather it is an attempt to inform people of the complicity of US democracy and to try to enlist help in striving to reach peaceful solutions to complicated circumstances. The…

Source : http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=528&ncid=528&e=3&u=/ap/20050207/ap_on_hi_te/web_browser_flaw_1 Officially, the Internet's Domain Name System supports only 37 characters — the 26 letters, 10 numerals and a hyphen. But in recent years, in response to a growing Internet population worldwide, engineers have been working on ways to trick the system into understanding other languages. Engineers have rallied around a character system called Unicode. The newly discovered exploit takes advantage of the fact that characters that look alike can have two separate codes in Unicode and thus appear to the computer as different. For…

The Law lords in the UK recently decided that indefinite detention of suspected terroists without charging them with a crime, or even telling them why they were being detained was unlawful http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1375684,00.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1375603,00.html Does anyone think that detention without charge can ever be justified?

Personally, I wouldn't mind paying more taxes if it meant some of these programs didn't have to be cut. Bush has never vetoed a spending bill but won't raise taxes to cut the deficit. What's going on here? Bush's $2.5 trillion budget story

This guy was called "the "most lethal" ally of militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi". Surely he knows some things that would be very useful in saving civilian lives. What would be the boundaries you would place on interrogation methods?

I don't know how many of you have seen this documentary but I wanted to discuss some important questions this documentary raises. It's called: Hijacking Catastrophe - 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire A Media Education Foundation Presentation Written & Directed by Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally Narrated by Julian Bond http://hijackingcatastrophe.org/ Here are a couple exerpts from the film: The Wolfowitz Doctrine was a classified document, some parts of it were leaked to the Washington post and New York times... I have searched and searched and have not and most likely will not find the full document, but h…

Welp, the polls have officially closed on the first election in Iraq in 50 years! "Iraq's electoral commission said turnout was estimated at 72% - significantly higher than expected." Good for them.

I read this on another forum and thought it was interesting: 10 ways you can help prevent sweatshops

Featured article: http://www.adelphia.net/news/read.php?id=CP_2778&ps=1018 Disclaimer: It's a touchy subject when talking about lives lost, families destroyed, and money at the same time. Please use the appropriate level of sensetivity when replying to this thread.

Well, you may flame away at my "ignorance" or "lack of political knowledge", but I'm just tossing this idea out there. The system is untitled, for now. It would resemble something like this. - - - - - - - The governing body would consist of a group elected by the people entitled (for now) A Body. This party would would consist of 500 elected representatives. This body would have to meet the requirements of electing a certain number of canidates according to their political alliance, or opinion. These parties will be name (for now) the Rights, Lefts, and Neutrals. ( Original, isn't it? ) Body A would consist of: 150 Lefts 150 Rights 200 Neutral…