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Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

readall1032 — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:40:51 -0400

Another cute book to articulate the details of wrong. We have no leaders. It is all about the money! What is the answer to making this world a better place? That would be a question I have no answer to. The part I'm sure of is this. Lawyers, real estate developers, insurance agents and the like have a special place in Hell reserved for them.

Hurry - Special Discount ends soon!

domewatcher — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:29:58 -0400

I’m sure there will be a simple explanation.

It was probably some type discount coupon deal. I know I see a lot of coupons in the paper for “buy one, get one free” or “buy one and get the second at half off.” And a lot of restaurants in college towns give 10% off with a student ID. If you check the local paper or those coupon books you will probably find a coupon that reads: “25% off lots with a Governor’s ID.”

Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

melted — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:49:55 -0400

Ace may no be so acey after this.

Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

ishley — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:14:09 -0400

Your first example after the jump: "...paralegals received a telephone call... ." is not an example of the passive voice at all. The verb "received" is past tense, not passive. That sentence, using the passive voice, would read "A telephone call was received by one of my...paralegals... ." As Strunk & White say, the passive voice is sometimes appropriate to emphasize the object noun rather than the subject noun, but generally the active voice is preferable. E.B. White wrote in the introduction of Chapter 1, which contains the explanation of the active/passive distinction, that all aspiring writers should commit these rules to memory. I think that professional journalists should heed his advice; to the extent they have not, they should have the book within reach at all times.

Language can be used to inform or to obfuscate, and both the active and passive voice can accomplish either objective.

Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

Puddentain — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:58:52 -0400

You gotta love a lawyer named "Ace".

Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

BitterEXdemocrat — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:39:41 -0400

add a cagey loiwyer and look at the obfuscation of facts...these people are all sleazeballs, now INCLUDING Richard Stanley...wonder if HE gets a reward for 'talkin right' ???

Re: The Voice of Cannonsgate

AgentPierce — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:52:32 -0400

This one has officially fallen down the rabbit hole. Mike and Mary will be guests of honor at The Mad Hatters Tea Party unless the Queen of Hearts demands "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS" ....

Re: Women's Voices has strong ties to Clinton

FFC1304 — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:34:11 -0400

www.MichaelSavage.com

log on and click to 'Rev. Wright's CUBAN FRIENDS'...

Re: Women's Voices has strong ties to Clinton

Christines — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:42:10 -0400

A friend sent this. What are the ties to Obama?

The University Of California, At Berkeley June 14th, 2008 & at
Stanford University on June 15th, 2008 – (VENUES PROPOSED FACULTY CLUBS AT EACH CAMPUS)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE INDUCTION CEREMONIES ARE TO BE HELD LATER IN DECEMBER 26, 2008-(CHEIKH ANTA DIOP'S BIRTH DAY), THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF INDUCTEES WILL BE HELD IN PRESS CONFERENCES AND AN AWARDS CEREMONY FOR MS. OPRAH WINFREY AND MS. GALE KING AT THE JUNE 14th & JUNE 15th EVENTS AT STANFORD AND BERKELEY.
PRIME MINISTER DESINAGTE: HON. RAILA ODINGA
PRESENTSAWARDS TO: MICHELE & BARACK OBAMA AND OPRAH WHINFREY. THE HON. RAILA ODINGA TO ALSO RECIEVE THE AFRICAN LIBERATION WARDS OF THE CHEIKH ANTA DIOP INSTITUTE.
Very interesting. 6/15/2008 event!!! Why is that date so familiar!!

Do you remember the Trinity Church Vision Statement?

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:

A congregation committed to ADORATION.
A congregation preaching SALVATION.
A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.*
A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.
A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.
Click here to read about Dr. Wright’s talking points for Trinity United Church of Christ its Web site and the Black Value System.

Notice # 4. of the vision statement.
Odinga is Obama's cousin in Kenya!

Re: Obama losing ground in N.C.

skyzcryn — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:55:19 -0400

Whether Obama realizes it or not, he does come across as a racist and his ties to Wright for such a long period of time seem to confirm it. This is a man of mixed heritage - both black and white - yet he classifies himself solely as an African-American on the Today Show. This makes it appear that he is somehow ashamed of his mother's heritage. You will note that there are never any members of his mother's side of the family pointed out supporting him at rallies or town hall meetings or helping him with campaigning. If he is the so-called uniter of all races, then why is his support not equally mixed with both sides of his upbringing? I ask you to consider if he is playing a race card of his own by not showing both sides of his heritage more openly and honestly at all points in his campaign? Something to think about when you go to the polls or make your feelings known to your state super delegates who will ultimately decide this election.

Re: Obama losing ground in N.C.

KennA — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:34:05 -0400

Partly it's timing. The media focussed on Obama's minister because it's easy and dramatic TV that sells advertising, but felt no urge to investigate Hillary's own spiritual albatross. That's harder journalism, but not much harder.

Hillary attends Foundry United Methodist Church in DC. Its minister, Dean Snyder, has praised Reverend Wright publicly, quite differently than Hillary's response. That in itself has caused a stir.

Since 1993, Hillary has also belonged to a religious group led by Doug Coe called The Foundation, and informally referred to as The Family. The group is best known for its National Prayer Breakfast, and mostly Republican members like Jack Kemp. It's been around since at least the 1950s and often controversial for its secretiveness. According to Barbara Ehrenreich's article in The Nation:

The Family avoids the word Christian but worship Jesus, though not the Jesus who promised the earth to the "meek." They believe that, in mass societies, it's only the elites who matter, the political leaders who can build God's "dominion" on earth. Insofar as the Family has a consistent philosophy, it's all about power -- cultivating it, building it, and networking it together into ever-stronger units, or "cells." "We work with power where we can," Doug Coe has said, and "build new power where we can't."

According to an article in Harpers a few years ago:

Coe listed other men who had changed the world through the strength of the covenants they had forged with their "brothers": "Look at Hitler," he said. "Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Bin Laden." The Family, of course, possessed a weapon those leaders lacked: the “total Jesus” of a brotherhood in Christ.

"That's what you get with a covenant,” said Coe. “Jesus plus nothing"

Jeff Sharlet's book, "The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power" will be published in May.

McCain recently switched to the Baptist faith to please his wife, but refuses to get Baptized. He's still in negotiations over that.

I don't think any of this is important; not Clinton's secretive insider church, or McCain's religious flip flopping, or Wright's loony sound bites. But the conversation has only focussed on Obama's problem and given the others a free ride-- at least until the general election.

Because Obama refuses to sink to the level of attacking Hillary's friends and pastors, he takes the hit. She's behind and thinks anything is fair game, and of course it will work. Voters aren't smart enough to see through crude tactics. Karl Rove and the Swift Boaters taught us that.

That's why Obama's poll numbers are sliding a bit. The public thinks he's the only candidate who isn't a spiritual Boy Scout. Or Girl Scout. They may learn the truth a little too late for the North Carolina vote on Tuesday.

Kenn Amdahl

Re: Obama losing ground in N.C. -- Messy Divorce

nc4hill — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:00:40 -0400

I think people are finally getting a glimpse of the real Barack. His late and feeble handling of the Wright issue utterly looks like exactly what wright said: Obama making political decisions after working out the spin with axelrod. Its painfully obvious: Wright keeps saying the same things -- for 20 years, on the tapes Obama took to Harvard to study him, in the clips last month and this weekend. Obama just now, when it's hurting him big time while he's already tanking, decides to divorce him. Oh, sure, that's a principled stand on the issue.

Re: Obama losing ground in N.C.

mnyegele — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:30:22 -0400

I am the effete, latte-sipping elitist that Hillary Clinton has programmed you to hate and fear. I live in Los Angeles. Everything she says about me is probably true. Even more horrifying, I’m gay!!! So it’s only fair that I should have a chance to say something. Your future and the future of this country will really depend on how well you heed my words.

First of all, although I'm a white guy, I'm not really afraid of Rev. Wright. I just retired after spending a life time teaching in an inner city school in Los Angeles. Granted I resent some of Rev. Wright's comments, but then again, if I walked a quarter of a mile in his shoes, I might feel the same way. I've had plenty of experience with folks like Rev. Wright, and trust me, after spending a life time teaching in a 'hood nicknamed The Killing Fields, Rev. Wright was one of the least of my worries.

Secondly, I am really not to put off by Obama's comments either. You may not know some of the criticisms Obama levels at the African-American community, or even the African American church. He constantly stresses the importance of self-reliance, hard work, education, and responsibility. When he criticizes his own community, even if he uses harsh words, he gets a standing ovation. So if he at times seems too harsh for your sensibilities, please understand where Obama is coming from.

With those two issues aside, let's talk about some ways our divergent life styles converge.

1. The current issue of the day is the high cost of fuel. Living in Los Angeles, I rely on public transportation for the most part. Even though LA's transit system isn't the best, my using it helps conserve gasoline. The less gasoline I use, the lower the price you'll have to pay. Currently only 7% of the people in LA use public transit. Supposing we could get 78% of the people in LA to garage their cars, supposing we could build public transport systems in other urban areas and persuade the effete elitist liberals living there to use public transportation. (They would if they had decent systems.) Wouldn't that bring you cheaper gasoline? In addition, if you fly over Los Angeles, you'll see a sea of roofs. What would happen to the cost of gasoline if we covered those roofs with solar energy collectors? Can you see how my lifestyle might help yours?

2. With the soaring price of gasoline, Iraq has taken a back burner. Yet while I am writing this, young Americans are still fighting and dying. Yesterday I went to see a documentary called Body of War which portrayed the day to day life of a severely paralyzed Iraqi war veteran. Of course the veteran in the movie was a hetero from a sort of conservative home in a conservative neighborhood in the Midwest, but are those differences that important. As I watched, I really had to struggle to keep from bursting into tears. Hillary Clinton could have stood up against the war. She could have said no. She didn't because her political career was more important, than 4,000+ lives being lost. As a liberal on the left coast, I always opposed the war even when it wasn't popular. So did Obama. Everything I said about the war back in the day has come true - in some cases it’s much worse than anything that I could have imagined. You can say that Obama should have walked out of Rev. Wright's church. Fine. But one died because of Obama's decision. Hillary voted for the war in Iraq, thousands of people have died because of Hillary's error in judgment. Incidentally, invading Iraq after 9/11 made as much sense as invading Brazil after Pearl Harbor. Yet this is a military decision Hillary endorsed. Does this sound like a competent commander-in-chief?

3. In spite of my so-called elitist reputation, I support unions. Reagan got history all wrong. He didn’t cause the fall of Communism. Working class unions did. (Check the history again.) I belong to UTLA and subscribe to USW at Work. I love what USW is doing. Maybe I prefer opera to bowling, but in the end, are my musical tastes really that important?

4. I believe in health care for everyone - with an emphasis on preventative health care. I've read horror stories about health problems in small town America as well as horrible work-place accidents. I'm bitter, angry and frustrated when I get this news. Is that un-American?

5. I believe in saving the environment. Albeit I will never go hunting, but the less deer I bag, the more deer for you to hunt. Is there anything wrong with that? Furthermore I know that we won't have any deer at all if we keep pimp slapping mother earth. That's what we're doing right now. In addition I hear all sorts of stories about tornadoes, floods, and hurricanes. In LA, of course, we're worried about drought. These are all by-products of global warming,

6. I'm tired of all the brouhaha over trivial pursuits. Look at the recent cover of Newsweek: arugula vs. beer. What's sort of crap is that? Yeah, I have rather exotic eating habits, but then I've got to be careful about my weight. I suspect Obama is facing the same problem. But the more careful I am about my weight and health, the less health care I need and to more health care for you and your family. Similarly the less meat, beer, pizza, bacon and eggs I eat - the more for you. Furthermore, if I spend more money and buy organic food, I'm helping support a family farm somewhere in America. Is there anything wrong with that? Why is Hillary fixating on non-issues?

7. Finally I'm sick and tired of Hillary painting me as unAmerican. Urban America has its problems as Obama himself will be the first to admit. But in LA, no one has a "funny" name, no one has a "funny" skin color, no one a "funny" background and no one has a "funny" sexual orientation because in LA, we are all “funny” in one way or the other, so we have to try to get along. That strikes me as being much more American in spirit than place were only the straight, white,and right have any claim to count themselves as human beings. And, right or wrong, that's the message I'm getting from Hillary. - and she calls Obama "hurtful and divisive."

Finally I need to break the truth. I don't care what pollsters say, Hillary is sure fire loser - for one reason only. She is engaging in fear and smear campaign. That's the only reason she's gaining ground. And her current success proves that fear and smear works. She may be riding high now, but trust me. After she wins the nomination, the GOP and the GOP media will use the same smear and fear tactics against her - and there will be nothing, absolutely nothing, she or any one else can do about it.

In addition, the same smear and fear tactics that Hillary is using against Obama will be the same smear and fear tactics that McCain Elaine Chou and the anti-union GOP will use against you. Hillary doesn't realize what she's doing. The only person she seems to care about is herself. What sort of candidate is that?

There's only one way to save the Democratic party, or this country, for that matter - Vote for Obama. A vote for Obama is a vote against the fear and smear tactics of Karl Rove, McCain, Eaine Chao and the GOP.
The choice is yours. I'd advise you to think of everything Hillary promised you. If she wins the Democratic nomination, kiss it all goodby.
yours truly,
William Joseph Miller

Re: Obama losing ground in N.C.

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Re: Clinton pressures Obama to debate

freedomofspeech08 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:38:58 -0400

Barack Obama does not want to debate because he does not want to answer any difficult questions. The MSM has not vetted Obama. When a person does some research on Obama, he learns that Obama has more baggage than a cargo ship.

Obama knows the skeletons in his closet that have not been revealed by the MSM. Because the MSM would not vet their golden boy Obama, there are web sites that are exposing why Obama is unelectable.

Visit the web site that Barack Obama does not want voters to read. Learn why Obama is unelectable at:
http://www.AudacityofHypocrisy.com/

Obama does not want another debate. He does not want to answer any difficult questions.

Barack Obama - 20 Years of an Anti-White Ideology - Why?

Why did Barack Obama choose a spiritual adviser/mentor who taught the Anti-White Ideology of Black Liberation Theology ?

Why did Obama listen to the Anti-White Ideology for 20 years and give significant amounts of money to support the preaching of the Anti-White Ideology?

Why did Obama expose his daughters to the Anti-White Ideology of Black Liberation Theology?

Why didn't Obama denounce Rev. Jeremiah Wright's authorization of the publication of the 'Hamas Terror Manifesto' in the 7/22/2007 Bulletin of the Trinity United Church of Christ?

Why didn't Obama denounce Rev. Wright's gift of a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' to the Anti-White, Anti-Catholic, and Anti-Semitic Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan?

Jeff Jacoby wrote "Should people of faith empathize with Obama?" in the 3/20/2008 edition of the 'Jewish World Review.' The article is at:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby032008.php3?printer_...

Excerpts from the article follow:

"The problem for Obama is that Wright, the spiritual leader he has so long embraced, is a devotee not of King - who in that same speech warned against "drinking fro the cup of bitterness and hatred" - but of the poisonous hatemonger Louis Farrakhan, whom the church's magazine honored with a lifetime achievement award. The problem for Obama, who campaigns on a message of racial reconciliation, is that the "mentor" whose church he joined and has generously supported with tens of thousands of dollars in donations is a disciple not of King but of James Cone, the expounder of a "black liberation" theology that teaches its adherents to "accept only the love of G-d which participates in the destruction of the white enemy."

"Above all, the problem for Obama is that for two decades his spiritual home has been a church in which the minister damns America to the enthusiastic approval of the congregation, and not until it threatened to scuttle his political ambitions did Obama finally find the mettle to condemn the minister's odium."

Barack Obama repeatedly says that Rev. Wright's lifetime of ministry has been impugned by his detractors. Let's give credit where credit is due. Rev. Wright was instrumental in establishing numerous ministries that help people with a variety of needs. Rev. Wright and his congregation should be commended for those ministries.

However, nearly all churches have ministries that help people with a variety of needs. The fact that Rev. Wright has helped to establish ministries which help people does not excuse his indoctrination of the Anti-White Ideology of Black Liberation Theology to his congregation. Some people refer to Black Liberation Theology as a type of 'Victimization' Theology. How does it affect a person who has listened to it for 20 years? How does it affect children?

How many times can a person hear about the 'White Oppressors' before he begins believing that, as Rev. Wright describes America, the "US of KKK-A" owes him - big time?

Linda Chavez wrote "Afrocentrism Is the Problem" in the 3/19/2008 edition of the 'National Review Online.' Check the archives at: http://www.nationalreview.com/archives/?q=MjAwODAzMTc

Excerpts from her article follows:

"...Afrocentrism is no more a reflection of authentic African culture than white supremacy is of American culture. Nor is Afrocentrism merely about black pride - though Afrocentric "scholars" do frequently claim that Moses, Jesus, Cicero, Cleopatra, and a host of other luminaries were black."

"At its heart, Afrocentrism is based on a profoundly anti-white and paranoid ideology. First, it asserts that the entire foundation of Western Civilization was stolen by the Greeks from Egypt, which, Afrocentrics claim, was ruled by ancient blacks. Second, it claims that whites are deeply inferior..."

Barack Obama - 20 Years of an Anti-White Ideology - Why?

Learn why Barack Obama is unelectable at: http://www.AudacityofHypocrisy.com/