Tag: discourse
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September 05, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
Every time (and I'm not exaggerating, y'all read comments) a Republican is caught in a scandal, the same comment will appear: "But what about Kennedy/William Jefferson/Barney Frank/Bill Clinton!" . . . more
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August 14, 2007 02:04 PM EDT --
Cliché: a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse.
Trite: repeated . . . more
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January 09, 2007 05:52 AM EST --
We learn through sharing, discussion and debate. Gather has become a place where engaged, informed people from around the globe connect with one another and explore shared passions. Each week, . . . more
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June 30, 2008 10:23 PM EDT --
"Every last one of them. They will tell you that they believe in God, but what they really believe in is money. They love to wave a flag around, but they have no concept of true patriotism. They . . . more
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September 05, 2007 09:19 PM EDT --
Here's a link to an article from a UK paper regarding the melt of Arctic sea ice.
Excerpt:
...the loss of sea ice will give Arctic countries such as Russia, Denmark, Canada, Norway and the . . . more
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May 18, 2008 06:12 PM EDT --
The Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth
(Selection made from The Nag Hammadi Library)
My father, yesterday you promised me that you would bring my mind into the eighth and afterwards you would . . . more
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May 30, 2007 11:11 PM EDT --
Read me.
The Administration has the power to kick down my door and arrest me for having a heated political conversation, overheard by a passerby who will go home and report me. In the event . . . more
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February 24, 2008 05:04 PM EST --
Well, it was. I was watching "The Bells of St. Mary's" starring Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman- you remember, it's the story of a struggling Catholic school in a City downtown that survives . . . more
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March 29, 2007 03:18 AM EDT --
When Susan Seidelman received a script entitled “Desperately Seeking Susan,” in 1985, it had
already been floating around Hollywood for 4 years. When she saw . . . more
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June 24, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
If one really leaves behind the need to prove themselves right.... That now can open the proper playing field, for a healthy argument for discussion.
Once that is established, . . . more
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September 09, 2006 09:24 PM EDT --
I have just deleted 2 of my political pieces from Gather.
The reason I took them down is because the discussion reached a very ugly point where people were hurling f words and accusing me of being on . . . more
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July 26, 2008 01:30 AM EDT --
In the spirit of recent reposts from some of my connections, I am republishing (excuse me, sharing) this for Peter Wimsey. Many of my current connections (excuse me, friends) are unaware that my . . . more
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February 11, 2006 07:30 PM EST --
(Thanks once again to Sandy Knauer for kick-starting my brain)
I saw it again today, and my blood went cold. Then the rage welled up, and I had to get control before I sped through a red light…or . . . more
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January 31, 2008 01:59 PM EST --
This Valentines Day, are you hoping that your sweetheart will finally write the love song you've been waiting to hear? Or are you taking a more proactive stance - busy shopping for . . . more
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December 31, 2006 07:35 PM EST --
Red car in front of blue car, blue car in front of Nick’s car. For the amount of time that the three of them had been stationary, the McDonald’s drive-through might have more appropriately . . . more
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January 05, 2006 01:14 PM EST --
There are few things in public discourse that really get my blood up more than the flinging of labels as a means to demonize and silence one's opponent. Of all the emotive words that can be flung . . . more
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March 13, 2006 05:45 PM EST --
Commenting Haiku
experience new times two
experience squared
more
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April 15, 2006 11:29 AM EDT --
My son and I went to the Twins game last night. He in his Yankee pinstripe Derek Jeter jersey (he was born in White Plains and, no doubt, picked up his love of the Yankees because his father grew up just . . . more
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May 18, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
I have been inspired by Berf, to write at length about my attitudes towards gay people. What started as a simple comment to Berf's article, turned into an expose of my feelings and how I came . . . more
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April 07, 2006 11:14 AM EDT --
The 21st Century today remains in its infant stage. Some define it as a period of domestic and global transition - the displacement of both . . . more
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