Tag: dissent
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April 23, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
Ok . . . the train stuff kills me! Does anyone else think people are being bought? By this, I mean a way to end the BLACK icons! REALLY . . . no hard feelings, just an alternative! . . . more
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October 15, 2008 05:52 PM EDT --
Once upon a time, there was a land where citizens lived in all forms of houses, from those that were small, to the mansions on the bluff. But, most of the people were happy, they paid their . . . more
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September 26, 2006 12:21 PM EDT --
Written By Michael Albert Nov. 6th, 2005 Taken from ZNet.com
Going to Venezuela? There are beautiful waterfalls and mountains. There is rich surf, sand, and sun. But nowadays . . . more
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August 15, 2006 12:45 PM EDT --
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August 30, 2006 11:43 PM EDT --
What Keith Olbermann did tonight took true courage. Not the faux, pseudo-decisive "stick-to-my-guns" variety of our failing President, but the very real courage of someone who took a chance, . . . more
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January 24, 2006 09:13 PM EST --
by Patriot Daily News
1.23.06- President Bush wants to create the new criminal of "disruptor" who can be jailed for the crime of "disruptive behavior." A "little-noticed provision" . . . more
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October 06, 2006 01:00 AM EDT --
You can watch the videos here and here.
Here's the transcript:
Yesterday at a fundraiser for an Arizona Congressman, Mr. Bush claimed, quote, "177 of the opposition party said 'You know, . . . more
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April 30, 2006 12:13 AM EDT --
Will I still be here
tomorrow? What about you?
Or taken away?
A few disappeared.
No lawyers, no news stories.
Will they take us next?
The ones that are gone
were Muslims. Were they bad guys?
Who knows . . . more
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August 30, 2006 07:00 PM EDT --
For a nation at war the Israelis sure seem to criticize their leaders alot.
Aren't they supposed to just shut-up and do what Olmert says, like we're supposed to do here? Wasn't that what . . . more
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April 29, 2007 12:15 PM EDT --
Russia's greatest poet, Aleksandr Pushkin, was also, like Mozart, a "hidden" dissenter from the autocracy of his time. In 1826 he wrote a poem elaborating the vision of Isaiah where God called . . . more
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July 20, 2007 11:36 AM EDT --
I got this comment from a member yesterday, and I get many more like it:
"You come up with some hilarious stuff, Olga. It always has some sort of negative flavor though............"
Okay. first . . . more
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October 03, 2006 10:25 PM EDT --
Dedicated To Ed Nudelman :
The Poet Who Gifts Words With Wings
chirping leaves tickle
magenta blossoms
dancing on bare branches
unmoved by the music
the kittens love to watch
as they . . . more
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August 04, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
Following the tragedy of Tiananmen Square in1989, the Chinese Party decided that the way to remain in power would be to ease up on economic freedom as a tradeoff for political freedom. After DengXiaping . . . more
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May 15, 2007 07:42 AM EDT --
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.
Samuel Adams
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September 11, 2006 11:12 PM EDT --
Another act of political courage by Keith Olbermann. Tonight, invoking Lincoln and other great American president's he ask Mr. Bush a simple question: " Who has left this hole in the ground?" . . . more
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November 29, 2006 05:36 PM EST --
We have been talking a lot recently about enhancing Gather's commenting system and I wanted to solicit your advice. Our current commenting system allows anyone on Gather to comment on any piece . . . 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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January 24, 2008 03:27 PM EST --
Fellow Gatherers, I have no doubt that there are excellent articles for which the " Comments require my approval" feature was enabled.
Likewise, I do not doubt that most . . . more
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August 15, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
In the beginning, when Adam was perfect, God communicated directly with him. Adam wasn't accustomed to hearing any human speak to him. He heard the animals barking, honking, quacking, bellowing, trumpeting, . . . more
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May 03, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
by Stephen Lendman
OpEdNews
4.03.06- To get a good sense of where US policy is heading, one need only read the front page of the New York Times or Wall Street Journal - painful as that may be to do. I . . . more
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