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Re: First U.S. Offshore Wind Project Gains DEP Approval

Villainess — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:56:14 -0000

As much as I respect Senator Kennedy for his political choices, I was agast at the selfishness he displayed by previously blocking this project. How could such a great man hold back the needs of so many for such a silly reason.

Re: Why I Am Going to Afghanistan

Villainess — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:57:05 -0000

Robert, this wonderful and hopefully effective trip needs to cover both men and the much more difficult to reach women's voices. I know you plan on finding women, but can you attempt finding equal numbers of men's and women's voices. The freedom seeking women of RAWA may be especially helpful in making those connections that are ignored in most MSM reporting in the Islamic world. We in the US need to know that their are women's peace movements. http://www.rawa.org/index.php
Be safe.

Re: Why I Am Going to Afghanistan

Villainess — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:25:28 -0000

We do not need "Americans" to do work for Afghanistan; there are 10 million Afghanis out of work already! Put them to work for themselves but provide the framework.

Re: Using Social Media for Politics: Iran Elections

Villainess — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:55:58 -0000

Obama Whitehouse continues using social networking, and has multilingual translations of todays statement to speak directly to people from his website.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/b...
Also Arabic!

Re: Blog - Green 960- Your progressive community

Villainess — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:24:54 -0000

Cutting Thom Hartmann at all from your AM daily schedule is terrible. It sounds like you're planning on cutting him out completely and just having him available online, for a fee.
That sucks since I listen to the radio, and he's the one I want to listen to.

Re: US Military's Surprising Fascination with Failed German War Thinking

Villainess — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:21:33 -0000

Hitler, after returning from WWI, joined an existing group called the National Socialists who were violent and outspokenly against the current democratic government. He was as anti-socialist (and anti-democratic) as could be, but did not change the name even when he easily took over party control. When underlings of his tried to emphasize the \\"socialism\\" aspect, he had them murdered. I guess it could be confusing to some people, but Hitler was ready to murder socialists and Jews (who he saw and hated as mostly one and the same)from the beginning.

Later, but before he became Chancellor, his National Socialists, and the real Socialist Party voted together once. But when he became Chancellor, he made their party illegal, and sent its members off to his new concentration camps.

Hitler was never a socialist. He hated democracy and saw all nations that were \\\'weak\\\' democratic or socialist/communists as his mortal enemies and attacked all non-Nazi or Japanese cultures.

Re: Quote of the Day: Imagine If Massa's Targets Were Women | The Atlantic Wire

Villainess — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:17:08 -0000

Great, go ahead and catch us all in our sexist mind traps.

Re: Israel and Congress

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:21:58 -0000

Please, not another 'true believer' in such repressive colonialism!

Re: Israel and Congress

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:21:58 -0000

Please, not another 'true believer' in such repressive colonialism!

Re: Married for a Minute

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:01:36 -0000

I think you can have as many as you want of this fake marriage, just don't tell any of your up to four real wives until you tell them how much you have to give the extra kids. In this case, secrets must come out.

Re: Married for a Minute

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:01:36 -0000

Re: Married for a Minute

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:28:44 -0000

I'm sure you are familiar with free speech. Although not consistently protected, it is not compelled. If these topics interest you, help yourself. Of course, by western standards, your topics range deeply into pornography while this article was a discussion of religion and law of a culture we are not so familiar with. Until your input, I did not think it was even a dirty secret that Mohammed included it and current clerics are pushing.

BTW, did you miss the earlier reply about (very white) Mormons and Las Vegas 'quickie' weddings and divorces dealing with this same human issue -how to get laid and not get kicked out (or stoned to death) from your own community?

Re: Married for a Minute

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:28:44 -0000

Re: Barbara Boxer Gets Demon Sheeped

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:02:36 -0000

Leaned???
Leaned. Such a little word, isn't it? Having worked at Hewlett-Packard when it was a great Californian company. I cried as Fiorina "leaned" it. She didn't just trim it, she cut to the bone. They don't dare say what that actually means, i.e. job cutting and oursourcing factories overseas to China to poison their air, water and land without worrying even a moment about the United States Environmental Protection Agency's concerns with our's. And using the cheapest labor on Earth just to save HP's bottom line and compete with the other corporations, all doing the same thing all while collecting globalization tax rebates and slowly killing our economy. And that was before the most ill-begotten merger imaginable.
What did California or America do to deserve a Fiorina?

Re: Barbara Boxer Gets Demon Sheeped

Villainess — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:02:36 -0000

Re: The Worldly Observations of Jerry Brown

Villainess — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:39:06 -0000

It seems like journalist John Myers is applauding our lack of depth and understanding rather than a clear critique, one way or the other, of Jerry Brown's speach. What's up with that?

Re: Moody's Investment Service Sees Florida As Credit Risk If Oil Spill Impacts Wosen

Villainess — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:11:36 -0000

I am sure that all our monopolistic banks have made their fancy bets against Florida. Just like Greece, it's these disgusting bets that will kill an eonomy that is barely making it.
Our big banks didn't have a single day that they didn't make money off their deals last quarter! Moody is already behind the game.
There should be NO CAP on up front reimbursements for destructive corporations. I hope this isn't pressure to make them do their own oil drilling gambits just to survive.

Re: Dolphins And Whales Covered In Oil, Some Dying

Villainess — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:18:20 -0000

Sounds like "Hank" would protect BP even further.

Seeing is believing the truth of this disaster, which BP most desperately would prevent. But the immensity of this disaster cannot possibly be sensationalized.

Re: Does Marijuana Have Coattails? - Ideas Special Report - The Atlantic

Villainess — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:18:32 -0000

Speaking of marijauna coattails, did Brown just blow it with young voters that aren't so familiar with him in the first place by saying the proposition would increase gang violence? This was said about the same time that the CA NAACP decided to support it and hopefully save black youth from unbalanced prison sentences and life-long education and other benefit issues for non-violent possession charges.

Re: Chairwoman of powerful intelligence subcommittee used unsecured wireless network at home, group says

Villainess — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:55:27 -0000

I thought Winograd lost already. Is she running anyway? (But nothing like Lieberman in Connecticut!)

Re: Paleontologists Find Treasure Trove of Fossils in Marsupial Death Pit

Villainess — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:51:51 -0000

Interesting assumption that because these marsupials are thought to have exhibited "mob" mentality their brains were miniscule. It seems like the homo sapiens of today, even with their celebrated braininess are exhibiting the same "mob" mentality that is leading to our own carbony cliff extinction.

(I got the physical evidence of small brains too, but the behavioral comparisons seem foolish in today's lack of ability to change energy direction.)

Re: Colombian Mass Grave Of More Than 2000 May Be Civilian Trade Unionists, Not Military Casualties | World | AlterNet

Villainess — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:23:01 -0000

And surely, they put their wages back up . . .

Re: Log In

Villainess — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:45:46 -0000

From what I understand, practicing Muslims actually pray throughout the day, so a nearby facility makes it a tad more comfortable for workers.

Re: Log In

Villainess — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:01:59 -0000

Those most affected on both the day of the disaster and today are the Manhattanites, who overall support this center. The further you get from the island, the less support for the project and more bigoted people seem to be.

Re: Log In

Villainess — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:27:19 -0000

Our representatives, including the President make a single oath. They must swear to protect our Constitution. Nothing in that pledge indicates that they must follow the whims of their constituents! Our Constitution guarantees the right of all religions, not just the ones that you or I like, to be completely free of government control or threat. That would most definitely mean that politicians should not be sticking their noses into a decision about what private and properly zoned building can house a prayer room, even if it is close to other churches and monuments.

First amendment rights are not supposed to be comfortable. That's why it had to be written as our first amendment. The difficult issues are the most important to protect, so try to get over it, please.

The first amendment is not being followed if politicians are telling people they "should not" pray here, or there. That would be government control.