Commie Chris
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POLL: Occupations
by Angst inas a witness what occupation did/do you hold?.
i was speaking with a friend of mine that is a former witness and we remarked about how many of us have worked in some sort of janitorial work.
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Why can't we own Canadians?
by closer2fine inlaura schlessinger is a us radio personality who dispenses advice to.
i have tried asking, but most women take offense.. d) lev.
he violates lev.
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Bush's speech -- I'll be the first to admit...
by Seeker in...it was an effective speech.
i was impressed, and thought it only fair to say so here given the recent political discussions.
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Why the world must care about anti-US terrorism
by LDH inmade this point on another post.. i have heard repeatedly that what happened in nyc doesn't concern the rest of the world.. .
but, while watching a show on tlc last night, some really made the issue clear about whether the rest of the world needs to be involved.. they interviewed a high-ranking government official in nairobi, kenya.. this man was reminiscing on the fact that during the bombing attacks on the us embassy in 1998, osama bin laden was willing to sacrifice 288 kenyan lives to kill just 12 americans.
over 5,000 were wounded.
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HIT with a Hammer
by Amazing inin conjunction with my appeal for calm, i might add that when we are working on a construction project and hit our thumb with the hammer, we might scream, cuss, and throw the hammer at something out of a sense of anger with the event and with ourselevs.. if my co-wroker hits me with the hammer, then i might turn and take a swing at him out of an immediate reactive sense to defend myself.
likely, i might cuss him out, scream, and threaten.. as the pain subsides, i might then start to calm, and look at what happened and determine needs to take place.
i could accept an apology and move on, or if i thought it was deliberate action on his part, i might take it to the boss and get some sense of justice.. our nation, and really all good nations, were hit with a hard hammer tuesday.
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view of an American from Afghanistan
by Tatiana inthis was posted on another forum by someone i talk to.....any thoughts on this post?.
"this was sent to me from a friend and is supposedly written by an american that is from afghanistan.
> i've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing .
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Reconciliation, Not Revenge
by Commie Chris inanother rational american calls for atonement and reconciliation rather than revenge: .
>statement on september 11 attack .
david mcreynolds, war resisters league .
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Another Voice of Reason
by Commie Chris inthis article by robert fisk in yesterday's independent presents some relief from the simplistic propaganda of cnn et al.
is there any chance that this atrocity will lead to a rational discussion on preventing further violence rather than further escalations in the violence?
probably not, but i suggest reading fisk's article, as well as my previous post of an e-mail from noam chomsky.. .
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A Voice of Sanity and Reason
by Commie Chris inlike most people, i watched the events of sept. 11 with horror and sadness.
i have also been horrified, but, sadly, not surprised, by the rush to judgment (no need for a trial or any impartial weighing of evidence) and the growing "nuke the arabs" hysteria of many, but thankfully not all, americans.
the following is an e-mail from noam chomsky, imo one of the great american thinkers of the 20th century.