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  Is this generation just setting themselves up for disappointment with Obama!

  by free2beme in

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  2. friends

  i have heard people call obama their "lord and savior" and act like having him in office is going to solve everything for the world.

  i honest believe, a lot of people have extremely high hopes for this man.

  some deserved, as he promised and others imposed as they are desperate.

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  Of course he's not a saviour, he's just the right person on the right moment.
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  There can be no better anthem for X-witnesses.....

  by eyeslice in

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  2. friends

  from the fabulous joni mitchell who sings and looks like an angel.

  i am sure for many of us who placed our dreams with the watchtower's empty promises, it is the perfect anthem.. .

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  There must be some kind of way out of here
  Said the joker to the thief
  Theres too much confusion
  I cant get no relief
  Businessman they drink my wine
  Plow men dig my earth
  None will level on the line
  Nobody of it is worth
  Hey hey
  
  No reason to get excited
  The thief he kindly spoke
  There are many here among us
  Who feel that life is but a joke but uh
  But you and I weve been through that
  And this is not our fateSo let us not talk falsely now
  The hours getting late
  Hey
  
  Hey
  
  All along the watchtower
  Princes kept the view
  While all the women came and went
  Bare-foot servants to, but huh
  Outside in the cold distance
  A wild cat did growl
  Two riders were approachin
  And the wind began to howl
  Hey
  Oh
  All along the watchtower
  Hear you sing around the watch
  Gotta beware gotta beware I will
  Yeah
  Ooh baby
  All along the watchtower
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  10 Years International Crime Court: Towards World Law?

  by hamilcarr in

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  today, the international crime court celebrates its tenth anniversary .

  i believe it has the potential to become a powerful tool against worldwide violations of human rights .

  here's an introductory article on the court's proceedings and future activities:.

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  It's been a long time coming but a change is gonna come ...

  International Court Begins First Trial

  By MARLISE SIMONS

  PARIS — More than six years after opening its doors, the International Criminal Court in The Hague began its first trial Monday, as Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese warlord, took his seat in the dock facing a crowded court and public gallery.

  Supporters of the court have hailed the long-awaited trial as a momentous step for the tribunal, created to try large-scale human rights violations, while critics contend it has been far too long in coming. Mr. Lubanga was brought to The Hague almost three years ago and his case has moved in fits and starts. Now, both sides see the trial as the institution’s first full-scale test, one that will be closely watched by lawyers and human rights activists the world over.

  Mr. Lubanga, 48, once the leader of a powerful and violent militia, is accused of war crimes, including commandeering children under the age of 15 and sending them into war to maim and kill. He pleaded not guilty to the crimes, which prosecutors said occurred in 2002-2003 during ethnic fighting in the Ituri region of Eastern Congo.

  Turf wars within the court, bitter legal squabbles and irritation among the trial judges had almost torpedoed the case. Last July, as the trial was about to start, judges put a halt to the proceedings, citing legal and strategic errors by the prosecution, and said Mr. Lubanga should be set free, though he was ultimately kept in custody. The judges said the prosecution’s handling of evidence amounted to “wholesale and serious abuse” of the process and ruled that at that point a fair trial was not possible.

  Now that the judges have given their green light and errors have been redressed, Mr. Lubanga will be tried by three international judges — from Britain, Costa Rica and Bolivia — in a process that is expected to last until the end of this year.

  One question now being asked in The Hague is whether the Obama administration will re-establish links with the court. The Clinton administration signed the 1998 treaty establishing the court on its last days in office, but President Bush ordered the signature withdrawn, leaving the United States as the only major Western power not to join as a court member.

  Operating independently from the United Nations, the court now has 108 member countries. Its mandate is to try large-scale war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in countries that are unwilling or unable to punish perpetrators themselves. Unlike the temporary tribunals set up to try crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Cambodia, the International Criminal Court is permanent.

  Prosecutors will start their case against Mr. Lubanga by calling on more than 30 witnesses, nine of them young men and women who were themselves former child soldiers.

  At the height of the conflict in Ituri in 2003, as many as 30,000 young boys and girls were believed to be part of the militia forces, prosecutors say. Many were abducted, while others joined in exchange for food, drugs and weapons.

  In his opening statement on Monday, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor for the court, said Mr. Lubanga’s militia included children, some as young as 9 years old, who were used as cooks, cleaners, spies, scouts and sexual slaves. They were ordered to kill, pillage and rape, and they were often killed and raped themselves.

  Congolese human rights groups say that Mr. Lubanga is by no means the most senior commander responsible for the widespread killing in the Congo’s ethnic conflicts, but he became available to the court after he was arrested in 2005 during an investigation into the killing of United Nations peacekeepers in Congo. Two other Congolese militia leaders, rivals of Mr. Lubanga, are in the court’s custody and awaiting trial. At least one other arrest warrant is still outstanding. Prosecutors have also filed charges against war crimes suspects in Sudan, Uganda and the Central African Republic, but they have only four suspects in custody.

  Court officials said that for the Lubanga trial, monitors had been set up at different sites in Congo so that people could follow the court proceedings far away in The Hague via videostream.

  The case is making use of a new step in international law, namely allowing victims to play a direct role in the trial and be represented by their own lawyers, who can make statements, bring witnesses and ask questions in court. A group of 93 victims is participating in this case. Defining this new role for the victims and their lawyers has set off much debate and also caused delay in pre-trial proceedings.

  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/world/europe/27hague.html?_r=1&ref=world&pagewanted=print
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  Jon Stewart has some fun with inauguration speech.

  by BurnTheShips in

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  2. humour

  or more accurately, the reaction to it.. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoid=216538&title=changefest-09-obamas-inaugural.

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  In the same vein, but less humorous:

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jan/26/obama-conservative-progressive-agenda

  Obama the conservative.
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  Forgiving traditionalists, offending Jews

  by hamilcarr in

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  2. current

  on saterday, 24 january pope benedict xvi lifted the excommunication of richard williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late french conservative archbishop marcel lefevbre.

  one of the four bishops, the british-born richard williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the nazi holocaust of european jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians..

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  Ironic coincidence:

  news of the move came just one day before the 50th anniversary of the announcement by Pope John XXIII of his intention to call Vatican II.

  Aggiornamento was necessary. No need to wind the clocks back.
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  Forgiving traditionalists, offending Jews

  by hamilcarr in

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  on saterday, 24 january pope benedict xvi lifted the excommunication of richard williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late french conservative archbishop marcel lefevbre.

  one of the four bishops, the british-born richard williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the nazi holocaust of european jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians..

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  You have to remember there is still a lot of antisemitism in Europe. A lot. And it seems to be worsening.

  Are we talking about the same Europe?

  Nowadays there's only one religion Europeans are afraid of.

  Islamophoby.
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  Forgiving traditionalists, offending Jews

  by hamilcarr in

  1. social
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  on saterday, 24 january pope benedict xvi lifted the excommunication of richard williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late french conservative archbishop marcel lefevbre.

  one of the four bishops, the british-born richard williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the nazi holocaust of european jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians..

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  Lefebvre did not get excommunicated for any of these political positions.

  His political position didn't stand apart from his theological position. It shows how utterly conservative his followers are and gives some extra background to the controversy.
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  Forgiving traditionalists, offending Jews

  by hamilcarr in

  1. social
  2. current

  on saterday, 24 january pope benedict xvi lifted the excommunication of richard williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late french conservative archbishop marcel lefevbre.

  one of the four bishops, the british-born richard williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the nazi holocaust of european jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians..

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  The division is being repaired. Wonderful!

  Wonderful?

  Political positions taken by Marcel Lefebvre:

  -support for Vichy régime, which collaborated with Nazi Germany

  -support for Videla, Pinochet, Franco & Salazar regimes

  -support for Le Pen

  -condemnation of French Revolution

  -opposed to freedom of religion

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  Forgiving traditionalists, offending Jews

  by hamilcarr in

  1. social
  2. current

  on saterday, 24 january pope benedict xvi lifted the excommunication of richard williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late french conservative archbishop marcel lefevbre.

  one of the four bishops, the british-born richard williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the nazi holocaust of european jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians..

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  On Saterday, 24 January Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication of Richard Williamson and three other bishops punished for having been consecrated without papal consent 20 years ago by the late French conservative Archbishop Marcel Lefevbre. One of the four bishops, the British-born Richard Williamson, has made a number of statements denying the full extent of the Nazi Holocaust of European Jews, as accepted by most mainstream historians.
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  Silence of the Obama Cult.....................

  by Warlock in

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  2. current

  on january 20th, inauguration day, the dow had it's worst inauguration day decline.. pretty much a non-issue for the mainstream media, and members of the obama cult.. warlock .

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  hamilcarr

  A Cult typically refers to a cohesive social group devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding population considers to be outside the mainstream. In common or popular usage, "cult" has a positive connotation for groups of art, music, writing, fiction, [ 1 ] and fashion devotees (see Cult following), but a negative connotation for new religious, extreme political, questionable therapeutic, and pyramidal business groups. [ 2 ] For this reason, most, if not all, non-fan groups that are called cults reject this label.

  Can it really be called a cult?