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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Speaking of dictatorship
Worldview Thought for the Day
What do you call it when a government requires people to buy a product or service from the government by the threat of force? […] Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, Nations, News, Politics, Spending, Taxes, United States, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged dictatorship, Healthcare, leftists, Reform
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Coup defined, American leftist style.
Worldview Thought for the Day
I’ve learned some interesting things as I continue to follow the developments in the standoff between the constitutional government of Honduras and the rest of the leftist world. Most interestingly, I have learned that American leftists in particular have some very interesting views on what a coup is: […] Continue reading
Posted in Government, Honduras, Military, Nations, News, Politics, United States, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Constitution, Government, Honduras, leftists, Military
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What did they know and how long did it take them to tell it?
Worldview Thought for the Day
So, the CIA had this program that came into existance soon after 9-11 to kill leaders of al-Qaeda and they didn’t tell Congress about it. This failure to inform Congress may or may not have been a violation of the law.
Now, this decision not to tell was apparently made by former-Secretary-of-Defense-then-Vice-President Dick Cheney. Why? Apparently because there was a concern that if Congress was told about the on-again-off-again-program-that-never-became-operational, it would leak. […] Continue reading
Posted in al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Government, Groups, Intelligence, Nations, News, Politics, Security, United States, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged 9-11, CIA, information, Intelligence, National Security
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Failure of rhetoric
Worldview Thought for the Day If George W Bush’s presidency was a dictatorship, then how is it that he is not still president and that some people are still complaining so vigorously about a man that has not been president … Continue reading
Posted in Nations, News, Philosophy, Politics, Rhetoric, Society, United States, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged George W Bush, presidency, president, Worldview
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This site blows my mind
I think something in my head popped when I came across the website of the Nation Startch Food Innovation.
Their site lede is: “Enhancing the performance of foods around the world.”
Performance of foods? What? […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food, Philosophy, Society
Tagged costs, Food, performance, science, technology
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