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  • A Allah On Acid

    Vincent Reynolds wrote:

    It would be more accurate to say that to the American Christian Right, the word "liberal" no longer embodies the true latin meaning of the word.

    Liberals pretend to be defending freedom, when really they want more government controls. The Liberals' version of what they call freedom is remarkably similar to communism. Liberals think that freedom means being given what you want (i.e. welfare), when conservatives believe that freedom means making sure everyone can make decisions for themselves.

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    Liberals pretend to be defending freedom, when really they want more government controls.

    Why would Liberals want more government control when they are not in government? Wouldnt that just be handing power to the concervatives currently in government?

    Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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      Stan Shannon wrote:

      PBS

      :gasp: That's the commie channel damnit!!!

      -- If not entertaining, write your congressman

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      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

      That's the commie channel damnit!!!

      How do you think I stay so well informed on the subject? ;)

      Thank God for disproportional force.

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        Liberals pretend to be defending freedom, when really they want more government controls.

        Why would Liberals want more government control when they are not in government? Wouldnt that just be handing power to the concervatives currently in government?

        Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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        Allah On Acid
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        Josh Gray wrote:

        Why would Liberals want more government control when they are not in government? Wouldnt that just be handing power to the concervatives currently in government?

        The bush regime administration is not really conservative, they are what is called neo-con. The neo-cons and liberals are just flip sides of the same coin, they agree on wanting more government controls, and sadly, a large portion of the American population are like sheep, and just go along with it. they will give up any liberties if they think it will make them "safer". Government tyranny poses a greater threat than any evil assault weapons or terrorists or scary white extremists.

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          Josh Gray wrote:

          Why would Liberals want more government control when they are not in government? Wouldnt that just be handing power to the concervatives currently in government?

          The bush regime administration is not really conservative, they are what is called neo-con. The neo-cons and liberals are just flip sides of the same coin, they agree on wanting more government controls, and sadly, a large portion of the American population are like sheep, and just go along with it. they will give up any liberties if they think it will make them "safer". Government tyranny poses a greater threat than any evil assault weapons or terrorists or scary white extremists.

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          Jorgen Sigvardsson
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          they are what is called neo-con

          And they con people in new and improved ways? :rolleyes:

          -- The Show That Watches Back

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            Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

            That's the commie channel damnit!!!

            How do you think I stay so well informed on the subject? ;)

            Thank God for disproportional force.

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            I always knew you had a little Lenin inside. ;)

            -- From the network that brought you "The Simpsons"

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              Josh Gray wrote:

              Why would Liberals want more government control when they are not in government? Wouldnt that just be handing power to the concervatives currently in government?

              The bush regime administration is not really conservative, they are what is called neo-con. The neo-cons and liberals are just flip sides of the same coin, they agree on wanting more government controls, and sadly, a large portion of the American population are like sheep, and just go along with it. they will give up any liberties if they think it will make them "safer". Government tyranny poses a greater threat than any evil assault weapons or terrorists or scary white extremists.

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              they agree on wanting more government controls, and sadly, a large portion of the American population are like sheep, and just go along with it. they will give up any liberties if they think it will make them "safer".

              Are you saying that your government is creating fear in order to get more power?

              Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                they agree on wanting more government controls, and sadly, a large portion of the American population are like sheep, and just go along with it. they will give up any liberties if they think it will make them "safer".

                Are you saying that your government is creating fear in order to get more power?

                Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                Josh Gray wrote:

                Are you saying that your government is creating fear in order to get more power?

                It is a tactic that is probably as old as governments themselves.

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                  Josh Gray wrote:

                  Are you saying that your government is creating fear in order to get more power?

                  It is a tactic that is probably as old as governments themselves.

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                  Is that a yes?

                  Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                    Is that a yes?

                    Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                    Allah On Acid
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                    Josh Gray wrote:

                    Is that a yes?

                    Yes.

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                    • A Allah On Acid

                      Josh Gray wrote:

                      Is that a yes?

                      Yes.

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                      Can you give me an example or two?

                      Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                      • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                        I always knew you had a little Lenin inside. ;)

                        -- From the network that brought you "The Simpsons"

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                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        I always knew you had a little Lenin inside.

                        More of a Pol Pot I would say :)

                        Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                          Can you give me an example or two?

                          Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                          Allah On Acid
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                          Josh Gray wrote:

                          Can you give me an example or two?

                          For instance, they have banned .50BMG riles in california, although there has never been any crime commited with them, because they might be "terrorist weapons". http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/06/60minutes/main665257.shtml[^] The Patriot Act[^] has been passed giving law enforcement to spy on you in pretty much any way they want to, because they say it will make you safe from terrorists.

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                            Josh Gray wrote:

                            Can you give me an example or two?

                            For instance, they have banned .50BMG riles in california, although there has never been any crime commited with them, because they might be "terrorist weapons". http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/06/60minutes/main665257.shtml[^] The Patriot Act[^] has been passed giving law enforcement to spy on you in pretty much any way they want to, because they say it will make you safe from terrorists.

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                            The Patriot Act[^] has been passed giving law enforcement to spy on you in pretty much any way they want to, because they say it will make you safe from terrorists.

                            How do you think your government should address the threat of terrorism?

                            Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                              I prefer ABCNNBCBS. Not affiliated with FOX. :)


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                              Farhan Noor Qureshi
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                              Reminds me of this[^].:)


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                                The Patriot Act[^] has been passed giving law enforcement to spy on you in pretty much any way they want to, because they say it will make you safe from terrorists.

                                How do you think your government should address the threat of terrorism?

                                Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                                Josh Gray wrote:

                                How do you think your government should address the threat of terrorism?

                                First of all, they should increase the security with the Mexican border, as it is now, a terrorist could smuggle any type of weapon they wanted into America, probably even a nuclear weapon, but the government seems afraid to do anything about the border because it is politically incorrect.

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                                  Reminds me of this[^].:)


                                  Farhan Noor Qureshi

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                                  Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                  Actually, ABCNNBCBS is a Simpsons' joke which is shown by FOX. The only good thing that came out of FOX were the Simpsons and 24.


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                                    Josh Gray wrote:

                                    How do you think your government should address the threat of terrorism?

                                    First of all, they should increase the security with the Mexican border, as it is now, a terrorist could smuggle any type of weapon they wanted into America, probably even a nuclear weapon, but the government seems afraid to do anything about the border because it is politically incorrect.

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                                    First of all, they should increase the security with the Mexican border, as it is now, a terrorist could smuggle any type of weapon they wanted into America, probably even a nuclear weapon, but the government seems afraid to do anything about the border because it is politically incorrect.

                                    But that wouldnt have stopped 9/11 or the attack on the Cole (sp?) On another note, do you think the Iraq war has helped stabalise the middle east?

                                    Objects in mirror are closer than they appear

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                                      In this highly polarised world, it seems natural that even news media are biased in some way or other. So my qestion is, which news media(portal/network) do you prefer to get the facts of a particular issue?

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                                      Chris Austin
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                                      I try to get news from multiple sources. When I find an article or news item that is interesting I'll try to look it up on multiple sites. I've found news.google.com is pretty decent as well as yahoo's news. I think the TV news (CNN and Fox) are far too polarizing so I tend to avoid them. If I am going to watch the news I prefer The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. The both tend to lean to the left but, I watch them for the fun of it. I honestly have given up on our current politicians (liberal and conservative) and their sycophants repeating the same talking points again and again. It seems they are more interested in keeping us polarized than actually getting important work done.

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                                        RawStory (www.rawstory.com) and al-Jazeera (can't remember the link, don't have it here)

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                                        Jim A. Johnson wrote:

                                        al-Jazeera (can't remember the link, don't have it here)

                                        http://english.aljazeera.net[^] Unfortunatly a lot of the news on the english site is straight from the wires. My understanding is that they have been working hard to expand the English reporting[both online and TV], but there is a long way to go.

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                                          in America, liberal means the opposite of the true latin meaning of the word.

                                          As from the proper English meaning of the word too.

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                                          Does this not seem a little biased in Islam's favor?

                                          Of the two parts you quoted I cannot see that one is more pro than the other. Can you point out explicity which areas you find "pro-muslim". As far as I can see they are both respectful and acurate.

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                                          It says that Mohammad was a prophet, and even includes the pbuh

                                          The "peace be upon him" is the respectful part. That is not bias, that is called respect.

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                                          but does it say that Jesus is God's Son, or that he died for Man's Sins?

                                          Ummm.... Yes, it does: Conveniently you missed the introduction[^] where it said: Christians believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God You also missed the bit, also in the introduction, where it said: God sent his Son to earth to save humanity from the consequences of its sins And in the section on beliefs[^] it says: Jesus died on the Cross so that those who believe in him will be forgiven all their sins


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                                          Adnan Siddiqi
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                                          Actually he found that BBC link on FOX news channel website.So forgive him.

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