Tag: us politics
group name: armchairactivism
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January 26, 2006 07:02 PM EST --
Face it; the right wing has waged an all out war on sex. Nothing else matters. They're obsessed, and so insanely jealous of anyone who is sexy, has sex, enjoys or talks about sex without shame . . . more
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April 15, 2006 01:46 PM EDT --
The county attorney for Barren County in Kentucky sent a "survey" to all state legislators and legislative candidates asking them whether they "accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior." . . . more
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April 20, 2006 02:29 PM EDT --
I usually don't do this...publish somebody else's work. Gather should be for writers, not bloggers.
I will make an exception in this case, because it is such an important article, and so . . . more
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April 08, 2006 08:26 AM EDT --
The setting was Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. The day was February 1, 1960.
Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond were four young men who attended Agriculture . . . more
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April 18, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
I have a piece of the Berlin Wall on my refrigerator. This is from 1989, when a friend joined hundreds of thousands, who helped to tear it down.
The piece of the wall is thick concrete, and you can imagine . . . more
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April 04, 2006 01:49 AM EDT --
This is a continuation of another article that I published a few days ago. The gist of that article was a tongue-in-cheek satire targeting the proposed laws in several states that aim to "protect" . . . more
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May 13, 2006 02:57 AM EDT --
I have recently spent several hours collating and considering the statistical data relating to the so-called 'War on Terror'.
So as to be sure that I am not overstating anything I have relied . . . more
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April 22, 2006 08:27 AM EDT --
On April 14, 1962, a Cuban military tribunal convicted 1,179 American Cuban exiles who had participated in the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of April 17, 1961, exactly one year earlier.
(See "The . . . more
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May 18, 2006 02:59 AM EDT --
Human Ancestors May Have Interbred With Chimpanzees
Washington Post Thursday, May 18, 2006.
"According to the new theory, chimps and humans shared a common apelike ancestor much more recently than . . . more
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May 05, 2006 03:43 AM EDT --
No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as . . . more
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May 11, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
I wanted to drop everyone a quick note and let you know that I will no longer be part of Team Gather. My time at Gather has been an amazing experience and it has been a complete blast getting to know and . . . more
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November 21, 2006 12:52 AM EST --
Bringing the FairTax message to the Democratic Ways and Means chairman
Rep. Charles Rangel, the new Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has recently made media appearances where . . . more
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May 14, 2006 05:10 AM EDT --
Just suppose that after the events of 9/11 George Bush had done nothing?
Nothing at all.
Would America be in better shape now?
What has been the result of America's actions since the attack? . . . more
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April 12, 2006 12:06 AM EDT --
I have contemplated writing this article several times, yet never have. I really thought if anything it would hurt more than help, but I think maybe now is the time to really get people to open up . . . more
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April 19, 2006 03:22 AM EDT --
In 1952, Eisenhower was in the White House, ranches and bungalows sprung up everywhere, men wore Hawaiian shirts on Fridays and gave barbecues on Sunday afternoons. In 1952, women stayed home to mind the . . . more
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May 19, 2006 09:37 PM EDT --
LARGER VERSION HERE
LARGER BLACK AND WHITE VERSION HERE
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May 22, 2006 03:09 AM EDT --
Right now four point seven percent of all adult Americans of an African heritage are in jail.
The American jail population is 2 180 000 souls.
1 in 138 Americans are in prison.
This is an incarceration . . . more
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May 23, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
This is an exchange I have been engaging in over the last two days in another place and I thought it would be beneficial to post on Gather.
This debate was prompted by my article "Is America . . . more
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April 10, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
I was going to write an article today about all of the political scandals that have come before and the outcry of the American Public's response to said scandals. Then I realized that I do not . . . more
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May 03, 2006 08:21 PM EDT --
A very short article - and if we had some sort of forum on gather where we could ask simple questions I wouldn't have to publish an article about this, but such is life...
I'm seeking that Cheney-Satan . . . more
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