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I'm a Canadian. I'm a Catholic. I'm a computer scientist who'll soon be trading his computer for a classroom.
I'm an actor. I'm a singer. I'm a lover. I'm a dreamer. I'm a politically active 30-something. I'm a pacifist. I'm pro-life but pro-Choice. I'm in favour of gay marriage, straight marriage, open marriage, and multiple marriage, so long as all participants are fully consenting adults.
I'm in favor of optional prayer in the classroom, in the park, in the workplace, in traffic. Freedom of religion means freedom: to practice it, to ignore it, to discuss it, to criticize it, to ridicule it, to defend it -- to do anything but control it. Or control others with it.
I'm prone to spend way too much time "Propelling". I'm an addict. I'm coping.
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Informed Comment: Top Ten Worst Things about the Bush Decade; Or, the Rise of the New Oligarchs »
Posted by: 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Just as the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union allowed the emergence of a class of lawless 'Oligarchs' in ...
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Copenhagen's failure belongs to Obama -- Naomi Klein »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
The American president has been uniquely placed to lead the world on climate change and squandered every opportunity.
(read more)Read (35) | Share | Discuss (0) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Landmines: Obama's ultimate betrayal »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
When friends of mine learn that I have broken my deal with Barack Obama, and no longer support the "light of the world" (as one ...
(read more)Read (67) | Share | Discuss (6) | Read Full Story at guardian.co.uk
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Rebecca Solnit -- Earth, Too Big to Fail? »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
Or as the Center for Biological Diversity put it, “President Obama can lead, rather than follow, by using his power under the Clean Air Act ...
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Smalltown America's growing voice of rage is a force to be reckoned with | Gary Younge | Comment is free | The Guardian »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political News
Gary Younge: In poorer, isolated towns the rightwing protest movement is flourishing. Republicans as well as Obama must take note..
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Health Care Nullification: Things have just gotten underway »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
Over the years, wise men and women warned us that the Constitution would never enforce itself. The time is long overdue for people to start ...
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A Dangerous Dysfunction »
Posted by: 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
Unless some legislator pulls off a last-minute double-cross, health care reform will pass the Senate this week. Count me among those who consider this an ...
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Informed Comment: Shafir: The End of US Relevance »
Posted by: 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The Obama Administration’s attempt to freeze settlements has not only been too tame but also misguided. Past experience shows that Israeli settlements can either ...
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Tiger Woods, Person of the Year »
Posted by: 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
AS we say farewell to a dreadful year and decade, this much we can agree upon: The person of the year is not Ben Bernanke ...
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Copenhagen - Historic failure that will live in infamy - Commentators, Opinion - The Independent »
Posted by: 2 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The most progressive US president in a generation comes to the most important international meeting since the Second World War and delivers a speech so ...
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Secret Afghan war purposes and justifications »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
When George Bush first announced the war in Afghanistan, he justified it almost exclusively with the need to drive out Al Qaeda from that country ...
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Documents Suggest Bush White House Failed to Search for Libby's "Missing" Emails »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political News
Between late 2005 and January 2006, the Bush administration tried to recover "lost" emails from staffers who worked in the Office of the Vice President ...
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Obama Declares War on Pakistan »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 1 day ago in Political Opinion
As he made clear in his West Point speech, President Obama is poised to use the escalation of the Afghan War as an excuse to ...
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Woman abandoned in Fairfax as a baby finds her rescuers - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
Christopher Astle and Emily Yanich were teenage pals strolling back from a 7-Eleven that afternoon in late summer -- two ordinary kids on an ordinary Wednesday ...
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Marty Kaplan: Barack Obama Is a Traitor »
Posted by: 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Have we been so desensitized by the slurs against Obama that when Dick Cheney got around to saying the president committed treason, it just wasn ...
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