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The president of the University of Massachusetts has responded to the U-Mass student who wrote a letter calling Pat Tillman a "Rambo" and "cuckold" among other aspersions.
...While I recognize Rene Gonzalez's right of free speech, I must also assert my right of free speech to criticize what he said. The comments of Rene Gonzalez in the April 28 Daily Collegian are a disgusting, arrogant and intellectually immature attack on a human being who died in service to his country.
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And before I get a public outcry about my insensitivity: if you are for abortion, in my mind, you are ugly, heinous, despicable, grotesque, abhorrent, disgusting, and so on. Now, you were saying?
Protest Pictures of the Abortion Ogres.
Hundreds of thousands of murder lovers marched on Washington declaring it every woman's right to have her unborn child murdered. No comments on how many would have encouraged their own mothers to have made that decision.
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Old and Enlightened Kerry (OEK) argues that Young and Impulsive Kerry (YIK) didn't know what the hell he was talking about when the latter claimed to have thrown his medals over the fence in a 1971 televised interview. OEK also is supporting "abortion rights" in contrast with the more pro-life positions of YIK, claiming the Right-Wing Attack Machine (RAM) is trying to impugn his record by using his voting record and old television interviews. "That's just not fair!" said OEK.
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Michael Jackson fires Mark Geragos and hires a well-dressed and freshly-shaven Gandalf as his new attorney. Gandalf's good, Michael, but he ain't that good.
Yesterday, I saw a dead buzzard lying in the middle of the road looking like it had gotten hit by a car. Talk about irony.
Does God ever try anything? Or another way of putting it, does God ever attempt to do anything with the potential for failure? Many times you will hear things like "God is trying to show you how much He loves you, if you'd only listen..." or "Don't you realize how much your indecision breaks His heart?" Often, these kinds of statements are said in deference to man's free will, but they completely miss the mark on the sovereignty of God.
God does not ever do anything in vain. Everything He does accomplishes His will. There are no "attempts" to get our attention. If God wants our attention, He gets our attention. God's sovereignty should have far-reaching implications into our understanding of Him and our relationship to Him. In Christ, we have security in our salvation because "He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."(Philippians 1:6) God finishes His work and does not leave anything sort of halfway completed. He does nothing in vain. He does all His holy will.
This is why I cringe everytime I hear something that suggests that God somehow doesn't have the ability to win our hearts. God is Sovereign and all powerful. He is God and always, always gets what He wants.
I have to think that, in constrast to Survivor, The Bachelor, Average Joe, ad infinitum ad nauseum, The Apprentice has been the best reality show as of yet. I have really enjoyed the business challenges that the contestants have not only endured but won by using their skills and creativity. Maybe that is one of the main differences between The Apprentice and the rest of the survivor-type reality shows: in The Apprentice, contestants survive, not through a passive endurance but rather through creative and productive assertiveness.
Last night, Bill Rancic, the owner of a successful Chicago cigar business, won all the marbles against an especially competent Kwame Jackson. As winner, Bill will get to participate in an active role in the construction of a major Trump Hotel/Residential building in downtown Chicago. Not a bad resume padder, if you ask me.
In the final competition, Bill had to organize and oversee a Charity Golf Tournament. Kwame's assignment was to plan and oversee a Jessica Simpson concert at the Taj Majal. Both of these tasks required a lot of planning, operational maneuvering, and assertive leadership. In the end, the Donald picked Bill, but it could have just as easily have been Kwame.
I wish the show's producers had just left it at just one season, but the name of the game is money, so no doubt, The Apprentice will go on for a few more years at least.
...nothing in advance of 9/11 regarding a specific threat.
I won't let liberal news reporters have all the fun with misleading headlines!
The family of the AIDS patient, Julie, filed suit. The family's most recent doctor, Dr. B, had not only failed to realize that Julie had HIV but had not put her on the right medication to prevent it from becoming full-blown AIDS. Now Julie had AIDS and the family was distraught, angry, and frustrated. Dr. B had put her on an agressive treatment that seemed to have the AIDS under control, but only time will tell.
Upon examination, Julie's first doctor, Dr. C, said that he had given Dr. B all the medical records and history needed to correctly diagnose Julie with HIV.
"Heck," said Dr. C, "I recorded her medical history for 8 years. You would think that there would be enough symptomolagy and test results for Dr. B to make a correct diagnosis and begin the appropriate treatment."
Julie's father pleaded with Dr. B. "Can't you just admit that you made a mistake or assume some responsibility?"
Florida Democrats, a real class act.
Yahoo's got it. (thanks to barlowfarms)
There is nothing controversial, ground-breaking, explosive, especially insightful, or otherwise mind-blowing in this memo that would stand out upon one's reading of it. The memo reads pretty much the way that Condoleeza Rice describes it, but as I noted on Barlowfarms, this means nothing to the liberal media. As long as they have breath and your attention, they will declare that all new evidence "raises more questions".
Rush Limbaugh does a good job at exposing these talking points (i.e. precalculated and politically charged phrases or lines of argumentation that are circulated and used by keypersons in interviews and news stories) and demonstrating their widespread use. I don't think that they are necessarily bad, but we should be aware of these tactics when listening to the news or politicos on these news shows.
In a statement on the Senate floor on March 30th, Senator Tom Daschle accused the Bush administration of character assassination of certain outspoken individuals:
Senator McCain and Secretary O'Neill are prominent Republicans, and Richard Clarke, Larry Lindsay, Joe Wilson, and Eric Shinseki all worked for Republican Administrations.
The common denominator is that these government officials said things the White House didn't want said.
The response from those around the President was retribution and character assassination -- a 21st Century twist to the strategy of "shooting the messenger."
Well, Mr. Daschle, I'm all for the assassination of the characters of individuals who have strategically timed personal attacks to undermine the President and his administration with the hopes of selling their books or promoting the election of John Kerry. These individuals do not understand that their statements may in fact be responsible for the strengthening and comforting of those who seek to destroy and assassinate our soldiers.
So, I'm all for the assassination of character when it is deserved, especially when it prevents the murder and assassination of our soldiers who are fighting for freedom in Iraq.
Saw a rose by the side of the road.
I guess I passed her by;
And though I'll never know,
I know, I know, I know,
That she smells so sweet
And she's softer than the memory
Of a rose by the side of the road.
On the back of a brand new 2004 GMC Yukon:
WILL WORK for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I don't know what scares me more about this guy: the fact that he wants my bank account number or his complete inability to put sentences together in a grammatically coherent way. Notice the sense of urgency (an old sales trick) that he employs to speed up the process.
Dear Dr. Chester Wachovski
Thanks for your mail and the information therein. This has gone far to normalize my curiosity and wonderment of what is your dececion over my proosed business transaction. Infact was thingling of looking for another capable hand that will assist us in executing this transaction for mutual benefits.
Notwithstanding, your complete information,Full name,address, bank account information, personal telephone and fax number as requested in my last mail is what is required to enable the lawyer to start - off with the necessary legal applications in your favour to secure the legal approvals for our bank to pay you as the approved legal next of kin to the late foriegn customer.
The transaction cannot take maximun of seven day depending on how fast the lawyer and you is in effecting response to the legal documentations.
Yes, our bank ( ECOBANK GROUP) will open a non - resident account for you in our bank to deposit this money $24M so that you can start transferring or withdrawing of the money gradually to your account in your country or to any account you whishes to send the money to.
Your financial and logistic support will he highly needed to make sure that this transaction is completed in your favour.
I am right in side the heart bit of lagos and our bank is also here in Lagos, calling me from any parts of thw world is not a problem. Concerning the cost, all expenses incurred by you in the process of this tranasction will be taken care of according to the stipulated guidline or formular for sharing. The number to call is: 234 - xxxxxxxxx.
I await your full co-operation by send your details if really you are interest to handle this transaction. Time is no longer in our favour for the initiation and completion of this business.
Thanks.
Yours Worried.
Mr. Ubah Ahmed.
Ahmed the blessed,
Glad to hear from you again! I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to get back with you. As I mentioned in my previous electronic correspondence, I am a squirrel surgeon and this being the fall season in our country, their are many squirrel injuries from nut gathering, hoarding, and male domination fights. I know that this subject probably holds little interest to you, so please forgive me for boring you too much.
Blessed Ahmed ("BA" hereafter), I feel a little unease about this
transaction. I would call you, but I have no idea what part of Lagos you are in and don't know if my MCI Superlong Distance will cover our call. Not that long-distance calls would hurt my pocketbook, but my wife may become suspicious that I'm having an affair or something worse.
I am a little confused about the account information you require. Do I have to open an account in Lagos or use a current account in the US? Also, with all the approvals in your bank that this would have to go through, it looks like a bureacratic and paperwork nightmare. It would probably take months to years to get approval. Can you assure me that this will be as quick and painless as possible?
BA, please clarify in your next correspondence. I eagerly await your response. By the way, I might entertain the thought of a visit to your country in the not-so-distant future. I may be able to attend a Doctors without Borders conference in Kenya in early November which could allow me to swing through Nigeria depending on passport clearance, etc. etc.
All the best,
Dr. Chester Wachovski
Dear Dr. Chester Wachovski,
Thank you very much for your reply mail to my proposed business transaction. I would have replied earlier than now but i traveled branch in cotonou - Benin for an offical bank work. I wish to inform you as follows for proper understanding of what you are expected to do as regards to the successful completion of this transaction in your favour. We use any of your account that think will accommodate the amount involved in this transaction
Firstly, your complete personal details, which must include your Full name,address, bank account information, personal telephone and fax number.
Secondly, the above requested information is what we shall use through my personal lawyer to apply for the transfer of ownership of funds to you as the next of kin to late foreign customer’s money. Application will be forwarded legally to the Federal Ministry Of Justice (FMF) so as to obtain letter of administration, which then empowers our bank to transfer ownership of funds to you as the next of kin. As soon as this letter of administration are obtained in your favour copies of that will be faxed to you or e-mailed to you through attachment for your own record and understanding that the money has been approved in your favour.
Thirdly, immediately the whole matter about letter of administration are concluded at the federal ministry of Justice, bank appropriate authorities will attest, contact you and open - up an account online for you and deposit the money so that you could transfer same to you local account in your country. Note after attestation at the Legal Department of our bank that the whole documentation will come to my desk for endorsement which immediately get the Bank Managing Director / General Manager for final approval and the account opened.
For more oral discussion, you should call always call me through my direct telephone number: 234 - x - xxxxxxx. The phone is very important. It will not take us more than 7 bank working days to accomplish this task in your favour, your fervent, logistic support are most highly needed in this transaction. Also you should maintain the confidentiality of this transaction since we are still in active service with the bank.
Finally, I am expecting your mail and phone call today if you are really interest to handle this business. Further contact should be through this my yahoo mail account and not hotmail for security reasons.
Remain blessed.
Yours truly,
Mr. Ubah Ahmed
This is the beginning of an interesting e-mail discourse that I had with a Nigerian scammer, er, that is, a very rich friend of an imprisoned politician. I pretended to be Dr. Chester Wachovski, a very specialized surgeon: I performed complex surgery on injured squirrels. This was a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy. I sure did.
VERY CONFIDENTIAL.
DEAR SIR,
I am the manager of Foreign Account Department of Eco Bank group. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this transaction. We discovered an abandonedSum of US$24Million (Twenty four Million U.S Dollars) in an account that belonged to one of our foreign customer who died in November 1997 in a plane crash in Lagos. Since this development, we have advertised for his next of kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but nobody came to apply for the money.
To this effect, I and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of kin to the deceased and claim this money. We need a foreign partner to apply for the claim because of the fact that the customer was a foreigner. And we dont want this money to go into the bank's unclaimed fund account. Every document to affect this process will emanate from my table and I will perfect every document s to be in accordance with the banking law and guidelines so you have nothing to worry about.
All we required from you is to open a local bank account in your name here in Lagos where the money is to be deposited, before onward transfer to your designated account abroad. We have agreed that 30% of the money will be for you, 10% for expenses incurred on both sides while 60% will be for my colleagues and me. If you are going to help me, indicate by replying this letter and putting in your bank particulars, private telephone and fax numbers.I await your immediate reply to enable us start this transaction in earnest.Once I receive your reply, I will send you the text of application for immediate application of claim.
Thanks for your anticipated assistance. You can reply through this my private e-mail address.This mail might appear to be Spam to you because of the mode of contact without any prior relationship but a diligent search was conducted which has led to my Contacting you in particular and you will better understand and do this transaction with me.
Remain Blessed
Mr. Ubah Ahmed
20 points to whoever can recite more than one verse of Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Riders.
On a slightly different note, Janet Jackson's risque new album seems designed in part to compete with Britney Spears and also to divert some of the negative limelight away from her brother Michael. That's just my theory, though.
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