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Archive for January, 2007

Regarding Media

Cheney’s staff, and a useful pressL.A. Times January 27, 2007by Tim Rutten
IT wasn’t what anybody intended, but this week Vice President Dick Cheney and some of his former aides gave the rest of us a rather instructive seminar in the symbiotic contempt that links the Bush administration and self-serving members of the Washington press corps.
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Lies

you are a sinner.
God basically doesn’t like you.
at least you’ve got your insurance policy, be thankful, you’re one of the lucky ones.
fall in line, be good, follow the rules, check the boxes, play church.
listen to them; they are smarter, they are holier, they are…well, just trust me.
you can’t be like Jesus; he is God and [...]

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Feeling socially marooned? You’re not alone. Social fragmentation is on the rise, experts say. We Americans have more ways to connect to one another in the Internet age, yet we report fewer close friends. Researchers at Duke and the University of Arizona say the number of true confidants that Americans say they have has [...]

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