Theyve been watching Red Dawn again Oct 21, 2009
So have and are virtually all of the conservative thought leaders and commentators in all of their various ideological crusades. Ms. Tucker and former President Jimmy Carter are only partially correct when they claim that racism is the basis of the tide of paranoid pantopragmatism. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Comedian: Sell the Vatican to End Hunger Oct 16, 2009
The Crusades stopped the attempt by Muslims to invade and conquer Europe. But I guess for Muslims that explains why they hate the Crusades, it ruined their big plan. (CBS News)
Little-known Egyptian is key al-Qaida figure Oct 16, 2009
Mustafa al-Yazid makes no secret of his contempt for the United States, once calling it "the evil empire leading crusades against the Muslims.". "We have reached the point where we see no difference between the state and the American people," al-Yazid told Pakistan's Geo TV in a June 2008 interview. (MSNBC -- International)
Ghanaians and Chinese Should Inter-Marry for Romance Diplomacy Oct 15, 2009
", said the former Precinct Captain and Volunteer for Obama for America's 2008 Presidential Campaign --- one of the World's most Outstanding Intellectuals who according to American Public Officials, is more educated than 70 % of America's population --- yet, has (never) been given any opportunity to dream the proverbial "American Dream" (by ignorant and hateful Anti-Intellectual forces who are more dangerous and extremely intolerant than even the Nazis, Cowardly Anti-Semites and Ku Klu Klans)... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Non-Christians May Find This Cross Hard to Bear Oct 14, 2009
They did it to Jews and Muslims during the Crusades and to those whose conversions were deemed insincere during the Spanish Inquisition. Christians have chased Jews out of their native countries, driven religious practices underground, moved Jews into ghettos, forced attendance at conversion services and destroyed synagogues, shops and homes, all out of religious conviction. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Screen hero hack Oct 10, 2009
He wrote: "Ever since boyhood I have been drawn, perhaps romantically - to the ideas of causes, crusades.". For a Hollywood actor who has played Robin Hood, could there be any more sort of perfect matchup than Fidel in the mountains fighting against a corrupt dictator. (BBC News -- Americas)
The Antichrist in Christian Church ... Oct 5, 2009
Thus, the Church was able to galvanize Catholic forces to combat the Muslim occupation of sacred sites in the Holy Land by launching the Crusades. Internal heretical movements like the Cathars in Southern France were also dealt with in similar fashion. (Suite101.com)
The Death (And Life) of Conservatism Sep 26, 2009
But when they set out on right-wing ideological crusades, as they did under Bush II, he criticizes them harshly. This is a defensible position-indeed, it is close to my own. (CBS News)
The Cause Of Peace Sep 25, 2009
Conservative Magazines & Recommended Sites. Crunchy Conservative Blogs. (The American Conservative)
Justinian's Achievements in the 6th... Sep 24, 2009
These important principles would revolutionize western European legal studies in the late 11th and early 12th Centuries as relationships with the East, largely due to the period of the Crusades, reintroduced basic legal concepts. The development of a legal tradition in Western Europe was heavily influenced by the Codex Justinianus. (Suite101.com)
Ahmadinejad Proud of Holocaust Denial Sep 22, 2009
It's equally true that the crusades never happened ... The Crusades did too happen. (CBS News -- World)
CPC discusses intra-Party democracy Sep 22, 2009
The country has been traumatized in history by different crusades launched by the Party, including the 1958-1960 Great Leap Forward and the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. The fight did not come to an end till Mr Deng Xiaoping went to Shenzhen in early 1991 to reignite economic reform, effectively putting out inner-party ideological bickering. (People's Daily Online, China)
Wars of the Religious Left Sep 22, 2009
Thus, drawing upon the metaphors already habitual in the social gospel vocabulary of applied Christianity crusades, suffering Christ-nation, vicarious wars of service, and so on the progressive clergy consciously and deliberately provided the images of the United States, of Germany, and of the war s ultimate meaning that were indispensable in waging total war. There is something unsettling, even obscene, about Christian clergymen embracing the savage mentality that demands total war and... (The American Conservative)
Belligerent French Nobility of the ... Sep 21, 2009
It was regarded as a profession and as a sign of honor and over the following centuries other ideas and events, including chivalric literature and the crusades, came to form and shape the current conception of chivalry. Sources. (Suite101.com)
Starved girl says her dad was convinced she was Satan Sep 20, 2009
El Gabilon wrote on Sep 19, 2009 2:29 PM:" The judge says "she wasn't physically abused". What would you call starving a person? We call it physical abuse because if adequare sustanence is not provided it has a debilitating effect upon the body, causing it to deteriate and consume itself. The father and stepmother should be given 10 years at hard labor. As for remorse this always seems to come after someone is caught rather than before. There is also the case for society which seems to allow the... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Obama: No Quick Decision on Afghan War Sep 17, 2009
All of the intelligent Americans were hoping a new administration would begin the war crimes trials for the Cheney crime family, pull all crusaders and greedy contractors out of the Afghan and Iraqi crusades. Of course we knew this was not going to happen because the real power people are enjoying the biggest ERA of greed in American history. (CBS News)
Free swim Sunday Sep 14, 2009
Stand up and PROUDLY salute him as the bravely soldiers on in the BushCo Crusades aka the war on terrorism you ardently promoted and so love. You buffoons are gonna lose the pro-war vote if you re not careful. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Yemeni Child Bride, 12, Dies in Labor Sep 14, 2009
Crusades, inquisition, Jihad, etc. Its not an Islamic problem only, Islam is just the most recent 'headline' of abuse. (CBS News)
When the killing is over Sep 11, 2009
They mention the Crusades, which took place 900 years ago. They neglect to mention the global invasion, thievery, and murder their bunch committed the last 350 years. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Billy Graham group denies discrimination Sep 10, 2009
Graham's ministry began when segregation was still accepted, though he later integrated his crusades. The aging evangelist, now 90, has faced a range of health problems in recent years and spends most of his days at a mountainside home in western North Carolina. (The Clarion-Ledger)
St. Eulalias opens its doors to Islamic faithful Sep 7, 2009
These forums have allowed some to air feelings about thorny issues, such as the historical animosity many blame on the medieval struggle for control of Jerusalem, including the Crusades campaigns of European Christians. In the Middle Ages, both religions felt that the world would be a better place if, in the case of Catholics, that everyone were Catholic, and for the Muslims, if everyone were Muslim, Arnott said. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
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Well, more religion than the previous chapter ; which was already essentially soaked in the intrigue and horror of the Crusades. The ending of the original Creed tackled a cornerstone of the rise of civilization head-on, too: the birth of a shared mythology and its power to shape the course of human history. (IGN PC Games)
Calm - Then Sudden Death in Afghan War Sep 5, 2009
The Cheney crime family was able to go 7 years in two crusades never showing any coffins in Dover AFB and not a single photo of a crusader with even a speck of BLOOD on his uniform. The AP had better knock this off or their cut of the billions in war profit will be cut. (CBS News)
Grim Milestone Nears for US In Afghan War Aug 28, 2009
So the Military Industrial Media Complex is laughing all the way to the bank as the new president continues the illegal Cheney-Bush CRUSADES. It will be interesting to see if enough Americans tire if this FAKE WAR ON TERROR, but for sure this group of very rich men will do all in their power to try and STOP any chance of WORLD PEACE. After all under the Rumsfield no bid contract let the private contractors make all the money policy life just don't get any better for the super rich. Next... (CBS News)
Brief ultrasound would prevent deaths in labour Aug 26, 2009
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The History of St. Sepulchre Church... Aug 26, 2009
St. Sepulchre's close proximity to a London gate made it a useful gathering for those going off on the Crusades and for centuries it was important structure in the city. But it had another structure in close proximity. (Suite101.com)
Who Were the Knights Templar? Aug 14, 2009
Becoming a brand of fighting monks, it wasn t long before the church began making offers of salvation to those who would join in the crusades ... But the bottom line was that the Templars were offered indulgences to take upon themselves all the major crusades against the Muslim invaders in Jerusalem and were eventually utilized to wipe out other heretical groups which became a problem for the Church; i.e. the Cathars ... When they were unable to take back the holy land and when other crusades... (Suite101.com)
Creating culture of entitlement Aug 13, 2009
HakonMontag wrote on Aug 12, 2009 2:14 PM:" ematt - more jabs, no problem.The fact of Nobility is a long standing trait of mankind. They are in truth no more noble (bloodwise) than any common man. They are nothing more than common men and women. But they have been elevated to these positions due to the lack of will power of their own people, their followers. Men are inherently followers by nature, as you are a follower of the President and the Congressional leaders that you hold in esteem when... (Helena Independent Record)
Lev Grossman to speak at Borders Downtown Crossing and Boston Public Library Aug 11, 2009
At sea, forward into the past Historian Mary Malloy, who teaches at Harvard and at the Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, will discuss her historical mystery The Wandering Heart, which spirals back in time from the voyages of Captain Cook to the battles of the Crusades, Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Book Ends, 559 Main St., Winchester. At Fenway, and other tales Matt Tavares, author of the delightful Red Sox children s book Zachary s Ball, will read from that and other tales he has written and... (Boston Globe)
Clinton Puts Spotlight on Congo Sex Crimes Aug 11, 2009
It worked during the Crusades. by raymystereo August 10, 2009 11:37 AM EDT. (CBS News -- World)
Prayer showdown (1803) Aug 6, 2009
Not buying your BS. Mao's atheism hadnothing to do with his actions is about as logical as saying (radical theism had nothing to do with the crusades), a charge atheists are quick to not let society forget. " linengray wrote on Aug 5, 2009 12:32 PM:" You human beings make me crazy. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Click to read:Palin's "Mad as Hell" Speech Jul 27, 2009
But of course they did nothing, resulting in Bush gulf one and TWO Cheney-Bush crusades. Stupid people deserve what they get. (CBS News)
‘Harvard Beats Yale 29-29’ available on DVD Jul 26, 2009
The more memorable is a character study of Pickett, who now crusades against the death penalty. The result is a film that s simple, eloquent, and no less affecting for being highly partisan. (Boston Globe)
Al Gore unhinged Jul 18, 2009
The word crusade, in this case, had religious connotations, in contrast to when FDR, Eisenhower, or Reagan called for crusades for freedom. Indeed, it is rarely recalled that Earth in the Balance carried the instructive subtitle, Ecology and the Human Spirit. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Time to change our failed drug policies Jul 14, 2009
Policies, as Thomas Sowell has said, are measured by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel. If a more rational and humane approach to drug issues is going to come from the Obama administration, more power to them. (Weymouth News, MA)
Iraq Bombings Kill 10, Wound Dozens Jul 12, 2009
Yet the stupid humans in the western world continue to believe somehow both these crusades were necessary. The managed news media did a masterful job helping the lying Cheney crime family claim all this death and destruction was because a band of evil terror dudes planned and executed the New Pearl Harbor attack on America. (CBS News)
Click to read:Rethinking Strategy in Afghanistan Jul 12, 2009
Are there any Americans out there smart enough to at least question the real motive for the Bush crusades. Remember leaders love stupid people and fear intelligent people. (CBS News)
Prince Charles: Just 96 months to save world... Jul 11, 2009
Just 96 months to save world, says Prince Charles - Green Living, Environment - The Independent. from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. (The Drudge Report)
Keynote speaker likes to motivate new writers Jul 10, 2009
His historically based titles include several related to Gen. George A. Custer; The American Chronicles novel series, which Vaughan covered the 20th century; a novel based on the original screenplay "Andersonville"; and one of his most recent works, "Armor of God." Co-written with Paul Block, the book is a modern-day thriller with a religious history plot dating to the Crusades. Vaughan won the Porgie Award in 1976 for Best Original Paperback ("The Power and the Pride"); the American Spur Award... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Thank God it's "Humpday" Jul 10, 2009
Ultimately, a boyish comic actor named Nils Poppe took the role of Jof, and von Sydow was reassigned to play Antonius Block, the brooding knight who is returning from the Crusades, alongside his wisecracking, cynical squire (Gunnar Bj. rnstrand, in a performance that may outdo von Sydow's). (Salon)
Robert McNamara, Ex-Pentagon Chief, Dies Jul 7, 2009
Now as Obama continues the Cheney crusades the people responsible for both the Afghan and Iraq debacle retire to write books like STRANGE MAC did, never fearing anyone from the government will ever bring charges of MURDER of innocents against them. What a shame that incompetence in politics is rewarded by a nice pension, book deals, public speaking for big money. (CBS News)
Bekwai East District inaugurates SDA Church Jul 6, 2009
He said, "the divinity of Christ is seen all over the universe and it behoved them as Christians to follow, imitate, love, recognize, accept, and evangelize in all corners of the world. Pastor Israel Nana Tuffour, Former President of the SCGC thanked God that they had all met in love and oneness to serve God and to celebrate the day. He asked for forgiveness of wrong doings from God and the need to make every one worthy of emulation especially leaders of the Church so that many would see His... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Died on the Fourth of July Jul 4, 2009
Crawford abhors the enlistment of historical figures in present-day crusades, but Jefferson s ward-republic idea, though firmly set in a place and time, offers us a way out of Empire a path of refreshment, a revitalizing end to our torpid condition. These wards were not air-traced abstractions. (The American Conservative)
The Life Of T.E. Lawrence Jul 3, 2009
Lawrence became a graduate at Jesus College in Oxford where he became fascinated in archaeology and made several trips doing field research throughout Europe and the Middle East to study the influence of the Crusades on European military architecture up until the 12th century. As he moved into graduate school, his study of archaeology and love for the field kept growing as he started developing a specialty in the Middle East and learning the history and culture of its people. (Suite101.com)
Nanotube secrets of Damascus steel blade Jul 2, 2009
Sir Walter Scott's fictional tale of the Crusades described the Islamic army's swords as being "of a dull blue colour, marked with ten millions of meandering lines.". "To get the pattern, they made grooves into the blade and forged it to remove the steps. This was repeated many times," said Prof Paufler. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
Moral relativity is causing a shift in society Jun 29, 2009
Richy wrote on Jun 25, 2009 6:41 PM:" Randy, my answer is that you will get a society that is free of fear and more accepting of different ideals. I will post a question to you Randy; would you call the crusades morally correct? Thousands of people were killed in the name of God. If you say that you do not agree with the crusades, then you are contradicting yourself. The crusades were morally correct then, but if not now then you are one of the people who thinks that morality is relative to what... (Missoulian, MT)
Top Iranian Cleric: No Mercy For Rioters Jun 27, 2009
We've updated CBSNews. Ayatollah Ahmed Khatami Says Protesters "At War With God"; Mousavi Backs Away From Street Demonstrations. (CBS News)
Albigensians Jun 23, 2009
Ironically, it was the Knights of the Crusades who were ordered into Southern France by Pope Innocent III in 1209 to annihilate and slaughter the remaining Cathars. These genocides went on for a period of 16 years rom 1220 A.D. to 125 A.D. and were known as the Albigensian Crusades. (Suite101.com)
Andy Answers His Mail Jun 22, 2009
It drove the Crusades genocides, the Nazi genocides, the Mao genocides, the Pol-Pot Regime genocides, the Bosnian ''Ethnic Cleansing'' genocides, the Stalin genocides, the Rwandan Genocides, and much more. Escape from intolerance is precisely what the creation of this Nation was all about. (CBS News -- 60 minutes)
Islamic Greenwashing Jun 16, 2009
During the crusades, Islamic soldiers wore green to identify themselves. (Likewise, crusaders avoided green in their coats of arms, just to be safe from friendly fire. (Slate)
Fears Rise Over Homegrown Jihadism Jun 16, 2009
ABM_21 , sure, if you get a time machine and go back to the crusades you might find Christians who want to kill thousands ... ABM_21 , sure, if you get a time machine and go back to the crusades you might find Christians who want to kill thousands ... ABM_21 , sure, if you get a time machine and go back to the crusades you might find Christians who want to kill thousands. (CBS News -- US)
Army Reports Suicide Spike In May Jun 16, 2009
I just wonder if coming to the realization that they and their fellow crusaders are fighting and dying and being maimed, not for American freedom from a real enemy, but for a FAKE ENEMY made up by their own government for pure GREED. Neither of the Cheney Bush crusades were because either Afghanistan or Iraq attacked America. This new Pearl Harbor was completely different that the one involving a real country Japan, that had a real army, navy, air force. (CBS News -- Evening News)
CAL THOMAS: Innocent or 'infidel' abroad? Jun 3, 2009
"One was 100 years after the death of Mohammed; the second was during the Crusades and they're united now. It's the reason Iran has become more dangerous.". The president has said he can identify with Muslims because he grew up in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim nation. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Voice of the People -- June 1 Jun 2, 2009
Plus, Jesus would never in his name take the forming of the crusades. Alfred Boltin. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Soothing Hana Nai'a May 30, 2009
In her search for the purest possible ingredients, she met California aromatherapist John Steele: "He took me under his wing. He's my mentor, my supplier, my teacher. The soul of his oils is intact."I know my oils have touched very few hands and in a respectful and dignified way," Broyles said.Hana Na'ia uses 100 percent pure organic ingredients whenever possible. They contain no synthetic fragrances, no preservatives, no alcohol, no mineral oil, no petroleum, no parabens."One of my crusades is... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Kalispell man tries to halt gay pride parade May 30, 2009
Emma wrote on May 28, 2009 8:35 AM:" I can't stand people who preach against other lifestyles, especially those that don't hurt anybody. I hate the people who use religion as an excuse. Live and let live (Oops I think somebody already used this). It's not like the homosexuals are going to be "doing it" in the street. This is just a peaceful protest and parade. And I am very against having the bible in schools. Let children make their own decisions about what type of religion they want to belong... (Missoulian, MT)
Group may sue city of Lodi over prayers at council meetings May 30, 2009
Dark Ages, Crusades oh and War for American Independence. You know, George the Sovereign King of England and the New World. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Obama "Confident" In Mideast Peace Process May 29, 2009
Since the end of the Crusades, specifically the Siege of Malta in the 16th century, European Christians and my ancestors have been driven from the Holy Land and pushed into Western Europe. The Ottoman Turks almost were able to sack the entire European continent, but were halted during the Siege of Vienna by Austrian, Prussian forces in the 1600's. (CBS News)
Expert urges testing for genetic disorders May 29, 2009
During the Crusades, many Ashkenazi Jewish communities were driven from England, France and Germany and migrated to eastern Europe, settling primarily in modern-day Poland, Lithuania and Russia, explains the affairs liaison for Genzyme Therapeutics. Ashkenazi Jews tended to select marriage partners from within their own community, which played a role in limiting genetic diversity. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The visible hand in America May 29, 2009
Thoreau s anti-government, anti-tax crusades captured American sentiment, but he never had much of a following. The federal government was tiny for much of the first century of the country s existence, then expanded steadily. (The Economist)
No comments posted. May 28, 2009
In the beginning, nursing was more of a man's profession (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
The Realist Kennan May 25, 2009
Not for him, then, crusades to ensure that all governments respected human rights, said to be discoverable and universally binding; the notion of rights remote from human authorship, leads ; into philosophical thickets where I cannot follow. While he could understand human rights as ideal projections of Western liberal principles, he could not conceive of them as already existing in the absence of a granting authority, an enforcing agency, and a set of corresponding duties. (The American Conservative)
* [HARDCOVER: UK/US] History hurts May 24, 2009
The Crusades, the defeat of the Moors in Spain, Western imperialism in the 19th century and the evils of the 20th all add up to a dark tale of Muslim humiliation and suffering, she writes. Such history keeps followers angry and motivates and attracts new recruits. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Spring Reading for Conservatives May 21, 2009
Many a Christian apologist has responded that atheist regimes in the 20th Century killed exponentially more people than the Crusades, Inquisition, and Wars of Religion put together. What Hart shows is that the supposed Wars of Religion in the 16th and 17th Centuries -- whose horrors secularists since the Enlightenment have been pointing to as an argument for lessening the public role of Christianity -- were actually the birth pangs of the secular state. (Human Events Online)
'It would have been nice ...' May 21, 2009
ZR to TT wrote on May 20, 2009 12:31 AM:" Ok...I will bite...By history I guess you must be referring to spoon fed history that is taught through the writings of men. (See the Bible for prime example). Speaking of that I wonder why only some of the writings are in the bible, I guess the editors didnt feel like putting in the whole story. Oh well time to move on. you may be making reference to very bloody history of the church trying to force people to be like them (See crusades). Lets... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
