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Why is a Christmas tree better than a man?: Why is a Christmas tree better than a man? It's always erect, St.. http://www.gather.com/viewArt...
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I do not know where you got that joke but--it is a keeper at any age above 21! :^) Thanks Fred!
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Good night Fred! :^)
- Johnice Reid
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I can see that you have sent all of your Gather to Friendfeed!
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definitely
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:^)
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I rated a YouTube video (5 out of 5 stars) -- Weekly Address: Learning from History to Reform Wall Street http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Rahm Emanuel And Nancy Pelosi's Photographic Chemistry (SLIDESHOW) - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009...
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ooohhhhhhh
- Shevonne
whut. is. he. doing.?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
YOU SMELL... LIKE... BABKA... [followed by the Hannibal Lector fssfssfssfss noise]
- Akiva Moskovitz
HAHAHA!
- Joe Silence
Spicy brains...
- Kevin Fox
Okay, this is more gagworthy than the Merly Streep/Alec Baldwin billboard.
- Admiral Anika
Vo. Mit.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
that's hot
- sofarsoShawn
thinking of a caption..."is that a Health Care Plan in your pocket or ...".uhh nevermind.
- Mike Nencetti
wow :D
- آریـوبرزن
Shey, what is SHE doing? :D
- AJ Batac
(sigh)...and this is what happens when people begin to lose touch with reality.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Clariicceeeee...Don't you feel eyes moving over your body, Clarice? And don't your eyes seek out the things you want?
- Kamath (नमः)
My god shot me know
- Revengemotorsports
Gee, Your Hair Smells Legislative!
- Christopher Harley
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"So, Congressperson, what say you and I get together for our own all-night filibuster session?"
- Steven Perez
Just When You Thought Joe Lieberman Couldn't Get Any Worse - Healthcare - Gawker - http://gawker.com/5425773...
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"Joe Lieberman really is the most appalling human being. All he cares about is that people look at him and that he gets to feel important. Which is why he's jeopardizing healthcare reform again with a last-minute threat."
- Steven Perez
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"Lieberman has decided, in his infinite fuckheadedness, that any public option and any expansion of Medicare — the two last vestiges of hope for an even slightly helpful bill — is too much. Yesterday he went on CBS' Face The Nation and said he couldn't vote for the bill in its current form. Which was a surprise to everyone because Harry Reid and Rahm Emmanuel had bent over backwards to ensure his vote. They underestimated his delicate vanity."
- Steven Perez
You know who really fries my bread? People who think Lieberman is some kind of centrist. He is nothing of the sort. Lieberman is that guy at work who not only got passed up for a big promotion he thought he deserved, but nearly got his ass fired, and now he's got it in for anyone in the company who tried to show him the door, no matter how badly he screws the company in the process. #fuckjoelieberman
- Steven Perez
What fries MY bread *ahem* is that the people of CT voted that SOB in for another term.
- vicster is...
Naturally. They think he's an honest centrist.
- Steven Perez
Uh, yeah, speaking of those idiots in CT that supported him: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs... #TheJokesJustWriteThemselves
- vicster is...
@TenFeet2Hands hey you
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Hey back at you! I am up early today, back problems.
- Johnice Reid
RT @mashable Opera 10.10: Web Browser and Web Server In One http://mashable.com/2009...
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One exceptional browser with features others are overlooking.
- Johnice Reid
What's your favorite season?
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Explain what's to like about it. - today's Plinky question: http://www.plinky.com/prompts...
- Kol Tregaskes
That's hard because every season brings me interesting scenes to photograph. Hmmm....
- Kol Tregaskes
Pretend I'm a 3rd-grader: Summer is my favorite season because it is fun.
- Mitch
Summer, because it's hot.
- Admiral Anika
Love that pic. What season is my favorite depends on what area we're talking about. If it's LA, my favorite season is Fall. Fall blows all the smog out of LA, leaving the air clean and crisp and exposing the beautiful mountain views that were part of the reason people flocked to LA in the first place. If we're talking the Bay Area, spring is my favorite season because of the flowers and early fruit harvests.
- Spidra Webster
Summer - Autumn in New Brunswick comes in a very close second. (Autumn in Alberta, not so much)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I like summer because it simply makes me happy, but fall is the best! Nothing beats scarves, sweaters, and awesome warm hats!
- Anna Haro
Spring, then fall. Then summer. Winter sucks apart from being a little pretty sometimes. Spring is awesome because 1) it means winter is over, and 2) everything is coming back to life.
- Kamilah Gill
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
- Rene Wirtz
Spring and Summer. Love the photo!
- Jeff P. Henderson
photo says: ALL
- ffcode
Fall. Huge margin.
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Absolutely the fall! Besides the fresh fallen leaves, which are "bee-you-tee-full" I might add, it's much more than that. It's almost as if the combination of loneliness, togetherness, sweetness, sorrow, happiness, tribulations and love was come together in one lump sum as if that same "sum" was something tangible that you could wrap your arms around it, embrace it and never let it go :+)
- Tim Tunnicliff
I love Fall (and winter). I have allergies, so dead plants are good plants. ;-)
- Jason is Sassy
Autumn (never "fall") and winter.
- Bren - il Machia
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Fall
- Shevonne
Fantastic shot! Autumn for the colors
- Luca Perugini
from iPhone
Absolutely Winter!
- Sercan YILMAZ
Summer, definitely. Summer means warmth, swimming, Christmas, BBQ's, daylight savings and thongs. All my favourite things :)
- Penny
Autumn and Winter!
- Carla
Autumn, definitely.
- Fossil Huntress
I still can't decide. I don't like the cold but love the snow. I do like the hot weather too.
- Kol Tregaskes
Winter.
- Steven Perez
winter
- Mitra_s
Fall
- Maryam Ardakani
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spring
- Aida.B
fall, football season
- fr41trek
Spring, of course.
- TheNorba
Maybe Spring, although Summer is good, when it's not too hot. I hate Winter.
- Tyson Key
Gay marriage repealed in Maine, Were you surprised?: http://www.gather.com/viewArt... via @addthis
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Jimmy Carter: Animosity towards Barack Obama is due to racism |
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"A national debate on race that Barack Obama had hoped to avoid was ignited today after Jimmy Carter claimed that much of the opposition to the president was because he was black. The former president said racism had bubbled to the surface across the country because of a belief held by many whites that an African-American is not qualified to be in the White House. "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American," Carter said. The Republican party today issued a rebuttal , saying Carter was "flat out wrong" and that opposition was not because of Obama's skin colour but his policies."
- Steven Perez
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Carter is my favorite ex-President, & he's totally spot-on with this.
- josh neff, geek at large
@Cecily: ...and their silence is deafening.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
It's definitely good it is a fellow southerner who is showing the racist southerners they are racist. Remember, everyone beneath the Mason-Dixie line is still fighting the war of northern aggression and a damn Yankee telling them they are racist only affirms the validity of said war.
- Rene Wirtz
@Cecily: I know Carter is a democrat. The important part is he's from the south, where the Republicans have their "fan" base. Whether most people are not supportive of him doesn't matter as much as the fact that he is a southerner. I think.
- Rene Wirtz
Interestingly, even if the Reps *did* listen to Carter (and some will because they had nothing for or against him for the most part), they wouldn't really pay attention anyway, because they saw him as the "nice, but ineffective" president.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
All of that being what it is, though, I'm glad Carter *said* it outright. A lot of people have been avoiding it like the elephant in the room, and those who have said it haven't been from positions of any authority. While I *completely* agree that Carter won't be taken as seriously as he should be by those who really should take him as such, the assertion comes from one who has held the...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I'll wager that Obama agrees with Carter, but for political reasons he can't announce what he really thinks. His career success has been based on elevating himself above racial frays.
- Sean McBride
@Ceciliy: of course, the president is gonna disagree. He is not really in a position to say his competition is racist, that would make him look like a racist as well.
- Rene Wirtz
Most of Obama's opponents oppose him for sound reasons, based on honest ideological and policy differences. They are not racists. But key Republican leaders, like Rush Limbaugh, keep trying to play the race card in sneaky ways. With regard to Joe Wilson: his Confederate loyalism certainly creates the impression that racism in part motivated his outburst.
- Sean McBride
I understand Rene's point - if Obama were to throw down the race card, it would only justify the accusers' positions (in their own minds) that he's just as racist as they are. *nod* Instead, he's correctly chosen to stay above it.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"It's definitely good it is a fellow southerner who is showing the racist southerners they are racist. Remember, everyone beneath the Mason-Dixie line is still fighting the war of northern aggression..." That statement is as bigoted as the true idiot racists who say that all blacks are free-loaders, drug-pushers and thugs. But I guess it is ok to paint everyone with the same brush, as long as it is your 'opponent' who is the canvas.
- Sharon McPherson
@Sharon: of course I am generalizing, but you cannot deny there is a lof of old sentiment still lingering, albeit very much veiled in political correctness. And it is that passive aggressiveness that I am calling out.
- Rene Wirtz
I live in the South and yes, there is a lot of the old sentiment lingering, but I must say that I saw just as much of it when I lived north of the Mason-Dixon line. Unfortunately, generalizations are what rabble-rousers who read them take and run with, and before you know it they're all over the place being perpetrated as truth. Those of you reading this, may be interested in this thread. http://friendfeed.com/america...
- Sharon McPherson
(Sharon, Rene lives here in the South too...*grin*)
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"Can we declare a moratorium on the phrase 'race card'? " I would love to! Also, can white folks stop acting like talking about race is gauche? It's simply ridiculous!
- josh neff, geek at large
Calling Carter racist for pointing out a continual fatal flaw in the makeup of the south is akin to blaming your doctor for correctly diagnosing a fatal disease.
- Steven Perez
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"-ism" is not the same as "-ist"
- MikeAmundsen
Steven, if you're referring to my thread, you obviously didn't read the whole thing.
- Sharon McPherson
Sharon: I did.
- Steven Perez
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Then you know that I wasn't calling Carter a racist.
- Sharon McPherson
Yes, I do.
- Steven Perez
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me.from Gather.com..Johnice R. Sep 16, 2009, 10:09am EDT President Carter has long been in my favor, since he left office he has done so much to improve the lives of people and not just here in America. His work in Africa is breathtaking, I would take his word for the truth of the matter based upon this: * He is a life long Southerner who has no ties to any Antebellum crap. * He has...
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- Johnice Reid
I find the usage of the phrase "race card" in the proper context does tell me a lot about where a person stands on the issue, though.
- Victor Ganata
Carter was painted as a "hayseed" and a "wimp" by the inside-the-beltway types when he came to Washington. He brought his own team with him from Georgia and refused to play by Washington's traditional rules, which worked against his effectiveness to a significant degree. The unresolved Iranian hostage crisis was a death blow to his re-election campaign, but he proved to be a stronger...
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- Mark It's 2000-Oh-1-Oh J
Carter's work with Habitat for Humanity was inspiring... the man get's down and dirty mixing the concrete and hammering the studs. I remember a quote from one woman, from either Mexico or somewhere in Central America, who was proud that her house contained the "sweat from President Carter's brow" as she had watched it drip from his forehead into the concrete he was mixing. That's how you inspire real people!
- Mark It's 2000-Oh-1-Oh J
Must be a conscience thing--the noise would be different if the message came from Rev.J.Jackson or Sharpton? POTUS Carter has nothing to apologize for, nothing to loose and nothing to gain. That is a man with a CLEAR conscience!
- Johnice Reid
Victor: For me, the term "race card" is a fair one, in context of usage. I will accuse a conservative white person, for example, of throwing the race card (in a brand of reversal) when they say they "like Colin Powell, but only disagree with him on the subject of Affirmative Action" (that is a subtle way of playing a "reverse" race card - generally coming from the same folks who start a...
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
I find the usage of the phrase "race card" DISMISSIVE!
- Johnice Reid
The term "race card" was just used to describe *Rush Limbaugh's* race-baiting rhetoric. Sorry -- sometimes the term fits.
- Sean McBride
I think Carter will be recognized by historians as one of our better and more visionary presidents. He was prophetic and well ahead of his time on two key issues which preoccupy us decades later: the pressing need to free ourselves from dependence on foreign oil and to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Republicans succeeded in making these problems much worse. Carter has endured a...
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- Sean McBride
Rush is extraordinarily guilty of throwing down the race card...racist bast'd that he is. I keep waiting for him to come out wearing a sheet.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
"I don't see race as an issue. It's all about the policies that are coming out of the current administration," said Deneen Borelli, a black conservative who spoke at the protest rally held in Washington Saturday. "I just see this as the race card being used once again to distract the American people from the core issues,"
- Sharon McPherson
Adam Brandon, spokesman for protest organizer FreedomWorks, said Carter's comments were "absurd." He noted that last Saturday's protest featured about a dozen black speakers. "To say this crowd was racist is absolutely absurd when black speakers were probably the most popular speakers," he said.
- Sharon McPherson
A poll released Wednesday by Rasmussen Reports showed that just 12 percent of voters believe that most opponents of Obama's health care reform plan are racist. The survey of 1,000 likely voters, taken Monday and Tuesday, found that 67 percent disagree with that contention, while 21 percent are not sure. The survey had a margin of error of 3 percent.
- Sharon McPherson
I wouldn't know Cecily, but some of my best friends are black, they're also members of my family.
- Sharon McPherson
Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said she, too, didn't think Wilson's outburst was race-related. "I think there's a lot of opposition, visceral opposition to his policies, but the reality is that this president won, he won with an overwhelming majority of support across the board from the American people and not not just from African-Americans, and...
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- Sharon McPherson
the thing is, honest discussions / dissection about race are difficult; which is why most people avoid them. there is definitely a racial element at play - fueled by the extreme right. to deny that is... well, I don't even have the words. it's difficult to determine how much race is playing in the Obama backlash (this is how the race naysayers get leverage). sure, there are true...
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- jbrotherlove
"just 12 percent of voters believe that most opponents of Obama's health care reform plan are racist." Well, yeah. I do think that race is behind the "YOU LIE" nonsense and confused haters marching on Washington. But I wouldn't go so far as to say "most" people who oppose the health plan are "racist." I think the fact that the president is black irritates a lot of people, sometimes in ways that may surprise even those people, and it leads them to hold the president in contempt.
- s t e v e
jbrotherlove: "I'd argue that many citizens don't even know what they're really angry about, outside of hearsay and propaganda." I'd agree that there's a small percentage of people who are just mimicking the 'hype and hysteria'. Sort of like the Obama supporters who when interviewed before the election, contributed McCain's policies to Obama and were satisifed with Obama choosing Sarah...
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- Sharon McPherson
+1 to Cecily
- MikeAmundsen
Since Obama disagrees with Carter that people who disagree with Obama are racist, then it follows that Carter is a racist.
- Gus
In Bizarro World, maybe.
- Steven Perez
In fact, I'll take it one step further: the majority of reactions to Carter's assessment above are based on (A) the (D) after his name and (B) he's Jimmy Carter, hated by conservatives. "Knee-jerk", I believe, is the phrase I'm looking for, just as if someone said "Michael Moore" or "Al Gore" or "France".
- Steven Perez
Gus - on what planet?! Obama has oodles of political reasons to *say* that he disagrees, and to take a "nobler" path. I would say that, from the standpoint of another respectable man, the matter of race being a HUGE factor - Bill Cosby has weighed in, and he agrees with Carter as well. His is another strong voice in this...and NOT because he's black, but because he's always held to the neutral ground and has garnered respect of Americans throughout the country.
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
What is the line from "A Time to Kill"? Ah yes. Carl Lee Hailey: "Well, you are white and I'm black. See Jake, you think just like them, that's why I picked you; you are one of them, don't you see? Oh, you think you ain't because you eat in Claude's and you are out there trying to get me off on TV talking about black and white, but the fact is you are just like all the rest of them....
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- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
And for those of you looking for wiggle room out of this, here's the quote again: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American." In other words, most of the whackos out there with stuffed monkeys and signs with watermelons and racist slogans ... are based on...
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- Steven Perez
This thread is still alive? I can only gather that common sense and obvious facts are still being pushed aside...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Nah, Rah - there are still people insisting that the current situation isn't about race. *heavy sigh*
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
common sense isn't as common as we'd like to think and many of the people lacking it are very willing to dismiss fact as "lies" and "propaganda".
- Joe Silence
Are you kidding? After Gibbs said that the president didn't agree with Carter, now the wingnuts are taking what Carter said as proof that *he* is some sort of racist.
- Steven Perez
One of my long-standing assertions is that "common sense" does not exist. It's just a weak position to justify "commonly held opinion" (such as was once considered when saying the earth was flat). No...great minds do NOT think alike. It's the different thoughts that makes great minds great. :)
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
i think Glenn Beck has already told us that he is quite sure racism is an important aspect of this presidency, no?
- MikeAmundsen
I still don't understand why otherwise reasonable people who disagree with Obama want to align themselves with nutjobs by taking on the role of the victim and feeling like they themselves are being called racists. You're not. But a lot of the nutjobs really and truly are.
- Victor Ganata
If you have to come up with an iron-clad argument about why the opposition to the president's every move is not at least somewhat based in racism then you've already lost the argument. A lot of white people can't stand the idea of being "bossed around" by a black man. That's all there is to it. They are threatened, yet unable to admit, even to themselves, that their real motivation is...
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- Lindsay is in 20-ten
Is aligning yourself with racists (especially in the way this is happening) a racist act in itself?
- Brian Sullivan
Mike -- exactly right: one of the most influential "conservatives" on the contemporary American scene, Glenn Beck, injected race and racism into the political bloodstream in the crudest possible way, in tandem with race-baiting by Rush Limbaugh. This is the context in which this discussion is occurring.
- Sean McBride
Of course aligning oneself with racists is a racist act -- what could be more obvious?
- Sean McBride
"thou dost protest too much"
- MikeAmundsen
I mean, I can understand the counter-argument: that just because someone is racist doesn't mean they don't have a legitimate, rational complaint. And if you align yourself specifically with that legitimate, rational complaint, there's nothing racist about that. But to deny that there are angry, vociferous people out there who are motivated primarily by race is to be naive at the most charitable.
- Victor Ganata
Former President Carter has nothing to gain or loose by stating a well known yet, private fact: Racists voices and attitudes permeate the South. Wilson is from South Carolina and everyone now in Congress sidesteps recognizing racial attacks because they want to walk the same cautious line as POTUS 44. It is not politically a good idea to admit and discuss racial attitudes unless you are from the South living in the South and behind closed doors--off the record..
- Johnice Reid
Former President Carter was, and is correct and it is up to you to believe him or not. I have always found great credibility in first sources rather than interpreted and pundit types hype. Trust the source--not because it is what I believe --because the source has nothing to gain.
- Johnice Reid
Thanks, there are some rational and astute folks out there! Good for you! The others will catch up latter or not at all!
- Johnice Reid
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I don't usually quote Nancy Pelosi, but what she said earlier today is food for thought. - "I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made," Pelosi said. Some of the people hearing the message "are not as balanced as the person making the statement might assume," she said. "Our country is great because people can say what they think and they...
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- Sharon McPherson
I heard her and I also agree!
- Johnice Reid
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Sharon - I agree with Pelosi's statement there...and this is one of the biggest problems I have with Faux News (not minimizing the other networks; I just happen to note that certain people on Fox tend to incite then try to claim they're not responsible for the fallout - big example: Bill O'Reilly).
- ProsePetals (aka Denise)
Denise: Noted and agreed upon about O'Reilly. But I wonder if Pelosi's statement wasn't actually referring to the comments Jimmy Carter has made over the past several days. EDIT: Actually, there's been so many comments made and threats issued since last week by different people and entities, it is presumptuous of me to assume that she was singling out Mr. Carter.
- Sharon McPherson
Iraqi shoe thrower released; says he was tortured - Yahoo! News - http://news.yahoo.com/s...
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"BAGHDAD – The Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in protest was freed from prison on Tuesday and, unrepentant, he harshly condemned the U.S. presence in his country and accused authorities of torturing him. Muntadhar al-Zeidi's stunning act of protest in December made him a hero for many in and outside Iraq. It struck a chord with millions in the Arab and Muslim worlds who have been captivated and angered by daily images of destruction and grieving since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. But nine months later, there was little public outpouring of support for him, a sign of how things have changed."
- Thomas Hawk
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ALAH ALAH الحرية و أخيرا للمنتظر
- RADAR-DZ
Seems harsh to imprison him just for missing.
- Patrick
a man in demand
- imran
Patrick: *laugh*
- Andrew C
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Exteriors of the Kansas City Library's parking garage and Cardiff Public Library...
- GokceGoksel
It looks like to me a very good initiative to get the interest of the population to read
- andrea quixtán
Blockbuster To Close Up To 960 Stores By End Of 2010 - Tech Trader Daily - Barrons.com - http://blogs.barrons.com/techtra...
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"lockbuster (BBI) disclosed in an SEC filing this morning that it expects to close between 810 and 960 company owned stores in 2009 and 2010, as part of an ongoing financial restructuring. According to Blockbuster’s web site, the company currently has over 7,000 stores in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. The closures should boost EBITDA by $50 million to $60 million a year, the company indicated in the filing. The company also noted in the filing that the company expects a huge expansion of its kiosk business, with plans to move from 497 units now, to 2,500 by year end and 10,000 by mid-2010, as it takes on the challenge from Redbox, the DVD kiosk unit of Coinstar (CSTR)."
- Thomas Hawk
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Can't believe it's taken them this long to move to DVD Kiosks.
- Brodie Beta
I don't understand why Blockbuster doesn't rent it's games also. I'd think if they pushed that angle they would increase their business. Maybe the demand isn't as high as I think.
- ChiliMac
Several ABC News staffers jumped the gun in tweeting Obama's 'jackass' remark [Updated] | Show Tracker | Los Angeles Times - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtra...
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"Call it another case of being too fast on the Twitter. The perils of dashing off observations on the microblogging site were brought into sharp relief Monday when several overeager ABC News employees -- including “Nightline” anchor Terry Moran -- rushed to tweet that President Obama had called Kanye West a “jackass" for interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday. The problem: Obama made the comment during off-the-record chatter as he was being miked for an interview with CNBC anchor John Harwood. How exactly did ABC News get wind of it? The broadcast network’s Washington bureau shares a network fiber line with CNBC, and so ABC staffers in D.C. watching CNBC’s feed heard the exchange. What they didn’t hear, apparently, was the explicit agreement CNBC made with the White House that Obama’s chitchat was off the record. The president weighing in on the biggest pop culture story of the day was too delicious to ignore. Soon, e-mails about Obama’s...
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- Thomas Hawk
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