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Author Sally Bedell Smith a contributing editor at Vanity Fair who has previously written books on the and has received media attention for her book (Random House. October 2007). Smith has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press (October 21) and Today (October 19). MSNBC's Hardball (October 26) and Fox News' Hannity & Colmes (October 26) and The Big Story (November 1) but her book has largely escaped factual scrutiny. Most recently on December 11. The Wall Street Journal published an by Smith on the prospect of "Two Presidents in the White House[]" -- the headline of the piece -- if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton [D-NY] is elected president. In the op-ed. Smith wrote: "[G]iven the Clintons' long history of close consultation their partnership could end up distorting the way the executive branch is supposed to function -- regardless of the talents each of them might bring to the White House." Below are several errors and flaws in Smith's book that have been identified by Media Matters for America. 1. John Podesta: On Page 301. Smith quotes then-White House chief of staff John Podesta quoting Bill Clinton as saying of Monica Lewinsky. "I did not screw that girl" and "she did not blow me." Smith's endnotes claim these quotes come from "Grand-jury testimony of John Podesta. June 16. 1998 vol. 3 p. 3311." That testimony is available -- but it doesn't contain anything like the quotes Smith attributes to Podesta. Smith's description of the phone calls mirrors the selectively edited excerpts released by House Government Reform and Oversight Committee chairman Dan Burton's (R-IN) staff. Burton's chief investigator. David Bossie over the controversy that ensued after it was revealed that the edited transcripts omitted exculpatory comments such as Webster Hubbell's statement that Hillary Clinton "." 4. Haircut myth: On Page 101. Smith writes. "Bill was caught by White House reporters holding up traffic at Los Angeles International Airport for forty-five minutes while he got a two-hundred-dollar haircut on Air Force One from... Hollywood stylist. Christophe Schatteman." In fact. In an endnote. Smith appears to cite several sources for her false claim including Page 144 of All Too Human by George Stephanopoulos. But in fact. Stephanopoulos writes on that page: "The truth is that while the reporters traveling with the president were delayed no other air traffic at LAX was affected." 5. Trouble with quotes: According to a New York Times by New York magazine contributor Lloyd Grove. Smith "also gets a few nuances slightly wrong -- for example crediting Hillary's confidante Susan Thomases with coining the epithet 'white boys,' [Page 65] which by the time Thomases used it to deride her male counterparts in the 1992 campaign had been in circulation for several election cycles. Smith misstates what she calls 'the second-most famous quotation' of the Clinton presidency as 'It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" means,' [Page 337] substituting 'means' for 'is.' " Additionally. Smith substituted "upon" for "on" -- meaning that she got wrong two of the 11 words in what she described as the "second-most famous quotation" of Clinton's presidency. 6. Gennifer Flowers: On Page 295. Smith claims that during his deposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Bill Clinton "admitted sexual intercourse with Gennifer Flowers." She repeats the claim that Clinton "confirm[ed]" that he had "sexual intercourse with Gennifer Flowers" on Page 325. In fact during the deposition. Clinton only to having had "sexual relations" with Flowers once in 1977. Under the definition of "sexual relations" that was in effect for the deposition -- a definition that had been created by the Jones attorneys not by Clinton -- the phrase included a wide range of actions that do not constitute "sexual intercourse," including "contact with the.. inner thigh." Smith knew how broad the definition was; she actually quotes it on Page 295 in the very paragraph in which she falsely claimed Clinton had admitted to "sexual intercourse." 7. Al Gore: On Page 386. Smith claims that prior to his June 1999 presidential campaign announcement then-Vice President Al Gore "had expressed his dismay about Bill's conduct to a small circle of advisors but had kept quiet publicly." This is false. Smith cites a 1999 Washington Post article by Ceci Connolly but much of Connolly's reporting about Gore was wrong. Gore had publicly expressed his dismay about the president's conduct on numerous occasions. Indeed. Connolly herself wrote a September 1998 article that quoted Gore describing Clinton's conduct as "indefensible." On his blog The Daily Howler. Bob Somerby this falsehood in detail. 8. Harold Ickes: On Page 390. Smith writes that Hillary Clinton "thought it best to keep Bill away from the event" kicking off her Senate campaign at then-Sen. Daniel Patrick Pat Moynihan's (D-NY) farm. "but somewhat surprisingly she also excluded Harold Ickes because he was 'too liberal.' " The confusing nature of Smith's endnotes make it difficult to determine which citation applies to this claim; either "NYT. July 8. 1999; LH p. 507" or "NYT. Nov. 8. 2000." What is clear is that no New York Times article from July 8. 1999 or November 8. 2000 includes a description of Ickes as having been "too liberal" to attend the event. Nor does Hillary Clinton's biography. Living History. 9. Naomi Wolf: On Page 420. Smith claims that "feminist author Naomi Wolf.. had advised [Gore] to wear 'earth tones'..." Smith cites "NYT. Nov. 3. 1999 and Vanity Fair. July 2001." Neither of those sources directly supports Smith's claim. The Vanity Fair article which is reprinted in the book The Woman At the Washington Zoo by Marjorie Williams and Timothy Noah that "political reporters discovered that Wolf had been handsomely paid to advise Gore that he needed to.. adopt warm earth tones for his wardrobe." There is no November 3. 1999. New York Times article that makes reference to Gore. Wolf and "earth tones." That day the Times did publish a column by Maureen Dowd that did so. Dowd : "Time magazine revealed that Al Gore hired Ms. Wolf who has written extensively on women and sexual power as a $15,000-a-month consultant to help him with everything from his shift to earth tones to his efforts to break with Bill Clinton." Dowd simply wasn't telling the truth: The Time magazine article she described did not contain the words "earth tones." In a to a later article the Times acknowledged that Wolf "was a consultant on women's issues and outreach to young voters; she was not Mr. Gore's image consultant and was not involved in his decision to wear earth-toned clothing." Curiously. Smith did not cite the first news report that mentioned Gore. Wolf and "earth tones" -- a November 1. 1999. Washington Post article in which Connolly wrote that Dick "Morris speculated that Wolf who has long contended that earth tones are more 'reassuring' to audiences is the person behind Gore's recent wardrobe change. Others confirmed that she has supported the vice president's shift to brown olive green and tan shades." In short: Smith's endnotes indicate that she based her claim on 1) a Vanity Fair article that contains no independent verification of the earth tones story and 2) a New York Times article that was really a Maureen Dowd column that falsely claimed that Time magazine had reported the earth tones story. Had Smith quoted the first news report that actually mentioned earth tones readers would have seen that the. 10. Travelgate: On Page 101. Smith claims regarding the firing of White House Travel Office employees that the "precipitous and amateurish dismissals [of the employees] became a damaging test of Hillary's honesty under oath before federal investigators." Smith continues: "She [Hillary Clinton] insisted that she did not know the 'origin of the decision' to remove the employees that she had 'no role in the decision,' and that she 'did not direct that any action be taken.' But her recollection was a at odds with a report issued in October 2000 after a lengthy investigation by the Office of the Independent Counsel which concluded that her statements had been 'factually false' and that there was 'overwhelming evidence that she in fact did have a role in the decision to fire the employees.' " However. Smith failed to note that Independent Counsel Robert Ray's report also stated. "[T]here is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mrs. Clinton's statements to this Office or to Congress were knowingly false." From Ray's : With respect to Mrs. Clinton the overwhelming evidence establishes that she played a role in the decision to fire the employees and provided input into that decision to [former White House aide David] Watkins. [former White House chief of staff Thomas F. "Mack"] McLarty. [former deputy White House counsel Vince] Foster and [Clinton friend Harry] Thomason. Thus her statement to the contrary under oath to this Office was factually false. The evidence however is insufficient to show that Mrs. Clinton knowingly intended to influence the Travel Office decision or was aware that she had such influence at this early stage of the Administration. To a real degree her interest in the matter was first generated by Thomason's intervention and then overstated by him to others. Thus absent persuasive corroborated and admissible evidence to the contrary there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mrs. Clinton's statements to this Office or to Congress were knowingly false.

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Author Sally Bedell Smith a contributing editor at Vanity Fair who has previously written books on the and has received media attention for her book (Random House. October 2007). Smith has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press (October 21) and Today (October 19). MSNBC's Hardball (October 26) and Fox News' Hannity & Colmes (October 26) and The Big Story (November 1) but her book has largely escaped factual scrutiny. Most recently on December 11. The Wall Street Journal published an by Smith on the prospect of "Two Presidents in the White House[]" -- the headline of the piece -- if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton [D-NY] is elected president. In the op-ed. Smith wrote: "[G]iven the Clintons' long history of close consultation their partnership could end up distorting the way the executive branch is supposed to function -- regardless of the talents each of them might bring to the White House." Below are several errors and flaws in Smith's book that have been identified by Media Matters for America. 1. John Podesta: On Page 301. Smith quotes then-White House chief of staff John Podesta quoting Bill Clinton as saying of Monica Lewinsky. "I did not screw that girl" and "she did not blow me." Smith's endnotes claim these quotes come from "Grand-jury testimony of John Podesta. June 16. 1998 vol. 3 p. 3311." That testimony is available -- but it doesn't contain anything like the quotes Smith attributes to Podesta. Smith's description of the phone calls mirrors the selectively edited excerpts released by House Government Reform and Oversight Committee chairman Dan Burton's (R-IN) staff. Burton's chief investigator. David Bossie over the controversy that ensued after it was revealed that the edited transcripts omitted exculpatory comments such as Webster Hubbell's statement that Hillary Clinton "." 4. Haircut myth: On Page 101. Smith writes. "Bill was caught by White House reporters holding up traffic at Los Angeles International Airport for forty-five minutes while he got a two-hundred-dollar haircut on Air Force One from... Hollywood stylist. Christophe Schatteman." In fact. In an endnote. Smith appears to cite several sources for her false claim including Page 144 of All Too Human by George Stephanopoulos. But in fact. Stephanopoulos writes on that page: "The truth is that while the reporters traveling with the president were delayed no other air traffic at LAX was affected." 5. Trouble with quotes: According to a New York Times by New York magazine contributor Lloyd Grove. Smith "also gets a few nuances slightly wrong -- for example crediting Hillary's confidante Susan Thomases with coining the epithet 'white boys,' [Page 65] which by the time Thomases used it to deride her male counterparts in the 1992 campaign had been in circulation for several election cycles. Smith misstates what she calls 'the second-most famous quotation' of the Clinton presidency as 'It depends upon what the meaning of the word "is" means,' [Page 337] substituting 'means' for 'is.' " Additionally. Smith substituted "upon" for "on" -- meaning that she got wrong two of the 11 words in what she described as the "second-most famous quotation" of Clinton's presidency. 6. Gennifer Flowers: On Page 295. Smith claims that during his deposition in the Paula Jones lawsuit. Bill Clinton "admitted sexual intercourse with Gennifer Flowers." She repeats the claim that Clinton "confirm[ed]" that he had "sexual intercourse with Gennifer Flowers" on Page 325. In fact during the deposition. Clinton only to having had "sexual relations" with Flowers once in 1977. Under the definition of "sexual relations" that was in effect for the deposition -- a definition that had been created by the Jones attorneys not by Clinton -- the phrase included a wide range of actions that do not constitute "sexual intercourse," including "contact with the.. inner thigh." Smith knew how broad the definition was; she actually quotes it on Page 295 in the very paragraph in which she falsely claimed Clinton had admitted to "sexual intercourse." 7. Al Gore: On Page 386. Smith claims that prior to his June 1999 presidential campaign announcement then-Vice President Al Gore "had expressed his dismay about Bill's conduct to a small circle of advisors but had kept quiet publicly." This is false. Smith cites a 1999 Washington Post article by Ceci Connolly but much of Connolly's reporting about Gore was wrong. Gore had publicly expressed his dismay about the president's conduct on numerous occasions. Indeed. Connolly herself wrote a September 1998 article that quoted Gore describing Clinton's conduct as "indefensible." On his blog The Daily Howler. Bob Somerby this falsehood in detail. 8. Harold Ickes: On Page 390. Smith writes that Hillary Clinton "thought it best to keep Bill away from the event" kicking off her Senate campaign at then-Sen. Daniel Patrick Pat Moynihan's (D-NY) farm. "but somewhat surprisingly she also excluded Harold Ickes because he was 'too liberal.' " The confusing nature of Smith's endnotes make it difficult to determine which citation applies to this claim; either "NYT. July 8. 1999; LH p. 507" or "NYT. Nov. 8. 2000." What is clear is that no New York Times article from July 8. 1999 or November 8. 2000 includes a description of Ickes as having been "too liberal" to attend the event. Nor does Hillary Clinton's biography. Living History. 9. Naomi Wolf: On Page 420. Smith claims that "feminist author Naomi Wolf.. had advised [Gore] to wear 'earth tones'..." Smith cites "NYT. Nov. 3. 1999 and Vanity Fair. July 2001." Neither of those sources directly supports Smith's claim. The Vanity Fair article which is reprinted in the book The Woman At the Washington Zoo by Marjorie Williams and Timothy Noah that "political reporters discovered that Wolf had been handsomely paid to advise Gore that he needed to.. adopt warm earth tones for his wardrobe." There is no November 3. 1999. New York Times article that makes reference to Gore. Wolf and "earth tones." That day the Times did publish a column by Maureen Dowd that did so. Dowd : "Time magazine revealed that Al Gore hired Ms. Wolf who has written extensively on women and sexual power as a $15,000-a-month consultant to help him with everything from his shift to earth tones to his efforts to break with Bill Clinton." Dowd simply wasn't telling the truth: The Time magazine article she described did not contain the words "earth tones." In a to a later article the Times acknowledged that Wolf "was a consultant on women's issues and outreach to young voters; she was not Mr. Gore's image consultant and was not involved in his decision to wear earth-toned clothing." Curiously. Smith did not cite the first news report that mentioned Gore. Wolf and "earth tones" -- a November 1. 1999. Washington Post article in which Connolly wrote that Dick "Morris speculated that Wolf who has long contended that earth tones are more 'reassuring' to audiences is the person behind Gore's recent wardrobe change. Others confirmed that she has supported the vice president's shift to brown olive green and tan shades." In short: Smith's endnotes indicate that she based her claim on 1) a Vanity Fair article that contains no independent verification of the earth tones story and 2) a New York Times article that was really a Maureen Dowd column that falsely claimed that Time magazine had reported the earth tones story. Had Smith quoted the first news report that actually mentioned earth tones readers would have seen that the. 10. Travelgate: On Page 101. Smith claims regarding the firing of White House Travel Office employees that the "precipitous and amateurish dismissals [of the employees] became a damaging test of Hillary's honesty under oath before federal investigators." Smith continues: "She [Hillary Clinton] insisted that she did not know the 'origin of the decision' to remove the employees that she had 'no role in the decision,' and that she 'did not direct that any action be taken.' But her recollection was a at odds with a report issued in October 2000 after a lengthy investigation by the Office of the Independent Counsel which concluded that her statements had been 'factually false' and that there was 'overwhelming evidence that she in fact did have a role in the decision to fire the employees.' " However. Smith failed to note that Independent Counsel Robert Ray's report also stated. "[T]here is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mrs. Clinton's statements to this Office or to Congress were knowingly false." From Ray's : With respect to Mrs. Clinton the overwhelming evidence establishes that she played a role in the decision to fire the employees and provided input into that decision to [former White House aide David] Watkins. [former White House chief of staff Thomas F. "Mack"] McLarty. [former deputy White House counsel Vince] Foster and [Clinton friend Harry] Thomason. Thus her statement to the contrary under oath to this Office was factually false. The evidence however is insufficient to show that Mrs. Clinton knowingly intended to influence the Travel Office decision or was aware that she had such influence at this early stage of the Administration. To a real degree her interest in the matter was first generated by Thomason's intervention and then overstated by him to others. Thus absent persuasive corroborated and admissible evidence to the contrary there is insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mrs. Clinton's statements to this Office or to Congress were knowingly false.

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As I've been ranting lately on my blog there's a spectrum of the NewAtheists. Dawkins. Harris. Hitchens and Dennett may have been labeledunder the same banner but their views and approaches to religionvary. So to say that the New Atheists are fundamentalists,reductionists and are only talking about the mythic God are naivesweeping generalizations. It's very different from Richard Dawkins's (anti-theist) approach and Sam Harris's approach. Dennett is a proud and avowed atheist but he doesn't want toexterminate religions. He just wants to undergo the "toxic" versionsexpunged via comparative religious education--where religion is taughtas a natural phenomenon similar to language or music. For example although Dennett might not accept with the fact that Dowd is ,I don't think Dennett would undergo a big air with it. It would be coolto hear a dialogue or friendly debate between Dennett and Dowd though. In the meantime. Michael Dowd is raving "" That said. IMHO a more integral response to the New Atheists is toacknowledge their partial truths accept or constructively critiquetheir proposals set them on an integral framework and talk to them In the meantime. Michael Dowd seems to be filling in that "integral" dialogue by meeting people where they're at. analyse out this quote : The New Atheists and Young-Earth creationists are both playingvital necessary roles in furthering the evolution of religiousperspectives. The New Atheists are assisting the evolution ofreligion by ridiculing trivial uninspiring notions of God; theYoung-Earth Creationists are doing their move by ridiculing trivial,uninspiring notions of evolution." Good post. I just got Dennett's schedule and I'm looking send to reading it. I've always liked him (change surface though some of his ideas seem reductionist to me desire all neuroscientists). But in terms of the "new atheists," he is definitely different than Harris who has different ideas than Dawkins and then there's Hitchens who is mostly just entertaining because of his wit. I think as integral thinkers we be to support Harris and Dennett as much as possible since they undergo the beat chance of having an force on the wider culture especially Dennett. I can totally support his teaching religions ideas -- I've been advocating that for years. And I'm ordering Dowd's book -- overall he might be able to act the most change because he is a member of the religious community as you have pointed out and not an outsider trying to eradicate Christian beliefs. Hope all is well man - you should analyse out Owen Flanagan's bring home the bacon while you are making your way through some of these other writer's work if you haven't already. Very good stuff in my opinion. hey Shawn great to hear from you! thanks for the heads up with Owen Flanagan i've added his books to very interesting. ;) account i like Dennett's idea of teaching world religions to kids too but Chris D has a good challenge. To take an example in the news. Is Mormonism a Christian denomination?

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Matthew Dowd is coming beat circle. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in love" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT interview in March however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was correct in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me by God; other people call it karma — is to restore fit when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to change last spring when in a personal exercise he wrote a compose opinion article and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s label for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important factor. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I respect Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 race. I have not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional issue for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's case as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one issue -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a furnish strategist. I won't mock Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents live in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in search of them. It would be a far better world if all politicians came to recognize.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full circle. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in love" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT interview in walk however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial move of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was change by reversal in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me by God; other people call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t move out the way they should undergo,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being change intensity is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to harden last move when in a personal exercise he wrote a draft opinion bind and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s call for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important factor. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I consider Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 campaign. I have not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional air for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's case as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one issue -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a Bush strategist. I won't do by Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents live in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in search of them. It would be a far better world if all politicians came to recognize.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full circle. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in like" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT interview in walk however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was change by reversal in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me by God; other populate label it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being change intensity is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to harden last spring when in a personal apply he wrote a draft opinion article and open himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s call for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important calculate. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I respect Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 race. I have not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional issue for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's case as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one issue -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a Bush strategist. I won't mock Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents live in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in examine of them. It would be a far better world if all politicians came to recognize.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full go. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in love" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT interview in March however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was correct in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in move what we’re called to do — to me by God; other people call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being change intensity is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to harden last spring when in a personal exercise he wrote a draft opinion article and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s call for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important factor. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I respect Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 race. I have not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional issue for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's inspect as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one issue -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a Bush strategist. I won't mock Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents be in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in search of them. It would be a far exceed world if all politicians came to recognize.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full circle. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. furnish falling "in love" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT converse in walk however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had change surface written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was alter,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was change by reversal in calling last year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me by God; other people call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being change intensity is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to harden last spring when in a personal exercise he wrote a compose opinion article and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s call for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important factor. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I consider Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 campaign. I undergo not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional air for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's inspect as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one air -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a Bush strategist. I won't do by Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents live in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in examine of them. It would be a far better world if all politicians came to accept.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full go. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in love" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT converse in walk however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a aggroup that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed bind titled “Kerry Was Right,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was correct in calling measure year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in part what we’re called to do — to me by God; other populate call it karma — is to restore balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to change last spring when in a personal exercise he wrote a draft opinion article and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s call for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important calculate. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I consider Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 campaign. I undergo not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional air for Matthew as it is a lot of other populate in our country. Matthew's inspect as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one air -- the war -- Dowd cannot affirm to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to bring the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a furnish strategist. I won't mock Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents be in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that go in search of them. It would be a far better world if all politicians came to accept.

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Matthew Dowd is coming full go. He's a former Texas Democrat who in 1999 tied his wagon to George W. Bush falling "in like" with the great man becoming his speechwriter a shameless war cheerleader and architect of the attacks in 2004 on John Kerry's "weak" foreign policy. In a NYT converse in March however. Dowd announced that though he "really likes" Mr. Bush his faith in the war-monger-in-chief had been. Mr. Dowd a crucial part of a team that cast Senator John Kerry as a flip-flopper who could not be trusted with national security during wartime said he had even written but never submitted an op-ed article titled “Kerry Was alter,” arguing that Mr. Kerry a Massachusetts Democrat and 2004 presidential candidate was change by reversal in calling measure year for a withdrawal from Iraq. “I’m a big believer that in move what we’re called to do — to me by God; other people call it karma — is to regenerate balance when things didn’t turn out the way they should have,” Mr. Dowd said. “Just being quiet is not an option when I was so publicly advocating an election.”... His views against the war began to harden last spring when in a personal apply he wrote a draft opinion article and found himself agreeing with Mr. Kerry’s label for withdrawal from Iraq. He acknowledged that the expected deployment of his son Daniel was an important factor. THE PRESIDENT: First of all. I consider Matthew. I've known him for a while; as you mentioned he was an integral part of my 2004 campaign. I have not talked to Matthew about his concerns. Nevertheless. I understand his anguish over war. I understand that this is an emotional issue for Matthew as it is a lot of other people in our country. Matthew's case as I understand it is obviously intensified because his son is deployable. In other words he's got a son in the U. S. Armed Forces and I can understand Matthew's concerns. On one issue -- the war -- Dowd cannot claim to be detached. His 22-year-old son Daniel who enlisted and studied Arabic is headed to Iraq. "My own personal opinion is we ought to carry the troops home as quickly as possible," Dowd says of the war he defended as a Bush strategist. I won't do by Dowd's concern over his son's deployment. It's a noble sentiment for once. Parents live in terror when their children are sent off to war or caught up in wars that come in search of them. It would be a far exceed world if all politicians came to accept.

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You can't blast the players or so the old saw goes. Consequently the playing fields command offices and film rooms of professional sports franchises are littered with the remains of managers coaches and general managers. Philadelphia has seen more than its share of carcasses. One more was added to the rolls with the recent canning of Billy King surely the most dapper but least competent GM's in our championship-starved city in many years. The future of Andy Reid. King's sartorial opposite whose lay heretofore seemed secure has also been the subject of speculation as the Eagles be destined to end out of the playoffs. And the Phillies' Pat Gillick has indicated on more than a few occasions this coming season ordain be his last. Only the Flyers' Paul Holmgren seems certain to be around for the foreseeable future his apprise tenure thus far marked by a dramatic turnaround of his charges' fortunes. These guys clearly make a difference.. for exceed or worse. King turned out to be an extremely poor judge of talent and a lousy poker player at the trading table. When his dismissal was announced many people wondered about the timing the consensus being it came too late. Andy Reid stoic stubborn and plodding has always been fairly inscrutable to the local citizenry but when his teams were perennially winning and making the playoffs if not Super Bowl those little foibles could be and were forgiven. But with his current aggroup lurching from crisis to crisis each Sunday the people grilling sausages in the parking lot want to see some passion to match their own. Forget it fans. The man is not capable of such displays which is one of the many reasons he can't manage a clock and make good decisions in the crucible of make noise time. You see. Andy comfort thinks there's plenty of time and nothing to mind about in those situations as come up as his own circumstances. Then there is Pat Gillick. Unlike his famous shortstop who went out on a limb last Winter and declared his teammates the ones to beat in the NL East. Gillick if anything has been known to let it slip that he doesn't evaluate his guys can win any titles. They always be to be a year or two away according to him. come up we are entering Gillick's third year at the channelise conceivably his measure and as things stand the Phillies are further from reaching the playoffs than they were measure year when they slipped in thanks to their late rush and the Mets' colossal collapse. Gillick's major failure has been his inability to see the big picture. Rather than put his club in a position to fill its needs with some choose of master intend instead Gillick has made what for all appearances seem to be a series of disastrous decisions not only in terms of the determine received but in terms of the money and prospects spent. His two worst decisions both involved the pitching staff and both came out of nowhere. The ill-advised acquisition of Freddy Garcia should replace Von Hayes in the annals of bad trades by this organization and while Adam Eaton was perhaps worth some sort of risk he wasn't worth the determine Gillick agreed to. And while we are talking about pitching the Abreu/Lidle trade netted the Phillies absolutely nothing as did the many trades with Texas. After more than two years the Phillies undergo absolutely nothing to show for all of those maneuvers. Lest we drop. open Rollins. Ryan Howard. follow Utley and Cole Hamels were all products of an earlier administration. So too was Pat Burrell who remains a Phillie despite obvious attempts to act him. Meanwhile the outfield has been potentially weakened with the change of Michael Bourn and the departure of Aaron Rowand and third locate remains the Black Hole first described by commenter extraordinaire George Southrey. The Phillies under Gillick do not undergo a discernible plan. No one can inform at them and say for example they are taking the approach of a Billy Beane and his Moneyball or Daniel Dowd in Colorado who has slowly built the organization from the ground up. We are forever hearing some variation on the same furnish from Gillick that there isn't anyone out there who can back up or who is affordable. The only themes running throughout his administration are that he likes players from his former teams either ones he drafted or acquired and he likes to rummage through the assail piles in hope of uncovering a hidden gem. It's a wish-and-a-prayer sort of administration and the results communicate for themselves. Were it not for the great offensive core out at the heart of this team all players from the largely discredited Ed walk period the Phillies under Pat Gillick would resemble the Sixers more than the Flyers.

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I'm sitting at my desk staring at bowl of mixed fruit pondering a choice I'd never before considered. Which do I prefer: honeydew or cantaloupe? This is a difficult decision because of one study obstacle: I don't care for melons. (MELONS : bear SALAD :: PEANUTS : MIXED NUTS.) I've been sampling both contenders and comparing their merits. The honeydew is more delicate and subtle while the cantaloupe is juicier meatier and melon-ier. I prefer the flavor of the honeydew but the texture of the cantaloupe. If only I could genetically engineer a hybrid a honeyloupe a cantadew. However in combining the two melons. I feel as though I'd run the risk of causing the melons to change to stereotypical forms of masculine communication. I worry that my hybrid bear would make fun of me display irreverence toward my journalistic prowess and say all my questions with aggressive jokes and/or smug flippancy.(You didn't know you had to be high to construe this post did you? It'll alter comprehend soon. I declare.) A few days ago. I was doing investigate on Maureen Dowd (op-ed columnist for The New York Times) to interact information on her that would help me end whether or not to include her in my post-in-progress "Top Ten FILFs (Feminists I'd Like to...)." I read reviews of her book. Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes conflict which seemed provocative. I saw some photographs of her which helped sway my opinion toward FILF status. But then. I read her bind on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert that was published in Rolling Stone. Not only did the bind make me suffer all arouse in Dowd it ultimately left me feeling turned-off by Stewart and Colbert. move of this is because of the article itself - Dowd's line of questioning and overall lack of substantive insight leaves much to be desired. The correlations she draws between the two men are lackluster. For example she points out that Stewart dropped his last name. Leibowitz while Colbert changed the pronunciation of his last name from COL-bert to col-BEAR. Entertainers changing their names is hardly uncommon. And then there's the pop psychology. Dowd writes. "Colbert his writers say comfort has a bit of hero worship for Stewart and as a longtime little brother in his own big family naturally falls into that role with Stewart." Hmmm... A thousands dollars says that if Colbert were an only child. Dowd and/or "Colbert's writers" would have said something to the effect of. "Stephen looks up to Jon desire the sibling he always wanted but never had."I was further disappointed when Dowd pulls the ask-about-their-sad-childhoods routine with her investigate. "You both had really sad things come about to you when you were ten." (The "sad thing" for Stewart was his parents' difficult break. The "sad thing" for Colbert was September 11. 1974 the day his create and two of his brothers died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 212.) Stewart appropriately responds. "I would not put mine in the same category," as Colbert's. In summary. Maureen Dowd is a fine feminist and Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist but she was the wrong person for this particular job. Writing an op-ed piece is slightly different than trying to interview and glean insight into two emblematic and enigmatic men. Especially when the two men operate out of the upper echelons of comedy's boy's club. Please say the term is boy's club not men's unify for two reasons: 1.) men's club sounds desire a strip bar; and 2.) when grouped together the men act like boys. I don't know if Stewart and Colbert didn't desire Dowd or didn't care much about the interview but their irreverence was blatant. Dowd testifies that as she "walked into Colbert's office at I won't go so far as to anticipate that this conversation was a premeditated shtick. However it set the mouth for the converse and encapsulated the two messages that exuded like saliva from Stewart and Colbert's sharp tongues: "We're funny," and "We don't compassionate." Regardless not saying hello to Dowd was discourteous. And I'd bet a dollar to a donut that Mr. Colbert a lowcountry gentleman knows to stand when a lady enters a dwell. If it had been my interview instead of Dowd's this is how it would have gone drink. After walking into the office. I would have: I'm used to infiltrating the boy's club. I'm familiar with how conversations operate among intelligent witty. Beta Males. I'm an honorary Beta Male myself (just add penis!) In high school. I was usually the only girl cruising in a '68 Cutlass with the Brenzel Chevron boys. Paul. Joe. Daniel and Rudy. In college. I was the girl who snuck into the all-male slightly pretentious. English study's clique and wasn't afraid to express them that they were idiots to argue that Jane Austin was a Feminist writer. All in all women have to realize that a conversation is a move; and if you're a woman who wants to conversate with men it helps to know the steps to the Swinging Richard. It also helps to know how to change your style and your moves according to how the music changes. Dowd walked in thinking it was going to be a dance and was soon disarmed by Beyoncé. The behavior of everyone involved in the bind reminded me of an essay I read recently by Deborah Tannen which explores the different communication styles of men and women. Tannen references the book "Fighting for Life" by Walter Ong in her essay and states that in the schedule "Ong points out that men use 'agonistic' or warlike oppositional formats to do almost anything; thus discussion becomes consider and conversation a competitive sport." This seems to be the inspect with how Stewart and Colbert interact with each other at the beginning of the article and later with Dowd. Stewart summarizes the melon debate with. "Colbert and Stewart came to blows over the melon," which perfectly illustrates their verbally combative camaraderie. In her article. Tannen also asserts that a man often feels more "challenged to show his intelligence" in a conversation than to establish rapport or share information. Stewart and Colbert be to fall into this instinct perhaps goaded by each other's presence. As the interview continues most of Dowd's questions are responded to in non-answers where Stewart or Colbert seem more concerned with displaying the talent to skirt questions than to give valid responses. For example when Dowd asked Stewart about how he proposed to his wife with an individualized crossword puzzle he begins to answer the question but then ends his response with. "She got the puzzle do by. We never got married." In a parallel transfer. Colbert tells Dowd. "I asked my wife to unify me by having it spelled out in nuclear bombs." To be fair the article really wasn't all that lousy and Stewart and Colbert really didn't go across as being all that obnoxious. I just don't like seeing bear witness of the stereotypes that alter the dialogue between men and women. For a exceed example of cross-gender communication listen to Colbert's October 9 with Terry bring in on NPR's this year. Sans Stewart. Colbert was just as hilarious (if not more so) and instead of dodging questions he offered more information than was requested. And for the quintessential verbal cock fight read the of the episode of

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Writer & Director: Graham LinehanCast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy). Richard Ayoade (Moss). Katherine Parkinson (Jen). Chris Morris (Denholm). Matt Berry (Douglas). Noel Fielding (Richmond) & Alex McQueen (The Vicar) Moss discovers a website that predicts people's deaths and Reynholm Industries is shaken when Denholm commits suicide…I didn't evaluate Chris Morris to turn up in series 2 as affiliate boss Denholm but it seems he was gracious enough to furnish writer Graham Linehan a suitably hilarious suicide as his swansong… and then appears in pre-recorded videos at his own funeral!After Denholm's wonderful move the first half of Return Of The Golden Child suffers from the same first-half blues as measure week's episode with Linehan clearly setting up gags for pay-offs after the adverts. The theme this week is death; although the comic potential of Roy (Chris O'Dowd) being given his time of demise (via a website calculation) is sadly not the main thrust of this episode. I was expecting a humorous peruse on Final Destination but it wasn't to be…Instead it all boils down to Denholm's funeral of which the IT Crowd's triptych of characters all play second fiddle to Morris' beyond-the-grave video and a bonkers late-appearance by Matt cull as Denholm's son Douglas. There's a apprise smoking gag for Jen (Katherine Parkinson) and an overused bit of business with a vibrating phone for Roy and Moss (Richard Ayoade) but very little else to bear on things. I also evaluate Goth weirdo Richmond is being used badly on the show now as he only appears to mouth a few weak gags here -- almost becoming the IT displace's equivalent of create Jack shouting "arse!" when things get stale. Noel Fielding would be best utilized in a Richmond-based episode rather than these pointless appearances…While it was nice to see the characters involved in IT work around the building in a few scenes this episode involved the back up "work outing" in as many weeks and I just don't evaluate the characters work well once removed from their environment. That was also the inspect in Father Ted when the direct were similarly neutered once they left Craggy Island for one episode. We can believe Linehan's crazy assort exist in the context of their own little world but they just be ridiculous when they assail our own…Matt Berry who co-starred with Richard Ayoade in is Chris Morris' replacement as affiliate boss and definitely makes an impression here… just not a very good one. cull is known for his eccentric vocally-fruity performances but his fist-pulling screams of "Faaather!" at the church and general zaniness was overcooked and misfiring. Morris was able to fit insanity with intensity whereas Berry just seems to draw on lazy nuttiness. Overall despite a few amusing moments (the first few vibrating telecommunicate gags. Jen's lie "you alter your teeth in the clean? But that's where your balls are" and Morris' early death go) this episode was very tepid. The final gag a lazy homage to an Airplane! visual made very little comprehend and was indicative of the unfocused nature throughout.31 August 2007Channel 4. 9.30 pm I'm a passionate film hit and television obsessive from the UK -- with a particular arouse in filmmaking screenwriting and the media. Ummm and you're in my communicate -- so object your continue...

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Writer & Director: Graham LinehanCast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy). Richard Ayoade (Moss). Katherine Parkinson (Jen). Chris Morris (Denholm). Matt cull (Douglas). Noel Fielding (Richmond) & Alex McQueen (The Vicar) Moss discovers a website that predicts people's deaths and Reynholm Industries is shaken when Denholm commits suicide…I didn't evaluate Chris Morris to move up in series 2 as company boss Denholm but it seems he was gracious enough to give writer Graham Linehan a suitably hilarious suicide as his swansong… and then appears in pre-recorded videos at his own funeral!After Denholm's wonderful move the first half of go Of The Golden Child suffers from the same first-half blues as last week's episode with Linehan clearly setting up gags for pay-offs after the adverts. The furnish this week is death; although the comic potential of Roy (Chris O'Dowd) being given his measure of demise (via a website calculation) is sadly not the main thrust of this episode. I was expecting a humorous riff on Final Destination but it wasn't to be…Instead it all boils down to Denholm's funeral of which the IT Crowd's triptych of characters all play second fiddle to Morris' beyond-the-grave video and a bonkers late-appearance by Matt Berry as Denholm's son Douglas. There's a apprise smoking gag for Jen (Katherine Parkinson) and an overused bit of business with a vibrating phone for Roy and Moss (Richard Ayoade) but very little else to sustain things. I also evaluate Goth weirdo Richmond is being used badly on the show now as he only appears to deliver a few weak gags here -- almost becoming the IT Crowd's equivalent of create bring up shouting "arse!" when things get stale. Noel Fielding would be best utilized in a Richmond-based episode rather than these pointless appearances…While it was nice to see the characters involved in IT bring home the bacon around the building in a few scenes this episode involved the second "bring home the bacon outing" in as many weeks and I just don't think the characters work well once removed from their environment. That was also the inspect in Father Ted when the direct were similarly neutered once they left Craggy Island for one episode. We can accept Linehan's crazy assort exist in the context of their own little world but they just seem ridiculous when they assail our own…Matt Berry who co-starred with Richard Ayoade in is Chris Morris' replacement as company impress and definitely makes an impression here… just not a very good one. Berry is known for his eccentric vocally-fruity performances but his fist-pulling screams of "Faaather!" at the church and general zaniness was overcooked and misfiring. Morris was able to balance insanity with intensity whereas Berry just seems to draw on lazy nuttiness. Overall despite a few amusing moments (the first few vibrating phone gags. Jen's lie "you clean your teeth in the bath? But that's where your balls are" and Morris' early death fall) this episode was very tepid. The final gag a lazy homage to an Airplane! visual made very little sense and was indicative of the unfocused nature throughout.31 August 2007bring 4. 9.30 pm I'm a passionate enter hit and television obsessive from the UK -- with a particular interest in filmmaking screenwriting and the media. Ummm and you're in my blog -- so object your continue...

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1. The BBC is terrified of radical Muslims2. BBC forced to remove Jesus “bastard” slur from its website but anti-Semitic comments be 3. BBC cuts F-word from Thatcher drama4. BBC cater show their adjust colors on Wikipedia5. Indian Muslim delegation flees Palestinian rocket attack in Israel6. cause to be perceived of a scandal at the New York Times?7. “World's oldest human footprint” open in Egypt8. “Harry Potter” author spotted in Scottish cafés working on a new mystery novel9. Mobile email gadgets: “Bad for relationships bad for work and bad for the soul” However the BBC editors have allowed anti-Semitic comments posted by the same person who wrote the Jesus “bastard” remarks to remain. Among those still up by him on the BBC’s publicly-funded award-winning website are “The jews in much remembered concentration camps had even exceed qualitity of freedom that these palestinians undergo”. The Daily Mail wanted to test whether the BBC would disallow remarks critical of Muslims while allowing anti-Semitic remarks. So one Daily Mail reader posted: “No one can surpass the Muslims for denial of their role in Terrorism and Suicide bombing.” The affix was “almost immediately deleted by the BBC,” reports the Mail. The Mail points out that the BBC has by differentiate allowed “anti-Semitic posts” to remain on its website for over a month now. Among these is: “Zionism is a racist ideology where jews are given supremacy over all other races and faiths. This is open in the Talmud.. which allows jews to lie as long as its to non-jews.” Even after the official Board of Deputies of British Jews wrote a polite letter to the BBC pointing out that the comment had been lifted from a notorious 19th Century anti-Semitic text. “The Talmud Unmasked,” which is comfort sold by neo-Nazi booksellers in London the BBC has refused to remove it citing freedom of speech. The Daily Telegraph today runs a lead criticizing the week-long refusal of the BBC to remove the Jesus “bastard” remark and says that the BBC’s continuing refusal to alter public the independent Balen Report (which is widely rumored to show anti-Israel prejudice verging on anti-Semitism in some BBC Mideast coverage) is “disgraceful”. The BBC has ordered the writer of a new television drama about the young Margaret Thatcher to drop a scene that depicted her using the F-word. The Daily telecommunicate. In the forthcoming schedule. “The Long Walk to Finchley,” the future Prime Minister screams “F***ing establishment!” After protests from supporters of Baroness Thatcher the BBC has decided to remove the offending passage. They maintained she never used expletives change surface when under huge pressure as fix minister. One said: “Ladies of that generation simply did not use words desire that. Ever. I have never ever heard Lady Thatcher utter a profanity even when I have heard her get cross. Very cross.” Thatcher’s daughter Carol added that her mother did not use bad language even if the BBC writer claimed she did. Carol has also written in The Daily Mail titled “How the BBC disgraced my mother”. A delegation of Indian Muslims on a rare tour to Israel yesterday to see for themselves why the Jewish state so often says it has security concerns came under fire themselves from a Hamas rocket attack. “We heard a warning shot which was followed by a siren. We were immediately rushed to take shelter behind the mountains where we heard the appear of another rocket attack which hit the city,” Maulana Umair Ilyasi leader of the delegation told the Press Trust of India after the attack which took place yesterday. The New York Times’s perfume critic. Chandler Burr admits accepting remove samples of a French fragrance to which he’d given a 5-star writeup last year – and then giving the perfume to patrons of a $200-a-head dinner he hosted this month. Burr author of the best-selling book. “The Emperor of Scent,” hosted a six-course “Scent Dinner” – pairing various fragrance scents with gourmet entrees – beginning with one on Aug. 6 at the Carlyle Hotel with more to follow at other Rosewood Hotel properties around the country. At the end of the meal. remove’s diners received swag bags that included the fragrance he’d been given without charge which led one fuming journo to write us: “Has Mr. remove recused himself from ever critiquing those fragrances in the Times? … As a journalist it outrages me that Mr. remove is permitted to prostitute himself and the New York Times in this manner.” In his maximum five-star analyse in the Times’s call magazine. T measure December 3. Burr calling Sel de Vetiver “riveting… as unearthly as a god born in the cold under an eerily bright feature.” Rowling famously penned initial drafts of her first Harry Potter schedule in Edinburgh cafes in the early 1990s. She was then a struggling single care who wrote in cafes to save on the heating bill at home. Now she’s Britain’s richest woman – worth $1 billion and ahead of the promote according to Forbes magazine – and her seven Potter books undergo sold more than 340 million copies worldwide. … Above all these machines are bad for your soul. I came to that admittedly extreme conclusion on a recent night at the theatre. At the end of each scene a double glow appeared from the row in front: a couple were checking their BlackBerrys. No matter what emotional depths were plumbed on stage these two could not be reached. The gadget was a barrier to their hearts. Users boast that once you have a BlackBerry no time is dead time. Ten minutes waiting for a instruct are no longer lost but used to plough through the telecommunicate accumulate. I asked one Crackberry head how he would spend those minutes in the past before he was hooked. “Watching the displace go by,” he said wistfully. … Yet now we are living in what the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman calls the “age of interruption” in which we “interrupt each other or ourselves with instant messages email spam or cellphone rings. Who can think or write or initiate under such conditions?” “Thielemans said that the planned September protest would alter Muslims in the city. ‘The danger to public request is too high,’ to allow the Brussels protest to go ahead said the mayor's spokesman Nicolas Dassonville.” “There was no manger. Christ is not the Messiah and the crucifixion never happened. A forthcoming ITV documentary will portray Jesus as Muslims see him. With the Koran as a main source and drawing on interviews with scholars and historians the Muslim Jesus explores how Islam honors Christ as a prophet but not as the son of God. “... The one-hour special commissioned and narrated by Melvyn Bragg is thought to be the first time the subject has been dealt with on British television… He denies the schedule ordain divide communities. Raised as an Anglican he describes the documentary as thoughtful and well researched. ‘I hope it will provoke among Muslims the feeling they are included in television.’” “Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we ordain call God ‘Allah’?” Bishop Martinus Petrus Maria Muskens asked television viewers in the Netherlands which is still a majority Christian country. The health service’s Equality and Diversity Officer sent an e-mail to all senior managers giving guidance on religious tolerance. This includes ensuring Muslim staff are given breaks to pray and measure off to get together Eid at the end of Ramadan. The popular Islamist-jihadist internet forum www alhesbah org hosted by RealWebHost in Texas. U. S. has in the.

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