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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I provided a link to a web site with lot of information, not just "inference" but the actual documents themselves.
I read a few of those. They're all inference, although you'd like to pretend otherwise. There is no indication of wrongdoing on Obama's part, only that the CAC project failed for a range of possible reasons. Thanks for playing.
Palin’s ‘Banned Books’ List Is a Hoax from NEWSMAX MAGAZINE
After reports surfaced that Sarah Palin had sought to ban books from her local library when she became mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a list of the books she supposedly wanted to ban began appearing on a number of Web sites.
The list included such classics as “Huckleberry Finn,” “Silas Marner,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” and Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” It even found its way to a blog linked to the My.BarackObama Web site, where it was claimed that the list “comes from the records of the Wasilla library,” and was distributed via e-mail by a Palin foe.
The truth is, Palin never compiled that or any other list of books to be removed from the Wasilla library, various sources have reported.
In fact, several of the books on the list, including four “Harry Potter” books by J.K. Rowling, were not yet published when Palin took over as Wasilla’s mayor in 1996.
It turns out that the list is a reproduction of a generic list of “Books Banned at One Time or Another in the United States,” which has been on the Internet for years, according to conservative pundit Michelle Malkin.
The original source of the hoax is unclear. But the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska reported that when Palin first became mayor in 1996, she asked the city librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, what her response would be if Palin asked her to remove some books from the library’s collection. She did not mention any specific books. Emmons responded by saying she would resist all efforts to ban books.
Another sicko Pastor. I don't blame her for wanting to ban the book.
Maybe Obama should have banned his Pastor, you know the one that made hate and racist remarks as shown on VIDEO, unlike your article which has no proof other than words.
Maybe The Country should fear Obama rather than a VP nominee.
a genuine albeit zealous religious belief system that might effect one's conduct in elective office, or, the distinct possibility of blatant hypocrisy, evidenced by one's professing to adhere to a specific religious belief because it opportunistically aids and abets one's political ambitions?
Answer: A "statistical tie" in that the first case scenario suggests weak minded simplicity while the second suggests strong minded duplicity.
You guys are sick and need help. You read this propaganda everyday, then get upset, and write the most vile things I've ever read.
Go smoke a dubby, have a drink, and relax. I guarantee you things will be same o, same o, whether it's Obama or McCain, so there's no reason to get so upset.
Once again, religion just fucks up everything. Doesn't it?
Let Alaska secede from the Union and form their own little theocracy. Then President Palin can take all the religious nutjobs with her to have their little utopia while waiting for the rapture.
I'm already tired of Palin and all the pinhead apologists in her cult continuing to screw up what was once a (and can be again) great country. There is a reason the Founding Fathers insisted on separation of church and state.
If the last 8 years aren't indication enough as to what happens when you let the children run the store, then there is no hope for you.
To all the christianistas: Take your bible and run along up to Alaska with it while the adults clean up the mess you made.
It's odd: the hit piece listed makes two main attacks on Palin - that she is anti-gay, and that she tried to push creationism in the school curriculum - yet the article actually offers no proof of either accusation.
AP cleared Palin of the accusation of book banning (note: the book is listed on Amazon for $456.00, no less, which is a little bizarre), so that's false. Second, the implication about injecting creationism into school isn't supported by any of Munger's comments: she's described as believing in creationism, but not of actually pushing it anywhere.
So I'm confused: isn't this actionable slander? Or is the hit piece written sufficiently vaguely so as to avoid legal action?
Geoff
I have, as part of my doctoral studies in theology. I'll just say this: you wouldn't have to worry about banning his book. I highly doubt anyone would ever check it out. As a theologian, he fails miserably. While I admire his ministry, his theology lacks any sort of credibility. He is a classic example of everything a theologian should NOT be: someone who has a worldview and tries to twist theology and history to fit into it.
Surely Salon can come up with someone better to give a testimonial regarding Governor Palin. I'm certain there is probably "dirt" out there, but using someone like Bess, whose motives are suspect, is not the way to go.
I've noticed many commenters here lamenting that Palin, should she become Vice-President, would use her office to shove her fundamentalist beliefs down America's collective throat.
My question is this: What is the basis for this belief? Does anyone have any evidence of her attempting this in her position as Governor? I have not seen nor read of any attempts by her to push creationism is schools, abolish abortion, or any other thing that people are warning us she would do.
So, anyone, where is the evidence that she would push for her personal beliefs to become law? If you have no evidence, then your assertions are simply fear-mongering, something which you consistently charge the right with doing in this country.
Evidence? And please cite something other than DailyKos or the Huffington Post...
Does Mr. Munger suggest that he and Palin have some sort of Time Machine?
And she said yes, she’d seen images somewhere of dinosaur fossils with human footprints in them.”
That particular fraud only appeared just this summer!
It appears that Mr. Munger is a liar. Don't you people fact check?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
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