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Tuesday, April 4, 2006 12:00 AM

Abramoff's offer to Sudan

The lobbyist Jack Abramoff once offered to talk up Sudan, a governement with a terrible human-rights record, to his friends on the right.

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Tuesday, April 4, 2006 01:47 PM

Twisting a fable

I remember an old fable regarding an oak and a read in a storm where the reed escaped undamaged due to its flexibility while the oak broke. Maybe Ralph Reed is so flexible that he has lost all sense of principle and just follows where the dollars lead.

We have to remember howeevr that Abramoff was not shy about scamming his clients and $18 millions was a nice incentive for a scam.

Tuesday, April 4, 2006 07:04 PM

moslem

The dictionary does say this is used sometimes instead of Muslim, but I had never seen it before.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2006 08:11 AM

politics of death

How creepy is it that a orthodox jew can help with a geneocide. That said take a look at the geneocide being waged in Palistine I guess when you see what you think is your "homeland" doing it its OOOOOKKKK!

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 09:27 AM

Moslem

Back in the "old days," Moslem was the correct term. If I remember correctly, it wasn't until the 70s, when Black Muslims made the news, that the term slowly changed from Moslem to Muslim. (And I often have to catch myself, because I still sometimes say Moslem.)

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