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Bailouts: Compassionate Conservatism or Loony Liberalism?
2008-08-02 21:19:00 -By Don Boys, Ph.D. Well, the Federal Welfare Agents (members of Congress, Bush, Obama, etc.) are at it again?giving away money that is not theirs. Even little children know that it is stealing to take from the haves and give to the have nots. Do sane people really believe that it is right, by any standard, ...
By: Publius Forum
?Compassionate Conservatism? Redux?
2008-06-04 17:32:00 NTUF’s third round of “costing out” the candidates’ platforms since January 29 found that Clinton would increase yearly federal spending by $289.6 billion, compared to Sen. Obama’s (D-IL) $343.9 billion — both significantly higher totals from the last update on March 3. NTUF also released an update for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive Republican ...
By: GayPatriot
4 Compassionate Teachings Learned From Vesak Day
2008-05-19 10:04:00 The significance of Vesak lies with the Buddha and his universal peace message to mankind. In most Buddhist temples all over the world, believers will gather to remember Prince Siddhatha. About 2,550 years ago, Prince Siddhatha was born in Lumbini, India during a full moon in the month of Vesak.This wisdom and light that flashed and radiated under the historic Bodhi Tree at Buddha Gaya in the district of Bihar in Northern India, more than 2500 years ago, is of great significance to human destiny. I would like to share this day with the teachings i have remembered till this very day that Buddha had taught all of us.Giving up the four sightsOn the first three trips, he saw sickness, old age and death. He asked himself, "How can I enjoy a life of pleasure when there is so much suffering in the world?" On his fourth trip, he saw a wandering monk who had given up everything he owned to seek an end to suffering. "I shall be like him." Bloggers are tempt by the term "make money online" but...
Compassionate Badger: a Blogger's New Direction
2008-05-07 12:48:00 I have spent the last nine months in Northern Thailand--developing this blog during that time. Shortly, I will be returning to Wisconsin and I see a need to change the focus of my blog a bit. For all you Thailand lovers, don't worry, I will continue to blog about this beautiful country.*********blog focues: ~ coffee (shops) ~ photography ~ places i (want to) visit ~ my IDEASbook review, reserach, and opinion & editorial topics: ~ globalization; ~ community empowerment; ~ sustainability and sufficiency; ~ government and politics; ~ economics; ~ history; ~ religion; ~ AND peaceregional areas of interest: ~ Northern Thailand ~ Wisconsin*********Let me know what you think--I am always open to ideas and suggestions.
Compassionate Home Leave
2008-03-19 07:41:00 A British Army colonel was reviewing the troops. One man he passed sported an enormous erection. “Sergeant-Major!” the colonel shouted. “Give this man 30 days compassionate home leave.” “Yessir,” the Sgt. Major replied. A few months later the same thing occurred with the same man. “Sergeant-Major! Give this man another 30 days compassionate home leave,” the Colonel barked. A few ...
By: ZA Vibes
activism on the internet | compassionate service and reach-out engagements
2008-02-24 18:43:00 Recently Business Week featured Activism 2.0 slide show bringing in different ways people are venturing into the internet with online philanthropy."Online activism is branching out beyond the e-mail entreaty to give and get involved. Organizations dedicated to saving everything from lives to the environment are tapping new social Web tools to drum up support online, offline, and for the bottom line. In the process, they're spurring a new generation to get out and do something besides sign up and be counted."Featured Online Activism activities include:Click to Save Darfur: The Genocide Intervention Network has launched an Internet-calling application that can identify phone numbers for local politicians and then dial them for the member, providing scripted talking points for the conversation. It also allows members to sign up for e-mail alerts with links to articles the organization wants to boost in the "most read" rankings on news sites.Help Just a Click Away: Two men, whose wives...
Compassionate Canada
2008-01-22 15:01:00 Canada Lauded by UNICEF THE CANADIAN PRESS January 22, 2008 at 7:46 AM EST TORONTO — The president and CEO of UNICEF Canada is praising Canada for backing innovative programs and research aimed at reducing child deaths in poverty-stricken African countries. Canada's “pioneering” role in successful programs such as the Accelerated Child Survival and Development initiative has saved children's
Compassionate Grandmother of Cookie Sutra by Judy Tart
2008-01-16 22:33:00 Judy Tart, my Rigpa sangha-sister, whom we’ve heard from before on two previous Riehlife posts as an eclectic reader and eco-activist, just got back from a 10 day vipassana retreat in Santa Barbara. Judy was gracious enough to share the Compassionate Grandmother of Cookie Sutra. Here is compassion practice with taste buds! Judy says that the ...
11th Edition of ?The Compassionate Shopper? Published
2008-01-14 11:57:00 Naturewatch have announced thelaunch of the 11th edition of the Compassionate Shopper, acatalogue featuring companies that manufacture or market personal care and household productsand have committed tostopanimal testingby operating a Fixed Cut Off Date (FCOD). Bomb Cosmetics are proud to support this worthyguide and we have taken out a half page advert onPage 22thatgives adiscount for ...
Compassionate?
2008-01-12 08:40:00 BBC reports, " Ghana's High Commissioner in London has appealed to Britain to reverse its decision to fly a terminally ill woman back to the African country. Ama Sumani was taken from a Cardiff hospital on Wednesday where she has been receiving dialysis after cancer damaged her kidneys. Ms Sumani, 39, whose visa has expired, says she cannot afford care in Ghana. High Commissioner Annan Cato urged the government on Radio Four's The World Tonight to allow her back to the UK. He said the decision to deport her was regrettable and he appealed to the UK, which he said he considered to be a "very compassionate country". "I see no compassion from the UK nor from the Ghanian hospital that would not treat her unless she had funds for more than three month's treatment.
By: Christian Quoter
How to be a happier and more compassionate person
2008-01-09 02:07:00 “How to be a happier and more compassionate person.” ”If you can help others it is very good, Yet if you cannot do this, At least do not harm them.” –Dalai Lama What do I mean when I say compassion? What I mean by compassionate is the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something ...
Workers Want Their Bosses to Be Compassionate
2007-12-29 19:44:00 According to a new study by Harvard University, fostering trust and a sense of purpose among employees can play a significant role in building a successful and productive workplace. While business executives are, by nature, focused on maximizing profits for their companies, many experts believe that more attention should be paid to the welfare of their ...
The rise of compassionate music
2007-12-23 03:44:00 Starting in the 1960s, a new subject matter began appearing in popular songs that represented a shift in consciousness: brotherhood and how we treat one another.
By: Song of Fire
The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting ? Sunday, December 9th
2007-12-02 02:18:00 The Compassionate Friends, an international self-help group for bereaved parents and siblings, is sponsoring its annual Worldwide Candle Lighting on Sunday, December 9. The candle lighting is for one hour at 7 p.m. local time all around the world. There will be candle lighting services in all 50 states (if you?re unable to attend one ...
Sogyal Rinpoche?Compassionate Logic
2007-11-25 16:33:00 Sogyal Rinpoche, author of “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” and the head of Rigpa, an international Buddhist group urges s on to follow a compassionate logic.–JGR _______________________________-______________ We may say, and even half-believe, that compassion is marvelous, but in practice our actions are deeply uncompassionate and bring us and others mostly frustration and distress, and ...
Compassionate Traveller WSPA Documentary
2007-11-15 04:18:00 See how your support is improving the lives of animals in an incredible upcoming documentary on WSPA's work - The Compassionate Traveller.You?ll journey through Thailand with presenter and vet Dr Julie Summerfield as she shows you some amazing projects protecting animals from cruelty and neglect. And discover how being an animal-friendly ?compassionate traveller? on your next holiday can help transform the lives of animals now, and in the future. Click here for a special documentary trailer and Julie's personal message of thanks to you for helping animals worldwide. The Compassionate Traveller - Saturday, November 17 at 2.30pm on Network Ten. The Channel Ten website offers a free Reminder SMS.
Workers Want Their Bosses To Be Compassionate
2007-11-13 17:06:00 According to a new study by Harvard University, fostering trust and a sense of purpose among employees can play a significant role in building a successful and productive workplace. While business executives are, by nature, focused on maximizing profits for their companies, many experts believe that more attention should be paid to the welfare of their ...
A Compassionate God
2007-11-09 14:37:00 He comforts us every time we have trouble, so when others have trouble, we can comfort them. 2 Corinthians 1:4 My child’s feelings are hurt. I tell her she’s special. My child is injured. I do whatever it takes to make her feel better. My child is afraid. I won’t go to sleep until she is secure. I’m not a hero…I’m ...
Workers Want Their Bosses To Be Compassionate
2007-09-29 17:20:00 According to a new study by Harvard University, fostering trust and a sense of purpose among employees can play a significant role in building a successful and productive workplace. While business executives are, by nature, focused on maximizing profits for their companies, many experts believe that more attention should be paid to the welfare of their ...
Workers Want Their Bosses To Be Compassionate
2007-09-29 17:19:00 According to a new study by Harvard University, fostering trust and a sense of purpose among employees can play a significant role in building a successful and productive workplace. While business executives are, by nature, focused on maximizing profits for their companies, many experts believe that more attention should be paid to the welfare of their ...
When being a Christian meant being compassionate
2007-09-24 06:20:00 When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn’t a Jew. When they came for ...
Fred Thompson: Compassionate Conservative?
2007-09-15 13:01:00 As Fred D. Thompson moves around the country delivering his folksy stump speech, he routinely makes his way through a laundry list of top concerns: national security, immigration reform, federalism and activist judges, among others. But he seems most energized when he discusses the ballooning cost of entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, and what he calls a need for more
By: Politics Plus
Bomb Cosmetics Featured in ?Compassionate Shopping Guide?
2007-09-11 14:02:00 Bomb Cosmetics is proud to be featured in what is now the 10th Edition of the “Compassionate Shopping Guide” published by Naturewatch and available through their website (www.naturewatch.org) or by telephone (01242 252871) for the very reasonable price of 2.50. According to the narrative on the back of the guide, its aim is “to provide clear ...
Reggae Compassionate Act: Subjective?
2007-08-09 21:51:00 It is reported that Buju Banton, aka Gargamel has signed the Reggae Compassionate Act of the 'Stop Murder Music' campaigners. He joins fellow dancehall artists Sizzla, Capleton and Beenieman as endorsers of this Act. However, The Act gives rise to a few comments/questions: 1. Should it be reggae or dancehall referenced in the act? The cases and artists with whom there is a bone (no pun intended, seriously) of contention are all dancehall acts. One would think that they would have done their due diligence before making such a broad statement. 2. Jamaica has laws against buggery. Should the Govt and people of Jamaica then sign an Act of a similar nature?After all the law basically states that it is an 'almshouse thing' punishable by fines and imprisonment at hard labour. 3. If the Act is truly towards reggae artists, should reggaeton artists also be subject to this Act? After all reggaeton is reggae's cousin twice removed. 4. If the reggae or dancehall community c...
Hillary; compassionate misanthrope
2007-08-07 22:50:00 Hillary doesn’t trust humankind, which fits in nicely with the Liberal mindset; leave it to us and the nanny state will take care of you. Here’s a question and it’s something that has been irking me for some time now; why are all the candidates referred to as Romney, Richardson, Paul, McCain, etc., yet Clinton is always “Hillary,” by haters and lovers alike? But I digress…ever since the “secret” letters came out in the NY Times from a young “Hillary” the toilet paper has been all about her. Posts here were not in depth, just with a certain disgust when I would view the front page for tripe being shoveled out to the masses. The same day an announcement was made in the Times that it and NBC News were joining forces or collaborating on election coverage both entities of the same stripe had humanizing “Hillary” filler. The day that followed offered yet more of the same; you couldn’t get away from it. Enjoy Brent Bozell’s latest, as were going t...
Compassionate Conservatism in a nutshell
2007-07-30 16:59:00 Paul Krugman reminds us today that George W. Bush's "Compassionate Conservatism" is An Immoral Philosophy and that Bush and other conservatives oppose the Schip program because they fear it will work. It must be about philosophy, because it surely isn?t about cost. One of the plans Mr. Bush opposes, the one approved by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the Senate Finance Committee, would cost less over the next five years than we?ll spend in Iraq in the next four months. And it would be fully paid for by an increase in tobacco taxes.The House plan, which would cover more children, is more expensive, but it offsets Schip costs by reducing subsidies to Medicare Advantage ? a privatization scheme that pays insurance companies to provide coverage, and costs taxpayers 12 percent more per beneficiary than traditional Medicare.Strange to say, however, the administration, although determined to prevent any expansion of children?s health care, is also dead set against any cut in Medica...
Oscar The Compassionate Kitty
2007-07-26 01:47:00 Oscar is no ordinary kitty. As a matter of fact he has some very extraordinary powers. His possession of these highly unusual qualities might or might not be a good thing to some, but his ability to forsee an oncoming death of terminally ill patients may be a blessing in disguise to a patient's family. Read the latest about Oscar at his residence at a Nursing Home in Providence Rhode Island. Animals have always amazed me with their sometimes uncanny abilities, but dear little Oscar is probably one of a kind and has already made his 5 minutes of fame in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Compassionate Conservatism & The Leader George W. Bush
2007-07-03 06:01:00 Quote from the Free Republic: “I awoke today to the television showing pictures of Iraqis kissing photos of George W. Bush. Above my fireplace is a framed print of our leader and I wondered if I should not do the same thing as the Iraqis on the film loops. I realized that such an act would ...
Compassionate Conservatism & The Leader George W. Bush
2007-07-02 06:01:00 Quote from the Free Republic: “I awoke today to the television showing pictures of Iraqis kissing photos of George W. Bush. Above my fireplace is a framed print of our leader and I wondered if I should not do the same thing as the Iraqis on the film loops. I realized that such an act would ...
Med Pot Murder or Compassionate Incarceration
2007-06-18 09:06:00 Widow cites jail van, stress Thursday, 14 June 2007 &nb-sp; Cramped conditions in a prison van, severe stress and being confined to a police cell may have contributed to Golden Bay man Stephen Cleary's death in jail, his widow believes. Irene Cleary and other family members have asked for a full investigation into the death of the 49-year-old, described as a "gentle man and a wonderful father" by Mrs Cleary. Cleary died in Christchurch Men's Prison on Monday, less than two weeks after beginning a one-year prison sentence for growing cannabis in a shipping container at his home. The Pohara windchime-maker died from what is believed to be an embolism, or blockage to the heart, just five days after being transferred to the Christchurch prison from a Nelson police cell.snip -- see http://www.stuff.co.nz/print/40-95144a6510.html Mrs Cleary, who is a nurse, said she also believed it was time cannabis was decriminalised...
Welcome to Raising Confident, Compassionate and Respectful Kids.
2007-06-08 16:56:00 On this blog we are going to focus on discussing easy-to-implement strategies to expose children to diverse people and ideas-and its benefits. Decades of social science research has show us that children who are exposed to a wide variety of people and ideas are far less likely to become biased-or worse-and are less likely to tolerate bullying behavior in any form.Kids who have the ability to interact successfully with all kinds of people can face the 21st Century with confidence and skills that will serve them a lifetime.
Pass HB 6715 - Compassionate Use Act
2007-06-08 02:16:00 attn: Governor Rell c/o Connecticut State Legislature Dear Governor Rell, I have spent thirty years studing the biopsychosocial implications of the societal contraint on access to herbal cannabis. There is nothing to be afraid of. Please have the courage to do the right thing as politicaly challenging as it may appear, and pass this Bill. It is a Win-Win solution. Do not be swayed by 'what kind of message does this send to children'. It is imperative that our children see this injustice removed. It is the adult thing to do. cc: Green Party aspirant, Clifford Thornton ?(??)? - Blair Anderson Another MildGreen Initiative. 50 Wainoni Road Christchurch City, New Zealandph (643) 389 4065 cell 027 265 7219
THE REGGAE COMPASSIONATE ACT: A letter By Sizzla and Beenie Man
2007-05-19 15:17:00 THE REGGAE COMPASSIONATE ACT? We, the artists of the Reggae community, hereby present this letter as a symbol of our dedication to the guiding principles of Reggae’s enduring foundation ONE LOVE. Throughout time, Reggae has been recognized as a healing remedy and an agent of positive socialchange. We will continue this proud and righteous tradition. Reggae Artists and ...
Compassionate LL?
2007-04-26 20:01:00 Recently, I have had several tenants ask for special consideration in regards to paying monies (i.e. not have to pay extra tenant fee, and not having to pay rent up until the 30 day notice they gave expired) In each situation, the tenant asks for the owners to be "compassionate". I explain to them that it not about "compassionate vs. non-compassionate", but is about applying policies in place to everyone, and therefore is about fairness.Do any of you have tenants who ask for special treatment? DO you accomodate them or say no? How do you respond if you say no?
Free Complete Compassionate Care Pen
2007-03-07 20:58:07 http://www.completecompassionat-ecare.com/mailinglist_signup.as-p Discuss this in the forum
By: Free Stuff Times
Compassionate Oppression: Subjugating Your Inferiors with a Human Touch : S
2007-02-21 15:12:02 An Open Letter to Ehud Olmert By T.D. ?Daddy? Rice Ehud Olmert Office of the Prime Minister 3 Kaplan St. Hakiyra, Jerusalem 91919 Dear Ehud, My hearty congratulations to you and your fellow Zionists! You sure know how to contain those infernal camel jockeys infesting your Holy Land. A man can?t help but admire your fierce determination to keep that pack of maggots from maturing into a full blown infestation of flies. But I have to tell you that despite my reverence for you and your cause, I have concluded that you folks are going about this the wrong way. You?ve infuriated most of the Arab and Islamic world, the UN is constantly assailing you, and untold numbers of liberal (excuse my language) pussies are calling for my great nation to stop funding your good work. By persistently applying those ruthless, heavy-handed tactics to rein in your inferiors, you?re borrowing trouble faster than our spend-happy government can increase its debts with China and Japan. You are in some deep...
By: Current Era Blog
How to raise a compassionate child
2007-01-03 21:43:01 By Jane Meredith AdamsParenting.com1/3/07While rummaging through an old box, my daughter, Claire, came across the stuffed bear I'd had when I was her age, a deeply loved creature named Teddy. "How come Teddy has no fur?" she asked. "Why doesn't she have eyes?" I explained that my cousin's dog had chewed up Teddy when I was a kid. She was aghast.Gravely, she kissed Teddy's empty eye sockets. Somberly, she reported to her twin brother, Drew, what had happened. "We've got to fix her," she said.As it turns out, children have an inborn capacity for compassion. Small in stature themselves, they naturally identify with stuffed animals, other kids, pets, and underdogs. The tricky part is that their empathy must compete with other developmental forces, including limited impulse control -- which makes them pull the cat's tail -- and their belief that their needs absolutely must come first -- which makes it hard for them to let their cousin push the cool fire truck.But with so much hatre...
Our Compassionate Conservatives pardon drug dealers but not
2007-01-02 22:51:01 Cross Posted From Stiknstein...has no mercy Republican conservative compassion doesn?t appear to extend to Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. The two border agents which the Feds charged with the crime of shooting a drug smuggler in the butt as he was escaping back to Mexico, will start their 11 year and [...] |
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