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The "ideology of form" and Go Down, Moses
2008-09-19 20:41:00 Hosam Aboul-Ela’s book, Other South: Faulkner, Coloniality, and the Mariátegui Tradition, begins at the same place Glissant’s Faulkner, Mississippi does: that it might be useful to read Faulkner not as a Modernist or American writer, but as one whose region has much in common with those of other colonized places of the world, what Aboul-Ela calls the Other South. But whereas Glissant limits his
By: Blog Meridian
"Ideology of form"
2008-09-18 21:32:00 In what sense might one promote a politics when choosing to write, say, a sonnet rather than a blank-verse poem on the same subject, or when making decisions about diction in that poem? Or when a novelist chooses odd, a-chronological arrangements of material, or multiple narrators who speak on behalf of a character who never speaks directly to the reader on his/her own behalf, instead of a
By: Blog Meridian
Ego, Ideology and Payday Loans
2008-07-07 02:14:00 There are three categories of payday loan opponents. The first category, which I refer to as “Mercenaries”, are entities that fight to put payday lenders (PDLs) out of business because these entities provide competitive products. Anyone can understand why the Alleged Center for Responsible Lending manipulates the truth in order to put a competitor out of ...
IQ and ideology: A little puzzle
2008-06-21 23:23:00 This is a bit of an old chestnut: Are Leftists more intelligent than conservatives? Leftists often assert that Leftists are brighter. Conservatives tend to see it otherwise. As Wray Herbert points out, it would be surprising if one did not see one’s own views as more intelligent. So who ...
Confucianism as China State Ideology?
2008-06-08 11:38:00 Two excellent posts on Confucianism as THE ideology for China. The first, by Xujun Eberlein, writing at China Beat, is entitled, "China: Democracy, or Confucianism?" Greatly oversimplified, its thesis is, essentially, as follows: It seems typical of American thinking to regard either a republic or parliamentary democracy as absolutely the only right model for all countries. For a political system to succeed, however, it needs to be rooted in the particular country's cultural history. Throughout thousands of years, China has never lacked great thinkers, political or philosophical. Which poses an interesting question: why does China need to adopt a Western model for its political system, be it Marxist communism or capitalist democracy? Ms. Eberlein then goes on to call out Confucius as China's last great folk thinker in "quite some time." Professor Crane over at The Useless Tree responds to Ms. Eberlein's post by, among other things, making three very strong points. The first...
By: China Law Blog
New ideology will be on display this week
2008-05-18 20:02:00 There’s a new frugal way to do business in baseball, the results of which will be on full display this week, Greg Boeck says. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Gay Marriage is Legal in California
2008-05-15 21:31:00 California joins Massachusetts. I?ll be interested to read the decision when I get the chance. As for me, let me reiterate my usual point. I am not categorically opposed to gay marriage. However, I think we?re rushing too fast to change human relationships that have been fixed across all human cultures for thousands of years: ...
By: Webloggin
Statism: The Bankrupt Ideology
2008-05-12 03:08:00 "Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."--James MadisonOf course, that is exactly what has happened in this country, we have allowed a certain political ideology, composed of members of both the left and the right, to infect it with particular brand of Statism that is little more than a hybrid of Fascism and Socialism.So, what happened to the Constitutional Republic, why, as Statist claim, didn't the Constitution remain viable and continue to work if it were such a sublime document as touted by those, like myself, as the ultimate political form for the advancement of society and the individuals who make it up?What Statist fail, utterly fail to realize or admit, is that this country and its government has fallen to the Statist. Nationalization and Centralization began in earnest during the reign of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln and h...
Highlighting al-Qaeda's Bankrupt Ideology
2008-05-07 21:38:00 According to recent U.S. government reports and senior U.S. counterterrorism officials, contesting al-Qaeda's message is no less important than capturing or killing the group's operatives. And as the administration prioritizes its agenda for the last eight months in office, recognizing the need for a refocused communication plan to highlight the bankruptcy of al-Qaeda's ideology is a critical -- albeit overdue -- part of a reengineered counterterrorism strategy. The State Department's 2007 Country...(read more)
Ideology?s Rude Return
2008-05-03 04:03:00 Many believe that when Chinese and Russian leaders stopped believing in communism, they stopped believing in anything. They had become pragmatists, pursuing their own and their nation’s interests. But Chinese and Russian rulers, like past rulers of autocracies, do have a set of beliefs that guide their domestic and foreign policies. They believe in the ...
By: 1913 Intel
Fighting Global Islamist Ideology the Key to War on Terror
2008-04-15 06:41:00 From International Analyst Network, by Steve Emerson (Note: This article summarizes my testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. My written remarks can be found here. Also, Congressional Quarterly’s coverage of the hearing can be found here.) American outreach efforts with the Muslim world have been nothing short of a disaster because we continue seeking ...
The Turbulent Ride of the 2008 Olympics Torch
2008-04-13 21:30:00 The charged political atmosphere in the torch relays of the Beijing Olympics of 2008 should cause the founder of modern international Olympics, the French nobleman Pierre Fredy roll in his grave. The sporting event revived with ideals of promoting peace, harmony and international cultural exchange has eventually grown to turn to to a background of ...
By: Aby The Liberal
"Fitna" - A documentary by Geert Wilders exposing an ideology of hatred tha
2008-04-11 03:50:00 April 10, 2007 - The full documentary, "FITNA", has now been uploaded to the CSWI video vault ("Terrorism" section). It is completely unedited. Please know that there are portions of this film that...
?I Don?t Want To Blow You Up?
2008-04-11 00:53:00 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the basketball sensation who converted to Islam and assumed an Arabic name, does not want to blow you up. Neither do Iranian-American space tourist Anousheh Ansari or Swiss Muslim theologian Tariq Ramadan. Such is the message of a new children?s colouring book, provocatively titled I Don?t Want to Blow You Up, that aims to teach ...
By: Webloggin
Women in Islam: Suffering the Barbary of an Ideology
2008-04-07 00:00:00 -By Frank Salvato News spread quickly that anti-Islamofascism activist Dr. Wafa Sultan has gone into hiding, along with her family. They are in hiding because of her participation in a recent debate on Al-Jazeera in which she challenged Egyptian Islamist Talat Rheim over Dutch cartoons of Mohammed and the ideology ...
By: Publius Forum
Statism: A Bankrupt Ideology
2008-04-05 00:13:00 "Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."--James MadisonOf course, that is exactly what has happened in this country, we have allowed a certain political ideology, composed of members of both the left and the right, to infect it with particular brand of Statism that is little more than a hybrid of Fascism and Socialism. So, what happened to the Constitutional Republic, why, as Statist claim, didn’t the Constitution remain viable and continue to work if it were such a sublime document as touted by those, like myself, as the ultimate political form for the advancement of society and the individuals who make it up? What Statist fail, utterly fail to realize or admit, is that this country and its government has fallen to the Statist. Nationalization and Centralization began in earnest during the reign of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln an...
Shah Ruk Khan follows Aamirs ideology?
2008-03-16 16:31:00 Shah Rukh Khan is busy in doing a comedy film and has selected Irrfan Khan to play as protagonist. The film shall be directed by Priyadarshan for which the shooting may start from the first week of June immediately after the Indian Premiere League till such SRK shall be awfully busy. SRK feels that Irrfan would be ...
Do Muslims See Hope in Obama?
2008-02-25 19:47:00 There has been a lot of talk about Barack Obama and his supposedly being a Muslim. This has been debunked and Obama claims to be a practicing Christian (though his church is certainly questionable at best). There are stories that Obama was a Muslim as a child and that his Muslim father took him to ...
By: Webloggin
Ideology Is A Mental Disorder
2008-02-21 06:00:00 From my friend and reader here on The Hill, Dusty has informed me today that a top shrink concludes that liberals are clinically nuts. Now I did not need a shrink to confirm this for me, nor do I believe you did either, but as Dusty points out, “Now we have proof!” As you know the ...
Al-Qaeda, Motivation And Ideology
2008-01-23 10:49:00 Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth — more than ruin — more even than death…. Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, ...
Reality vs. Ideology. Reality Always Wins
2008-01-07 00:00:00 This is what happens when facts and dreams collide. This is what happens when people with business and financial information at their disposal get into conversations with ideologues. The ideologues advocacy leaves them hopeless in the face of verifiable information. ShareThis
Day of Reckoning: How Hubris, Ideology, and Greed Are Tearing America Apart
2007-12-03 14:28:00 America is coming apart at the seams. Forces foreign and domestic seek an end to U.S. sovereignty and independence. Before us looms the prospect of an America breaking up along the lines of race, ethnicity, class and culture. In Day of Reckoning, Pat Buchanan reveals the true existential crisis of the nation and shows how ...
By: 1913 Intel
cold-showers-and-root-canal ideology "ahaha, so st...
2007-11-21 00:04:00 cold-showers-and-root-canal ideology "ahaha, so stealing that.
By: Daisy's Dead Air
Winds of War: Leftist Ideology ? The Enablers of Radical Islam
2007-11-14 15:46:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog We all know that that the Left has done its best to get into bed with Islam through appeasement and apologies. They have had a good deal to do with enabling political Islam to grow in the free countries and moderate Muslim countries like in Asia. Through books, speeches, web sites, ...
Vaclav Klaus: Environmentalism is an ideology like Soviet Communism
2007-11-08 23:20:00 Last night I attended a talk at Chatham House where His Excellency Vaclav Klaus, the President of the Czech Republic, faced-off with Professor Robert Watson of the UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. I, like everyone in the room, walked in with a pretty fixed set of ideas, none of which ...
By: Carson's Post
Community Service for Muslims to Change the Ideology of the Next Generation
2007-11-06 01:06:00 How to Stop the War on Terror Series Community Services There is a dire need for social services in the Muslim community. The problems relating to marriage and increase in divorce rates among Muslims is an increasing concern all over the country. Most Mosques are not equipped to handle the kind of social services the community requires. They are not trained to handle conflict or to counsel the parties involved. This is leaving many people frustrated. The lack of services in business and entrepreneurship also creates fiscal strain. By training and providing certain key social services there will be a dramatic change in the Muslim community. It is necessary to provide the Muslim community with opportunities and access to necessary support. When a community is actively involved with their own development and is able to get more integrated into the process of change, they are less likely to feel desperate or isolated. This positive change will help stem further negative consequenc...
By: Hot Conflict
Sign this Petition: Principles of Peace!
2007-10-16 05:11:00 Principles of Peace Please sign this petition. If you own a blog, please copy paste this in to your blog! Spread the word! Let’s get thousands of signatures on that petition!
How do We The People Win the War of Ideology and Stop Terror in Islam?
2007-10-07 14:34:00 The theory of the War in Iraq has been that we are fighting a battle for the whole region. It is a struggle for the new age, a way to bring about Freedom and Human Rights. We are told in the United States that the Muslim people are lost in a barbaric religion. Supposedly, the Islamic countries need to be enlightened by the West. Obviously the story can not be truly so one sided. Where does that leave the Muslims living in America? We are finding ourselves slowly marginalized and pushed out of the process. It is necessary for the Muslims living in the Western countries to make better efforts to reach out and explain Islam in a better and truer light. Just as this American government’s current administration suggests that it is a battle to win the hearts and minds, the duty of Muslims is the same. It is to spread the beauty of Islam by changing the hearts and minds of those you come in contact with. For some it is difficult to see Islam spread or influence in a w...
By: Hot Conflict
Rock and Roll Music to Help Islam Win the War of Ideology and Terrorism
2007-10-07 14:21:00 This is part of the series that we have been collecting. Using different fields, methods, and careers for Muslims. Alternative careers and jobs for Muslims to spread and communicate Islam. Here you can listen to this group use Music about Ramadan to make a beautiful piece of art. This is a song I got virally, and it is spreading like wildfire right now. We have been discussing the need for people to explore various fields and forms of communication. This is a perfect example of some brothers getting together and making a new and bold move. Being a Musician or someone in the arts is generally looked down upon by the older generation. Here is have to commend the brothers for their excellent work. This is a perfect example of how the next generation of Muslims can make a difference in. This video was shot during Ramadan, and this was what I was listening to as I came up with the ideas behind this series. Click here to watch the original video of: COTU Companio...
By: Hot Conflict
As Advani takes centerstage - Ideology versus Governance Revisited
2007-09-21 00:00:00 BJP announced on Thursday that party stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee will not be attending the meeting of its national executive beginning in Bhopal on Friday. The former prime minister will skip the meeting as doctors have advised him rest because of his health problems. The Times News Network reports that with Vajpayee’s continued participation in ...
Politician without ideology
2007-08-24 10:53:00 In truth it frightens nobody more so correctly - however does someone, which wants to make political career, need at all still another ideological Background? Up-to-date this question arises naturally due to the aprupten party withdrawal of Österrerichs law minister Karin Gastinger from the BZÖ. The party is it too hostile to foreigners, it as reason for it had indicated - already is it amusing-proves over four months ago, when her party chief Peter Westenthaler had demanded the Deportation of 300.000 foreigners. Karin Gastinger, ex-BZÖ-MinisterinHeute can introduce itself it to remain as independently a minister among ÖVP chancellors Schüssel also after the national council choice in the office - and coincidentally already a person committee for her formed. That Gastinger history resembles rather grass he history before the last choice, no coincidence is safe. To the memory: Karl Heinz Grasser, once under Jörg Haider already in recent years to the deputy FPÖ Landeshauptmann ...
By: el-blog.com
A failed study of academic ideology
2007-07-31 07:51:00 A study published late last year by sociologists John F. Zipp and Rudy Fenwick under the heading “Is the Academy a Liberal Hegemony? The Political Orientations and Educational Values of Professors” has got a fair bit of attention. It is a rather desperate attempt to deny the obvious — that American university and college teachers ...
Underestimating Islamic Ideology
2007-07-30 18:58:00 While it’s good to see Brown and Bush getting along for the sake of our allied relationship, it is just as disheartening to see our leaders blindly and un-knowingly treat Islam and it’s deep rooted ideology as some peaceful religion with no purpose for Jihad. The utter denial of the coming war we ...
Taqiyya Alert: Ideology vs. Information (or the attempt to get a Muslim-on
2007-07-25 00:53:00 From an article posted over at the Muslims Speak Out Blog, hosted by the Washington Post, comes what I view as textbook taqiyya. Step lightly and with rubber boots on, there’s much bull#$%! ahead (denoted by added emphasis): Ideology vs. Information: Developing a Muslim Fourth Estate By Firas Ahmad & al-Husein N. Madhany Robert Baer, the former ...
Religious Intolerance Transcends Nations and Boundaries
2007-07-15 20:14:00 The attempted firebombing in Glasgow airport by radical Islamists on July 1 held the the attention of the world for the last few weeks. There were debates and then even more debates about what could have led educated doctors and engineers to an act of terrorism, though it is agreed that their religious inclination had ...
By: Aby The Liberal
India As An Economic Superpower
2007-07-12 20:51:00 In the last few years the world has seen a decline in the influence of United States as a global superpower, particularly in Europe and East Asia. The developments after the collapse of Soviet Union and the Gulf War in 2001, led the world to a heightened state of paranoia against the perceived US imperialism, ...
By: Aby The Liberal
Europe?s Hatred for America - Imaginary or Real?
2007-07-08 19:40:00 It has become a popular belief among a lot of nationalist (or conservative) Americans that Europeans hate Americans. The idea is probably fuelled by the British sentiments against the invasion of Iraq, the refusal of France and Germany to ally with US during the Iraq war, Italy?s strictness Americans who violate national laws with disregard ...
By: Aby The Liberal
Sexual Frustration Driving Muslim Youths to Militant Islamism
2007-07-06 23:32:00 The medieval king who persecuted St. Valentine must have had similar ideas when he banned marriages to get more warriors. He was of the view that married men who had more sex would not be able to make good warriors. His idea was not without a base however, as numerous historical trends and facts would ...
By: Aby The Liberal
Hillary: ‘In this administration, cronyism and ideology trump compete
2007-07-03 13:10:00 FLASHBACK: List of Clinton Pardons February 18, 2001 My Reasons for the Pardons By WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — Because of the intense scrutiny and criticism of the pardons of Marc Rich and his partner Pincus Green and because legitimate concerns have been raised, I want to explain what I did and why. First, I want to make some ...
Storm Track Disinformation: Islamism ? Mental Illness or Dangerous Ideology
2007-06-30 18:28:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog With the recent attempted terrorist attacks in London and The Glasgow Airport, we will hear more about “Asian men” who are good boys disconnected from their community and most certainly a debate over true Islamic ideals with surface once again. In January of 2007, such a debate raged over the battle for ...
Is America The Angel of Death and Destruction?
2007-06-28 19:51:00 You might have pondered this question, especially if you live outside of America and are aware of the activities of US around the globe. Or perhaps you are an American and want to know why the world detests America so much. There are several reasons for this, one of them is the US foreign policy ...
By: Aby The Liberal
Who Will Hang The Knight Sir Salman Rushdie?
2007-06-19 21:05:00 Salman Rushdie, the famed author was knighted by her majesty the Queen Elizabeth on June 16, 2007. The knighthood was met with sharp criticism and opposition from Muslims in UK and around the world in countries like Iran and Pakistan because of their hate-hate relationship against Sir Salman Rushdie. Islamic extremists placed a bounty of ...
By: Aby The Liberal
Green Buildings Becoming More Popular With Businesses, Ideology or Smart Bu
2007-06-19 15:29:00 There was an interesting press release from the Progressive Investor Reports that green technologies in real estate development are becoming more popular. Now, I am not the biggest fan of the popular progressive cause of the day by any means, but this press release did make me laugh. The question I asked when I read ...
Universidad Popular Madres de Plaza de Mayo
or how to offend with ideology
2007-05-15 14:41:00 The great challenge we face is how to turn minor crime, street rioting and social upheaval into revolutionary violence. We know that we shall not be given anything willingly, that we shall be granted nothing from the powerful through voting and choosing deputies, senators or legislators to represent our interests. (Sergio Shocklender, The Right to ...
Storm Track Disinformation: Orthodox or Moderate, Islamist Ideology is Stil
2007-05-13 18:28:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog A recent leftist rant in BlogCritics Magazine tried ? again ? to place the radicalization of Muslims on our attempts to defend ourselves against the Salafist elements of Islam. What the writer fails to understand is that it?s not Salafist or any other orthodox form of Islam that threatens our world ...
Mark Steyn waxes eloquent on Obama?s ideology
2007-04-30 04:07:00 Light bulbs that don’t signify ideas Everything’s difficult, isn’t it? In the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, Sen. Barack Obama was asked what he personally was doing to save the environment, and replied that his family was “working on” changing their light bulbs. Is this the new version of the old joke? How many senators does it take ...
Ideology of Web Development
2007-04-16 05:24:00 Web development is a wide domain that consists of all fields of creating web site in cyberspace. Web development is divided into different layers. They are presentation, business and data layer. (more…)
Conservative Ideology, Among Other Things, Succinctly Criticized.
2007-04-15 20:13:00 Robert Kuttner?s op-ed piece (excerpts below) illuminate?s the deficiencies in our nation?s current economic structure; challenges conservative fiscal ideology, U.S. trade policy, proffers suggestions for altering strategy, while unintentionally endorsing John Edwards? Presidential campaign. A must read! The Boston Globe Conservatives Third Failure THREE TIMES in my political adulthood, we have seen ...
Pakistani ?Council of Islamic Ideology? issues decree on sex and rape
2007-04-02 03:09:00 For those of you who don’t know, the law in the “land of the pure” (”Pakistan” literally translated!) was for a rape victim to produce 4 witnesses against the accused as evidence. This law, allege the clergy, the theologians of Islam and the majority ranging from lower to middle class, claim is derived from the ... |
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