Inner Ignoring of ?Warning Flags? Prior To Dissent From A Sect
2009-10-28 22:12:00 There is an ignoring, while one is still a member a questionable group, of what apostates, looking back on their process, have called 'warning flags'. The rationalising and psychological denial factors loom, but not so large as to cause deeper questioning and leave-taking. These are phenomena widely encountered in the reports of dissenters from sects. I have written of this aspect in an article, where I wrote: "Since leaving Sathya Sai Baba in October 1999, I have counted around 10 major ?flags? that I myself ignored. The realization of most of these resistances only occurred over time. Coming out of the spell?s grip is a painful, arduous process". See: A Cult?s Powerful Grip. (Sathya Sai Baba Sect Example) Posted by Barry Pittard on June 29, 2009
An Open Letter to Steve Ballmer: Didn't Your Mother Teach You To Say "Thank
2009-10-07 17:58:00 Seriously, Mr. Ballmer, your lack of gratitude to your best friend in the Linux community is appalling. I am talking about Ken "Helios" (named after the Greek god of the sun) Starks, who has recently helped defeat your main competitor a little further this year. I know that Linux sometimes worries you, though you may laugh it off in public. This year, Mr. Starks pulled off a real coup. He collected money as donations from the Linux community, then paid big bucks to a radio station to run a scratchy, echoey, low-fi "radio commercial" for Linux. But hold on! Not just any radio program, but the commercial slot during Kim Komando's show - a long-time Microsoft advocate. So the ad dollars literally went into your pocket - straight from desktop Linux users all over the world! Isn't that sweet for you, Mr. Ballmer? But that's just the beginning. By collecting money, time, and resources out of the limited reserves of the Linux user base, Starks has ensured that funds which could have ...
An Open Letter to Manuel Contreras-Galdean
2009-09-24 00:42:00 Mr. Contreras-Galdean: On November 15, 2008, you killed Kelly Tracy. Kelly was 16 years old when you decided to get behind the wheel of a car with a blood alcohol level of 0.192 ? more than twice the legal limit ? at six-thirty in the morning. This was, according to some reports, the third time you?ve been ...
An Open Letter to the Communications Pros with the Caps
2009-09-22 12:45:00 To: Nate Ewell Paul Rovak Kelly Murray - Mike Vogel Brett Leonhardt CC: Kurt KehlMonday brought me back to the real world of laboring for the Man, instead of reporting to Kettler again for more of my favorite vacation: Capitals' training camp. Like the late Jack Falla, I don't believe there's such a thing as a bad day at the rink, and last week, being welcomed and so helpfully assisted by you as I was, well reminded me of why this was so. This was easily the largest Capitals' training camp in its number of skaters that I'd ever covered, and you have 70 quality human being hockey players who wore your crest last week. I talked to almost every one of them. In the middle of my vacation at the rink I thought about those middle-aged men who fork over vast sums of money to participate in pro sports fantasy camps, for limited access to their ballfield heroes. Last week at ...
By: On Frozen Blog
An Open Letter to the Fruit Company That Ruined Breakfast
2009-09-21 00:22:00 Usually when people are unemployed for months at a time, they start to dream up get-rich-quick schemes. Hence, the alarming success of Nigerian presidents ready to wire money to your checking account TODAY. The thing is - I'm the only person alive who seems to come up with get-rich-slowly schemes. It started in high school when I decided I would devote my life to becoming the jerk who waves in the backgrounds of other people's home movies. My thought was that with enough time and effort, I would become rich and famous as, the world over, friends shared their home videos and noticed me waving from Peru, Disney World and their daughter's play."Gee, Sally, that's funny. I think that same girl waving behind...
Open Letter to Greens across the country from Robert Grumbs
2009-09-12 17:35:00 [From the Green Party Black Caucus Journal] Robert “Bob” Gumbs, veteran and Green Party candidate for the 15th Congressional District in the US House (Charles Rangel’s seat) has been an active member of the Green Party of New York for 5 years . Bob is the newly elected GP Black Caucus Delegate to the GPUS National ...
Open Letter to a Former Friend
2009-09-01 19:00:00 Dusty, So it goes without saying that talking politics with friends can be a risky business. Friends can be lost and enemies made that way. It is sad, of course. But at the same time, I fervently believe that friends and family should be able to talk about politics, religion, and many other issues without tensions ...
By: Migrations
Bruce W wrote a new blog post: Open Letter To Big Media: Please Don't Play
2009-09-01 15:05:00 Bruce W wrote a new blog post: Open Letter To Big Media: Please Don't Play The "Death Card" I don’t blog much, but I saw this on washingtonpost.com , and posted a comment about it. Since the Post and/or it’s author evidently doesn’t like criticism and didn’t post my comment, I’m putting here. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.-com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/08-/honoring_kennedys_health_care_-legacy.html This was the essence of my reply: Dear Mr. Gehring and Washington Post: Shame on you for trying to use Senator Kennedy’s passing ...
An Open Letter To The Traffic Gods!
2009-08-14 22:42:00 You're going to have to do better than that, if you want to mess with me! An hour and a half from the junction to the Edens! Bring it on! Today I scored one for the old guys in the spandex, because I'm not playing that game. Not today!Let me back up. It's been a great day. I got to hang out with some of my fellow bloggers this morning and wore a wet suit on national TV, talking about Chicagonow.After that I had lunch at Whole Foods with my favorite PR Guy Michael Zellman from SRAM (attention all single guys, the new Whole Foods off of North Avenue...yes!) I got my bike back tricked out with the new and...
An Open Letter to the Big Five Networks, Re: Summer TV
2009-06-24 09:46:00 Dear ABC CBS, FOX, NBC and the CW, Yesterday, the NY Times Media Decoder Blog revealed that “the four major broadcast network are performing abysmally across the board in viewers between the ages of 18 and 49, posting the lowest combined ratings in that category ever for the four networks.” Translation: Audience levels for network summer fare are sinking faster than this TV Addict’s confidence in HEROES since Bryan Fuller’s surprise announcement on Monday. Which naturally begs the slightly awkward albeit painfully obvious question: If television is habitual (see: the success of CBS’ entire roster of aging procedurals) why are you spending all summer long doing your best to inexplicably break said habit courtesy of a painfully uninteresting mix of reruns (see: last night’s sked which included repeats of THE MENTALIST, HOUSE, NCIS and 48 HOURS) and reality TV (see: I’M A CELEBRITY… GET ME OUT OF HERE, THE SUPERSTARS and AMERICA’S GOT ...
By: the TV addict
The CW Responds to Our Open Letter to Dawn Ostroff
2009-06-18 15:47:00 In response to our Open Letter to Dawn Ostroff that we posted yesterday, CW Executive Vice President, Network Communications Paul McGuire left a comment that we wanted to bring to everyone’s attention. (And not just because we think it’s really really cool that the who’s who of Hollywood reads theTVaddict.com!) Wait until you all see the new shows. Life UneXpected and Vampire Diaries are classic WB and perfect for CW. Life will remind many of Felicity, Gilmore and Juno. Melrose Place is just plain Fun. Full disclosure–I work for The CW. I also worked at The WB, including Everwood, GG, Smallville et. al, and our new shows have great potential. It isn’t easy building a network–especially in the digital age–but we are well on our way. See what you think a year from now. Thank you. Thoughts?
By: the TV addict
An Open Letter to Dawn Ostroff, President of Entertainment The CW
2009-06-17 18:03:00 Dawn Ostroff, New York City, May 2009 In looking at current hits like GOSSIP GIRL and 90210, not to mention upcoming trashfests MELROSE PLACE and THE BEAUTIFUL LIFE, this TV Addict can’t seem to shake the feeling that you’ve completely lost touch with your network’s roots. That thought became all the more apparent after spending this past weekend enjoying the emotional roller-coaster that was EVERWOOD’s second season. Seriously, what’s happened to the once proud CW… once home to GILMORE GIRLS, FELICITY and even 7TH HEAVEN, each of which, in their own ways, defined outstanding television. These shows entertained, enlightened and surprised us with their ability to illicit laughter, summon up tears and even, on occasion, teach us a thing or two about ourselves and the world in which we live. Say what you will about the off-charts-preachiness of Reverend Camden and his 7TH HEAVEN flock, but creator Brenda Hampton raised more social issues than anyone since th...
By: the TV addict
An Open Letter to Ronald D. Moore (Re: The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA Series Fina
2009-03-18 18:03:00 Before BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reaches what will hopefully be a thrilling conclusion this Friday, the TV Addict wanted to take this opportunity to leave you with five choice words: Please don’t Frak this up. Because the truth is, we’d be lying if we said we weren’t worried. Not only have these final string of episodes been a massive letdown in the edge-of-your-seat-excitement department, what you yourself had to say about the importance of ‘plot’ in a recent interview with BSG uber-critic Maureen Ryan does little to assuage our fears. (more…)
By: the TV addict
An Open Letter to Foresight Linux
2009-03-16 21:24:00 Theoden is a guest blogger writing his first post for Yet Another Linux Blog. The views expressed inside this post are part of his personal experience and opinions regarding Foresight Linux. I’d like to thank him for taking the time to make Linux better with constructive criticism as well as the many bug ... Related posts:The Foresight Linux Search Engine If you’re a Foresight Linux user, there are many resources...Foresight Users and Developer Conference 2008 Are you interested in Foresight Linux or the Conary package...Foresight Linux and KDE 4.2 UPDATE: Foresight Linux 2.0.6 has recently updated the stable branch...
An open letter to the parents of CR4
2009-03-08 07:11:00 This past Sunday, my family and I went to Disneyland to celebrate my sons birthday. He was a big 4 years old that day so he got in for free. After getting into the park, we went over to an office and picked up something called a guest access pass and headed off into the park. We went to fantasy
An Open Letter to the Winchester Brothers
2009-02-05 19:07:00 By: The REEL Addict Dear Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, As you two know, I’m a great admirer of your show SUPERNATURAL, and the consistent acting talent you display on it. With the emotional and dramatic range you guys bring to each and every episode, you’ve helped turned a show that could have potentially been little more than shallow, gimmicky horror-movie-a-week-fest into something richer. You’ve ensured that SUPERNATURAL is not a series about the supernatural so much as the people fighting the supernatural. People who are dramatic, and complex, and whom you bring to emotional life with your performances. You prove yourselves to be nothing less than great actors, ones who deserve a successful, rewarding career beyond the boob tube and on the big screen. Which brings us to the problem at hand. (more…)
By: the TV addict
Open Letter to Oprah
2009-01-30 21:02:00 Dear Oprah,I hope it is not too much to askBut could you please make an announcement on your showPlease tell the felines of the worldThat it looks like dog shitWhen girls tuck their jeans into their boots.Even if they have furThanksWP
By: Free Knowledge
an open Letter to NFL PLAYER reps and the NFLPA executive Board
2009-01-24 17:43:00 Dear NFLPA Executive Committee Members and Player Representatives: As you know, a class action suit was filed against the NFLPA and a jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff class of retired NFL players who had signed a "Retired Player Group License Agreement". It should be noted that the acting Director of the NFLPA, Richard Berthelson was a key witness for the NFLPA, but despite his testimony, the jury found that the NFLPA had breached its fiduciary responsibility and their duty to market retired players and compensate them for the use of their images. The verdict was for $7.1 million in compensatory damages and $21 million in punitive damages. After the trial, the lawyers for the NFLPA filed a motion to set aside the verdict. After careful consideration of all the facts, Judge Alsup denied all post-trial motions from the NFLPA's lawyer, Jeffrey Kessler. In Judge Alsup's ruling, he made a few statements that summed up the reason he thinks the jury came to the decision they ma...
An Open Letter to Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse
2009-01-22 16:49:00 Dear LOSTerminds Cuse and Lindeloff, Here stands a TV Addict divided. On the one hand, I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly applaud you guys for sticking to your creative vision and seeing it through to the end. On the other hand, I’d like to remind the two of you that you are not running BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. You don not have a mere 10 episodes remaining to wrap up your story (you’ve got 30.) And more importantly, not everybody who watches your show shares Jeff Jensen or Dr. Artz’s encyclopedic level of knowledge when it comes to everything Dharma. (more…)
By: the TV addict
An open letter to Rick Warren
2009-01-17 16:14:00 Rodney Powell of Faith in America criticizes Rick Warren’s homophobia and his participation in an event honouring Dr. King this coming Monday: Related Posts: It’s the lack of silence that offends - part 2 Rick Warren is a CUTER Kind of HATER! Rick Warren scrubs site of anti-gay rules A bridge too far What will Warren say? Copyright © 2008 Bligbi. This ...Copyright © 2008 Bligbi. This feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement.
By: Bligbi
FOR OAKLAND: AN OPEN LETTER TO OFFICER JOHANNES MEHSERLE
2009-01-11 09:00:00 by Emily Kagan TrenchardJust a few days after, one of the wealthiest men in Germanydid it because he had lost his fortune to a con artist.There was a man in Texas who did it after Americawatched him ask a 13 year old for a blow job on television.In fact, when a naked man, crazed, standing on the roof of a buildingin Brooklyn threatened a group of police officers with a neon light bulb –the kind with the long incessant buzz and the ability to washaway your life under its glow – when this shriveled threat of a manwas tasered and fell off the roof to his death, the commanding officeron the scene did it. Not the cop who pulled the trigger.And I bet your wondering about him, too.About that beat cop who took the order, unsnapped the taser from his belt,shot it and thought, "Maybe this will shock some sense into the guy,"A good joke he planned to share with the boys after they got the hell off that roof.That cop who grinned as all that naked chaos stumbled backward,tugging at the blue-...
An Open Letter To American Mass Media
2009-01-01 06:10:00 An Open Letter To American Mass Media Dear Editor, Imagine if more than 63 thousand Americans were massacred in a couple of hours’ campaign of F-16 bombing. This number represents (by way of percentage) the number of Palestinians killed by Israel when it launched its massive air strikes in Gaza on Saturday. A friend of mine in ...
Information technology act 2000 amendment bill 2006- An open letter to the
2008-12-25 04:43:00 The Parliament of India had a dubious record on December 23rd of having passed 8 bills in 17 mintues. All Bills were passed without debate marking it one of the lowest points in the history of legislation in India. During this period, one section of the members were protesting against Mr Antulay for his comments ...
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
2008-11-11 15:48:00 by Alice WalkerAlice Walker on expectations, responsibilities and a new reality thatis almost more than the heart can bear.Dear Brother Obama,You have no idea, really, of how profound this moment is for us. Usbeing the black people of the Southern United States. You think youknow, because you are thoughtful, and you have studied our history.But seeing you deliver the torch so many others before you carried,year after year, decade after decade, century after century, only tobe struck down before igniting the flame of justice and of law, isalmost more than the heart can bear. And yet, this observation is notintended to burden you, for you are of a different time, and, indeed,because of all the relay runners before you, North America is adifferent place. It is really only to say: Well done. We knew, throughall the generations, that you were with us, in us, the best of thespirit of Africa and of the Americas. Knowing this, that you wouldactually appear, someday, was part of our strength...
An Open Letter to President Bush
2008-10-24 19:45:00 President George W. BushThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500Dear President Bush:The Friends of the Monument was formed in the spring of 2008 to express the voice of the local community and consists of a cross-section of indigenous and resident people of the CNMI who are dedicated to the conservation, preservation and protection of marine flora, fauna and geological features of the oceans; and the creation and proper management of a Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.We, the Friends of the Marinas Trench Marine Monument, thank you and support your interest in declaring the marine ecosystems surrounding the three northernmost islands of Uracus, Maug, and Asuncion as a marine national monument, in accordance with the Antiquities Act of 1906. Declaring the waters as a monument under the Act would expedite the process of bringing protection to the precious resources found in the waters there, while establishing specific federal responsibilities toward gove...
By: The Saipan Blog
The French Semester - Open Letter to the Disappeared (Beyond Your Mind, 200
2008-10-23 11:02:00 01.The Blue Distance02.Arrowheadings03.Subw-ay to the Sky04.United Nations05.Your Master Plan06.The Day of the Barrel07.Winter Song08.Summer Face09.The Red the Black and the Blue10.A Singularity11.Me and the Mockingbird12.Paradise13.Dont Be A Magistrate14.And the Moon Will Be Watching15.How Do We Actwww.myspace.com/thefrenchsem-ester
African Press International: Open Letter to Michelle Obama
2008-10-20 22:51:00 UPDATES to follow at end of story UPDATE #1 - working “The intention of writing to you this open letter is to appeal to you to confirm that we had a talk because it is the only right thing to do now, so that we avoid any embarrassment should the whole tape be aired unedited.” BREAKING Editor Addresses ...
An open letter to voting America
2008-10-16 15:06:00 My fellow Americans, I greet you. This is Germany calling. Well, not really. This is actually just an American living in Berlin calling from Germany. But that is neither here nor there, at least not over here. Over here they use the word dort for here, although they also use it for there, too. But ...
Open letter to John McCain: Bureaucrats and Health Care
2008-09-09 05:24:00 What would you advise, my friend? You say you?re in favor of changing everything that?s wrong in Washington, you?re trying to reclaim your old label as a maverick, and distance yourself as far as you can from Bush after voting with him about 90% of the time - but leaving health care the way it is because Obama thought up changing it first? That's toadying up to the lobbyists from big insurance companies, that's politics as usual, and believe me, maverick, our health care system ISN'T working for everybody.Here's a story of how insurance-based health care decisions worked against a woman who suffered nerve damage during the birth of her second child. Health Partners changed her medication/treatment without consulting her records, or her doctor... no medical professionals were involved, just a clerk delivering news that her treatment was no longer eligible for coverage because nobody at Health Partners took the time to even read her diagnosis, let alone get a proper medical eval...
An open letter to Sarah Palin
2008-09-02 00:45:00 Dear Sarah Palin I hope that you will see this open letter from the United Kingdom - to help you it?s the island just off the west coast of Europe ? as it isn?t clear whether you have ever been here. Or anywhere much else outside the US of A for that matter. Maybe you have ...
Open Letter
2008-08-20 04:31:00 Dear medpiano,I know that you're out there somewhere reading this. I see that you haven't sent out a Twitter in over a week, and we're worried about you. I know that you're going through a tough time right now. And, I just wanted to let you know that your friends are out here to help in any way that we can. We miss you and hope that you come back soon.Dr. AUpdate: About an hour after this was posted, an appearance was made on Twitter. "Have decided to crawl out of my hole--wow, the lights are bright out here. I have no idea how to catch up, but here I am. 1 minute ago from web" Welcome back!
By: Doctor Anonymous
Honey Raspberry Semifreddo And An Open Letter
2008-08-18 06:34:00 Foreword: I have tossed and turned words for the past couple of days writing this post. I know this is a food blog, but over the past few years that I have written here, I have also shared with you the joys and sorrows of life. It has become more than just desserts since I come every week with stories out the wazoo, so I hope you will allow me to make this post about one person whom I lost and love and celebrate his memory. One person whose passing changed me radically in every thing I do and every way I see things. This is an open letter to my belated brother, one that I start and rewrite every year around the same time, one that will never end being re-written. I also thought about not posting at all, but one of our best memories shared was around dessert and it made sense to me to write it today. If this is not your cup of tea, skip to the recipe part.Dear Thierry,There are many dates forever engraved in my mind. The day you gave me a tiny white watch and a bright fuchsia scarf f...
By: Tartelette
An Open Letter to Chace Crawford
2008-08-07 15:55:00 If Deadline Hollywood Daily is to be believed [and seriously, when has the internet ever led us astray?], you’ve ditched ICM for CAA [The Darth Vader of Hollywood Agencies] in the hopes of snagging a ’substantial raise’ for playing eye candy on the CW’s much talked about, yet little watched show GOSSIP GIRL. Actions that unfortunately leave this TV Addict with no choice but to pose this obvious and slightly awkward question. Is it possible that Monday’s win for TEEN CHOICE Breakout Star has already gone to your head? (more…)
By: the TV addict
An Open Letter to Manny Ramirez
2008-07-28 14:42:00 Dear Manny Ramirez, It was literally only a few days ago while doing an interview with WJAB that I said I hoped that the Red Sox management would not re-sign our captain, Jason Varitek, and bring you back with your...
By: SawxBlog.com
An Open Letter to General Wesley Clark (Ret.)
2008-07-10 06:41:00 -By Vince Johnson Dear Wesley: Your recent comments on MEET THE PRESS June 29, 2008 are disturbing and entitled to rebuttal: For example: You said: ?He (John McCain) hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded — that wasn’t a wartime squadron.? Don?t you realize that the entire United ...
By: Publius Forum
Open Letter for My Son - Miki?s First Solid Food
2008-06-10 11:33:00 Dear Miki, Today you age 4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days old. It seems just like yesterday when I suffered the haunting e.p.i.s.i.o.t.o.m.y over you. Looking at how fast time flies, I am inspired to write open letters to you. I hope someday when you are old enough to read and understand what your ...
By: diyanazman.com
An Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran
2008-06-04 06:39:00 Cross posted from Tizona?s Weblog H/T Third Zionist Whore Iranian human rights activists in exile find a policy of ?unconditional dialogue? hard to fathom. May 24, 2008 Dear Senator Barack Obama: After the recent days of highly charged commentary about ?appeasement,? we thought that as Iranian-Americans, we would convey to you the feelings of most people in Iran and the ...
An Open Letter to Velo News : The Journal of Competitive Men
2008-06-01 00:14:00 ..Dear Velo News,I'm sick of seeing man after man after man across the pages of your commercial "Journal of Competitive Cycling".Now I'm not what you call a long term reader of your magazine, but wanting to see what all the fuss, gloss and color are about, I picked up two copies from the local supermarket during grocery shopping, over a period of maybe 2-3 weeks.If you want to know how bad this problem is, here, I inspected two issues from the recent past, Vol 37, no. 7 and 8 dated April 29 and May 13.In 98 pages of no.7 above, 2 teeny weeny sections on 2 pages were devoted to female pros.In 110 pages of no. 8 above, one, I repeat, just one page was devoted to women.Whats worse, it was an ad for Continental tires that featured two of the most ugliest, wicked looking, fattest women I have seen in my entire life. It beats me how they can promote tires!After seeing that, I had to puke my Cliff Bars out, the only time I have ever thrown up such magnificent food.If this is some weird p...
Florida - Truth in Lending Act - Open Letter
2008-05-31 21:24:00 Dear Florida Consumer Lawyers, I run a free consumer website dealing with credit issues on the internet; it?s my volunteer work. The site has become extremely popular and is the #1 credit blog by Google?s standards. As a result of my work, I interact with thousands of homeowners in the State of Florida and I?m writing ...
Open letter to the Cobalt developers group - 3D virtual spaces & touch base
2008-05-30 18:04:00 - As a member & contributor to the Cobalt development group I have issued an open letter open for discussion - Cobalt is an Opensource development project who’s aim is to create a 3D virtual world “Web browser” With a flood of touch based OS’s & devices just a short time away it will be ever as ...
An Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi on Israel
2008-05-25 18:10:00 Celebrating Ethnic Cleansing By KATHLEEN M. BARRY Dear Nancy Pelosi, Check your history books. Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel is celebration of the Zionist ethnic cleansing of Arabs from Palestine, the celebration of the expulsion of 750,000 Arabs who generations... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
An Open Letter To Ken Paves
2008-05-22 10:01:00 Dear Ken Paves, Please do something about Britney’s hair. There is no need for it to look that disgusting every day, and she should learn a new hairstyle. If you need payment, our readers will gladly pitch in to provide you with proper compensation. Love, Mollygood [Source]...
An Open Letter to Einstein
2008-05-21 00:00:00 -By Vince Johnson The media has reported that Einstein wrote a letter containing the following quote: ?The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weakness, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.? (The word ?god? was not capitalized in the article.) The comment ...
By: Publius Forum
Open Letter to fellow Georgian Ron Paul Supporters: From the Chairman of th
2008-05-18 22:43:00 Open Letter to fellow Georgian Ron Paul Supporters:Many of you already know me as someone who worked very hard in support of Rep. Paul in his quest for the GOP nomination for President, that is, up until the business end of the GOP started. With the assistance of some very dedicated individuals, we were able to give Dr. Paul the highest percentage of votes in the state in our area of concentration, Athens/Clarke county Georgia. After reading the AJC article by Aaron Gould Sheinin this morning on how awful you all were treated at the GOP state convention, I was compelled to write this letter.For some of you, this past year was the first time you became active in politics. Others have been at it for a while. Many came to recognize some time ago that it is futile to try to change the BIG government parties from within. I can be counted among those with this belief, which is why I did not participate once the business portion ...
An Open Letter To Barack Obama
2008-05-18 14:36:00 Dear Senator Obama: The forces of bigotry and fear are already sending out their opening salvos in the campaign to smear your name. John McCain may be a decent man but he is trapped within an organization which for the past forty years has entered every presidential contest with but one goal in mind-win at ...
Open letter from Lance Lamberton about Bob Barr
2008-05-17 23:45:00 Dear Libertarian Party Delegate: As a delegate from the great state of Georgia, I am writing to ask that you vote for former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr as our nominee for President of these United States. I first became acquainted with Mr. Barr when I moved to Georgia in 2001 and he was serving at that time as a Republican member of Congress. My impression of him was that he was a strong social conservative who had an impassioned commitment to our fundmental right to privacy from the government as guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. In other words, he didn't fit the typical social conservative mold which is more than eager to sacrifice liberty for security at any cost, as witnessed by the Patriot Act and other unprecedented assaults on our right to privacy. After Mr. Barr was gerrymandered out of his House seat in 2003, I witnessed a transformation and evolution from conservative to libertar...
Chris Halsall’s Open Letter To Barbados Media Houses
2008-05-17 01:17:00 Dir sirs. This is an open letter to the Barbados Advocate, and others. This may be distributed and/or reprinted by anyone who receives it. I do hope and expect that the errors and corrections noted below will appear in the Advocate. On page 14 of the Barbados Advocate, dated 2008.05.14 an article penned by one Kerrie Bynoe ...
An Open Letter to Attorney General Mukasey
2008-05-17 00:25:00 by Jayne Lyn Stahl Dear Attorney-General Mukasey: It is my understanding that the government now plans to collect DNA from anyone who is arrested by federal law enforcement, and that the samples will be stored in an effort to reduce violence in our society. Moreover, the U.S. government reportedly now intends to take a cheek swab from foreigners we detain, whether they've been charged or not. While Congress may have authorized Justice to expand DNA outreach, as citizens, and taxpayers, we're entitled to know what your intentions are. The concept of DNA collection is, in itself, not a heinous thing. Indeed, if science were to be used to combat wrongful conviction instead of setting up a blueprint for pursuing future incarceration, then I would be a strong proponent of taking DNA samples from everyone who is arrested, and storingthe samples. But, instead, the database in which the DNA will be stored, CODIS, may one day be a holding cell for vital genetic information, as well a...
Open Letter to DNC Rules Committee -- Seat Fl & MI
2008-05-16 19:34:00 Inter-party debates aside, it is time that the Democratic party rise to the expectations of the voters. This is my letter to the DNC Rules Committee urging them to seat the delegates in Michigan & Florida. This is not about candidates, but about how much we as Americans value our right to vote."Dear Sir or Madame:I am writing today as a concerned citizen that wishes to see the higher moral ground of the Democrats preserved in light of the mistakes in Michigan & Florida. I know this issue is complicated, and that the stakes are high for the two candidates seeking the party nomination, but this question of votes is much more fundamental to who we are as Americans, and it demands your careful and thorough consideration.In the United States of America, when votes are cast by citizens, they are then counted and acted upon accordingly. Our Democracy has always stood by this basic and righteous approach to government. Well, until the failed votes of Florida in 2000; that trave...
Open Letter to Farmington Hills, Michigan Authorities From Anon, Re: Scient
2008-05-16 00:00:00 A Farmington Hills, Michigan based Anonymous protester of the Cult of Scientology has asked me to post his letter to the City Manager, City Council and Chief of Police of Farmington Hills, respectively. In this letter, the protester describes what appears to be a taking of sides on the part ... |
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