c*****r
发帖数: 8227 | 1 “Let’s be blunt. Barack Obama gave a dull and pedestrian speech tonight,
with nary an interesting thematic device, policy detail, or even one turn of
phrase,” wrote Michael Tomasky, the editor of the progressive journal
Democracy, at The Daily Beast.
“This was the rhetorical equivalent, forgive the football metaphor, of
running out the clock: Obama clearly thinks he’s ahead and just doesn’t
need to make mistakes. But when football teams do that, it often turns out
to be the biggest mistake of al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 你看新闻吗？
The Romney campaign drew fire on Wednesday morning for issuing a blistering
statement condemning the American embassy in Egypt for speaking against an
incendiary anti-Muslim film, even though the embassy made the statement
before any attacks had taken place. NBC's Chuck Todd, for instance, called
the statement "irresponsible" and a "bad mistake." ABC's Jake Tapper said
that Romney's attack "does not stand up to simple chronology."
National Journal's Ron Fournier called Romney's actions "h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 By Paul Vieira
Americans are getting used to Canadian lectures on fiscal responsibility,
but on Tuesday former Prime Minister Paul Martin brought a blunt message to
the heart of Washington: sort out your deficit.
Speaking at an event sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, a
conservative-leaning think tank, Mr. Martin said whoever wins November’s
election must address the U.S.’s burgeoning deficit the very next day
because the economy is at risk of reaching a “tipping point.”
That could ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 4
very informative history that is bound to repeat itself.
The us auto industries were in decline largely due to the tug of war
by unions. UAW not only drives American makers down to their knees, but also
drive foreign investment out of union-stronghold: detroit.
Unlike the public union workers such as Chicago teachers, the private sector
workers know what is good for their own interest. So, in right to work
states, mostly in the south, workers spit on UAW scouts roaming the areas to
seek penetra... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 5 by Jammie
Fresh off a four-year investigation into Sarah Palin’s uterus, Andy
Sullivan now has done has an in-depth look at his own colon. How’s the view
up there, Andy?
As the fall has turned crisper, a second term for Barack Obama has
gotten likelier. This may, of course, change: the debates, the Middle East,
the unemployment numbers could still blow up the race. At this point in 2004
, one recalls, George W. Bush was about to see a near eight-point lead
shrivel to a one-state nail-biter b... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 6 CNN: Candy Crowley gave Obama more time during the debate because he talks
more slowly or something
Posted By Jim Treacher On 11:06 AM 10/18/2012 @ 11:06 AM In DC Exclusives,DC
Trawler
Yesterday, we learned that despite all of Obama’s whining about not getting
equal time during Tuesday’s debate, he actually talked for four minutes
longer. And I joked that he needed that extra time for all his muttering and
stuttering and “Uh, uh, uhhhhhh.”
Well, guess what?
TMZ broke this story, which tells you... 阅读全帖 |
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g***y
发帖数: 1268 | 7 他骂DEM的Atlantic city黑人市长“rogue mayor”，因为不evacuate。他夸Obama，因
为NJ可以得到federal funding。他说现在救灾第一，根本不想总统选举。这就是他想
树立的形象。就事论事，政党立场摆一边。我觉得他是成功的。尤其是在蓝州，这是
Moderate GOP的生存之道。
GOP convention可能是你第一次听他speak。youtube上有很多他town hall meeting。
我觉得他blunt的风格是很对美国人的胃口的。如果他减100磅，NJ州长任期成功，他未
来总统有希望。当然他的名字也有些ridiculous，Colbelt好像拿他的名字开过玩笑。
未来之星的Convention speech就是这个调调了。把这么好的时段给他，就是让他提高
知名度的意思。2004年Obama也是这个待遇，以自己为主，kerry为辅。
今天他也不是只有ABC了，好几家都采访了，包括fox。说法基本一样，算是consistent。 |
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发帖数: 1268 | 8 他就是要让人感觉他是governor first, GOP second. 感觉他在救灾上不 play
politics，加上他一贯blunt的形象。 算是成功的strategy了。
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发帖数: 3556 | 9 From an outright libertarian, the headline seems contrary; but Ron Paul's
affirmation that "pure democracy is dangerous" critically confirms what
Romney accidentally admitted: that enabling the majority to dictate the
minority is a problem when the majority are receiving a [government] check.
Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu looks a little shocked when the thoughtful Paul
confirms bluntly that the reelection of Obama is driven simply by 'the
people' being on the 'receiving end' of government benefits an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3726 | 10 How can you say that? You ever been a parent? Although those people are poor
, they are still the biological parents of their children, how dare you even
think like that?
I agree with you about education. But there is a big argument of AA here, so
if you really want to improve the education of those poor people, then they
should be given some special consideration for admission to college. This
is a reality.
See 1. You have no right to determine other people's life and death issue.
Your statemen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 254 | 11 典型的左派思维。
1.
How can you say that? You ever been a parent? Although those people are poor
, they are still the biological parents of their children, how dare you even
think like that?
很多合法家庭的养娃权都被莫名其妙的剥夺， 这些无法自食其力的人只是利用娃来生
活。 如果没法照顾好美国的公民， 自然就会被剥夺。
2. AA有没有作用， 已经看到， 这么多年来黑人的高中毕业率还是一样低， chicago
地区甚至还下降了， 而工会的工资却每年涨， 无数其他种族的小孩被剥夺了享有更好
学习的机会， 而造就的只是一小批黑人诉棍和无数同样没有毕业的黑人。
3. 你不要矛盾了， 如果我们不能决定杀人犯的生死， 那杀人犯为什么可以决定其他
的人生死？ 为什么黑人的命就要更值钱？？？？？？一个非黑人杀死了一个黑人，结
果每天言论压力， 而黑人天天杀死其他人却习以为常？？？在你心里是否真的是人人
平等？？？不是， 你的黑爹... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3726 | 12 Lol, your statement is really blunt, just like what you said in another post
. Have you ever been a parent? No matter how poor they are, they are still
their children's biological parents. Give birth then get their child
fostered, how dare you even think like that? |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 13 How Conservatives Can Win in Blue-State America: Lessons from South Africa's
Opposition
The new conventional wisdom in the aftermath of the 2012 elections is that
Republicans face two challenges: first, that the United States is no longer
a center-right nation, but a center-left one; second, that the country’s
demographic shift away from whites will make it tougher for Republicans to
win votes. The proposed solution is that Republicans must compromise on the
party’s core policies, from immigrati... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1509 | 14 By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: June 2, 2012 481 Comments
WASHINGTON
ON Friday night, the nation’s capital was under a tornado watch. And that
was the best thing that happened to the White House all week.
As the president was being slapped by Mitt Romney for being too weak on
national security, he was being rapped by a Times editorial for being too
aggressive on national security.
A Times article by Jo Becker and Scott Shane revealed that the liberal law
professor who campaigned against torture and t... 阅读全帖 |
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t**o
发帖数: 1263 | 15 假设你想给学校纵火，你打算准备什么样的燃料？准备多少？如何储存？如何运输？如
何在学校安放这些燃料？如何布置引线？如何引燃？如何同时锁住学校众多的日常出口
和消防紧急出口？如何关闭学校的消防报警系统和火灾自动喷淋系统？等等。-- 所有
这些，你一个人做的到吗？现在你明白了如果没有枪，即使是屠杀小学生也不是你想象
的那么容易了？
你把FBI的数据链接拿来！你自己看看美国的官方数字：
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/weapons.cfm
美国死于枪支的人数从来都高于刀子，而你所说的锤子则应该属于数量更少的blunt
objects。你的FBI的数字是哪里来的？难道你也是一个喜欢杜撰数字的人?!
枪支犯罪的后面当然有社会问题，这些问题同样需要处理。可是LaPierre在他的NRA声
明中把总统，国会，媒体，好莱坞，以及家长都埋怨了的遍，就是NRA的反省一点没有。
“一次性屠杀超过2000，这个才算比较轰动” -- 这话你自己留着吧。我不想再评论了。 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 BuzzFeed‘s Ben Smith is just one of many journalists ready to canonize
President Obama as one of the greatest presidents today despite the fact
that Obama hasn’t even completed a single week of his second term. Smith
writes:
Now we are in Reagan territory, and in the hall of statues in the
American imagination that includes, this century, probably only FDR and
maybe JFK and Teddy besides. Obama’s best interpreter, Andrew Sullivan,
made that case last fall: “If Obama wins, to put it bluntly, ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 U.S. CEO Blasts French Work Habits
By GABRIELE PARUSSINI
PARIS—The chief executive of a U.S. company that had considered buying a
tire factory in northern France delivered a blistering critique of French
work habits, writing to France's industry minister that he would be "stupid"
to operate in a country where workers get high wages for little actual work
.
Maurice Taylor, the CEO of Titan International Inc., TWI -2.60% criticized
France's labor culture, saying that French unions and the governme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3322 | 19 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez, the fiery populist who
declared a socialist revolution in Venezuela, crusaded against U.S.
influence and championed a leftist revival across Latin America, died
Tuesday at age 58 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro, surrounded by other government officials,
announced the death in a national television broadcast. He said Chavez died
at 4:25 p.m. local time.
During more than 14 years in office, Chavez routinely ch... 阅读全帖 |
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x******k
发帖数: 847 | 20 The Senate is about to vote on a national Internet sales tax mandate
tomorrow.
National Internet Tax Mandate (known as the "Marketplace Fairness Act) S336
which would bring about a national tax on all Internet sales.
Call your Senators and tell them NO!
Co-Sponsor List so far:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 2/14/2013
Sen Blunt, Roy [MO] - 2/14/2013
Sen Boozman, John [AR] - 2/14/2013
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 2/14/2013
Sen Carper, Thomas R. [DE] - 3/18/2013
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 3/14/201... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 21 这几个是共和党议员:
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 2/14/2013
Sen Blunt, Roy [MO] - 2/14/2013
Sen Boozman, John [AR] - 2/14/2013
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 3/14/2013
Sen Corker, Bob [TN] - 2/14/2013
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m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 22 保險業者說,對某些自己買保險個人和小企業來說,明年保費可能會大漲.
Health insurers are privately warning brokers that premiums for many
individuals and small businesses could increase sharply next year because of
the health-care overhaul law, with the nation's biggest firm projecting
that rates could more than double for some consumers buying their own plans.
這跟歐巴馬行政團隊所說的保費會減少不一致
The projected increases are at odds with what the Obama Administration says
consumers should be expecting overall in terms of cost. The Department of
... 阅读全帖 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 23 这个MSNBC的臭嘴，恨不得揪出爆炸案的共和党“元凶”。
结果是它的同类干的坏事。
Chris Matthews Is Determined To Find Out Boston Marathon Bomber’s Ethnicity
By Alex Groberman, Thu, April 18, 2013
This has been something of a rough week for Chris Matthews.
On a personal level, he got exposed as nothing more than the loud-mouthed,
flip-flopping political troll that he is when he was forced to cover the
Boston Marathon bombings – something slightly outside of his comfort zone.
Rather than buckling down and doing his best Shep Smith impr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1041 | 24 Unequal protection
by From the print edition: Briefing
April 25, 2013
WILLIAM POWERS is the president of the University of Texas at Austin (UT-
Austin). Lino Graglia holds an endowed chair at its law school. Both have
kindly demeanours, impressive records and that crucial perk of academic
success, offices with great views: Mr Powers looks out over the heart of the
university’s campus, Mr Graglia at its football stadium.
They also hold strong and opposing opinions on whether admissions to their
... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 25 by Jammie
Congratulations, Gabriel Gomez. You just earned yourself a spot on top
of the Democratic National Committee’s hit list.
It’s not just because you’re the Republican nominee for Senate. Or
because you’re a Washington outsider who threatens to prevent lifelong
political hack Ed Markey from becoming “Senator for life.”
It’s not even because you’re a Boston Marathon-running, former Navy
SEAL who exudes the kind of patriotism that embarrasses many liberals today.
No. The real... 阅读全帖 |
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l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 26 The difference of gay receptionity is:
Africa has no Affirmative Action, At All!
Culture clash: Obama, Senegalese host at odds on gay rights as US president
opens Africa trip
Article by: JULIE PACE , AP White House Correspondent Updated: June 27, 2013
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Thursday urged African leaders to extend equal rights to gays and lesbians
but... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 27 Describing Obama, Bush in a word
By Carroll Doherty
Public views of Barack Obama today are very different from those of George W
. Bush at about this point in his second term. Obama’s job rating is in
positive territory, while Bush’s tilted negative.
But a look at the one-word descriptions of the two men finds some common
ground. Most notably, the word incompetent appears high on the one-word list
for each.
In a recent Pew Research Center survey, conducted June 12-16, variations on
the word good... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 28 While the nation waited to see if there would be violence resulting from the
acquittal of George Zimmerman, four more people were murdered in Chicago on
Friday and Saturday, one of them an eight year-old-girl. In the Austin area
of Chicago, there were two murders on Friday. Eight-year-old Gizzell Ford
was killed by stranglulation and blunt trauma; the girl’s grandmother was
being investigated. In a second incident, 24-year-old Tommie Bates was
stabbed to death.
Two other men were shot to death o... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 29 McClintock: If Senate Amnesty Bill Passes, ‘We’ll Never Secure the Border’
July 25, 2013 - 11:54 AM
By Alissa Tabirian
Rep. Tom McClintock
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)
(CNSNews.com) – “The Senate pathway [to citizenship] . . . is going to
make it very difficult to secure the border,” Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.
) said during a “Conversations with Conservatives” panel discussion
Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.
Insisting that border security remain a separate issue from immigration
reform, McCl... 阅读全帖 |
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h****z
发帖数: 1996 | 30 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h412
H.Amdt. 413 (Amash) to H.R. 2397: To end authority for the blanket collectio
n of records under the Patriot Act. It would also bar the NSA and other agen
cies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including
telephone call records, th
Offered by Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI3] on July 24, 2013
投票结果:
YEA 205 94 REP 111 DEM 同意Defund
NAY 217 134 REP 83 DEM 反对Defund
Obama Administration:
"This blunt approach is not the product ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 Unreal: Park workers installing more barricades around WWII Memorial to keep
vets out; Update: Vets enter Memorial; Update: “First Amendment activities”
posted at 10:41 am on October 2, 2013 by Allahpundit
Not just barricades, either. My friends, it’s come to this:
Mounted Police now protecting the World War 2 Memorial from World War 2
veterans. Sanity restored. pic.twitter.com/EzBpV3HhEm
— BuzzFeedBenny (@bennyjohnson) October 1, 2013
I’m rushing this post out because, per Ed’s stellar ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 32 College Grad Says Obamacare ‘Has Raped My Future’ In Viral Letter
October 9, 2013 3:02 PM
(CBSDC) – A University of Michigan graduate penned an open letter that went
viral online as she described how President Barack Obama’s signature
health care law hurts the working poor, and has “raped” her future.
Ashley Dionne, 26, posted the now-viral letter to conservative radio host
Dennis Prager’s Facebook page earlier this week.
She explains how she graduated from the University of Michigan in 2009, at... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 33 Vive La France on Iran
The French save the West from a very bad nuclear deal with Iran.
Updated Nov. 10, 2013 5:23 p.m. ET
We never thought we'd say this, but thank heaven for French foreign-policy
exceptionalism. At least for the time being, François Hollande's
Socialist government has saved the West from a deal that would all but
guarantee that Iran becomes a nuclear power.
While the negotiating details still aren't fully known, the French made
clear Saturday that they objected to a nucle... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 34 By M. Alex Johnson and Winston Wilde, NBC News
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted a last-ditch plea from
Catholic groups Tuesday night to block a birth control mandate in the new
health care law for religious organizations, just hours before it was to
have gone into effect.
Sotomayor issued the stay at the request of an order of Catholic nuns in
Colorado, the Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged. They are part of
a larger effort by Catholic-affiliated groups from around the na... 阅读全帖 |
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o*****t
发帖数: 1540 | 35 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: oosmart (oosmart), 信区: Military
标 题: 美国式悲剧：录像确认叶幸存了韩亚飞机事故，却在跑道上被救火车压死
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 15 11:54:31 2014, 美东)
消防员自己的录像确认女学生叶某被发现幸存了韩亚飞机事故，却在跑道上被救火车压
死。悲剧的是她被发现还活着，却没人把她抬上担架活着抬离跑道。就被后面的救火车
不可避免的压死了。
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/us/asiana-crash-new-video/index.h
Asiana crash video: Firefighters saw injured girl before she was run over
(CNN) -- Teenager Ye Meng Yuan didn't die when a plane crashed at San
Francisco International Airport last July. She actually s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 Sen. McCaskill Would 'Probably Not' Invite Obama to Campaign for Her in Red
State
February 11, 2014 - 11:53 AM
By Curtis Kalin
Asked if she would invite President Obama to campaign for her if she were
running in a red state, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) bluntly stated, "
Probably not."
McCaskill made the comments during an interview on 'Morning Joe' on MSNBC.
The Missouri Senator cited numerous polls showing Obama's low standing in
key states, "The president's numbers are not strong in my state ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 May 22, 2014 by Warner Todd Huston
A Clinton extended family member, Marjorie Margolies–the mother of Chelsea
Clinton’s husband–was running for Congress in a safe Democrat district in
Pennsylvania. Everyone expected her to just waltz into Congress but
shockingly she got crushed by a lesser known primary challenger.
Margolies had a lot of things going for her, all of which seemed to assure
that she was a shoo in. She was once a Congresswoman, she is Chelsea Clinton
’s mother-in-law and she had ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 California's flawed water system can't track usage
May 27, 2014 - 12:04 AM
By JASON DEAREN and GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Call them the fortunate ones: Nearly 4,000 California
companies, farms and others are allowed to use free water with little
oversight when the state is so bone dry that deliveries to nearly everyone
else have been severely slashed.
Their special status dates back to claims made more than a century ago when
water was plentiful. But in the third year o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10345 | 39 It’s an explosive charge, one that practically accuses the president of
treason.
Today, a former CIA agent bluntly told the newspaper, World Net Daily, that
America has switched sides in the war on terror under President Obama. Clare
Lopez was willing to say what a few members of Congress have said in
private, but declined to say on-the-record.
Clare M. Lopez is the Vice President for Research and Analysis at the Center
for Security Policy and a Senior Fellow at The Clarion Project, the London
C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 Prominent Democrat: The only people who ‘underestimated’ ISIS were in the
White House
posted at 1:21 pm on September 29, 2014
“I think, our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has
acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in
Syria.”
That was President Barack Obama’s response to CBS reporter Steve Kroft who
asked the president if he was surprised by the rapid rise of the Islamic
State in Iraq and Syria – a group which he had previously dismissed as al-
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发帖数: 3599 | 41 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: hutuxian (糊涂仙), 信区: Military
标 题: 奥巴马公开鼓吹用种族偏好来“抵御歧视”，被骂惨了
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 22 04:57:36 2014, 美东)
众多网友一针见血地指出， 种族偏好（racial preference） 本身就构成公平竞争
和平等的最大的歧视， 大家看这个新闻的800多个跟帖评论， 无不在痛骂奥巴马主席
做总统做到这个地位， 也勘称民主国家的奇葩了， 本自干五对民主美国的好感， 真
是被奥观海拉下来不少， 当然人家也不care了， 哈哈
标题： Obama: U-M, other schools should be able to use racial preference as
'shield against discrimination'
http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2014/10/obama_sch
In 2003, following a Supreme Court ru... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6080 | 42 “You see, in the course of her job, she was able to gain access to college
admissions files, and couldn't resist pulling her own to see what it said.
The file told her bluntly that she had been a "marginal" admit based on her
application, but that she was ultimately accepted because she had a brother
who was already a student in good standing — that is to say, me”.
- This paragraph is mocking at legacy.
“What this lawsuit is really is just the latest attempt to derail an
apparatus that has given... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 460 | 43 EXCLUSIVE: Here Are #MichaelBrown Anti-Women, Violent Tweets
http://gotnews.com/michaelbrown-misogynistic-violent-tweets/
Now Gotnews.com will publish Michael Brown’s tweets. Far from the narrative
of media narrative of a “gentle giant,” the tweets reveal a young man
prone to racial slurs and violent threats.
The tweets speak for themselves but a few are selected here.
“
REAL= getting killed for being something in life FAKE= movie star with make
up”
“
— IvPlay With Society (@LoveRHateMe_) July 1... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 279 | 44 SAIS scholar of Cuban foreign policy offers perspective on historic shift in
U.S.-Cuba relations
http://hub.jhu.edu/2014/12/18/us-cuba-foreign-relations
Piero Gleijeses, professor of American foreign policy, is only foreigner to
conduct research in closed Cuban archives
December 18
Posted in Voices+Opinion, Politics+Society
Tagged foreign policy, cuba
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama announced a historic shift in U.S.
relations with Cuba, a move to normalize diplomatic relations bet... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 263 | 45 美国华人最近几年日益注意到华人维权的重要性。 鸡毛(Jimmy Kimmel) “杀光中国人
”和加州的SCA5试图搞种族名额教育制都引起华人的很大关注。 问题是这种热情还没
有常态化。还没有做到持之以恒的从自己做起，有人出人，有钱出钱。 导致现有的华
人维权组织都难以维持。 80-20 Initiative 的S.B. Woo 已经做志愿者为北美华人维
权十几年。 他现在年高要退休，却找不到愿意接替的人。想筹点款来雇个职业
lobbyist也进展缓慢。 看看下面S.B. Woo的passionate email, 你就知道我们面临的
窘困局面。
80-20 Is Dying
Most Asian Am wish to have Jewish community's political clout.
Most Asian Americans overlook that
(1) AIPAC has a $67 million per year budget as opposed to 80-20's $
100,000 - a difference of... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 Health Care Fixes Backed by Harvard’s Experts Now Roil Its Faculty
By ROBERT PEAR
January 5, 2015
WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy
have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to
the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to
the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.
Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the heart of the 378-year-old
university, voted overwhelmingly in November to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 By Andrew Stuttaford
January 9, 2015 7:40 AM
Reuters:
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which angered Muslims by publishing
cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad 10 years ago, will not republish Charlie
Hebdo’s cartoons due to security concerns, the only major Danish newspaper
not to do so.
“It shows that violence works,” the newspaper stated in its editorial
on Friday. Denmark’s other major newspapers have all republished cartoons
from the French satirical weekly as part of the coverage of t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 27064 | 48 今天NPR作了一篇题为《巴尔的摩骚乱彰显非裔和亚裔紧张关系》的报道，报道援引一
个24岁的无业黑人青年Fonseca的话说，“（对亚裔店铺的抢劫），是报应，你可以这
么说。”Fonseca长得高大，肌肉健壮，他还说抢劫者有充分的理由那么做（he says
the looters were justified）。真是强盗的逻辑啊！
Fonseca抱怨，他们的社区很穷，工作机会很少。即使很少的商业，也都被亚裔把持。
他们从不在当地社区雇用工人，“他们从我们这里获利，但从不回馈这个社区”。
接着Fonseca讲述他的故事，“有一天我要去工作。我没有合适的衬衫，我那天只需要
一件普通的白衬衫。所以我就到附近的Short Stop Mart去，跟他们说，嗨，我这个星
期五就有钱拿，我一直在这个店买东西的，我要在星期五前借你们一件白衬衫。我肯定
会回来的，你们一直看到我的。”结果店员说了No，Fonseca感到被拒绝了。象个陌生
人一样，得不到店员的信任。（我估计任何人到店里借新衣服穿几天都会遭到拒绝的，
但这个Fonseca从此怀恨在心）
Short Stop Mart的经理是个十年前从大陆移民... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 Pentagon chief's take on Iraqis undercuts Obama's strategy
By JULIE PACE | May 26, 2015 | 5:15 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter's blunt assessment that
Iraqi forces lack the "will to fight" undermines a central premise of
President Barack Obama's strategy for defeating the Islamic State: that Iraq
's military can effectively handle ground operations so Americans don't have
to.
Carter's comments in a weekend interview reflect deep concern within some
quarters of the administr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 Terrorism and the silent majority. Canadian view.
This is by far the best explanation of the relationship between Islam and
the spreading terrorist situation, I have ever read. His references to past
history are accurate and clear. Not long, easy to understand, and well worth
the read. The author of this memoir is Dr. Emanuel Tanya, a well-known and
well-respected psychiatrist. A man, whose family was German aristocracy
prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When
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