POLITICAL: Obama’s Prayer: The Intended Audience

Thursday, July 31, 2008

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/obamas_prayer_the_real_audienc_1.html

July 30, 2008
Obama’s Prayer: The Intended Audience
By Helen Cadogan
Helen Cadogan is the owner of iEdit.

Editor’s note: Publication of this article is suspended. Ma’ariv has backed away from the published story and YA has indicated differences with the published account.

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Barack Obama wanted the world to know that he can pray like a Christian. Thus, he penned a ‘note to God’ on stationery from the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, and he generously gave a copy to the “international media even before he put in the Kotel, a short time after he wrote it at the King David Hotel.” Thus says the Ma’ariv spokesman in defense of his newspaper, which may be the subject of a criminal investigation for publishing the ‘note to God’ which Obama gave to the paper. For, interestingly, not only Ma’ariv was a recipient of Obama’s generosity, so was Yediot Ahoronot (YA), the most popular Israeli daily. YA also obtained the ‘note to God’ from Obama but declined to print it, ironically, “to respect Obama’s privacy.”

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If Ma’ariv had the note from Obama right after it was written, it could have published it at anytime. However, had Ma’ariv done so, then Obama would have been justly accused of politicizing one of the most sacred places of Judaism, the Western Wall. How, then, is he supposed to avoid such a charge? The logical answer would be to have a supporter temporarily retrieve the note (notice I don’t call it a prayer, which is a private matter), take it to a newspaper, which would then publish it, with this added cachet that vindicates Obama of spiritual crassness — claim it was stolen.

Who was the intended audience for this little passion play? Every speech act has an intended audience, and prayer, a very personal speech act, also has its own. In the normal course of events, God is the intended audience. However, given that Obama released his note for publication immediately after writing it, then God may not be the intended audience. Rather, Obama’s intended audience may be of this world: America’s voting Jews, Christians, and Muslims. To reach them, Obama would have to engage in a tricky balancing act purposed to let each group know that he believes as it does.

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Wow!

I’m no fan of either political party, either politician, nor any of the gang!

This is something one would expect in a Tom Clancy novel.

It does HOWEVER have the ring of truth to it. Manipulation by politicians, and their helpful lackies in the media, have made me suspicious of EVERYTHING they do.

I have no problem with a black Muslim President. I do have a problem with politicians that hide their stipes and denty their associations until AFTER they are elected. It seems that time after time, we learn AFTER the fact, that we’ve been had.

Bush Senior read my lips. Clinton’s middle class tax cut. Bush Junior’s humbel foreign policy.

Nope, I dislike them both, but O may have set a new bottom if this is true.

What media outlet will dig for the truth?

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Eighty Three – The Big Bang

Thursday, July 31, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eighty Three – The Big Bang

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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FUN: Joke wiith a political message!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
From the Free State Project Dot Org

From the Free State Project Dot Org

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TECHNOLOGY: In memoriam: Ed Foster

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

http://weblog.infoworld.com/gripeline/archives/2008/07/in_memoriam_ed.html

The Gripe Line | Ed Foster » In memoriam: Ed Foster

July 28, 2008 | Comments: (57)
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In memoriam: Ed Foster

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We at InfoWorld are sorry to announce that Ed Foster, InfoWorld’s venerable The Gripe Line blogger died this past Saturday. We are all saddened by Ed’s passing but grateful for his 15 years of consumer advocacy in the field of technology products through The Gripe Line column and blog.

Ed has contributed to InfoWorld and the technology-using community at large in many ways during his 20-year association with us, as a reporter, writer, editor, and columnist at InfoWorld.

We will all miss his passion and professionalism.

Ed’s son, Jeff, wanted to share the following with Ed’s readers:

I’m sorry to inform you all that my dad, Ed Foster, died on Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was 59. He was very proud of the work he had done and the community he had built here. He was very engaged in what you all had to say, and we had many running instant message conversations about comments or emails people had sent. He was an extremely smart man, and he loved to be mentally stimulated, whether it was a good book, an interesting conversation, or one of the many comments you posted that made him look at something in a slightly different way. As you can probably tell, I’m not half the writer my dad was, and it’s very difficult for me to think of the words to say what I feel (it doesn’t help that when I get stuck on a word or phrase, I think “I know, I’ll ask my dad!”), but I just want everybody to know that this site and the people on it meant a lot to him. I’m going to miss him. More then words could express, even if he was here to help me think of them.

We invite you to post your remembrances of Ed and any other sentiments you’d like to express at this time.

Posted by Galen Gruman on July 28, 2008 05:21 PM

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I’m stunned. Ed was always taking the technology vendors to task for all sorts of transgressions. A sigh of relief is comming form all the rip off artist in the technology field because Ed’s gone “off duty”. Ed was one of the few columnists that I followed religiously. Over the last eon it feels like, he and I exchanged emails about one scam or another. Some he even used in the column.  Graciously concealing my identity when I was particularly brain dead and blunder into one scam or another. I feel the loss.

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It also points out the unfairness of Social Security, he paid in for three decades and his family has NOTHING to show for it! It’s robbery by the gang in DC.

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POLITICAL: No taxes of any kind on small businesses with 25 or fewer employees.

Monday, July 28, 2008

http://www.blogmaverick.com/2008/07/28/
how-to-jumpstart-the-economy-tax-free-small-businesses/

http://tinyurl.com/622bky

How to Jumpstart the Economy – Tax Free Small Businesses
Mark Cuban
Jul 28th 2008 10:13AM

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In today’s climate, its politically expedient to volunteer taxpayer money as a solution to all problems. That’s wrong. Instead, we should open the door to our country’s Intellectual capital and the entrepreneurial energy that separates us from the rest of the world. Make it easy for entrepreneurs to do what entrepreneurs do, and great things happen. Voters and politicians alike seem to have forgotten what has made this country an economic powerhouse.

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Good idea. But, it accepts the premise that taxation is a “good idea”.

First, “companies” don’t pay taxes; real people do. Tax a “company” and they either mark up their products to cover it or go out of business. So, why should the taxpayer, you an me, put up with this fiction and the discontinuities it introduces. Take for example, any tax on the oil companies. It has a multiple whammy. The oil company raises the price of gas to cover the tax. And, every company, that uses gas, pays more and marks up their prices to cover it. So, it’s a extra whammy!

Second, the politicians have created this crazy world where money has no value. They allow the Fed to print all the money they need to waste in Washington and then are surprised when inflation robs the American people of 97% of its purchasing power in thirty or forty years.

Third, the distinction between employees and contractors is another joke. Benefits tied to employment are tax deductible to the employer but not to the employee. What a joke!

And on and on.

Expecting politicians to do anything ignores their “rules of engagement” — feather their own nest, reward heir friends, and punish their enemies!

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Eighty Two – Anti pasto

Monday, July 28, 2008

It happened in Church – Chapter Eighty Two – Anti pasto

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962
Chapter Eighty Two – Anti pasto

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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TECHNOLOGY: Four hours and counting to do Jasper Jottings

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Argh, for as quick as it went last week, under an hour, this week is a DISASTER! All sorts of little problems leading up to the big one. 1AND1 tells me some fluff about my page is missing the L in html on the page and that’s why it is pushing the wrong page. Don’t sound right to me? I see all the files in place with the right names. Perhaps an index not updated on their end? Argh!

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PRODUCTIVITY: You need to own your own email!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/07/26/
unlucky-1-percent-of-mobileme-email-users-get-some-relief/

http://tinyurl.com/59f66y

Unlucky 1 percent of MobileMe email users may get relief
Posted Jul 26th 2008 9:00AM by TUAW Blogger
Filed under: Bad Apple, .Mac, MobileMe

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Apologies are well and good — but considering the MobileMe terms of service, that’s about all you can expect to see, as Apple isn’t liable for lost business or damages due to the outage. If there’s a lesson in this, maybe it’s that mission-critical users should own their own domains and public-facing email addresses, so that they can redirect incoming mail in a crisis. Depending on a single provider for mail (even ones with a reputation for reliability) can bite you.

Written by Michael Rose. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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I’ve ranted and raved about email control. Anyone, who is serious about computer using, needs to “own” this critical entry point into your world.

You need the capability to have a primary and alternate emil address. Buy one and use a free service if money is tight. If your primary goes out, then you need the capability to redirect to the alternative.

Note this means that your domain registrar, website provider, and email provider should NOT be the same entity.

And, you should never allow that all-importnt email address to be controlled by anyone. Companies get sold, go out of business, or just whimsically decide to change their names. You shouldn’t lose your email address because of this.

I made that mistake a long time ago with AT&T as my ISP. Never ever again.

reinke dot cc for me.

(Some day I plan to visit the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian territory.)

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TECHNOLOGY: LEGACY’s new look doesn’t FF3

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Interesting, in doing my Jasper Jottings, I am often on the LEGACY site picking up obits. In some obits, they force a new sexy front end. Only one problem, it doesn’t FF3. It just goes in an endless loop “loading”. Like the good inet denizen I am, I reported it. Wonder if I’ll ever get a response. Wonder if I’ll ever get a fix. Wonder if anyone other than me cares. P.S. When I hit that particular ‘brick wall’ i go around it by using SAFARI. Interesting?

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POLITICAL: Media “Objectivity”?

Friday, July 25, 2008
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.
html?id=6e9f4a42-9540-4d99
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http://tinyurl.com/6eptr5

The New Republic
End of the Affair by Gabriel Sherman
Barack Obama and the press break up.
Post Date Thursday, July 24, 2008

Referring to New York Times chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney

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Later that afternoon, Nagourney got permission from Times editors to e-mail Sargent a response to the Obama memo. But the episode still grates. “I’ve never had an experience like this, with this campaign or others,” Nagourney tells me. “I thought they crossed the line. If you have a problem with a story I write, call me first. I’m a big boy. I can handle it. But they never called. They attacked me like I’m a political opponent.”

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The implication being that if one is not a “political opponent”, one is a “political ally”?

Gee, I thought reporters were supposed to at least pretent to be impartial.

I have no dog in this fight. I don’t care for EITHER candidate, but this is “humorous” at best!

Maybe that’s why the NYT is on the rocks financially?

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