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...began to shout about "open borders" as the issue "that will destroy this country ... You can't imagine the amount of anger your average European Christian American feels about the multicultural tower of Babel." He raised the possibility of "civil war." McCain usually turns warrior when confronted with such blatant racism, but sensing the heat in the room, he held his fire this time, calmly saying "I will do everything in my power to secure our borders... But on the larger issue you raise, I believe that people who have come here [legally] from other countries... are our greatest strength...
...been well in the public eye for decades now. Is it pretty blatant how much worse it's gotten? It's worse every year. And the guy says to me - the Nightline guy - I didn't get the guy's name. Granted, I haven't been feeling real well and it was a long day of interviews. But he said to me, "If we didn't cover cultural things, we wouldn't be covering you and The Mist, and promoting the movie." And I'm like, "Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan aren't cultural." They aren't political. They...
...Prime Minister yesterday, for example, Musharraf called on Mohammedmian Soomro, his close ally and member of his own ruling League-Q party. This is hardly the action of a man with the nation’s best interest in mind—it is blatant cronyism. Pakistan has become a place where dissent is not tolerated. Musharraf established emergency rule about two weeks ago, citing national security as the reason. He claimed that emergency rule was necessary to quash the growing risk of terrorism. Hundreds of critics of Musharraf have been detained since he imposed emergency...
...Businesses like UBS have a duty to uphold certain ethical standards that do not waver no matter the profit on the line. These standards include avoiding business with companies that prop up dictatorial regimes and finance blatant human rights violations. When a business fails to uphold such standards, it falls upon its potential employees and clients to hold it accountable...
...more American than paying a bunch of money for a ridiculous costume that you’ll only wear once?” As far as patriotic celebrations go, I think you may be neglecting Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. Super Bowl Sunday? “Blatant symbols of colonialist repression and American exceptionalism. My favorite holidays are Diwali and Bastille Day.” I read somewhere that Americans will shell out $5 billion on Halloween this year. Spending’s up more than 50% since 2005. But it’s still just chump change, compared...