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...plant every week. You could build a particularly dirty "uncapped" power plant, then sell hundreds of millions in carbon credits to reduce it to a normal rate of pollution. The result? The polluter gets very rich. The planet continues to cook. And the Gores of the world can feel virtuous as they burn up the local power grid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Limousine Liberal Hypocrisy | 3/16/2007 | See Source »

...would say women are better at [controlling sexual urges], so I think they have more responsibility, but it’s something that men can be a part of. In the past, pretty much all women were very sexually reserved; you could always find prostitutes, but virtuous people were just not sexually promiscuous. In this day and age, people aren’t like that. So it’s impressive to me, to see men who maintain their moral dignity.” According to Grizzle, the onus is on women to keep from tempting...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Divisive Discourse? | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...Reaching for the Center" [Nov. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew from historical experience that even the most righteous can succumb to the temptations that power brings. Troy Lee Zukowski Portage, Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 12/10/2006 | See Source »

...remained wary or skeptical of any bipartisan gain Re "Reaching for the center" [Nov. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew from historical experience that even the most righteous can succumb to the temptations that power brings. Troy Lee Zukowski Portage, Michigan, U.S. The election did not bring an overwhelming number of Democrats into the House, and they hold only a one-vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ascendancy of the Centrists? | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Reaching for the Center"[NOV. 20]: The American people used the power of the vote to boot the corrupt, ideologically blinkered, full-of-themselves Republicans out of their congressional majorities. Our Founding Fathers were skeptical of the notion that seemingly virtuous politicians would always govern wisely. The founders knew from historical experience that even the most righteous can succumb to the temptations that power brings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

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