-- John F. Kennedy
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Quote Of The Day
-- John F. Kennedy
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Quote Of The Day
-- Patrick Henry
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Bartlett On The Daily Show
Feb 23rd, 2012
Once again, the strongest allies progressives have against the current GOP are generally real conservatives. Interesting times...
Once again, the strongest allies progressives have against the current GOP are generally real conservatives. Interesting times...
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Quote Of The Day
Jan 8th, 2012
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."
-- Abraham Lincoln
-- Abraham Lincoln
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Quote Of The Day
Jan 3rd, 2011
"Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Dec 17th, 2011
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
-- Carl Sagan
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| Con man predating upon delusion |
-- Carl Sagan
Monday, September 19, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Sept 19th, 2011
"A scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it."
-- Max Planck
-- Max Planck
Friday, September 16, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Sept 16th, 2011
"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is."
-- Winston Churchill
-- Winston Churchill
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Aug 17th, 2011
"It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world."
-- Samuel Johnson
-- Samuel Johnson
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Aug 11th 2011
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either."
-- Albert Einstein
-- Albert Einstein
Sunday, May 15, 2011
John McCain Versus Torture
May 15th, 2011
Joe Conason wrote a splendid piece this weekend regarding Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) spirited and righteous condemnation of the liars and criminals (especially Thiessen and Yoo) from the W administration and their crude attempts to capitalize on the death of Osama Bin Laden.
I have published more than a few pieces (HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE) since lauching this blog about these sick and depraved violations of American principles. Indeed, this issue was the primary catalyst for me starting The Hand in the first place.
I have also lamented Sen. McCain's silence over the last few years. But now he has, at least to a degree, redeemed himself. Seriously, he shut the FOX lie machine down. That's no small thing in this day and age.
From Conason's piece via Truthout:
"For the longest time, a certain admirable, independent senator from Arizona disappeared from public life, replaced by an irresponsible, opportunistic and occasionally demagogic figure, who seemed to have been warped by his presidential ambitions and his disappointment in losing. But John McCain has now returned, just in time to refute the sinister attempt by his fellow Republicans to justify torture as the instrument of Osama bin Laden's demise.
During the last administration, even as a supporter of the Iraq invasion and the "war on terror," McCain broke ranks with his party to protest the worst excesses of the George W. Bush presidency. In one of the most memorable moments of the otherwise desultory Republican primary debates in 2008, he cited the Constitution, the Geneva Conventions and American military tradition to upbraid Mitt Romney for waffling on the issue of waterboarding. "This is what America is all about," he said indignantly. "This is a defining issue."
With every right-wing enabler from John Yoo to Marc Thiessen to Liz Cheney suddenly stepping forward to suggest that that the death of bin Laden absolves Bush-era criminality, it is refreshing to hear McCain's clear, strong voice of opposition. The torture advocates have claimed that the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a high-ranking leader in al-Qaida and an alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attack, caused him to reveal the identity of a courier whose trail led, almost seven years later, to the hideout in Abbotabad, Pakistan.
McCain is having none of this nonsense."
Joe Conason wrote a splendid piece this weekend regarding Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) spirited and righteous condemnation of the liars and criminals (especially Thiessen and Yoo) from the W administration and their crude attempts to capitalize on the death of Osama Bin Laden.
I have published more than a few pieces (HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE) since lauching this blog about these sick and depraved violations of American principles. Indeed, this issue was the primary catalyst for me starting The Hand in the first place.
I have also lamented Sen. McCain's silence over the last few years. But now he has, at least to a degree, redeemed himself. Seriously, he shut the FOX lie machine down. That's no small thing in this day and age.
From Conason's piece via Truthout:
"For the longest time, a certain admirable, independent senator from Arizona disappeared from public life, replaced by an irresponsible, opportunistic and occasionally demagogic figure, who seemed to have been warped by his presidential ambitions and his disappointment in losing. But John McCain has now returned, just in time to refute the sinister attempt by his fellow Republicans to justify torture as the instrument of Osama bin Laden's demise.
During the last administration, even as a supporter of the Iraq invasion and the "war on terror," McCain broke ranks with his party to protest the worst excesses of the George W. Bush presidency. In one of the most memorable moments of the otherwise desultory Republican primary debates in 2008, he cited the Constitution, the Geneva Conventions and American military tradition to upbraid Mitt Romney for waffling on the issue of waterboarding. "This is what America is all about," he said indignantly. "This is a defining issue."
With every right-wing enabler from John Yoo to Marc Thiessen to Liz Cheney suddenly stepping forward to suggest that that the death of bin Laden absolves Bush-era criminality, it is refreshing to hear McCain's clear, strong voice of opposition. The torture advocates have claimed that the waterboarding of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a high-ranking leader in al-Qaida and an alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attack, caused him to reveal the identity of a courier whose trail led, almost seven years later, to the hideout in Abbotabad, Pakistan.
McCain is having none of this nonsense."
Neither are we, Mr. Senator. Neither are we.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Quote Of The Day
April 26th, 2011
"I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies." -- Pietro Aretino
Friday, April 15, 2011
Quote Of The Day
April15th, 2011
"Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on." -- Winston Churchill
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Quote Of The Day
Feb 24th, 2011
"Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." -- Albert Einstein
Monday, January 17, 2011
Protecting Truth
Jan 17th, 2011
It is right that we take time on this day to expose the very serious effort to undermine the legacy of truth that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his last breath to achieve. In a fine piece by Kirsten West Savali, the Tea Party-driven efforts to remove facts from our nation's schoolbooks are profiled.
“Envision it, America!
Textbooks scrubbed free of slaves' blood and government-sanctioned murder, ensuring that history books are palatable for generations of bright-eyed schoolchildren for generations to come.”
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Question The Preachers... Not The Message...
Dec 25th. 2010
If you find your truth and you feel what you know to be true, no one can take it way from you unless you let them.
From the Book of Matthew By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
From the Book of Matthew By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Totalitarian Impulse Toward Wikileaks
Dec 23rd, 2010
Over at Rolling Stone, Tim Dickinson makes the case that Bill Keller, executive editor of the NY Times, would have done exactly as Julian Assange did at Wikileaks had it been the Times which had received the massive number of leaked cables from our government.
He then asks us to try and picture our political class calling for the same level of malevolent legal action or even violence against Keller:
"The behavior is outrageous on its face and totalitarian in its impulse. Indeed, we should all be alarmed at the Orwellian coloring of the Obama administration’s official response to the publishing of the cables:
“President Obama supports responsible, accountable, and open government at home and around the world, but this reckless and dangerous action runs counter to that goal.”
Secrecy is openness. What the fuck?!"
“President Obama supports responsible, accountable, and open government at home and around the world, but this reckless and dangerous action runs counter to that goal.”
Secrecy is openness. What the fuck?!"
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