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  1. Rab Tull

    Blood On Their Hands - Will Grigg

    "Hate crimes" statutes invert the priorities described by Justice Felix Frankfurter (in a moment of atypical wisdom): "Law is concerned with external behavior and not the inner life of man." By enhancing the penalty for criminal acts either provably or putatively rooted in certain proscribed...
  2. Rab Tull

    Obama and the "Predator Left"

    Many ancient societies were ruled by a figure regarded as a divine emperor-king, a transcendent figure whose goodness and power not only protected his subjects from harm, but also made the rains descend, the fields fertile, and the kingdom prosperous. Modern Americans are too sophisticated...
  3. Rab Tull

    Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war

    Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the Foreign Service, where he was the the senior U.S. civilian in the Taliban-dominated Southern Afghanistan province of Zabul, because he became convinced that our war in that country...
  4. Rab Tull

    What Will It Take?

    "As day by day America’s shame blazes across the television sets of the world, and we craft a multi-generational bloodbath to bequeath our children, I have a question for my evangelical Christian brothers and sisters: What will it take for us to come to our senses regarding our long gruesome...
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    Rab's Quote of the Day - 04/22/04

    "The barbarian and the creature of exclusively modern civilization both live without history." Jakob Burckhardt, (1818-1897) Swiss historian My quotes site here Grace & Peace, Rab
  6. Rab Tull

    Taking the 9/11 Bait

    Assuming the official story of 9/11 is more or less correct, Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda may have been laying a trap for President Bush, who took the bait. And is still taking it. Most of us assumed, as Bush did, that the 9/11 attacks were, like Pearl Harbor, the beginning of a war, in which...
  7. Rab Tull

    Top 19 Dumbest Statements of the Past Week

    Politicians are a continual source of empty rhetoric, rosy promises that are never fulfilled, meaningless mom-and-apple-pie clichés, and outright lies. Last week was a particularly fertile one for such inanities. Here are the week's 19 dumbest political statements. At the end of the list...
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    Rab's Quote of the Day - 04/20/04

    "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." John Adams (1814) My quotes website Grace & Peace, Rab
  9. Rab Tull

    Rab's Quote of the Day - 04/19/04

    "Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." Albert Schweitzer My quotes site Grace & Peace, Rab
  10. Rab Tull

    An American Caesar

    "Intentionally or stupidly, President Bush and his neocon overlords are on track for igniting general conflagration in the Middle East. In placing America’s stamp of approval on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s annexation of the West Bank, Bush jettisoned a half century of American...
  11. Rab Tull

    President or Dictator?

    "(H)e launched a military invasion without the consent of Congress; blockaded ports without first consulting Congress; unilaterally and illegally suspended the writ of habeas corpus and had the military imprison literally tens of thousands of political dissenters; shut down over 300 opposition...
  12. Rab Tull

    Rab's Quote of the Day - 04/18/04

    "The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing." John Adams, (1735-1826) US diplomat, patriot, and Federalist politician, 2nd president of US 1797-1801 My Quotes site Grace &...
  13. Rab Tull

    How Tyranny Came To America

    "...(W)e no longer fully have what our ancestors, who framed and ratified our Constitution, thought of as freedom — a careful division of power that prevents power from becoming concentrated and unlimited. The word they usually used for concentrated power was consolidated — a rough synonym for...
  14. Rab Tull

    View From the Frontline in Iraq

    Everything you have heard about the war should be viewed with the greatest of suspicion, “consider the source” as we always say. For instance, while training stateside, we were briefed extensively about this war, the conduct of the war and the situation we would encounter. This orientation...
  15. Rab Tull

    Battle of New York City

    "This turmoil erupted in July 1863 into a bloody battle between New York's citizens alongside the State militia, and the Federal government's regular forces. History books call this the ‘Draft Riot,’ as if this was a spontaneous outburst against conscription. That term disguises the magnitude of...
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