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I actaully like NPR and listen to them on a regular basis random thoughts Send a noteboard - 21/03/2011 04:44:42 PM
In fact I was listening to Terry Gross at lunch today. I just think that have a liberal slant and need to add some conservative voices to their echo chamber. If they can not find some balance they shouldn't receive public funding. I do think they have great reporting and interesting shows even if the do slant left though.

I know I am cynical but if it is damned if you do and damned if you don't then do whatever you think is best. It is kind of liberating to be hated no matter what you do. I do get sick of this idea that America should be going out of its way to keep other countries happy. How many people in Europe worry about going out of their way to keep us happy? The countries in the Middle East that we are supposed to walk on eggshells to keep from offending have state sponsored death to America rallies. I should be worried about how they feel? But what really gets me is the argument that doing anything to offend the Muslim world only helps recruit terrorist. First off I don't really believe that our actions are that much of factor and the people who want to whip them into frenzy will always find story to do it with. If the Muslim world can not keep from rioting every time someone offends them then maybe they should be focusing on fixing that instead of pandering to it. If your idea of a fun way to spend the afternoon is burning my flag do ask me to respect your sensibilities.
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So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... - 20/03/2011 04:38:25 PM 1521 Views
Quite. - 20/03/2011 04:41:39 PM 711 Views
The Arab league guy has gone out saying he was misquoted. - 20/03/2011 05:26:21 PM 763 Views
... completely surprising absolutely no one. *NM* - 20/03/2011 05:28:20 PM 281 Views
China and Russian abstained instead of voting No, which is odd. - 20/03/2011 05:32:02 PM 701 Views
I think we should just ignore anything Russia and China says about human rights.. - 20/03/2011 10:15:59 PM 674 Views
Re: I think we should just ignore anything Russia and China says about human rights.. - 20/03/2011 11:12:11 PM 771 Views
exactly - 21/03/2011 12:13:28 AM 659 Views
Re: So within 24 hours of the 1st UN mandated action in Libya... - 20/03/2011 05:31:48 PM 853 Views
Apparently Qatar is about to join the fray... it is rather crucial that the Arab world backs this. - 20/03/2011 05:50:14 PM 765 Views
And - 20/03/2011 05:52:59 PM 735 Views
There is a lot of politics going on in the Arab League, from what I've read - 20/03/2011 05:52:31 PM 982 Views
That is a big miscalculation. - 20/03/2011 06:10:34 PM 828 Views
Not really - 20/03/2011 06:23:52 PM 862 Views
Agreed. Waiting wasn't an option. *NM* - 20/03/2011 06:46:39 PM 271 Views
I dunno. - 20/03/2011 06:59:18 PM 839 Views
But the people who are going to think that way are going to do it no matter what - 20/03/2011 10:13:36 PM 712 Views
The impression I got - 21/03/2011 04:14:57 PM 824 Views
to much diplomacy and not enough action - 21/03/2011 04:56:45 PM 741 Views
It is us vs. them. - 20/03/2011 10:30:50 PM 905 Views
Seriously. I can't believe Snoop and Rebekah's comments. It's like we had weeks to act. - 20/03/2011 10:27:40 PM 830 Views
We have had weeks to act - 20/03/2011 11:15:15 PM 832 Views
Because when you get involved in what is, unfortunately, an internal matter, - 20/03/2011 11:18:16 PM 727 Views
Qatar is not part of Libya so it would still be outsiders interfering in an internal matter - 21/03/2011 12:25:30 AM 748 Views
I have to ask: - 21/03/2011 03:13:31 AM 902 Views
I don't think the people in Libya give at rat's ass about what the king of Qatar wants - 21/03/2011 05:12:26 AM 866 Views
Imo, it's not about "gratitude." - 21/03/2011 04:05:41 PM 765 Views
I actaully like NPR and listen to them on a regular basis - 21/03/2011 04:44:42 PM 785 Views
Well, that has all shit to do with Qatari participation. - 21/03/2011 03:02:19 AM 714 Views
Not so. - 21/03/2011 08:54:31 AM 831 Views
Bullshit. - 21/03/2011 01:37:32 PM 963 Views
Well. - 21/03/2011 06:58:19 PM 746 Views
That's odd. I'm not seeing any of this criticism. - 21/03/2011 10:55:27 PM 733 Views
There's been plenty on Twitter. - 22/03/2011 08:29:48 AM 904 Views
So let me get this straight: - 22/03/2011 06:48:53 PM 819 Views
It's not about "legitimacy" so much as it is about, to use the ugly word, propaganda. - 21/03/2011 10:33:12 PM 676 Views
Is the Qatar involvement as important as the Kuwaiti involvement in the Iraq War? - 22/03/2011 06:57:27 PM 1158 Views
Kuwait was involved in the Iraq War? *NM* - 22/03/2011 08:35:21 PM 268 Views
They were part of the famous Coalition of the Willing *NM* - 22/03/2011 08:47:55 PM 278 Views
We got our authorization. - 20/03/2011 10:25:10 PM 891 Views
I don't see a situation where this does not turn into a land war. - 20/03/2011 10:51:41 PM 794 Views
it is already is a land war if you ask the people on the ground doing the fighting for weeks - 21/03/2011 12:34:10 AM 781 Views
Yeah, that's what I meant. - 21/03/2011 12:48:57 AM 717 Views
I doubt it would take US ground troops. - 21/03/2011 03:16:24 AM 692 Views
Fuck that - 21/03/2011 12:47:54 AM 756 Views
you are always have been a fence sitter - 21/03/2011 01:09:59 AM 723 Views
Fuck Gadhafi. - 21/03/2011 05:21:29 AM 658 Views
how full of yourself are you? - 21/03/2011 12:37:47 PM 821 Views
They're not my people. - 21/03/2011 02:22:46 PM 793 Views
Wha? - 21/03/2011 03:55:51 PM 824 Views
Nope. - 21/03/2011 04:21:21 PM 813 Views
Ok. - 21/03/2011 04:30:44 PM 749 Views
Do something, get whined at. Do nothing and you get Rwanda. - 21/03/2011 11:19:38 AM 913 Views
I completely agree. *NM* - 21/03/2011 11:04:34 PM 215 Views
I would reply... - 21/03/2011 11:22:14 PM 649 Views
It is only natural that the girl preferred me to you, but....... - 21/03/2011 11:36:33 PM 789 Views
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Don't me!! - 21/03/2011 11:50:07 PM 730 Views

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