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Apr 08 2008

Clinton and the that lie wasn’t - but is - except it isn’t a lie so much as a mistake about the truth…kinda

Published by Karl under Clinton, health care, truth

I saw this noted on Sister Toldjahs Blog, and honestly, that is the best I can do to summarize it.

Apparently the facts were wrong, making it a lie, except that the essence was correct making it Clintonian truth.  Kinda. I can’t sort it out really.  And really, it doesn’t matter.

What this boils down to is Clinton heard a sob story and ran with it.

That’s what politicians do.  They latch on to a story they figure can be sympathetic, and they tell ti over and over to make their point.

What made this such a gross debacle is that Clinton didn’t bother to have her staff do a bitty little thing called fact checking.  So the family got run through the wringer, as did the hospital, all so she can make a few points.

Here is the real truth.  She doesn’t care about this woman or her family, except where it intersects her desire to get votes.  She doesn’t care about you or me and our lives except where we can be manipulated to cede her more power, fame and wealth.

She doesn’t care about the truth, the facts or the reality of the problem, just how she can use it.

But who cares?  The facts don’t matter, just the feel.

Feel free to parse through this list of links.  It is by no means comprehensive…maybe you can find the truth.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/07/clinton_told_true_tale_of_woe.html

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/president/17364564.html

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/is-hillarys-muc.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/05/us/politics/05woman.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/News/2008/04/08/23659/

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=428768

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Apr 08 2008

Dutch Court uphold free speech against Islam

Published by Karl under free speech, intolerence, islamofascism

Props to the Dutch Court for not folding under Islamofacist pressure.

Dutch court: Geert Wilders has free-speech right to criticize Islam

Amazing, the things that are litigable these days. This wasn’t the public prosecution hinted at by the Dutch government last week but “merely” a private suit filed by the Netherlands Islamic Foundation to have criticism of Islam deemed an “incitement” under Dutch law and thereby worthy of being censored. Note the rationale:

The NIF wanted to know if Wilders had broken the law with his public declaration in August last year that the Koran is a fascist book and comments that Mohammed was a barbarian.

According to the judge, the term fascism must be seen in a broader context. The NIF associated it with the Holocaust and ‘other evil practices from Nazi Germany’. But fascism should, said the judge, be seen as ‘a collective term for ideologies which fundamentally embrace a totalitarian political system which leaves no room for people with other ideas’.

When it came to Mohammed, the NIF was unable during the hearing to deny that he was a barbarian, reports ANP. Furthermore, the organisation was not able to disprove the fact that Islam consists of beliefs that are in contradiction to democratic principles, the judge said.

Exit question via Sugiero: Will the judge be fatwa’d next week?

Well that is a no brainer…

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