[CanYoAssDigIt] Fwd: from Sen. Maria Cantwell

For the past six years the Bush administration has waged a war on everything that reasonable people hold dear.  For the past six years, Maria Cantwell has enthusiastically supported him in waging that war, on almost every front.  She has not joined him in his war on the environment, but that is not enough to placate me.

We obviously cannot support the Real Networks millionaires Republican opponent, SAFECO millionaire CEO Mike McGavick.  He is the lap poodle of U.S. Senator Theodore "Ted" Stevens (R-AK).

I'll most likely be voting for Aaron Dixon, a community activist and co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party, announced earlier this week that he would challenge Sen. Maria Cantwell on the Green Party ticket…

Sure the Green Party (especially in this state) are reflexively flaky, and incapable of governing anything, but running as he is against two Republicans, I think he's a reasonable choice.  As far as I can tell, Cantwell is one of those establishment Dems that Molly Ivins (quite correctly) says must go.

My editorial comments concluded, I now will let the undistinguished Senator Cantwell speak for herself:

          For the past six years the Bush administration has waged a war on
the environment. Cloaked in Orwellian names such as "Clear Skies" and "Healthy
Forests," George Bush has slowly undone thirty years of environmental
protections. Now he is at it again.


          George Bush has reversed existing protections and is opening over
58 million acres of untouched forests across the United States to development.
Only by working together can we stop this destruction of this national
treasure. For the past six years the Beltway chattering class has declared that the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be opened to drilling. And every year,
against all odds, we beat them back. Now, they are re-directing their
environmental attacks towards our national forests. And we must beat them back again.


          Last Thursday, I introduced the Roadless Area Conservation Act of
2006. This bill would block the Bush administration's attempts to open these 58
million acres of pristine, roadless forest by permanently protecting them
against logging and road building. Not only would this Bush plan rob future
generations, but it would irreparably harm fish and wildlife habitats.


          Now I need to show the administration and other senators that the
American people do not support destroying our forestland for a corporate
giveaway. This week, I will be asking my fellow senators to cosponsor the
legislation and today I ask you to join me as a citizen co-sponsor of the Roadless Area
Conservation Act:


          Sign as a Citizen Co-Sponsor now


          As with so many other policies, the Bush administration's attempt
to give away 58 million acres is a payoff to their special interest
contributors and an egregious abuse of power. Once again they are seeking a tiny short
term financial gain for special interests without any thought of the
consequences to the American people. We have a real chance to demonstrate to Congress,
Beltway pundits, and special interests that would destroy the environment that
we will not stand by and do nothing.


          Next week while I ask senators to cosponsor this bill, please ask
your friends and family to become citizen co-sponsors by visiting:


           http://www.cantwell.com/action/roadless/


          If each of you can get five additional friends and family members
to support the legislation, we will send a loud message to the Senate
leadership and the Republican special interests. I will send you an update on both
Senate and citizen co-sponsors next week.


          Thank you,




          Maria Cantwell

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More news (can your heart stand the shocking facts?)

It's been an astonishingly productive couple of days here at the International House of Can Yo' Ass Dig It. In addition to getting The Mousetrap Project music site and discussion group up and running, and the creation of the lovely first hymn of the Orthodox Mystic Knights of the Easter Bunny, 4 new songs have been posted to the Pseudojandek page at soundclick ( http://www.soundclick.com/pseudojandek)

These songs were necessarily recorded recently, but they have never been heard by the hoards (both of them) of clamering Pseudojandek fans. Not one, but two follow ups to the almost-a-standard Jazzy Janky I, as well as the long awaited "Wanky Janky" and of course, the so beautiful it makes your kidneys hurt, "Good News For Modern Janky."

So check them out, you'll be glad you did!

	Electronica : Dance	mp3  lo-fi  hi-fi
	Jazzy Janky II
	I continue in the Key of J
tell-a-friend   add to my.SoundClick   vote: hot flop     license   lyrics/story
album:Dying To Meet You   ©The Big O  MP3: 3.0MB
	Electronica : Dance	mp3  lo-fi  hi-fi
	Jazzy Janky III
	Oh, you will like this one. It's better than baked beans
tell-a-friend   add to my.SoundClick   vote: hot flop     license   lyrics/story
album:Dying To Meet You   ©The Big O  MP3: 1.7MB
	Electronica : Dance	mp3  lo-fi  hi-fi
	Wanky Janky
	what if Varese and Flavell and Jandek jammed?
tell-a-friend   add to my.SoundClick   vote: hot flop     license   lyrics/story
album:Dying To Meet You   ©The Big O  MP3: 3.4MB
	Electronica : Dance	mp3  lo-fi  hi-fi
	Good News For Modern Janky
	It's very very beautiful
tell-a-friend   add to my.SoundClick   vote: hot flop     license   lyrics/story
album:Dying To Meet You   ©The Big O  MP3: 3.6MB

Orthodox Mystic Knights of the Easter Bunny church news

While The Orthodox Mystic Knights of the Easter Bunny struggles with
issues such as lower than desired subscription levels (we used to have
4 members, but since two of my personalities merged now we only have
3), there are healthy developments elsewhere.

The Grand Ayatollah Gleaming Skull and the Archbishop of Australia the
Reverend Doctor Spider-Man have composed a wonderful anthem for the
church.

GA sez check it out at:

http://www.soundclick.com/theorthodoxmysticknightsoftheeasterbunny

We hope to have many more wonderful tunes to sing. Remember, you don't
need to sing official songs, you can sing whateva you want, we don't
care. but they will be there if you want them.

Mousetrap Project is on the map!

I put the songs that comprise The Mousetrap Project up at Soundclick
(www.soundclick.com/TheMousetrapProject) and it's already a big hit!

Check out these stats:

Charts: Only your strongest songs appear in the charts.

Currently in the daily charts:

main genres:
Mousetrap:
· #1398 in the Rock charts
· #155 in the Punk sub charts

only in sub genres:
Why Don't You Want To Be The Cat:
· #265 in the Acoustic : Cover Songs sub charts

*****
It's only been up since yesterday, and already 2 songs are charting!
The page has been hit 40 times!

I have more songs to record - the future is bright! Join The
Mousetrap Project yahoo group by sending an e-mail to
TheMousetrapProject-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

My solume promise to you: The Mousetrap Project will bring you fast,
fast relief.

something involving a groundhog...

This year, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address fall
on the same day.

It is an ironic juxtaposition:

one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of
little intelligence for prognostication,

and the other involves a groundhog.

With all that is happening in the world, Fox thinks THIS is important!

I'm surprised this story was on Fox and not on NPR (or locally on KUOW).  It is amazing to me how much of their programming they devote to food.  All that gushing about how one of their regulars hosted Martha Stewart, and what a delightful guest she was.  I wonder if they'd gush over the social grace of celebrity diners like Gary Ridgway or Slobodan Milosevic, too?

I've given up posting to this list or anywhere else about NPR because it's so hopeless. Every day just brings a torrent of cute, frivolous, misleading and just plain bad reporting.  I haven't been able to replace it entirely, but every time I listen, I get fed up and have to shut it off earlier.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Steven McCabe < blue_meanie_9@yahoo.com >
Date: Mar 9, 2006 10:27 PM
Subject: [progressive] With all that is happening in the world, Fox thinks THIS is important!
To: "K. B." < KICKINGBIRD4@yahoo.com >

Fox News Grills Gonzales: "Are You, Sir, A Pie A La Mode Man?"

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has a central role in some very important issues: the domestic spying program, the Patriot Act, and violations by the FBI and DOJ lawyers .

Today, Fox News still found time to question Gonzales on an equally important subject — pies. Watch it:

(Quicktime Video )

Transcript:

E.D. HILL: Ok. And finally, we were talking about this state pies. I don't believe Texas has one. Florida is changing from key lime to pecan pie –

STEVE DOOCY: Yeah, maybe, it's a big debate.

HILL: Now shouldn't Texas lay claim to the pecan pie?

GONZALES: Oh, I'll tell you, I've eaten some great — both key lime pie and pecan pie in Texas.

DOOCY: Are you a – if I can ask you a personal question – are you, sir, a pie a la mode man, do you prefer ice cream on the top or do you prefer whipped cream?

GONZALES: I'm not a whipped cream fan. I like good old blue bell vanilla ice cream from Texas.

HILL: The best. Ok, well, there's an answer — thank you.

DOOCY: Alberto Gonzales, the attorney general of the United States and a confessed pie lover. http://www.thinkprogress.org/

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Matt Bob Says Check it out

Yanni arrested for beating his girlfriend

Maybe she let the "mood candles" burn out.

Kerry to introduce line-item veto bill

I am reeling from this news.  Kerry wants to give Bush MORE power?  What an asshole.

 

Is he supporting articles of impeachment?

 

On 3/6/06, Steven McCabe <blue_meanie_9@yahoo.com> wrote:

Kerry to introduce line-item veto bill

RAW STORY
Published: March 6, 2006

 

   In a statement issued earlier today, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) announced not only his support of President Bush's request for a line-item veto power, but also plans to introduce legislation giving President Bush just such power.

Kerry's plan would have a catch, though: The President's veto would then head to Congress for an up or down vote.

"I'm going to introduce this legislation," Kerry said in a written statement, "Congress should immediately pass it, and I want to see President Bush use this veto pen to get tough on wasteful spending."

Kerry points to $30 billion in spending that is never actually debated in Congress, but was attached to bills that, in their entirety, passed. "Billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on things like research to enhance the flavor of roasted peanuts and the infamous 'bridge to nowhere.' We have the largest deficit in American history, and the guys in charge are acting like teenagers with a new credit card."

Kerry concluded his announcement with a shot at Bush: "Let's hold the President's feet to the fire to make sure that a White House that has never once vetoed anything starts vetoing the incomprehensible waste coming out of this Congress." http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Kerry_to_introduce_lineitem_veto_bill_0306.html

Matt's excellent adventures in cyberspace, pt. 4

Blank says:
hi
Blank says:
FUCK YOU CUNT
Blank says:
WHY DONT YOU LEAVE ME ALONE
Matt Love says:
gosh, I didn't know you felt that way about me. I thought we were friends
Blank says:
so did I matt.....so did I
Matt Love says:
do I get an explanation?
Blank says:
NOT UNTIL YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU DID THIS TO ME
Matt Love says:
did what?
Blank says:
WHY DID YOU CHEAT WITH HER
Matt Love says:
cheat with her? I'm about 8000 miles away.
Blank says:
liar.....
Blank says:
LIAR.....
Matt Love says:
or maybe cheat with who is the question
Blank says:
LIAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Blank says:
maybe you should suck my dick is the question
Matt Love says:
or maybe cheat at what. cards?
Blank says:
dont play funny with me
Matt Love says:
Is this one of those theatre things?
Matt Love says:
role playing?
Matt Love says:
I'm not very good at it.
Matt Love says:
I'm seriously baffled
Blank says:
nah im just some guy who went on your friends acount because he left it on
Blank says:
in this internet cafe
Blank says:
yea
Matt Love says:
oh, fuck, that is hilarious
Blank says:
i know
Blank says:
maybe i should sign him out
Matt Love says:
you are a decent human being if you explained yourself
Blank says:
but hen again
Blank says:
*then
Matt Love says:
I really am in Wenatchee washington, usa
Blank says:
lol
Matt Love says:
I couldn't a cheated. but it was a good try
Blank says:
im inaustralia
Matt Love says:
it mighta worked.
Blank says:
*australia
Matt Love says:
yes, sidney, right?
Matt Love says:
in an internet cafe somewhere?
Blank says:
yea but im just some guy who went on your friends email because he left it on
Matt Love says:
yeah, I understand. It's been nice chatting, but my wife says I have
to go feed the dogs.
Blank says:
ok...
Blank says:
and im only 15
Blank says:
wow
Matt Love says:
I'm 3 times your age plus 4
Matt Love says:
a little math problem for you
Blank says:
well good luck with your dog feeding
Blank says:
hey im advanced for my year
Matt Love says:
oh, they usually take off a finger or 2 but
Matt Love says:
I'll manage
Blank says:
49 wow
Matt Love says:
yep, and still alive to tell the tale
Blank says:
id call you old but that would be rufe
Blank says:
eh
Matt Love says:
that's ok Leslie does all the tiem
Matt Love says:
time
Blank says:
your daughter?
Matt Love says:
no, my buddy who's account you're using
Blank says:
ooooohhhhhh
Matt Love says:
he's actually a guy, despite being named Leslie
Blank says:
ok
Blank says:
well lemme guess you want me to sign out
Matt Love says:
seriously, I gotta run. good prank, maybe next time you can break up a
friendship or something.
Matt Love says:
take care, bye
Blank says:
bye

Spike Lee disses Condoleezza "Great Legs" Rice

everybody seems hung up on that shoe issue. I remember the total absence of jokes and slams on Imelda Marcos when the issue of her shoe thing was gently brought up.

Condoleezza displeaza Spike

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Condoleezza Rice Firebrand director Spike Lee has found an unlikely [yeah!  all black people should love all other black people, just like Colin Powell should love Idi Amin!] new target for his latest spray: the secretary of state. Says Lee: "I dislike Condoleezza Rice more than [President] Bush. The thing about it is that she's gotten a free ride from black people." "People say, 'She's so successful' and 'Look at her position as a black woman.' She is a black woman who grew up in Birmingham, Ala., and said that she never experienced a day of racism in her life," Lee tells the April issue of Stuff magazine. "Condi, stop smoking that crack!" "I know you love your Ferragamo shoes, but come on. While people were drowning in New Orleans, she was going up and down Madison Ave. buying Ferragamo shoes. Then she went to see 'Spamalot.'"

  http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/396582p-336150c.html   P.S.  She also played tennis with Monica Seles, after her shoe shopping spree. http://www.gawker.com/news/condoleezza-rice/breaking-condi-rice-spends-salary-on-shoes-123467.php

Leave us alone, Britney

Hey Britney glad to hear about your marriage. I've been getting your
spam on many, many yahoo lists I'm on, and I've been getting them for
a long time. I always wondered if your frenetic level of e-mail
activity was a result of sexual frustration. Now that you are married,
maybe you will knock it the fuck off.

Will you and your hubby be going to see Christopher Guest's next
movie, For Your Consideration? It's in post-production, and it's
supposed to be released this year... I'll bet it's going to be
absolutely killer.

> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 09:22:53 +0100
> From: "brittney-steele417@justthewayuwant.com" <brittney-steele417@justthewayuwant.com>
> Subject: Looking for your perfect some1? Look no further
>
> Well I just got married! I can't believe it, just last year I was beginning to think i would never meet anyone. I'm 25 already and I thought it was all over. After some recommendations from a buddy I joined up here: http://www.alwaysopenforyou.info/gxpt and after 4 weeks I was already meeting up with a beauty. Well, 14 months later and where still together and married =)
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Votes Against Us in the U.N.

>Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as bad as the > records of the countries named in the message above.

Snopes should stick with Urban Myths, which they do very well. When they get going on political stuff, they show their bias. 

Take the above sentence for example.  They could have said:

Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as principled as the records of the countries named in the message above.

Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as virtuous as the records of the countries named in the message above.

Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as correct as the records of the countries named in the message above.

or simply,

Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as good as the records of the countries named in the message above.

I'm not saying these are better ways of saying it - but they are equally good ways that Snopes would not under any circumstances have

There are some very good reasons why the rest of the world often votes against US (not "us", since the government rarely acts in our interests when it acts in international affairs) - and the US knows this, which is why they insisted on a veto for security council members. A veto it has used far, far more often than other security council members, even at the height of cold war propaganda about Soviet obstructionism.

If you have time and want to explore Snope's bias, check out this page:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/smarter.asp

On 3/3/06, Steven McCabe <blue_meanie_9@yahoo.com> wrote:

United Condemnations
	Claim:   Arab/Islamic states consistently vote against the U.S. in the United Nations. Status:   True. Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 2003] How they vote at the U.N.! Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States which are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations records: Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time. Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time. Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time. United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time. Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time. Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time. Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time. Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time. Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time. Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time. Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time. Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time. Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time. Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time. Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time. India votes against the United States 81% of the time. Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time. Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time. US Foreign Aid to those that hate us: Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United States, still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid. Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000 annually in US Foreign Aid. Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000 annually in US Foreign Aid. India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000 annually Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back to the American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the taxes. Pass it along. Everyone needs to know this. Might even mention it to your congressman, who knows this anyway... what a disgrace... no wonder the world has no respect for us. Origins:   This is one of those items that seems simple enough to verify at first blush, but proves quite difficult in practice. First of all, we have to consider what our parameters are: Are we measuring the voting records of the named countries across the entire six-decade history of the United Nations, or only from some subset of that period? Which votes are we counting — just those of the General Assembly, or also those of the Main Committees and the Security Council? Even deciding that we're only going to consider the postions various countries took on resolutions presented to the General Assembly during a specified time period still makes compiling an accurate tally difficult, because: The majority of General Assembly resolutions are adopted without a vote. Unless a recorded vote is specifically requested before a resolution is voted upon, the U.N. makes available a voting summary which provides only a tally of the final vote, not a listing of how individual Member States voted. Once we narrow our focus to resolutions submitted to a recorded vote, we still have some thorny issues to consider: Nearly every resolution ends up with some Member States either abstaining or failing to vote on it. When countries abstain from voting on a resolution which the U.S. either supports or opposes, are those countries to be regarded as voting against the U.S. (because they failed to support its vote), or are they to be considered as neutral parties neither for nor against the U.S.? Quite often U.N. votes address the issue of whether a single paragraph (or even just a few words) in the draft of a resolution should be changed or omitted. When the U.S. otherwise supports a resolution but seeks to change some of its wording, are other countries to be regarded as voting against the U.S. if they do not also vote in favor of the alterations? Since we had to start somewhere, we tallied the recorded votes for all resolutions put before the General Assembly so far during the current session, running from October 2003 to mid-April 2004. We counted all votes, whether they involved adopting resolutions as a whole or making alterations to draft resolutions. When countries abstained or otherwise failed to vote, we counted them as voting neither for nor against the U.S. Likewise, when the U.S. abstained from voting on resolutions, we did not include other countries' votes on those resolutions in our totals. The results of this tally were even worse (from a U.S. perspective) than the message quoted above indicates, with the countries named voting contrary to the U.S. position on U.N. resolutions an aggregate 88% of the time. (Even though India is neither Arab nor particularly Islamic, we included it in our chart because the widely-circulated e-mailed list did.) Country Times Voted With U.S . Times Voted Against U.S. % of Votes Against U.S. Kuwait 10 61 86% Qatar 9 64 88% Morocco 8 62 89% United Arab Emirates 8 61 88% Jordan 9 64 88% Tunisia 8 63 89% Saudi Arabia 7 62 90% Yemen 9 64 88% Algeria 9 63 88% Oman 9 63 88% Sudan 10 60 86% Pakistan 9 59 87% Libya 8 63 89% Egypt 10 63 86% Lebanon 7 62 90% India 14 52 79% Syria 7 59 89% Mauritania 7 63 90% However, we also surveyed the U.N. voting records of several countries generally considered to be close allies of the U.S., and those results were none too impressive either. Only Israel consistently voted with the U.S.: Country Times Voted With U.S. Times Voted Against U.S. % of Votes Against U.S. Australia 33 26 44% Canada 31 32 51% Israel 56 7 11% Japan 26 36 58% United Kingdom 40 27 40% France 36 31 46% How much significance one should place in these figures is problematic, because most other U.N. Member States have records of voting against the U.S. that are equally as bad as the records of the countries named in the message above. U.N. votes on resolutions are frequently lopsided, pitting a single nation or a handful of nations against all the others, and more often than not the U.S. is the one nation at odds with the rest of the world. Of the 83 resolutions we surveyed for our informal tally, in ten cases the U.S. was the only Member State to vote against them, and in five cases only one other nation joined the U.S. in voting against them. In fact, in over half the total cases (42 out of 83), the U.S. was supported by five or fewer Member States in voting against a U.N. resolution. So it isn't just the Arab/Islamic states who consistently vote against the U.S. in the United Nations — pretty much the rest of the world does, too. Last updated:   6 May 2004

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/unvote.asp

Vitiate in these musics

Luciana writes, Google translates:

Thursday, March 02, 2006 Vão in jukebox of the Fonal Records
(www.fonal.com) and say me that language is this. Extraterrestre? I
only know that I love and that I tô vitiated in these musics.

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Matt sez, in desperate need of translation:

It's Finnish, which is a dialect of Extraterrestre.

I've actually told her it's Finnish (I once met somebody who was
taking Beginning Finnish, I asked her if that was not an oxymoron.
NO, SHE DID NOT GET IT.) but it's still hard to know how much she
understands, especially when I like wordplay and puns so much.

Word.

ps. she's right about the music, it's good listening.

They know their stuff....

They know their Jandek fans, don't they? (read the "Visitors
interested in Jandek Lyrics may also interested in..." part)

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Nancy-Sings-lyrics-Jandek/A6498BBF5E7E31F8482570980005A9AC

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A dozen drops fall from your face
Shaking the rain in a quiet place
Shining clean a fresh new day
Wakes up the world in a fragrant bouquet
Listen to the sound of a constant fall
Skies give water for life of all
If you reach into the air
Rain will come to kiss your hair
Listen to the sound of a constant fall
Skies give water for life of all
If you reach into the air
Rain will come to kiss your hair

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[CanYoAssDigIt]D’oh! More know Simpsons than Constitution

People aren't being stupid, they just have good reality contact.  Ever since Homer Simpson was elected, First Amendment rights have been being eliminated one by one. By the time Barney takes office, they'll all be gone.

D'oh! More know Simpsons than Constitution

Study: America more familiar with cartoon family than First Amendment

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11611015/

	Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms in the First Amendment, but more than half can name at least two family members of "The Simpsons" (from left, Lisa, Marge, Maggie, Homer and Bart).  View related photos
Fox via AP file

Updated: 1:22 a.m. ET March 1, 2006

CHICAGO - Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment.

Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.

But more than half can name at least two members of the cartoon family, according to a survey.

The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just one in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms.

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Live vote: Can you name the five freedoms?

Joe Madeira, director of exhibitions at the museum, said he was surprised by the results.

"Part of the survey really shows there are misconceptions, and part of our mission is to clear up these misconceptions," said Madeira, whose museum will be dedicated to helping visitors understand the First Amendment when it opens in April. "It means we have our job cut out for us."

The survey found more people could name the three "American Idol" judges than identify three First Amendment rights. They were also more likely to remember popular advertising slogans.

It also showed that people misidentified First Amendment rights. About one in five people thought the right to own a pet was protected, and 38 percent said they believed the right against self-incrimination contained in the Fifth Amendment was a First Amendment right, the survey found.

The telephone survey of 1,000 adults was conducted Jan. 20-22 by the research firm Synovate and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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Editor's note: The five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment are freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.

 

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[CanYoAssDigIt] bizarro news: 66% have reality contact

This is indeed bizarro news. Since he's doing the same shitty job as
he's always done, I'd expect him to be getting 90% approval ratings as
before.

In a reasonable society, he'd be getting 1 or 2% approval - among the
severely retarded and the criminally insane. Since there's little
evidence that this is turning into a reasonable society, I find it
perplexing that a large majority of people have developed some reality
contact.

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Bush Approval Rating on Iraq, Presidency At All-Time Low In other
news, a new CBS News poll has found the number of Americans who
approve of President Bush's overall job performance and his handling
of the Iraq war has fallen to an all-time low. 34 percent of Americans
give the President a favorable job approval rating, while even less --
30 percent -- approve of the President's handling of the Iraq war.
Meanwhile, less than a third of Americans believe President Bush has
adequately responded to the needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina.

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[CanYoAssDigIt] The Cartoons that Shook the World

Unique among religions, the Mystic Knights of the Easter Bunny welcome ridicule of our faith and our deity.  In fact, it is one of the central tenets of our belief.

So if you want to make fun of the Easter Bunny - the Grand Ayatollah Gleaming Skull sez "bring it on!"

Larry Sakin

The Cartoons that Shook the World
23 February 2006

When I first read about the Islamic response to a Danish newspapers' publishing of cartoons depicting Mohammed, I remembered the worldwide reaction Sinead O'Connor received when she ripped up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live. I also thought of the reactions of Christians to Martin Scorsese's "Last Temptation of Christ."

All religious people react irrationally when a symbol of their belief is somehow denigrated. Religion is deeply ingrained upon the emotions of individuals and they often act emotionally when their beliefs are challenged. And because religion can be felt on such a deep level, it sometimes becomes a good breeding ground for fanatics.

 

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[CanYoAssDigIt] Good News for Modern Matt

GOOD NEWS from BBC News: Masturbation 'cuts cancer risk'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/3072021.stm

Men could
reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular
masturbation, researchers suggest. They say cancer-causing chemicals
could build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly. And
they say sexual intercourse may not have the same protective effect
because of the possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted
infection, which could increase men's cancer risk. Australian
researchers questioned over 1,000 men who had developed prostate
cancer and 1,250 who had not about their sexual habits. They found
those who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were
the least likely to develop the cancer. The protective effect was
greatest while the men were in their 20s. Men who ejaculated more
than five times a week were a third less likely to develop prostate
cancer later in life. FLUID Previous research has suggested that a
high number of sexual partners or a high level of sexual activity
increased a man's risk of developing prostate cancer by up to 40%.
But the Australian researchers who carried out this study suggest the
early work missed the protective effect of ejaculation because it
focused on sexual intercourse, with its associated risk of STIs.
Graham Giles, of the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, who led
the research team, told New Scientist: "Had we been able to remove
ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have
been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations." The
researchers suggest that ejaculating may prevent carcinogens
accumulating in the prostate gland. The prostate provides a fluid
into semen during ejaculation that activates sperm and prevents them
sticking together. The fluid has high concentrations of substances
including potassium, zinc, fructose and citric acid, which are drawn
from the bloodstream. But animal studies have shown carcinogens such
as 3-methylchloranthrene, found in cigarette smoke, are also
concentrated in the prostate. 'Flushing out' Dr Giles said fewer
ejaculations may mean the carcinogens build up. "It's a prostatic
stagnation hypothesis. The more you flush the ducts out, the less
there is to hang around and damage the cells that line them." A
similar connection has been found between breast cancer and
breastfeeding, where lactating appeared to "flush out" carcinogens,
reduce a woman's risk of the disease, New Scientist reports. Another
theory put forward by the researchers is that ejaculation may induce
prostate glands to mature fully, making them less susceptible to
carcinogens. Dr Chris Hiley, head of policy and research at the UK's
Prostate Cancer Charity, told BBC News Online: "This is a plausible
theory." She added: "In the same way the human papillomavirus has
been linked to cervical cancer, there is a suggestion that bits of
prostate cancer may be related to a sexually transmitted infection
earlier in life." Anthony Smith, deputy director of the Australian
Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University in
Melbourne, said the research could affect the kind of lifestyle
advice doctors give to patients. "Masturbation is part of people's
sexual repertoire. "If these findings hold up, then it's perfectly
reasonable that men should be encouraged to masturbate," he said.
"This is a plausible theory," said Dr Chris Hiley, Prostate Cancer
Charity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/3072021.stm

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