Saturday
Dec252010
Christmas 2.0 - The Digital Story of Nativity
Video - The birth of Christ thru social media
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Not that it should matter to anyone, but I was raised in the Greek Orthodox church and have been an atheist since since my undergraduate days. I respect the right of every individual to make his/her own decisions about faith and I honor those decisions. We are all free to make whatever choices serve our lives best, and that alone is worthy of celebration. Freedom of religion should remain sacrosanct.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704278404576038731986932752.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_world
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Washington • The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 special licenses to American companies over the past decade so they could sell some types of products in Iran and other countries the U.S. considers terrorist sponsors, The New York Times reported Thursday.
If you are nice to Obama, he will give you special favors in pay to play Obama Administration.
American companies that have used the "agricultural humanitarian" exception to do business in Iran for the last ten years include Kraft Foods, Pepsi, Bank of America, Citigroup, American Pulp & Paper Corp. and Hercules USA Inc. Products sold to the blacklisted countries under the loophole in the law include cigarettes, popcorn, chewing gum, Louisiana hot sauce and body-building supplements, In one case, an American company bid on a pipeline project with permission of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to help Iran sell natural gas to Europe.
I think the banks were classified as salad greens, and the body-building supplements as nutritional supplements.
Congress approved the humanitarian exception in 2000 that exempts agricultural and medical supplies from the sanctions. The Treasury Department, under pressure from industry lobbyists, interpreted the law more broadly than Congress intended.
Who was controlling Congress in 2000 anyway?
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/cuba/title_ix.html
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_16932455
Any product you want to sell to a blacklisted country is just one campaign contribution away from reality...
We have been doing this at least since WWII, Hitler even gave Ford a medal, yet Senator Prescott Bush was convicted of aiding the enemy.
Both parties are proudly responsible Thanks for Nothing.
Does Santa let you go on election day?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sghwe4TYY18
Good that you checked Wiki, it was like an Obama learnin' moment from me to you.
What about those concerns when he goes golfing? God help us.