Thursday, September 09, 2004
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
BBC NEWS | Business | BBC in talks on Worldwide future
The impending charter renewal seems to be making the BBC explore avenues which it shouldn't have to.
I can't see what benefit there is to the license payer if the BBC's commercial arm is sold off. surely it will just benefit greedy multinational conglomerates who will get their hands on the BBC's cultural archive and benefit hugely from it
I can't see what benefit there is to the license payer if the BBC's commercial arm is sold off. surely it will just benefit greedy multinational conglomerates who will get their hands on the BBC's cultural archive and benefit hugely from it
Thursday, September 02, 2004
No 10's silent support for Kerry
From the Guardian: Leader of the Commons, Peter Hain, has been in the US apparently offering No 10's silent support of John Kerry's campaign.
Webjay - Playlist Community
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The delightful Bush twins inject surreal humour into the Republican Convention
From Eschaton: Comment about the Bush twins bizarre speech at the convention
BARBARA BUSH: Jenna and I are really not very political, but we love our dad too
much to stand back and watch from the sidelines.
We realized that this would be his last campaign, and we wanted to be a part of it.
Besides, since we've graduated from college, we're looking around for something to do for the next few years.
Kind of like dad.
AMERICAblog: Because a great nation deserves the truth
Loads of outrage in America about Dick cheney's daughter not being on stage during the Republican Convention.
Plus hideously odious comments about gay people - hearit at the link above.
Some of the juicier bits:
And this is the entire transcript of the interview:
Signorile
“I am speaking with Alan Keyes, and you’ve come to the Republican convention to support President Bush I presume”
Keyes
“Oh certainly, I think that President Bush needs to be reelected for the sake of this countries security, he has provided that kind of leadership that we are going to have to have if we are going to confront and defeat the challenge of terrorism that has already claimed so many American lives”
Signorile
“What did you think of Vice President Cheney last week coming out and saying he doesn’t agree with the President on the federal marriage amendment, seems to be a break with the party, do you think he is sending a mixed signal?”
Keyes
“I don’t know, I think he is entitled to his personal convictions, but I think that the party’s position is the correct one. We have to stand in defense of the traditional marriage institution in order to preserve its basis in procreation and make sure that we retain an understanding of family life that is rooted in the tradition of procreation, of child bearing and child rearing now in the essence of family life.”
Signorile
“Now, Vice President Cheney, of course, has a daughter. She is gay. He used the word gay. He says he has a gay daughter, he seems very proud of his gay daughter. It seems like real family values and certainly seems like preserving the American family. Is his family un-American?”
Keyes
“No, the point of the matter is that marriage as an institution involves procreation. It is in principle impossible for homosexuals to procreate, therefore they cannot marry. It is a simple logical syllogism and one can wish all one might, but pigs don’t fly and we can’t change the course of nature.”
Signorile
“One can wish that Bob and Liddy Dole would have a child but that’s just impossible.”
Keyes
“Pigs can’t fly. That is incidental and point of fact Bob and Liddy Dole can have children. They incidentally face problems that prevent them from doing so. In principle…”
Signorile
“Don’t homosexuals incidentally face problems too?”
Keyes
“No, you don’t understand the difference between incident and essence. Homosexuals are essentially incapable of procreation. They cannot mate. They are not made to do so. Therefore the idea of marriage for two such individuals is an absurdity”
Signorile
“But one or the other in the couple can procreate?”
Keyes
“No the men can donate their sperm, the women can have babies. The definition of understanding of marriage is that two become one flesh. In the child, the two transcend their persons and unite together to become a new individual. That can only be done through procreation and conception.”
Signorile
“But what about a heterosexual couple who cannot bear children and then adopt. They are not becoming one as flesh, they are taking someone else’s flesh.”
Keyes
“They are adopting the paradigm of family life. But the essence of that family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it is possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism. This is unacceptable.”
Signorile
“So Mary Cheney is a selfish hedonist, is that it?”
Keyes
“Of course she is. That goes by definition. Of course she is.”
Signorile
“I don’t think Dick Cheney would like to hear that about his daughter.”
Keyes
“He may or may not like to hear the truth, but it can be spoken.”
Signorile
“Do you really believe that Mary Cheney…”
Keyes
“By definition. A homosexual engages in the exchange of mutual pleasure. I actually object to the notion that we call it sexual relations because it is nothing of the kind.”
Signorile
“What is it?”
Keyes
“It is the mutual pursuit of pleasure through the stimulation of the organs intended for procreation, but it has nothing to do with sexuality because they are of the same sex. And with respect to them, the sexual difference does not exist there, and therefore are not having sexual relations.
Signorile
“Mr. Keyes, then how can you support President Bush then, because if something were to happen to him the President would be Dick Cheney, who has a daughter who you say is a hedonist, and a selfish hedonist, and the President would be supporting that at that point?”
Keyes
“It seems to me that we are supporting a ticket that is committed to the kinds of things that are necessary to defend this country and we are all united in that support in spite of what might be differences on issues here and there.”
Signorile
“Thank you for speaking with us.”
Plus hideously odious comments about gay people - hearit at the link above.
Some of the juicier bits:
Signorile
“I am speaking with Alan Keyes, and you’ve come to the Republican convention to support President Bush I presume”
Keyes
“Oh certainly, I think that President Bush needs to be reelected for the sake of this countries security, he has provided that kind of leadership that we are going to have to have if we are going to confront and defeat the challenge of terrorism that has already claimed so many American lives”
Signorile
“What did you think of Vice President Cheney last week coming out and saying he doesn’t agree with the President on the federal marriage amendment, seems to be a break with the party, do you think he is sending a mixed signal?”
Keyes
“I don’t know, I think he is entitled to his personal convictions, but I think that the party’s position is the correct one. We have to stand in defense of the traditional marriage institution in order to preserve its basis in procreation and make sure that we retain an understanding of family life that is rooted in the tradition of procreation, of child bearing and child rearing now in the essence of family life.”
Signorile
“Now, Vice President Cheney, of course, has a daughter. She is gay. He used the word gay. He says he has a gay daughter, he seems very proud of his gay daughter. It seems like real family values and certainly seems like preserving the American family. Is his family un-American?”
Keyes
“No, the point of the matter is that marriage as an institution involves procreation. It is in principle impossible for homosexuals to procreate, therefore they cannot marry. It is a simple logical syllogism and one can wish all one might, but pigs don’t fly and we can’t change the course of nature.”
Signorile
“One can wish that Bob and Liddy Dole would have a child but that’s just impossible.”
Keyes
“Pigs can’t fly. That is incidental and point of fact Bob and Liddy Dole can have children. They incidentally face problems that prevent them from doing so. In principle…”
Signorile
“Don’t homosexuals incidentally face problems too?”
Keyes
“No, you don’t understand the difference between incident and essence. Homosexuals are essentially incapable of procreation. They cannot mate. They are not made to do so. Therefore the idea of marriage for two such individuals is an absurdity”
Signorile
“But one or the other in the couple can procreate?”
Keyes
“No the men can donate their sperm, the women can have babies. The definition of understanding of marriage is that two become one flesh. In the child, the two transcend their persons and unite together to become a new individual. That can only be done through procreation and conception.”
Signorile
“But what about a heterosexual couple who cannot bear children and then adopt. They are not becoming one as flesh, they are taking someone else’s flesh.”
Keyes
“They are adopting the paradigm of family life. But the essence of that family life remains procreation. If we embrace homosexuality as a proper basis for marriage, we are saying that it is possible to have a marriage state that in principle excludes procreation and is based simply on the premise of selfish hedonism. This is unacceptable.”
Signorile
“So Mary Cheney is a selfish hedonist, is that it?”
Keyes
“Of course she is. That goes by definition. Of course she is.”
Signorile
“I don’t think Dick Cheney would like to hear that about his daughter.”
Keyes
“He may or may not like to hear the truth, but it can be spoken.”
Signorile
“Do you really believe that Mary Cheney…”
Keyes
“By definition. A homosexual engages in the exchange of mutual pleasure. I actually object to the notion that we call it sexual relations because it is nothing of the kind.”
Signorile
“What is it?”
Keyes
“It is the mutual pursuit of pleasure through the stimulation of the organs intended for procreation, but it has nothing to do with sexuality because they are of the same sex. And with respect to them, the sexual difference does not exist there, and therefore are not having sexual relations.
Signorile
“Mr. Keyes, then how can you support President Bush then, because if something were to happen to him the President would be Dick Cheney, who has a daughter who you say is a hedonist, and a selfish hedonist, and the President would be supporting that at that point?”
Keyes
“It seems to me that we are supporting a ticket that is committed to the kinds of things that are necessary to defend this country and we are all united in that support in spite of what might be differences on issues here and there.”
Signorile
“Thank you for speaking with us.”
Wednesday, September 01, 2004
ImpeachBlair.org - Home
Can't quite decide if this is meant to be a joke or not.
If it's true then it would seem there is a growing tide of calls for Tony Blair's impeachment
If it's true then it would seem there is a growing tide of calls for Tony Blair's impeachment
Page 3 - Model Propaganda: The Sun, The Girls, The Truth
Bloggerheads takes a long hard look at Page three of the SCUM and doesn't like what it sees
Nor do I, for that matter I would like to see News International go out of business and Rupert Murdoch vilified and humiliated
I've never heard it put more succinctly than by the late great Dennis Potter shortly before his heath
Nor do I, for that matter I would like to see News International go out of business and Rupert Murdoch vilified and humiliated
I've never heard it put more succinctly than by the late great Dennis Potter shortly before his heath
"I call my cancer Rupert," he told Bragg. "Because that man Murdoch is the one who, if I had the time (I've got too much writing to do)... I would shoot the bugger if I could.
"There is no one person more responsible for the pollution of what was already a fairly polluted press."
The I Ching on the Net
Over the years I have found the I ching incredibly useful for getting an alternative perspective on situations in life.
Here is a page with masses of links to I Ching resources on the web
Here is a page with masses of links to I Ching resources on the web
Philip K dick - madman or genius??
Was Philip K Dick a literary genius or just a paranoid drug-crazed hack? You decide
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