| Limiting Free Speech (3): Hate Speech | | 2008-07-23 08:21:29 | | (source)
Hate speech (or antilocution, or fighting words) is speech that incites other people to hate a certain group in society defined by common characteristics (race, gender, religion etc.). It usually also incites to commit violence and discrimination based on hatred.
The most famous case is that of the Danish Muhammad cartoons. These cartoons led to worldwide [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
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| Limiting Free Speech (2): Holocaust Denial | | 2008-07-22 08:30:09 | | (source)
In the introductory post of this series, I summarized the dangers of limiting free speech while at the same time granting that such limits are necessary in some cases. One case is Holocaust denial, or Holocaust revisionism as it is referred to by its supporters.
What is Holocaust denial?
Holocaust deniers only rarely claim that the Holocaust [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
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| Limiting Free Speech (1): Introduction | | 2008-07-22 04:21:07 | | (source)
I’m a strong defender of human rights in general and of free speech in particular. But I’m also convinced that the system of human rights is not a harmonious whole and that some rights can conflict; some rights may harm other rights, in which case one right has to be limited for the sake of [...] | | By: PAP Blog | | |
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| She drove a hundred miles so my speech gave them smiles! | | 2008-07-20 07:16:57 | | Sturminster Newton Women's Institute
My first talk this month was on the Power of Humour in Everyday Life and my audience was the WI in the ancient north Dorset town of Sturminster Newton. Trying to get there and back in the evening from Bournemouth by public transport would have been pretty much impossible so I travelled by train to Poole and was met by their Speaker Secretary Heather Johnson.
Heather comes from Cheshire and when I mentioned my speaking hero Blaster Bates, she told me that when she was the Deputy Head of a large school there, Blaster had given talks to the pupils - and had managed to censor his usual, earthy style to accommodate his impressionable audience!
Stuminster Newton WI meet in the Exchange, an attractive new £2.6 million multi-purpose venue built on the site of what was once one of the largest livestock markets in Britain. The meeting was in the Chivrick room which faces out into the street and it's always interesting when | | By: Nick R Thomas - A Public Speaker's Blog | | |
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| touching speech | | 2008-07-17 12:34:16 | | There were eleven people hanging onto a rope that came down from a plane. Tenwere blonde, and one was a brunette. They all decided that one person should getoff because if they didn’t, then the rope would break and everyone would die. Noone could decide who should go, so finally the brunette said, "I'll get off."After a really touching speech from the brunette saying she would get off, allof the blondes started Clapping.
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| Obama Gives National Security and Iraq Speech | | 2008-07-16 11:16:00 | | On Tuesday, Barack Obama gave an important speech on national security and the war in Iraq. Tuesday’s speech called for two more troop brigades to be sent to Afghanistan. John McCain was forced to follow suit Tuesday afternoon as Obama led the way on national security. Obama said on Tuesday, “imagine, for a moment, what we could have done in those days, and months, and years after 9/11. “We could have deployed the full force of American power to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and all of the terrorists responsible for 9/11, while supporting real security in Afghanistan,” Obama added. Obama went on to say, “we could have secured loose nuclear materials around the world, and updated a 20th century non-proliferation framework to meet the challenges of the 21st. Instead, we have lost thousands of American lives, spent nearly a trillion dollars, alienated allies and neglected emerging threats - all in the cause of fighting a war for w | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Steve Jobs Stanford Speech | | 2008-07-11 21:07:24 | | The first time I saw Steve Jobs Stanford commencement speech was through iTunes U when this Apple education service was just launched a few months back. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and others, that people can enjoy on their iPod,...
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| No Freedom of Speech Online | | 2008-07-07 09:57:57 | | Many online communities are erasing some of what you type and say. Remember the internet isn’t public.
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| Singers - Control Your Speech Habit | | 2008-06-24 00:00:00 | | Ordinary people along with celebrities have one thing in common in order for them to be successful in life - their voices. The voice allows a person to express their thoughts and emotions to send across the message to people in society.
Research shows that there are more than five million people who suffer problems [...] | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| President Bush's Olympic Speech | | 2008-06-23 14:53:34 | | President Bush is rehearsing his speech for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He begins his remarks with "Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! Ooo!" Immediately his speech writer rushes over and whispers in the President's ear: "Mr. President, those are the Olympic rings. Your speech is underneath..." From http://funmeme.com
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| Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations | | 2008-06-19 22:00:30 | | The United Nations' Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has no problem with suggesting that the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job" perpetrated by the United States on itself. The human rights of America's 9/11 victims are not a priority for UNHRC's Richard Falk, the special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, who engages in 9/11 conspiracy propaganda, while working for an organization headquartered in New York City funded by U.S. tax dollars. This is Richard Falk's protected freedom...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Is Larry Sinclair’s Appearance at the NPC Free Speech? | | 2008-06-12 18:22:15 | | IF HE WERE EXPOSING A REPUBLICAN...?If Larry SInclair was in the process of exposing John McCain would The Daily Kos, Fire Dog Lake and the usual Soros smear machine be complaining and trying to prevent him from speaking? Or, would they be hosting the event?The usual minions of the left are suddenly circling around the interesting character of Larry Sinclair once again. On the 18th, Sinclair is going to be making an appearance at the National Press Club. If he is simply a “troll” why not just ignore him and let him fade back into the woodwork? ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Hillary’s Concession Speech | | 2008-06-07 15:06:53 | | Worth the watch. She hit all the right notes in her last speech as a presidential candidate. Click part 1.
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| Hillary delivers amazing speech, changes Web site already | | 2008-06-07 12:49:00 | | The Hillary Clinton who delivered a speech just moments ago was incredible. In fact, as they're already saying on TV, had she been as graceful and classy as she was today in ending her campaign, and in endorsing Barack Obama, at other times during her campaign, perhaps things may have turned out differently for her. At any rate, more on that later. For now, check out this photo of her Web site, where she's already encouraging a transition to help Obama's campaign. | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| Change - Barrack Obama’s Victory Speech | | 2008-06-04 12:11:22 | | It took a long while coming, but it finally happened. Barrack Obama is the Democratic Party’s nominee for president.
Whatever happens in the coming U.S. elections, Obama’s inspiring nomination victory speech from St. Paul, Minnesota, will not be soon forgotten by this generation.
A snip from his speech:
The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the | | By: JazJaz | | |
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| Nasrallah's speech: Hezbollah Ruled, the West was Fooled | | 2008-06-02 19:13:32 | | In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's strategic communication machine (as our Western jargon likes to describe it) to frame the outcome of the battle for Lebanon, significantly lost by the United States, the West and the forces of Democracies in the region. The main issue at hand in the Iranian funded war room is not about convincing the international...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Nasrallah's speech: The Explosive Bottom Line | | 2008-05-30 17:09:14 | | Here is a summary of the main points made by Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah this week in Beirut, after the invasion of (mostly Sunni) West Beirut, the attack against (mostly Druze) southern Mount Lebanon and after the declaration of Doha and the election of a new President for Lebanon. Nasrallah delivered his "victory speech" last Monday, outlining the new agenda of the Iranian funded organization in Lebanon. My full analysis will be published Monday. Following are twelve...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Open Source Speech Recognition Engines | | 2008-05-21 08:21:00 | | The Sphinx Group at Carnegie Mellon University is committed to releasing the long-time, DARPA-funded Sphinx projects widely, in order to stimulate the creation of speech-using tools and applications, and to advance the state of the art both directly in speech recognition, as well as in related areas including dialog systems and speech synthesis.
The CMU Sphinx project released a set of
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| Bloggers Unite: Human Rights includes Free Speech | | 2008-05-18 08:41:33 | | BLOGGERS UNITE is an initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference. Today e-mail allows groups to grow from a dozen friends to a hundred hobbyists to a huge, national organization. Meanwhile, blogging is transforming journalism, and websites like Wikipedia and the Internet Archive are part of a new Library of Alexandria being built online.In countless ways, the Internet is radically enhancing our access to information and empowering us to share ideas with the entire world. Free speech thrives online, freed of limitations inherent in other media and created by traditional gatekeepers.Preserving the Internet's open architecture is critical to sustaining free speech. But this technological capacity means little without sufficient legal protections. If laws can censor yo | | By: Tails of Terror from the Black Lagoon! | | |
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| Joe Biden Calls President Bush’s Speech to Israel Bullshit | | 2008-05-15 20:37:10 | | Today President Bush spoke to Israel at the Knesset, and said the following:
“some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.”
“We have heard this foolish delusion before,” Bush said. “As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| The President's Historic Speech to the Knesset | | 2008-05-15 19:14:56 | | WHY WE ARE GOING TO MISS THIS MAN!"2:55 P.M. (Local) THE PRESIDENT: President Peres and Mr. Prime Minister, Madam Speaker, thank very much for hosting this special session. President Beinish, Leader of the Opposition Netanyahu, Ministers, members of the Knesset, distinguished guests: Shalom. Laura and I are thrilled to be back in Israel. We have been deeply moved by the celebrations of the past two days. And this afternoon, I am honored to stand before one of the world's great democratic assemblies and convey the wishes of the American people with these words: Yom Ha'atzmaut Sameach. (Applause.)It ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Afghan teacher killed after speech condemning suicide bombings | | 2008-05-14 12:49:00 | | IHT - Abdul Hadi criticized such attacks as un-Islamic and un-Afghan during a speech Tuesday in the Archi district of Kunduz province, said Khair Mohammad Subat, the provincial education department director.Hadi spoke at a gathering of about 700 people, including the Kunduz governor, and was on his way home when he was killedIn January, Education Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said the number of students and teachers killed in Taliban attacks spiked in the past year in a campaign to close schools and force teenage boys to join the Islamic militia. According to UNICEF, there were 236 school-related attacks last year.In central Logar province, meanwhile, education department director Kamaluddin Zadran said three girls schools have been set ablaze in the past three weeks. | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Charlie Chaplin's Greatest Speech | | 2008-05-04 03:12:25 | | ' Most people remember Charlie Chaplin for his silent comedic films, but Chaplin was much more than just a genius with his non-verbal communication. He was a master at vocal communication as well, and this can be seen from his speech in the movie "The Great Dictator".This speech was choosen as the best movie speech according to List Universe.Charlie Chaplin’s Speech in "The Great Dictator" When I saw this speech, I was awestruck…. Charlie Chaplin, famous for his comedic monologs, actually pulled off one of the most powerful speeches of all time.Whats more, he achieved it without the use of gestures with his arms. What he did employ, however, was the use of the powerful facial expression.His voice is firm and dramatic, with the proper emphasis when it is needed. Chaplin changes speed smoothly and easily, and this helps to highlight the points that he is trying to make.For example, he suddenly slows down and extends the word “Greed…” (1.42) for emphasis. His voice, rich with co | | By: Better Interpersonal Communication | | |
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| Investigative Project Releases Gov't Memos Curtailing Speech in War on Terror | | 2008-05-02 12:07:39 | | The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing to identify the "influential Muslim Americans" and "leading U.S.-based scholars and commentators on Islam" who met with Secretary Michael Chertoff in helping shape a softer approach to government lexicon about terrorists and their ideological motivations. "Our policy is we don't comment on the Secretary's private schedule," spokeswoman Amy Kudwa told the IPT. Nor would she identify any of the participants' organizational affiliation. DHS and the...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Free Speech For Chaplains: Executive Order Needed | | 2008-04-29 11:52:00 | | So, for about the last four years or so, Military Chaplains have been taking heat over invoking the name Jesus in their prayers. Slowly at first. But now becoming commonplace. About a year and a half ago, it was supposed that this issue was being dealt with. Apparently, it didn't happen after all.I delved into this issue a bit earlier on, back in October 2007. You can skim through that article HERE whilst also addressing a similar but separate topic; http://hoopyfrooddude.blogspot.com/2007/10/freedom-of-speech-not-for-military.htmlNow, spearheading a campaign to preserve the First Amendment, in the form of free speech for military chaplains, the ACLJ along with Congressman Walter Jones of North Carolina are calling for an Executive Order from the President. A petition is being circulated to allow and protect a military chaplains right to pray as their faith dictates.HERE is the ACLJ page regarding this issue; http://www.aclj.org/TrialNotebook/Read.aspx?id=612Whatever an individual thin | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
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| Toastmasters International District 80 Area L1 International Speech and Table Topics Contest | | 2008-04-18 00:37:28 | | 12 April 2008 (Saturday)2pmKg Chai Chee Community CentreAfter joining Kg Chai Chee CC Toastmasters Club for 2 months, this event was the first Toastmasters contest that I attended, and participated as a contestant. The event was graced by the CCC Chairman of Kg Chai Chee CC.I realised that I was the youngest contestant and the youngest person in the whole hall. The contestants balloted for their order of appearance and took a seat as the event commenced.I was the first speaker for the English Speech category. My turn to speak was immediately after the refreshments, so I refrained from taking any food during the short break while taking deep breaths and wiping off my sweaty palms. I received my greatest encouragement from my Mother who came to support me, as well as a good-luck SMS from Bao Hui.I spoke on "Gratitude". Silent Gratitude means no Gratitude at all. My speech took me 6 minutes. Emotions kicked in while I was sharing my personal anecdotes and I thought that affected my perfo | | By: My Encounters, My Life | | |
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| Freedom and Speech | | 2008-04-11 23:32:05 | | I’ve been following the controversial regarding the case of “Freedom of Speech” and found it really interesting yet something vital is missing. Well, the concept can be summarised into the following statement: “No one should be persecuted for his/her opinion regarding whatever as we are free to criticise and offend others.”
Okay! What about defining “freedom” [...] | | By: Hicham Maged's blog | | |
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| Murtha Denies Obama Credit for Iraq Speech, Praises Reagan Administration | | 2008-04-04 00:51:26 | | The man who was made famous by his post invasion opposition to the war in Iraq is brushing off Obama’s pre-invasion anti-war stance. John Murtha (D-Pennsylvania) became popular after he spoke out against the war after he was given the gift of hindsight. "Obama had a nice view from the outside. It is easy when you are outside to make a statement like that. When you are inside, you have a responsibility to try and work this thing out. I don't know that [his speech] had an impact. I didn't even know about the speech. A lot of people said a lot of things," Murtha said. Murtha has endorsed Senator Clinton which came as a surprise to many. There were many pundits and experts that thought Obama’s stance on the war before the invasion would be a big factor in deciding who to endorse. Based on Murtha’s statement about Obama’s speech he is trying to shoulder off his responsibility for his vote by saying inside the beltway politicians had more reasons to go into Iraq. | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Really funny jokes-Captain's Speech | | 2008-04-02 12:44:00 | | "This is Captain Sinclair speaking on behalf of my crew. I'd like to welcome you aboard flight 602 from New York to London . We are currently flying at a height of 35,000 feet midway across the Atlantic. If you look out of the windows on the starboard side of the aircraft, you will observe that both the starboard engines are on fire. If you look out of the windows on the port side, you will observe that the port wing has fallen off. If you look down towards the Atlantic Ocean , you will see a little yellow life raft with three people in it waving at you. That's me your captain, the co-pilot, and one of the air stewardesses" | | By: Really funny jokes | | |
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| Text to Speech | | 2008-04-01 12:31:00 | | For non english speaker like me, may sometime you meet a trouble in pronounciacing an english word. The easiest way to check it is using Text To Speech tool included in Microsoft Excel. By this tool you can learn how to pronounce a word at every cells on the worksheet.First, of course you must have speakers installed to perform this procedure.Play back a group of cellsOn the Tools menu, point to Speech, and then click Show Text To Speech Toolbar. Select a group of cells to read back. Choose how | | By: Computer Stuff | | |
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| Free Online Translation Tool and Dictionary with Text-To-Speech (TTS) Function | | 2008-04-01 07:32:08 | | Free Online Translation and Dictionary with Text-To-Speech (TTS) Function
If you are unsatisfied with your current online translator, why not try out the following ones? They provide free online translations for Arabic, Chinese, English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. The translation sites below are almost the same in functionalities, [...] | | By: Eager Learner | Download Free Digital Ebooks & | | |
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| Speech | | 2008-04-01 03:36:36 | | Speech by Thomas Friedman in the New York Times.... "When we were young kids growing up in America, we were Told to eat our vegetables at dinner and not leave them. Mothers said, think of the starving children in India And finish the dinner.' And now I tell my children: 'Finish your homework. Think of the children in India Who would make you starve, if you don't.'"
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| Residents In Free Speech Fight | | 2008-03-28 09:16:00 | | It started as a typical neighborhood tussle, a disagreement over screening bushes and air-conditioning units.But now, the arguing between the Frisco Fairways Homeowners Association and three of its residents has erupted into a full-blown legal battle over free speech that may have ramifications for members of homeowner associations across Texas. Full Story | | By: Frisco Texas Living | | |
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| My First Victory Speech | | 2008-03-20 20:23:00 | | As you may know, The 7-10 was voted the winner of the Political Blogging Scholarship awarded by College Scholarships.org. The winner of this scholarship must write a victory/acceptance speech which will be posted on the College Scholarships.org website. I have never written such a speech before because I had always considered myself more of a political blogger, rather than an actual politician. But I guess this is something I needed to learn how to do. I've already submitted my speech to the scholarship president, but I felt I should post a copy of it here as well.---It is with great honor, pride, and humility that I accept this award from Collegescholarships.org. What an amazing opportunity and thrilling experience.Before going any further, I would like to congratulate David Manes and Jake McGuire for their selection as finalists and for putting together quality blogs that inspired me to improve my own blogging. I hope that both of you will continue to share your insights on the | | By: The 7-10 | | |
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| Obama speech on racial divide. | | 2008-03-20 14:33:38 | | Presidential Candidate, Barack Obama, recently made a speech regarding comments made by his former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ. Videos of Rev. Wright racist and anti-American rethoric were leaked onto Youtube and played in an on going cycle by Media Networks not only in the United States, but around the world.
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| Obama's Speech: The Political Impact | | 2008-03-20 11:43:00 | | The big political story this week concerns the much-anticipated speech on race that Barack Obama gave in Pennsylvania. This speech was mainly in response to the controversy surrounding the firestorm brought about by remarks from his pastor Jeremiah Wright, but one can't help but wonder if it was also in response to the lingering racial tone the presidential race has taken over the past few months starting with Oprah Winfrey's endorsement of his campaign and Bill Clinton's race-baiting in South Carolina.Many pundits have already written about this speech and came to various conclusions. Liberal Democrats who liked Obama generally liked his speech and felt energized by his uplifting rhetoric. Many claimed that it was the best speech since "I Have a Dream." Conservative Republicans who didn't like him much to begin with were generally unimpressed. Some of them said it was more political than courageous.But liberals and conservatives are not the people Obama needed to address. The au | | By: The 7-10 | | |
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| 2008 New York Auto Show: Chrysler CEO Nardelli Bracing Speech | | 2008-03-20 11:09:00 | | Bob Nardelli, chairman and CEO of Chrysler LLC, made a valiant effort to sound like one in his kickoff speech on Wednesday at the 2008 New York Auto Show.Chrysler Chief Executive Bob Nardelli said Wednesday that the automaker was braced for a worsening U.S. economy, and had not planned on U.S. auto sales rebounding in the second half of the year.In the opening speech of the New York Auto Show, Nardelli said the automaker had an "aggressively conservative" business plan, and vowed that "in the not too distant future Chrysler will return to profit.""We did not build in a second-half recovery" into its forecasts, Nardelli said. "If we were wrong and the economy worsens enough, we'll be quick to adjust."Chrysler's internal numbers indicate that it lost $2.9 billion last year on operations and restructuring costs, the Free Press has reported.Under the 80% ownership of Cerberus Capital Management, Nardelli has ordered job cuts of up to 12,000 workers, required white-collar workers to take va | | By: Autos Space | | |
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| Quick Thought on Obama's Speech | | 2008-03-20 01:11:57 | | I hope to be able to delve into it in depth a little later in the week however it is in my mind the single greatest speech given by an American political leader since Ronald Reagan's speech at Point Du Hoc.
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| Video: Watch Bob Nardelli’s KeyNote Speech | | 2008-03-19 21:49:22 | | From the article: “Chrysler CEO and Chairman Robert Nardelli said today the company’s future is critical to Detroit and to the United States. “Our return is critical for Detroit, for the auto industry and for America,” Nardelli said at a speech here at the New York International Auto Show, according to an advance copy of his seven-page remarks. “We have a strategy to return Chrysler to profitability as an independent company.” He reiterated the gung-ho attitude of the company’s executives. “Chrysler is like a $60 billion startup company with a rare opportunity to truly redefine its own company culture and path to success.” Chrysler ‘like a $60 billion startup,’ Nardelli says - detnews.com Keynote speech by Chrysler Chairman Robert Nardelli - Watch the speech live | | By: Auto News: Car Reviews, Car News, Car Shows | | |
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| "Barack Your Speech Was Bullshi*t" | | 2008-03-18 17:15:26 | | Says Academy Award nominated screen writer Roger L. Simon who was brought to poetry by Mr. Obama today:
Barack, I didn’t do it for this.
Barack, I was a civil rights worker… South Carolina, 1966… 22 yrs old … helping old folks register to vote, teaching kids to read and write, directing Raisin in the Sun…
Barack, I didn’t do it for this.
Barack, I dream of my kindergarten best friend Andy...
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| Obama's Speech. . . | | 2008-03-18 16:45:37 | | Over at MSNBC and CNN etc,. I'm sure they are fawning over this speech. They just don't get it.
He fell right for the Clintons' trap (they wanted to do this to him in SC). He did not repudiate J-Wright. He is now the "black candidate." I'd look for those polls in Penn to keep widening . . .especially when looking at the race gap.
This is what Hillary wanted the whole time. This is the year...
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| Barack Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’ | | 2008-03-18 13:05:29 | | YouTube Direktvideo link
Barack Obama Speech: ‘A More Perfect Union’Barack Obama speaks in Philadelphia, PA at Constitution Center, on matters not just of race and recent remarks but of the fundamental path by which America can work together to pursue a better future. This is the best speech on race and politics since Martin Luther King’s [...] | | By: The.DERRTY Truth | | |
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| A speech I’d love to hear! | | 2008-03-15 13:32:30 | | I received this from one of my buddies that’s recovering at Brooke Army Hospital, from wounds he sustained in Iraq, and he asked me to share it with my readers, so, for your enjoyment…
WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT TO TURN ON THE TV AND HEAR OUR PRESIDENT GIVE THE FOLLOWING SPEECH?
My Fellow Americans:
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| Convert text to speech and save as mp3 | | 2008-03-11 05:23:54 | | There are many cases where you have other workd to do as well apart from studying or reading.One want to listen and work in kitchen simultaneously.The solution for this problem is available at your desktop.
Verbose is a text to speech program which will read aloud any text or save it as mp3 or wav files for future listening.
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| Kentucky introduces bill to ban anonymous speech on line | | 2008-03-10 13:29:51 | | Anonymous speech takes another round of legislative beating as Kentucky state lawmaker Tim Couch pushes a bill that would make anonymous speech on the internet as far as the state of Kentucky is concerned illegal. While it is fairly obvious that this will be shot down in the federal courts if not the Supreme Court, [...] | | By: techwag | | |
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| Florida Governor Addresses Property Taxes in State of the State Speech | | 2008-03-06 00:00:00 | | When Florida Governor Charlie Crist delivered his State of the State address earlier this week, many listeners were eager to hear his take on property taxes. As we have written before (here, here, and here), property taxes have long been a contentious issue in Florida. From the Miami Herald: . . . Gov. Charlie Crist turned his 30-minute address into a laundry list of his initiatives, making scant mention of the state's economic turmoil or solutions for getting the state out of its jam.Instead, the governor flatly declared that Florida faces ''extraordinary economic times'' and moved on.His recipe for improving the economy: a call to legislators to stay the course ``by keeping taxes low, by creating jobs and fueling an economy that ranks ahead of most nations of the world.''. . .The statement stood in stark contrast to the speech given hours before in the same chamber, the Florida House of Representatives, by House Speaker Marco Rubio of West Miami. In his impassioned address to legisla | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| No Free Speech For Students On The Web | | 2008-03-05 20:03:11 | | UPDATE:Apparently the student in question attempted to publicly apologize to the principal for the comments, but the principal wasn't adult enough to accept.While I await Blogger's response to the template problems I figured I might as well still keep the site somewhat updated. The following story should never have gotten so far as to be discussed, because it is nothing short of ludicrous.This story conjures up memories of the school that banned their students from going to Myspace ... while at home. Yep, you heard me. A school banned their students from any Myspace activity at school, or at home. The truly sad part is how some parents supported the school being able to tell their kids what they could, and could not, do in their own homes. That was clearly an abuse of authority on the school's part, and severely crossed the line.As hard as it might be to believe, I think this latest story goes even further in illustrating just how far schools will go to seize control of your child | | By: Needs Of The Many | | |
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| MSNBC Cuts Out Mike Huckabee's Concession Speech | | 2008-03-04 23:50:59 | | I was just watching Mike Huckabee on Fox News giving a very moving concession speech. With great class, he appeared to endorse John McCain. Then it hit me that I should check MSNBC to see if they were commenting on Huckabee, because Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews hate Huckabee's guts.
Well, when I changed the channel, it turns out that MSNBC decided to let Keith Olbermann ramble on about...
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| Finance Minister P.Chidambaram's Budget Speech 2008-09 | | 2008-02-29 04:15:00 | | Following is the text of the 2008-09 Budget speech by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram:Mr. Speaker, SirI rise to present the Budget for 2008-09. This House and the United Progressive Alliance Government have bestowed upon me the honour of presenting all five Budgets on behalf of a Government - a rare honour that I have the privilege to share with only one of my distinguished predecessors, Dr. Manmohan Singh.I. THE ECONOMY: AN OVERVIEW2. Honourable Members! The India growth story, so far, has been | | By: Brand Mantra | | |
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| Asian markets open negative, Indian market movements to be determined by the budget speech | | 2008-02-28 21:33:00 | | Asian markets slipped in early trade on Friday, led by auto and electronic companies, after the U.S. economy slowed last quarter and the yen strengthened to almost a three-year high against the US dollar.Toyota Motors dropped in Tokyo by the most in a week, and Samsung Electronics also slipped.Japanese benchmark index Nikkei declined 354.19 points, or 2.54%, to trade at 13,571.32.Hong Kong`s index Hang Seng declined 411.44 points, or 1.67%, to trade at 24,180.25.China`s Shanghai Composite was trading higher by 39.48 points, or 0.92%, at 4,338.99.Taiwan`s Taiex declined 43.41 points or 0.51% to trade at 8,418.67.South Korea`s KOSPI slipped marginally by 21.43 points, or 1.23%, to trade at 1,714.74Singapore`s Straits Times was down 49.45 points, or 1.61 at 3,024.61. | | By: Indian stock markets | | |
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| What was missing From Barack Obama’s “Plagiarized†Speech? | | 2008-02-25 18:28:46 | |  Everybody has heard by now about Mrs. Clinton trying to claim that Barack Obama plagiarized parts of a recent speech. She tried to assert that because Obama used lines that a member of his campaign, and good friend, told him to use that it constituted plagiarism. This was a desperate act by a desperate woman.
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| Free Speech, or Agree Speech? | | 2008-02-22 08:28:57 | | One of the problems I wrote about in my book deals with the freedom of academics to espouse their belief in creationism. A teacher was denied tenure just because he said that creationism should be explored just like any scientific theory. This story is featured at http://www.evolutionnews.org/2008/02/protect_the_rights_of_teachers.html. They not only deny tenure to those who believe in intelligent creation, but now they will deny tenure to someone who believes that creationism should be studied scientifically. Why is science afraid of that? You would think that they would welcome a serious study so that they could use the information to destroy it. Are they afraid that it might be plausible? I think so. The truth about their lies needs to be exposed to the masses so that they can see just what they are staking their eternity on before it's too late!There is a petition supporting academic freedom at http://www.academicfreedompetition.com/ . Let them know that freedom, like the truth is | | By: Going To Hell In A Handbasket And Loving It! | | |
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| Karen Armstrong on free speech and contraditions in western values | Europe's anxieties about Islam | | 2008-02-14 21:07:24 | | In Guardian, prominent author and religious scholar Karen Armstrong wrote on the issue free speech in the context of Danish Cartoon back in July 2007. She is also the author of two biographies of the Prophet, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet and Muhammad: A Prophet of Our Time.Quoted below is from her article: An inability to tolerate Islam contradicts western values:"In the 17th century, when some Iranian mullahs were trying to limit freedom of expression, Mulla Sadra, the great mystical philosopher of Isfahan, insisted that all Muslims were perfectly capable of thinking for themselves and that any religiosity based on intellectual repression and inquisitorial coercion was "polluted". Mulla Sadra exerted a profound influence on generations of Iranians, but it is ironic that his most famous disciple was probably Ayatollah Khomeini, author of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie.This type of contradiction is becoming increasingly frequent in our polarised world (...)(...) the cartoonis | | By: Inspirations and Creative Thoughts | | |
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| Speech by NCTC's Leiter | | 2008-02-13 13:24:39 | | This afternoon, Mike Leiter, the acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center, spoke at the Washington Institute. He discussed both NCTC's role in counterterrorism analysis and strategic operational planning, as well as the looming counterterrorism challenges the US and its allies are facing. Here is an excerpt from his prepared remarks. It has been six-and-a-half years since 9/11. More than seven years since the attack on the USS Cole. Almost ten years since the attacks on the U.S. embassies...(read more) | | By: An American Warning | | |
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| Archbishop faces fresh pressure over Queen’s ‘worry’ at Sharia speech | | 2008-02-13 03:34:00 | | The Times has learnt that the Prince of Wales has already distanced himself from the Archbishop’s speech last week, fearing that his comments have damaged multi-faith relations.According to The Daily Telegraph today, the Queen is also distressed over the controversy which she fears threatens to undermine the authority of the Archbishop and damage the Church of England, which already faces schism over homosexual clergy.The Queen has become increasingly interested in multi-faith issues. She used her last Christmas speech to call for all religions to work together to bridge the divide between young and old. The broadcast also featured unprecedented scenes from a mosque, a Hindu temple and a Jewish reception.The Prince of Wales, who will take the title Defender of the Faith when he becomes king, has said previously that he wished to be seen rather as a defender of faiths. However, his wish for a multi-faith coronation was dismissed by the Church of England which asserted the importance o | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| Transcript of John McCain’s Speech at CPAC | | 2008-02-07 17:59:45 | | Transcript of John McCain’s Speech at CPAC - February 7th, 2008.
Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. It’s been a little while since I’ve had the honor of addressing you, and I appreciate very much your courtesy to me today. We should do this more often. I hope you will pardon my absence last year, [...] | | By: TexasFred's | | |
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| VIDEO: Barack Obama's Super Tuesday speech | | 2008-02-06 00:53:00 | | Watched the returns at a friends house over in Ballston tonight and couldn't get the wireless internet working. I'm home now though and (somehow) still awake, at least for a bit longer. Here's Obama's speech from earlier this evening:
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| Who Liked the Speech? | | 2008-01-28 19:32:07 | |
President Bush's last State of the Union speech is complete; now it's time for the critics. Chances are if you are a Republican you thought the speech was great, likewise, if you're a Democrat you thought the speech was lousy. Being unaffiliated with either party, I found the speech uneventful. Ironically, I just read last year's speech for yesterday's entry, so I was disappointed to hear some of the same lines being repeated. Being his last State of the Union speech I expected something more. Of course there are very few accomplishments that he can point to which could have added that something more. The speech was definitely far from inspiring.It would take too long to fully critique the speech, but there were a few things that bothered me. He talked about cutting a list of programs that would save 18 billion dollars, even if this was accomplished in one year it would hardly impact the federal deficit which is reported to be 250 to 350 billion dollars. And without knowing | | By: Miscellaneous Reflexions | | |
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| Barack Obama’s Victory Speech in South Carolina | | 2008-01-27 01:52:40 | | South Carolina Democrats stood up and told America that they want change on Saturday. Barack Obama won a resoundingly large victory in South Carolina over Hillary Clinton and the message of hope is stronger than ever. “Yes we can!” echoed loudly across South Carolina as Barack Obama’s campaign gained some much needed momentum along with a mandate for an end to the Clinton machine tactics. The results from Saturday’s election show that there is certainly hope in this election. Obama’s message in this campaign, hope, got a loud victory in South Carolina that will carry him farther into Super Tuesday. The 9:00 P.M. victory speech from Columbia, South Carolina left me with two words, goose bumps. Many people have described his speeches as giving them goose bumps during this election and it happened again on Saturday night. The message of unity and the vivid words from his speech that describe what brings us together made his message even more palpable. Inspirational is an | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Speech of pope Urban II at Clermont 1095 (Account of Fulcher of Chartres) | | 2008-01-23 05:30:00 | | Krey, "The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants" "Let hatred therefore depart from among you, let your quarrels end, let wars cease, and let all dissensions and controversies slumber. Enter upon the road to the Holy Sepulcher-, wrest that land from the wicked race, and subject it to yourselves. That land which, as the Scripture says, `floweth with milk and honey' was given by God into the power of the children of Israel. Jerusalem is the center of the earth ; the land is fruitful above all others, like another paradise of delights. This spot the Redeemer of mankind has made illustrious by his advent, has beautified by his sojourn, has consecrated by his passion, has redeemed by his death, has glorified by his burial. "This royal city, however, situated at the center of the earth, is now held captive by the enemies of Christ and is subjected, by those who do not know God, to the worship the heathen. She seeks, therefore, and desires to be liberated and cease | | By: Medieval Crusades | | |
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| Speech of pope Urban II at Clermont 1095 (Account of Robert the Monk) | | 2008-01-23 05:28:00 | | Krey, "The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and Participants"In the year of our Lord's Incarnation one thousand and ninety-five, a great council was celebrated within the bounds of Gaul, in Auvergne, in the city which is called Clermont. Over this Pope Urban II presided, with the Roman bishops and cardinals. This council was a famous one on account of the concourse of both French and German bishops, and of princes as well. Having arranged the matters relating to the Church, the lord pope went forth into a certain spacious plain, for no building was large enough to hold all the people. The pope-then, with sweet and persuasive eloquence, addressed those present in words something like the following, saying: "Oh, race of Franks, race from across the mountains, race beloved and chosen by God, - as is clear from many of your works,- set apart from all other nations by the situation of your country as well as by your Catholic faith and the honor which you render to the holy Ch | | By: Medieval Crusades | | |
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| Clinton Speech Gets Icy Response | | 2008-01-15 00:11:12 | | Senator Clinton spoke before a mostly silent crowd on Monday. Clinton was speaking before a crowd of union workers in New York where she received a lukewarm reception from the audience. The crowd did not meet her arrival with the fierce applause she might be used to hearing, instead she got steady clapping mixed with occasional boos. The New York Times reported that less than half of the crowd gave her a standing ovation when she left. The cold reception was due to recent comments made by Senator Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. Senator Clinton made the comment that it took President Johnson’s signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Martin Luther King’s work to become reality. Here is what she said: “I would point to the fact that that Dr. King’s dream began to be realized when President Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, when he was able to get through Congress something that President Kennedy was hopeful to do, the president before had not even tried, but it took a president to get it done. That dream became a reality, the power of that dream became real in people’s lives because we had a president who said we are going to do it, and actually got it accomplished.” Clinton came under sharp, and deserved, criticism for her comments because they minimized Dr. King’s work and his ability to bring about change for African Americans. Clinton’s strategy in the campaign lately has been to cast herself as a “doer” and Barack Obama as a “talker”. There are plenty of other examples from history she could have tried to use but to use MLK shows total lack of judgment or it was done deliberately to ignite the race issue. After Obama’s campaign responded to her comments she immediately tried to cast Obama, personally, as trying to push the race issue. People are tired of this kind of cheap campaigning and the people in this crowd were smart enough to show her enough is enough. | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Top ten reasons to marry a speech-language therapist | | 2008-01-14 18:02:38 | | 10. Get your mother in laws hearing tested free
9. Translates pet talk
8. Uses appropriate sign language - except when driving
7. Early diagnosis of dementia
6. Unlimited thickening fluids
5. Steady income - for weeks at a time
4. Free oral-peripheral exams
3. Good vocal hygiene
2. Knowledgeable in tongue-thrust remediation
1. Can distinguish women from cross-dressers based on pitch, intensity and [...] | | By: I look so I can hear... | | |
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