This Week's Top Scrooge - September 28, 2007
By ALEXANDER
TheScroogeReport.com
In Iran, people are executed for consensual sex. Amnesty International also reports that women are frequently jailed, flogged, and stoned simply for speaking out about women's rights.
The human rights watchdog group also reports that Iran continues to have one of the highest rates of executions in the world, including the stonings and executions of child "offenders"...those under the age of 18 accused of alleged crimes.
Yet, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to America earlier this week, sounding like a women's rights activist and overall compassionate nice guy. His apparent new-found love and respect for women is matched only by his joy at reporting to the world that his country does not have any homosexuals.
Sadly, like the flaming alcoholic that proclaims he only has a few drinks every now and then, Ahmadinejad denies that his regime habitually abuses women. Oh, and one other thing, his denial of homosexuals in his country is a weak attempt at covering up the fact that he executes them at quite a clip. Reports are that as many as 400 people have been killed for false charges of rape and abuse, when indeed the sex was consensual...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Romancing the U.S.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Bruce Springsteen: Back in Familiar Territory
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) - Bruce Springsteen was back in familiar territory with a rehearsal show Monday night in the city that has become known worldwide through his songs.
The show at the oceanfront Convention Hall was the first of two benefit rehearsals for Springsteen and the E Street Band, who are about to embark on their first tour together in four years. They will also play Tuesday night, and a third rehearsal concert has been added for Friday at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford.
Springsteen and the band opened up with "Radio Nowhere," a song from their new album.
"We're going to run through some things, some new things, some old things. There may be some mistakes—but I doubt it," Springsteen told the crowd.
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND ANNOUNCE FIRST FULL SCALE TOUR OF US & EUROPE SINCE 2003
NEW ALBUM 'MAGIC' OUT OCT. 2 ON COLUMBIA RECORDS
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have announced their first full scale tour of the US and Europe since 2002-03, starting in Hartford, CT on October 2, the release date for the new Springsteen album 'Magic.' The E Street Band's members are: Roy Bittan - keyboards; Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion; Danny Federici - keyboards; Nils Lofgren - guitars; Patti Scialfa - vocals, guitar; Garry Tallent - bass; Steven Van Zandt - guitars; Max Weinberg - drums.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Entering the Andrew Meyer taser debate with both eyes wide open
This Week’s Top Scrooge - September 21, 2007
By ALEXANDER
TheScroogeReport.com
The definition of Taser as found in Wikipedia:
The name Taser is an acronym for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle". Arizona inventor Jack Cover designed it in 1969; naming it for the science fiction teenage inventor and adventurer character Tom Swift.
Modern taser-type weapons fire small dart-like electrodes with attached metal wires that connect to the gun, propelled by small gas charges similar to some air rifle propellants. The maximum range is up to 10 meters (30 feet). Earlier models of Taser needed the dart-like electrodes to embed in the skin and superficial muscle tissues layers; newer versions of the projectiles use a shaped pulse/arc of electricity which disrupt nerve and muscle function without needing the metal prongs on the projectile to penetrate the skin. Early models had difficulty in penetrating thick clothing, but the 'pulse' models are designed to bring down a subject wearing up to a Level III body armor vest.
Tasers are currently in use by a number of police forces worldwide to try to reduce firearms-related deaths.
Andrew Meyer is obnoxious. According to several reports, his is quite the attention seeker. However, did he deserve to be tasered while disrupting a John Kerry Q&A and then making quite a fuss while police attempted to subdue him?
You can look at it from many angles and judging by a few quick internet searches, opinion runs wide and wild.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Get Your 'Don't Taze Me, Bro' Gear Now!
From St. Petersburg Times:
'Don't taze me, bro' becomes an instant fashion statement
It was inevitable, right? But you can't help but be impressed by the speed with which 'Don't taze me, bro' merchandise became available. It's been just a couple of days since University of Florida journalism student Andrew Meyer was Tasered and hauled off by campus police during an appearance by Sen. John Kerry on the Gainesville campus - the drama recorded on a videocamera and promptly posted on YouTube. But cafepress.com already has everything from T-shirts and throw pillows to boxers and even aprons with the now-famous 'Don't taze me, bro' printed on the front. There's even an organic cotton T.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Presidential Race: The Woman Factor
This is how I feel: Hillary Clinton is a wash. Why no one has reported on the fact that a huge number of Americans (male and female) still do not want a woman president is astounding. I believe it is because this is America’s dirty little secret…there are more sexists, more fundamentalists opposed to women leadership, and more just plain “no woman in the White House” thinkers than anyone has really addressed. That’s why she can work herself all the way to the Democrat’s pick and still fail the final cut.
Poll: How many Americans would never vote for a woman president?
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Online Dating: New Site Asks For a Statement of Faith
In the spiritual realm of things, being equally yoked is huge! And no, it’s not about egg yokes, it’s about equating the yoke used in harnessing the power of two farming animals together in plowing or towing, to hitching up with someone “yoked”, as yourself, to Jesus.
Although you may find your future mate on a less stringent web site…the clearer and sooner it becomes known that the person you are interested in is walking with Jesus or not, the better! At least that’s my 2 bits!
Read about Cache Connections and its founders approach to courting Christian singles.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
Betray Us: MoveOn.org or HateOn.orgy?
TheScroogeReport investigates HateOn.orgy on charges of being intelligent and patriotic. The investigation begins with an excerpt from the internet-chatroom-success-story group’s “About Us” page.
This Week’s Top Scrooge - September 14, 2007
By ALEXANDER
What is HateOn.orgy (MoveOn.org)?
The HateOn dysfunctional family of quasi-organizations brings real Americans (or Americans that love to really hate) back into the political process, i.e.; screaming in meetings of Congress, name calling to the nth degree, and general immature behavior. With over 3.3 million kool-aid drinking members across America – from carpenters to stay-at-home moms to business leaders (and from geeky bloggers to stay-on-the-couch dads to spoiled rich people) – we work together to realize the digressive promise of our country. HateOn is a “service” – a way for stressed-out but concerned global units to find their political voice in a system dominated by successful people and the Clinton News Network.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Blingo: Searching Your Way to Riches
Blingo is a search engine with a twist. Each search on Blingo is also a chance to win a prize. And guess what? It's powered by Google so you get the same high-powered searches. I'm not into gambling, but this doesn't really smack of it at all. No personal information is given other than your email address. I recommend bookmarking the search page and use it every time.
This from AP:
TOO TRUE TO BE GOOD?
A handful of companies, however, are really giving users something for doing nothing by combining two of the most common reasons people use the Internet: searching and winning.
Exhibit A is the search engine Blingo.com, a site that recently entered Nielsen's list of the top ten visited gambling and sweepstakes destinations. Here you'll find the same search results that you'd get using Google, but with one key difference: Users who search at the times closest to secret, randomly selected milliseconds designated by the site each day will instantly earn a prize -- anything from a $5 gift certificate to a car to $20,000 in cash.
Better yet, it requires no personal information. All it takes is a mailing address -- after all, if you win something, they've got to have a place to send the goods, right?
"We're the white hat of this industry," says the company's founder, Frank Anderson of San Francisco.
Anderson, who previously helped launched the internet company iAmaze, came up with the idea to bring a prize element to search engines in 2004. Unlike most give-away sites, all Blingo's revenue comes from the advertisers who pay for the Google-generated small ads on the top and bottom of the pages.
The income, Anderson explained, is split between his company and Google (many sites, including AOL, use Google's search engines and split profits in the same way. Similar prize-offering search sites, like iWon.com, partner with other search engines in a similar manner).
In Blingo's case, a percentage of the company's profit share goes toward giveaways and prize money.
To date, he says, the site has given away close to a $1 million.
So, let's give it a whirl! Go to Blingo.com now!
Saturday, September 8, 2007
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