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By: Rhymes With Right

Rhymes With Right — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:28:27 +0000

Watcher’s Council Results…

It was a good week at the Watcher’s Council, with some fine entries on both sides of the competition. Here are the final results. Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 1/3 points! Joshuapundit – Pat Robertson, The Devil……

By: Watcher of Weasels » The Devil is in the Details

Watcher of Weasels » The Devil is in the Details — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:56:43 +0000

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By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:25:38 +0000

Submitted 01/21/10…

This week’s Watcher’s Council submissions are up. Council Submissions American Digest – Bring. It. On. Bookworm Room – A perfect statement about the balance of power between government, citizens and business Joshuapundit – Pat Robertson, The Devil An…

By: The Colossus of Rhodey

The Colossus of Rhodey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:14:37 +0000

This week’s Watcher’s Council submissions…

American Digest – Bring. It. On. Bookworm Room – A perfect statement about the balance of power between government, citizens and business Joshuapundit – Pat Robertson, The Devil And Me Rhymes With Right – Getting It Right On Palin The……

By: Watcher of Weasels » Scott Brown’s Boston Tea Party, Twenty Ten!

Watcher of Weasels » Scott Brown’s Boston Tea Party, Twenty Ten! — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:31:19 +0000

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By: David Foster

David Foster — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:12:23 +0000

“I listen carefully to people, though, and discover the little verbal tics, the signals, that indicate that they’re not on board with the liberal agenda”

Reminds me of something in the Sebastian Haffner book I recently reviewed. Here, the author is describing his experiences during the first year that the Nazis controlled Germany. At the times, he was working as a junior lawyer in the highest Prussian court, the Kammergericht:

You had to choose your words with care and conceal your thoughts to avoid going to the concentration camp instead of the ministry of justice…The opinions that were expressed sounded a bit like exam responses learned by rote. Quite often the speaker broke off suddenly, and looked around to see if someone had perhaps misinterpreted his words.
Pretty scary that we have now reached the point in the U.S. where in many circles people feel unable to express their true thoughts/feelings openly, and these must be derived from various nonverbal signals.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:55:09 +0000

he was nice in a way that often eluded urban teenage boys

That’s cause most teenage boys think power is about aggression and controlling people, because they are too insecure to figure out other ways of interacting.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:50:22 +0000

No, Danny, everyone in my circle assumes that everyone else is liberal. I listen carefully to people, though, and discover the little verbal tics, the signals, that indicate that they’re not on board with the liberal agenda. That’s how I discovered that some people at the school are conservatives.

By: Danny Lemieux

Danny Lemieux — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:27:44 +0000

I really like what your friend wrote as well, Book. Do your everyday friends view you as being politically neutral, as you listen carefully and collect information for your posts?

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