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Anti-Republican Wallpaper

Monday, February 11th, 2008

In class today, I got tired of all the ridiculous and ignorant comments of the ‘conservatives’ that surround me so I made this wallpaper. It’s formatted for MacBooks, but works on any computer.

Your friend,
Eric Harker

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I sit here, even minutes later, in disbelief at the following video. However, no one should be totally surprised that a network like Fox News could come up with something illogical and far from reality. So here you are, an explanation on how George W. Bush is known for giving “some of the most eloquent […]

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Bush’s Legacy

Monday, December 10th, 2007

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URGENT! Burma Rally Approved

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Dear people who care to rally for Burma,
First of all, thank you for caring to rally for Burma. Second of all, the good news: we have finally been approved by the administration to rally for Burma! Third of all, I apologise if you receive this multiple times.
Here’s the info:
Wednesday, October 17
11AM-1PM
JFSB Quad
We need people to […]

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Sen. Harry Reid’s Speech

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

 The following is the transcript of the Senate Majority Leader’s speech given today at BYU as per RGJ.com
Some highlights were:
*Reid’s explanation of how he can be Mormon and a democrat
*Stating his belief that democrats won’t be in the minority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints much longer
*Affirming his stance on global warming […]

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Another article on Iran

Monday, October 8th, 2007

This is an article by Paul Leob.  It discusses the beating of the drums for war with Iran.
PRE-EMPTING AN IRAN WAR—MAKE CONGRESS TAKE A STAND
By Paul Rogat Loeb
 
 
With the Senate embracing the reckless Kyl-Lieberman amendment, we’ve moved one step closer to attacking Iran . But there’s still time for Congress to assert itself against yet […]

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Fellow liberal-minded friends,
Rebecca Warthen wrote a letter to the Daily Universe today (October 3rd) entitled “No Reid Protests” in which she accused BYU liberal democrats of embarrassing and misrepresenting BYU last spring with the Cheney protest.  The only reasons she gave as to why we protested are 1) he is politically charged and 2) it […]

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Disturbing video from Myanmar (Burma)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

This is a link to a video on cnn showing police beatings of Pro-Democracy protestors in Myanmar.
it contains violence so don’t watch it if you get offended easily
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2007/10/02/rivers.myanamar.beatings.cnn
Hyrum

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In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, President Bill Clinton said there was something “completely disingenuous about the feigned outrage” from conservatives over the MoveOn ad. Clinton noted that many of the same conservatives who expressed outrage had likened Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) to Osama bin Laden and had smeared Sen. John Kerry’s (D-MA) war […]

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Blood and Oil

Monday, September 24th, 2007

As we continue in our fourth year of occupation in Iraq the U.S. government still refuses to admit the real reason for invasion. We have an Iraqi civilian death toll over 500,000 (even by conservative estimates) and U.S. military deaths that outnumber the victims of 9/11.
Every reason we were given for invading Iraq has proven […]

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