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State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy

The State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, “digital outreach team” posting entries in Arabic on “influential” Arabic blogs to challenge misrepresentations of the United States and promote moderate views among Islamic youths in the hopes of steering them from [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 19th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cowboys and Indians, Democracy In Action, DoubleSpeak, Duncan MacInnes, Freedom Fighters, Freedom of Speech, Fundamentalist, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Internet & Telecoms, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Muslims, OZ, Occupation Army, Oil, Osama, President, Propaganda, Quotes, Religious War, US State Department, Ugly American, World Blogs, bloggers, communication, converstaions, dialog, diplomacy, disinformation, jihad, orphans, radicals, rebels, terrorists, translation, unlawful combatants, victims | Leave a comment

Two leading Pakistani media outlets that had their television broadcasts shut down inside Pakistan have now been forced to end international broadcasts. VOA’s Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the new crackdown on independent media came as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with President Pervez Musharraf.
Government officials in Islamabad shut down domestic [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 18th, 2007 | Category: ARY One World, Censored, Freedom of Speech, GEO television, John Negroponte, Journalists, Musharraf, News Ancjors, News Media, Orwellian, Pakistan, Pakistan Bloggers, World Blogs, World Order, bloggers, contradictions | Leave a comment

It has come to my attention that BluBloggin has been nominated for a few awards at Left of Centrist Blog World Report Awards. Left of Centrist is a fine blog  has a fine blog worth stopping by. In the blog award section you will find excellent blogs worth checking out.
Bluebloggin has been nominated in [...]

Posted by nytexan August 23rd, 2007 | Category: World Blogs, awards, bluebloggin, nominee | Comments (3)

Democrats spar at blog gathering
Seven of the Democratic candidates for US president have fielded questions from more than 1,000 political bloggers at an annual convention in Chicago. Correspondents say the candidates’ presence reflects the growing influence of such bloggers, seen as a key resource by candidates. The candidates’ appearance at the YearlyKos Convention follows a [...]

Posted by bosskitty August 5th, 2007 | Category: Biden, Blog Stats, Clinton, Democracy In Action, Democrat, Dodd, Edwards, Election, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama, Richardson, Ron Paul, Vote, World Blogs, YearlyKos, blog, candidates, contributions, debate | Comments (4)

Reports of Forced Labor Unsettle China
Cheated out of their money when they sought to buy a ticket for the final leg of the journey home, their father, Su Jianjun, said in an interview, they were taken in by a woman who provided them with warm shelter and a meal on a cold winter [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, American, Anti-War, Casualties, China, Christianity, Collateral, Corporate corruption, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Freedom, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Hypocracy, Legacy, Middle East, News Media, Of Interest, Politics, Racism, Sad, Scandal, United States, World Blogs, abuse, betrayal, civil rights, resonsibility, slavery, spoiled | Comments (4)

This is part of an OP-ED re-post from Munaeem’s Blog
 
Monday, June 11, 2007

 
TIME TO SAVE PAKISTAN FROM ITS RULER

by Eric Margolis
( The concerns expressed in this article are shared by every Pakistani and every friend of Pakistan. However, the solution is not elections that might return Benazir or Nawaz Sharif [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 11th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Al Qaeda, Anti-War, Armageddon, Baghdad, Baluchistan, Bush, CIA, Casualties, Cheney, Cold War, Collateral, Democracy In Action, Disaster, Election, Headlines, Human Rights, Impeach, Iran, Iraq, Islam, King George, Kosovo, Lebanon, Legacy, Lieberman, Middle East, Missile Shield, Musharraf, News Media, Op-Ed, Pakistan, Peace Index, Pentagon, Politics, President, Prophesy, Syria, Taliban, Tehran, Theocracy, United States, War, War Crimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World Blogs, administration, covert, military, resonsibility, separatists | Comments (4)

How can people carry a gun and kill other people in the name of God? Everyone shouts that God is on their side, right before they pull a trigger or ignite a bomb.
Mullahs, preachers, priests and rabbis are not supposed to be politicians. They are supposed to be spiritual leaders. When the [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 5th, 2007 | Category: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Baghdad, God, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Politics, Religion, Soldiers, Syria, Taliban, War, World Blogs | Leave a comment