Posted on July 29, 2008 by pormadi
[The Jakarta Post 23/07/08] Political and religious leaders must embrace pluralism, which has become part of Indonesian society and protected by the Constitution, a seminar concluded Tuesday.
Harmony and unity in Indonesia will be ruined if leaders fail to adopt pluralist values, implement them in the protection of minorities and uphold the Constitution by protecting human [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2008 by pormadi
http://www.antiwar. com/eland/ ?articleid= 13162
July 19, 2008
After having begun a series of investigative stories criticizing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in May 2008, CNN reporter Drew Griffin reports being placed with more than a million other names on TSA’s swollen terrorism watch list. Although TSA insists Griffin’s name is not on the list and pooh-poohs any [...]
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Posted on July 19, 2008 by pormadi
http://www.antiwar. com/roberts/ ?articleid= 13153
July 18, 2008
The Bush Regime’s “terrorist” protection schemes have reached the height of total incompetence and utter absurdity. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, a private organization that defends the US Constitution that inattentive Americans neglect, there are now one million names on the “terrorist” watch list.
One of them is that [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by pormadi
By Pormadi Simbolon
Witnessing many religious cases in Indonesia, we can see that some people of certain religion has used physical force to defend their interest in the name of religion. Their way to reach their purpose had made people of other religion intimidated. In this point, it is necessary to question, what is the function [...]
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Posted on July 14, 2008 by pormadi
July 14, 2008
An Inconvenient Display of Democracy
by Alan Bock
If the dominant themes that have been used to justify the Iraq war recently were sincerely held, the administration and the neocons should be doing backflips of joy this week. Building an independent and sovereign Iraq, preferably with a government responsive to the people? Check. When the [...]
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Posted on July 12, 2008 by pormadi
Crude Oil Rises to Record on Speculation Israel May Attack Iran
By Alexander Kwiatkowski
July 11 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil rose more than $5 to a record on concerns that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran, while a strike in Brazil and renewed militant activity in Nigeria threaten to cut supplies.
Oil rallied to a record [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by pormadi
(http://www.geocitie s.com/CapitolHil l/Lobby/8731/ neolib.html)
“Neo-liberalism” is a set of economic policies that have become widespread during the last 25 years or so. Although the word is rarely heard in the United States, you can clearly see the effects of neo-liberalism here as the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer.
“Liberalism” can refer to political, economic, [...]
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