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• Substantive Ideas for Creating Better Citizens

  
  Future Majority - - blogging progressive youth politics — Authority: 540
  Last weekend, our friend Thomas Friedman argued that while things are looking up for China these days, America still holds on to the title of "Worlds Greatest Dream Machine." Unfortunately, Friedman writes, imagination does not translate into good governance. Friedman argues that the increased fragmentation of ...
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• “Peace-Processing-Is-Us”

  
  BBC World Have Your Say — Authority: 573
  The Palestinian leadership “wants a deal with Israel without any negotiations” and Israel’s leadership “wants negotiations with the Palestinians without any deal.”And given the latest offer by the Israeli government and the negative response it had from the Palestinian authority, it looks like neither ...
  3 days ago

• At State Dinner, Did Tom Friedman Tell Anyone to Suck on This?

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 806
  Filed under: Iraq , Deep Background I was reviewing the guest list for President Obamas first state dinner -- held to honor Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh -- and it was full of interesting picks: Ari Emanuel, Rahm Emanuels brother and a notorious Hollywood power-agent; Gayle King, Oprahs BFF; Greg Craig, ...
  4 days ago

• Great moments in the history of centrism

  
  Beers with Demo — Authority: 505
  Who says the NYT lacks talented op-edders: Mr. Obama was elected for similar reasons. People had hoped that his unique story, personality and speaking skills could bring the country together, overcome paralysis and deliver nation-building at home. A lot of the disappointment settling in among Obama voters today is ...
  5 days ago

• “Peace-Processing-Is-Us”

  
  BBC World Have Your Say — Authority: 573
  The Palestinian leadership “wants a deal with Israel without any negotiations” and Israel’s leadership “wants negotiations with the Palestinians without any deal.”“Here’s an article from a few weeks ago in the New York Times by Thomas Friedman. There are many memorable phrases and anecdotes in the piece ...
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• Being a contrarian and NOT buying (or being) green

  
  Bookworm Room — Authority: 616
  Am I the only one who has had it up to here and more with the relentless imperative that I buy green?  I have this incredible urge to pollute and waste.  I do not like being bullied, and I am being bullied. When I’m at the store, surrounded by all the little soldiers staggering under the weight of their reusable ...
  6 days ago

• Its Not Obamas Fault

  
  The Right Guy — Authority: 129
  H/T John Batchelor Thomas Friedman shows us why he is such a lackey for the Obama Administration and how delusional he really is (And his ilk at HRH run media outlet ). Havent all presidents had to deal with congress? Thank you for reading this blog. Thank you for reading my blog. For more information, go to ...
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• Tom Friedman Gives Me Reason to Write

  
  The Virtuous Republic — Authority: 126
  I’ve been in a funk for the last few days.  How many times can you not only say, but prove, that Obama is a communist and an America hater? One tends to get burnt out pointing out how the left is ruining our nation by abandoning our founding political ideas, spending our nation into third world status, and ...
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• Cool Green Morning: Friday, November 20

  
  Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy — Authority: 499
  This really should have been last week’s (Friday the 13th’s) Cool Green Morning — filled with The Worst Nightmares of whales , wasteful companies , and people who like to paint their cars a lot . (Are they going to take car painting away from us, too?) Prepare yourself — real scary stuff in today’s best ...
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• The world is flat and very crowded.

  
  California Greening — Authority: 426
  Yes, thanks to Joe Romm at Climate Progress, I have been reading Thomas Friedman again. In particular, I want to call attention to this excerpt from his OpEd today at the NY Times. According to the 2006 U.N. population report, “The world population will likely increase by 2.5 billion ... passing from the current ...
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• Love of the Land: Peace is not a must

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  Peace is not a must Informal understandings only viable approach in our zero-sum conflict Elyakim Haetzni Ynet/Israel Opinion 17 November 09 In his recent New York Times op-ed, Thomas Friedman came up with the insight that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are interested in a peace process, and ...
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• Wednesdays wash

  
  Fundamentals and Falsehoods — Authority: 124
  HEALTH CARE REFORM UPDATE: Surprise, surprise-- were reminded again that when it comes to polling on this, how you ask the question matters, big time. Most important is that, again, when the obvious negatives of single-payer, government-run health care insurance are pointed out to people, support for it drops ...
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• The Pinchurian Candidate

  
  Pajamas Media — Authority: 810
  In the latest edition of his "Silicon Graffiti" videoblog, Ed Driscoll notes the disparity between Frank Rich of the New York Times referring to the "GOP Stalinists" in NY-23 the weekend before this months elections, and the Gray Ladys own frequent love for Big Brother throughout the decades.
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• Friedman Fantasizes about Green Capitalism

  
  Jewbonics — Authority: 122
  Climate change is class war, extended to future generations. Capitalist economic production says, our accrual of wealth is more important than your desire to live a free life, or to live free of exploitation. Climate change is the historical output of capitalist economic relations, except, people will pay for it in ...
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• Love of the Land: The Real Problem with U.S. Involvement

  
  Rick's Caf American — Authority: 164
  The Real Problem with U.S. Involvement Evelyn Gordon Contentions /Commentary 15 November 09 Writing in today’s Jerusalem Post , Liat Collins offers a pertinent observation on Thomas Friedman’s proposal that America stop pushing Israeli-Palestinian peace. Friedman argued that American ...
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• Want to Save the Amazon? Try Looking Closer to Home

  
  Solve Climate: Daily Climate News and Opinion — Authority: 633
  The Amazon jungle is metaphorically referred to as the lungs of the world: CO2 in, O2 out, transformed through a dense emerald mass. Its an irreplaceable treasure, in many spots still unmapped, and a biological preserve filled with species that we likely haven’t even seen. So it’s quite welcome that author and ...
  2 weeks ago

• We called, but no one answered Posted by Edwin Bennatan

  
  The Jerusalem Post BlogCentral — Authority: 140
  Counterpoint to: Call White House, Ask for Barack …its time for us to dust off James Bakers line: When youre serious [about peace], give us a call: 202-456-1414. Ask for Barack. Otherwise, stay out of our lives. We have our own country to fix." Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times November 7, ...
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• If You Blend You Lose – So Stand Out

  
  Humanetrics LLC — Authority: 121
  Employees and job seekers you must Stand Out! Remember that we are inundated with distractions in our high-tech and high-distraction world. If you blend, you lose. If you look like everyone else, they don’t remember you. Being invisible is no way to get a job or keep a job.Employees: In today’s workplace, many ...
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• The Choice Ahead: Entrenched Fossil Fuel Dependence Or Climate Change Management

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 650
  Humanity needs to proactively come together to deal with climate change mitigation rather than remain separated along nationalistic lines to contentiously vie for control over the worlds remaining fossil fuels. The rationale behind such a course of action is clear. Time is running out in terms of our surpassing ...
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• Friedman gets an A- Posted by Ira Sharkansky

  
  The Jerusalem Post BlogCentral — Authority: 140
  Thomas Friedman has written one of his better articles .    As a retired professor still inclined to give grades to everything I hear or read, Id say about 92, or A-.   The major theme is quite good. Friedman recognizes that there is no gas left in the peace process. Its like going to an old play, where the actors ...
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