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Hello, fiery populism. Goodbye, fire and brimstone. One by one, before an annual gathering Friday of the religious right and other "values voters," conservative leaders blistered President Barack Obama's health care plan as socialism, warned of expanded government and derided bailouts of private industry as grossly unfair to taxpayers.
The spray-painted demands appear overnight: "Free Aung San Suu Kyi" read the scrawls on walls across this city — only to be whitewashed by security forces as soon as they are discovered.
As a veteran nurse, Margaret Horan is used to feeling overworked and underpaid. A steady flow of coughing, moaning and bleeding Dubliners must wait hours to be seen because of staff shortages at her hospital in the working-class heart of the capital.
How the heart handles anger seems to predict who's at risk for a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Negative emotions like hostility and depression have long been considered risks for developing heart disease, and deaths from cardiac arrest rise after disasters such as earthquakes.
Iraqis and other Arabs erupted in glee Monday at the shoe attack on George W. Bush. Far from a joke, many in the Mideast saw the act by an Iraqi journalist as heroic, expressing the deep, personal contempt many feel for the American leader they blame for years of bloodshed, chaos and the suffering of civilians.
For years the shantytown grew in the shadow of a limestone cliff, its wooden shacks and shoddy brick apartments creeping up and spreading over the hill. The whole time, the limestone was cracking inside, slowly and invisibly, from the slum's own sewage.
Her sassy message tee (“”) may have sparked tensions with her would-be adversary, but Jessica Simpson never expected to be branded a “@!$%# and a whore” by Pamela Anderson.
Rocket attacks on the U.S.-protected Green Zone may carry a message with implications across Iraq: rising anger within the Mahdi Army militia.
A man on his way to anger management class became angry and struck a woman, authorities said.
Russia may not come to outright blows with the West over Kosovo, but independence for the province seems sure to deepen the Cold War-style chill settling over Europe.
Armed police stormed into this quiet village at dawn, threw up roadblocks, shot out truck tires and forced families out of their homes at gunpoint.
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is taking a page from Bill Clinton's playbook and building on it. He feels your pain — and your anger.
The Republican national chairman created a furor this week when he suggested Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is too "angry" to win the White House in 2008. And to hear Republicans tell it, Clinton is just one of many Democrats with an anger management problem.
Are you still churning inside at the loss of a relationship? Feeling wronged by it? Can't seem to let it go? Wishing you were still together or feeling angry at their actions?
Two-year-old punched by muggers - AOL News"Muggers punched a two-year-old girl in the head as they demanded money from her mother." Like I write in all my posts "The world is getting darker!" Greed Anger & Stupidity...
From deep within is the rumble, Thinking off letting it out, great gamble, Molten steel coursing through every orifice, But just to act is not suffice.
Sarah Palin Going Rogue AutoMotivationThis is perfect. I had just finished writing a long response about the destructive role of fear and anger in politics (see "Why Do Conservatives Hate America?" #1.60 ) when I came across this posting that perfectly illustrates my point. Draw your own conclusions.
Most of the past summer, or rather most of the time since Barack has been elected, there have been right wing "threats" concerning him and his polices (among other things).
The `Culture War' is real and scary I don't know who coined the term ``culture war'' to describe our political divisions, but I'm reasonably sure he or she intended it only as a figure of speech.
President Jimmy Carter: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man," Carter said.
Less Than SereneI was sitting courtside and I heard Serena Williams unleash some profanities and tell the lineswoman that if she called a foot fault again, "I'll stuff this racket down your throat."
`Emotional intelligence' a new hiring criterion Do you have the maturity and independence to follow a project to completion? Can you motivate and lead a group of your peers? Do you genuinely care about the company's values and goals? Are you the type to be sensitive to the needs of a troubled co-worker? Can you control your an …
After experiencing and observing a plethora of rude, bullying and disrespectful behavior on the part of 'adults' in my community, I felt compelled to write this article.
Anatomy Of A Nutjob Nation - Coop's Corner My uncle spent his early 20's slugging his way through France with Patton's Third Army. My dad, who was just about the same age, served in the Pacific. When they returned to civilian life, one was ideologically liberal-left, the other ideologically conservative-right.
Health-Care Anger Has Deeper Roots Recent town-hall uproars weren't just about health care. They were also eruptions of concern that the government is taking on too much at once.
Health Care Reform Anger Has Deeper RootsWASHINGTON -- Recent town-hall uproars weren't just about health care. They were also eruptions of concern that the government is taking on too much at once.
Angry U.K. man drives Rolls thru store.A 1983 Rolls Royce Silver Spirit bore the brunt of the injuries when a frustrated Robert Caton of Andover, England got fed up trying to sort out a customer service problem at his local Tesco store.
FBI boss attacks Megrahi releaseIn his letter to Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, FBI Director Robert Mueller wrote: "Your action in releasing Megrahi is as inexplicable as it is detrimental to the cause of justice. Indeed your action makes a mockery of the rule of law.
Everyone has a right to express their opinions in this country...Thank God for the veterans and everyone who fought , and is fighting, to keep that alive. Anger is one way to be sure..it captures attention.
U.S. healthcare town halls: Anger, fear and lunacyThe sound and fury at U.S. "town hall" meetings on healthcare reform have revealed as much about conservative fears of President Barack Obama as about health issues -- and in the end might have little significance in the broader debate.
How To Fight Heathcare Fearmongers and Demagogues | Robert Reich's BlogWhy Obama needs to get a spine! My friend, Keith, from New Orleans, just emailed to say he attended a local "town meeting" on health care and tried to get a word in favor but was almost hounded out of the room.
I'm a passionate man. When I feel strongly about something I'm very vocal, when I feel that I am being ignored I get just that much more vocal, but when I'm am dismissed that is something completly different.
Citizens just want the truth: 2 + 2 = 4For many members of Congress, this August recess will be unlike any they've experienced in a long time. As elected officials get shouted down at town hall meetings across America, the sheer mistrust toward all-things Washington is palpable.
It is hard to self analyze, but we all do it from time to time, sometimes more then we should, but lately I have been a bit hostile, maybe that is not the word, unfriendly or maybe a bit frustrated.
Anger over flags overdone - St. Petersburg TimesJudging from the wave of public anger and outrage that has hit Clearwater government this week, one might think the very fabric of democracy is being undone by a city proposal to take down 13 of the 59 American flags flying on city properties.
Cornyn: GOP ready to capitalize on Americans fear and anger in the 2010 elections.excerpt: "" Although RNC Chairman Michael Steele yesterday tried to distance the Republican Party from the angry protests at town hall meetings around the country, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is excited about them.
Death Threat Over ReformOnce you start to stoke them in a political group, for some they get out of control, they grow and grow until they become the reason in and of themselves. At this point they become dangerous to the very fabric of political discourse.
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