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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Alpha Mare on September 30, 2009, 09:17:24 AM
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parasearchers (171 posts) Wed Sep-30-09 01:50 PM
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JK Rowling denied Presidential Medal of Freedom because writing “encouraged witchcraftâ€
The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation’s highest civil award, and is given to individuals who have contributed to: 1) the security or national interests of the United States, 2) world peace, or 3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.
In his new book, Speechless: Tales of a White House Survivor, former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer reveals how politicized the revered Presidential Medal of Freedom became during the Bush administration.
Latimer writes that administration officials objected to giving author J.K. Rowling the Presidential Medal of Freedom because her writing “encouraged witchcraft†(p. 201):
Harry Potter contributed to world peace and I missed it? Damn.
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I dunno. It doesn't seem like writing a book of fiction, for kids is worthy of a Medal of Freedom. That is just plain silly.
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How does someone get "denied" a medal?
When did a medal become an entitlement?
What did JK Rowling do to encourage freedom??
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What did JK Rowling do to encourage freedom??
She gives nitwits the freedom to believe they're wizards?
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Let's take a look at one of the recipients of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom that 0Bama awarded.
Mary Robinson’s Medal of Freedom
Anti-Americanism and anti-Israel activism win Obama’s approbation.
By JOHN BOLTON
Barack Obama’s decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Mary Robinson has generated unexpected but emotionally charged opposition. Appointed by then-U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as high commissioner for human rights in 1997-2002, Ms. Robinson had a controversial but ineffective tenure. (Previously, she was president of Ireland, a ceremonial position.)
Criticism of Mr. Obama’s award, to be officially bestowed tomorrow, has centered on Ms. Robinson’s central organizing role as secretary general of the 2001 “World Conference Against Racism†in Durban, South Africa. Instead of concentrating on its purported objectives, Durban was virulently anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and at least implicitly anti-American.
So vile was the conference’s draft declaration that Secretary of State Colin Powell correctly called it “a throwback to the days of ‘Zionism equals racism,’†referring to the infamous 1975 U.N. General Assembly resolution to that effect. President George W. Bush (whose father led the 1991 campaign that repealed the U.N.’s “Zionism is a form of racism†resolution) unhesitatingly agreed when Mr. Powell recommended the U.S. delegation leave the Durban conference rather than legitimize the outcome.
Ms. Robinson didn’t see it that way then, and she has shown no remorse since. In late 2002, she described Durban’s outcome as “remarkably good, including on the issues of the Middle East.â€
Outrage over Durban reignited earlier this year when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did her best to get the United States to attend the successor conference (“Durban IIâ€) to polish Mr. Obama’s “multilateralist†bona fides. Because the Durban II draft declaration reaffirmed Durban I’s hateful conclusions, even the Obama administration couldn’t swallow attending.
WSJ Online (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342152496390582.html)
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Let's take a look at one of the recipients of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom that 0Bama awarded. WSJ Online (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342152496390582.html)
:mental: :thatsright: :bird: :censored: :banghead:
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:mental: :thatsright: :bird: :censored: :banghead:
Ok. Never Mind. JK Rowling is deserving of a Medal of Freedom.
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Link to DU thread?
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Link to DU thread?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x484981
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I dunno. It doesn't seem like writing a book of fiction, for kids is worthy of a Medal of Freedom. That is just plain silly.
Yeah, I agree. I have nothing against her or the books, but was completely inappropriate to even consider her for it.
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Up next, DUmmies calling for the makers of "Twilight" to get a Medal of Freedom. :jerkit:
Honestly, I know dozens of people more deserving of these awards than JK Rowling.
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Yeah, I agree. I have nothing against her or the books, but was completely inappropriate to even consider her for it.
Well, but they did make movies out of them, too and think of all the union members who had jobs because of those movies. Not to mention the companion merchandising. Granted most of the toys are made in China but how the heck can China loan us money if we don't keep their workers employed?
Cindie
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I recently bought some plastic cups... it said Made in USA on them.
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I recently bought some plastic cups... it said Made in USA on them.
Were they made by the Solo CupTM company?
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Were they made by the Solo CupTM company?
PackerWare.... Lawrence Kansas
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PackerWare.... Lawrence Kansas
I was just curious, because most around here are made by Solo, which has a local plant.
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It's surprising none of the DUmmies have suggested she should sue.
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It's surprising none of the DUmmies have suggested she should sue.
It's even more surprising that none of them has said Bush should've been impeached for rejecting it for that reason.
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Up next, DUmmies calling for the makers of "Twilight" to get a Medal of Freedom. :jerkit:
Honestly, I know dozens of people more deserving of these awards than JK Rowling.
Impossible; the author is Mormon, and we all know that Mormons are all about denying freedom to the darkies, and teh gheys. :naughty: