Comments on: Tuesday Open Trackback / Linkfest http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/05/23/tuesday-open-trackback-linkfest-17/ My rantings and ravings in this interesting world. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blue Star Chronicles http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/05/23/tuesday-open-trackback-linkfest-17/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Blue Star Chronicles Wed, 24 May 2006 03:46:23 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=218#comment-400 <strong>Spoiled Little Rich Kids</strong> These pampered students and college faculty can not fathom the courage and fortitude these American heros have lived. Having a few spoiled rich kids stand up and weakly hold up signs, turn their backs and spout off talking points is a cake-walk for t... Spoiled Little Rich Kids

These pampered students and college faculty can not fathom the courage and fortitude these American heros have lived. Having a few spoiled rich kids stand up and weakly hold up signs, turn their backs and spout off talking points is a cake-walk for t…

]]> By: Planck's Constant http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/05/23/tuesday-open-trackback-linkfest-17/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Planck's Constant Wed, 24 May 2006 01:05:40 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=218#comment-399 <strong>Aruban Police arrest 71,000 Suspects</strong> May 23, 2006 -- Another suspect in the murder of Natalee Holloway - a croupier who was working at the hotel where she stayed on the night she disappeared - has been arrested only to be set free, sources... Aruban Police arrest 71,000 Suspects

May 23, 2006 — Another suspect in the murder of Natalee Holloway – a croupier who was working at the hotel where she stayed on the night she disappeared – has been arrested only to be set free, sources…

]]> By: Blog for ANWR http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/05/23/tuesday-open-trackback-linkfest-17/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Blog for ANWR Tue, 23 May 2006 22:03:43 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=218#comment-398 <strong>Blog for ANWR</strong> Blog for ANWR is a source of news, insight, research and analysis regarding the issue of oil and gas exploration and extraction from ANWR. Blog for ANWR

Blog for ANWR is a source of news, insight, research and analysis regarding the issue of oil and gas exploration and extraction from ANWR.

]]> By: John Anderson http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/05/23/tuesday-open-trackback-linkfest-17/comment-page-1/#comment-397 John Anderson Tue, 23 May 2006 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/?p=218#comment-397 OK, the MSM has almost entirely missed this - but I have only seen it on one blog. The recent murder of a secularist judge has finally caused both Moslem and non-Moslem people to protest in the streets gainst the Islamist (as opposed to Islamic) posture of the government --- in one Reuters report (since archived, but the link below is still active as of this writing) as many as fifty thousand in the capitol. In even worse news for the Islamists, the Army is making noise about their fairly recent pledge to refrain from politics. The military has previuosly ousted at least three governments deemed to be betraying the principles of tolerance and openess promoted by Attaturk. Note that, almost unique for military overthrows, the Turkish military refused in both instances to keep power but instead held elections with only civilian candidates... - - - http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20142377.htm "... Turkey's top general on Saturday after he called on Turks to keep up their protests in defence of secularism following the killing of a judge by a suspected Islamist." - - - http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=104066&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng "... stoked tension between the secular establishment and [...the] Islamic-rooted government, which has been tyying to raise the profile of Islam in this predominantly Muslim but secular country." - - - http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CD919A3A-6318-4A13-86E9-8C54104828C8.htm Ozkok's call was seen as a warning to the government from the army, which helped topple an Islamist-leaning government in 1997, and follows comments in leading papers that the government should learn lessons from the mass pro-secular protests. Ismet Berkan, editor in chief of the respected liberal daily, Radikal, wrote on Saturday that "Turkey is heading towards a very dangerous political polarisation. The government had better consider the situation calmly". Secularists accuse the AKP of having a hidden Islamist agenda and cite recent attempts to restrict alcohol consumption and ease restrictions on religious education. The AKP denies it. OK, the MSM has almost entirely missed this – but I have only seen it on one blog. The recent murder of a secularist judge has finally caused both Moslem and non-Moslem people to protest in the streets gainst the Islamist (as opposed to Islamic) posture of the government — in one Reuters report (since archived, but the link below is still active as of this writing) as many as fifty thousand in the capitol.

In even worse news for the Islamists, the Army is making noise about their fairly recent pledge to refrain from politics. The military has previuosly ousted at least three governments deemed to be betraying the principles of tolerance and openess promoted by Attaturk. Note that, almost unique for military overthrows, the Turkish military refused in both instances to keep power but instead held elections with only civilian candidates…
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L20142377.htm
“… Turkey’s top general on Saturday after he called on Turks to keep up their protests in defence of secularism following the killing of a judge by a suspected Islamist.”
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http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=104066&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng

“… stoked tension between the secular establishment and [...the] Islamic-rooted government, which has been tyying to raise the profile of Islam in this predominantly Muslim but secular country.”
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CD919A3A-6318-4A13-86E9-8C54104828C8.htm

Ozkok’s call was seen as a warning to the government from the army, which helped topple an Islamist-leaning government in 1997, and follows comments in leading papers that the government should learn lessons from the mass pro-secular protests.

Ismet Berkan, editor in chief of the respected liberal daily, Radikal, wrote on Saturday that “Turkey is heading towards a very dangerous political polarisation. The government had better consider the situation calmly”.

Secularists accuse the AKP of having a hidden Islamist agenda and cite recent attempts to restrict alcohol consumption and ease restrictions on religious education. The AKP denies it.

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