Congressman wants all 'czars' to testify Sep 10, 2009
I have thought a czar was always anathema to proper Constitutional Governing as the founding fathers designed. Whether there are 30 or 44, I do not care, there should be none. (TheHill.com)
How to deal with children ... or how to fake being good with them Sep 8, 2009
But most often, you are an anathema in her existence. She hates you. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Missing Woman Sep 7, 2009
The life of Amelia Earhart : The New Yorker. Post, TIGHAR (The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery), The Earhart Project, Nikumaroro, Islands, Carl Allen, Herald Tribune, Eugene Vidal, Bureau of Air Commerce, (Pres. (New Yorker)
BLACKsummers' Night Sep 2, 2009
Social politics is not anathema Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield showed that 40 years ago but most of the time we're talking love songs, relationship songs, heartbreak and seduction songs, sung in non-hectoring, rarely urgent tones. So if you're not on board with that you're not going to get why some of us have been impatient for nearly a decade, waiting for the return of Maxwell, who along with D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott and Angie Stone revived the art of soul in the '90s. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Madness on wheels Aug 11, 2009
The idea of being constantly in touch is anathema to me. I believe that 90 percent of the conversations on them are unnecessary and 100 percent of them are annoying to those in the vicinity, and now we have indisputable evidence of the dangers they pose to public safety. (Braintree Forum, MA)
Lobbyists The Silver Lining In Health Storm? Jul 26, 2009
" "Today, after a lot of hard work in Congress, we are closer than ever before to finally passing reform that will reduce costs, expand coverage and provide more choices for our families and businesses," Obama said. The industry groups have invested heavily to make sure their views get taken into account. The health care sector gave $167 million in campaign contributions to congressional candidates in the 2008 election cycle, according to the watchdog group OpenSecrets.org. Health care companies... (Click2Houston, TX)
Can Sufism Defuse Terrorism? Jul 22, 2009
Yet the Taliban in Pakistan have set about destroying such sites, which are anathema to their literalist interpretation of the Koran. "Despite our ancient religious tradition," says Ayeda Naqvi, a writer and Sufi scholar from Lahore, "we are being bullied and intimidated by a new form of religion that is barely one generation old.". (Time.com)
Mountaintop mining divides opinion Jul 16, 2009
This is music to the ears of those like Ms Gunnoe who believe passionately that it should be stopped, and anathema to those who support mountaintop removal mining. Though Maria Gunnoe's work recently brought her the 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America - sometimes referred to as the "Green Nobel" - Roger Horton remains confident that mountaintop removal mining will not be stopped any time soon. (BBC News -- Americas)
Bill James sheds light on ASG's demise Jul 14, 2009
Bill: An All-Star game or any exhibition is, in a sense, anathema to a sport, in this sense: that whereas sports beg and demand to be taken seriously on a certain level, All-Star games are essentially about showing off. Sports -- perhaps BECAUSE they are fantastically trivial events in which nothing really is at stake -- are fanatic, from the level of front offices on down, about taking the competition seriously. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Mad, bad and dangerous Jul 9, 2009
Softly spoken, fragile and given to sweet, sunny grins, he projects an uncertainty that would be anathema to Josh and to most of the characters he's played. Critical of his own work, he reveals the kind of relentless dissatisfaction that plagues many actors. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Army solution Jun 23, 2009
To liberals and leftists alike, the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the best organised opposition group, is anathema. So is what is known as the "hereditary scenario" - Gamal Mubarak being installed as president in a charade dressed up as a democratic vote. (BBC News -- Africa)
ELIZABETH KNIGHT Jun 17, 2009
The extension on the ban on short selling a select group of stocks, including real estate trusts and financials, is as much an anathema to the free flow of capital in the sharemarket as tariffs are to the free flow of goods in an international economy. Friday January 23, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Rejoinder: Asantehene: new progress philosophy, etc. Jun 17, 2009
Upon reflection, it is sad that of late some of our misguided Ghanaian Christian Pastors and other similarly misguided people, have taken to deriding the achievements and personality of Okomfo Anokye as idolatry and anathema. It is this sad reality due to the colonization of the African mind that concerns me. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
A skillful speech, but it's a tough crowd Jun 5, 2009
But the president's calibrated remarks also asked listeners in a region roiled by hatred to take two steps that have long been anathema: Forgetting the past and understanding an opposing view. For a president who proclaimed a goal of asking people to listen to uncomfortable truths, it was clear that parts of his speech resonated deeply with his intended audience and others fell on deaf ears, in Israel as well as the Muslim world. (News & Observer)
The visible hand in America May 29, 2009
Government-run health care is still anathema to many Americans. Mr Stone received a reminder of that the day before the rally; a vitriolic letter decrying so many socialist if not communist [sic] working against the best social economic and progressive system in the world, capitalism. (The Economist)
Is there a problem with paintball? May 27, 2009
This is anathema to Steve Bull, owner of Powerplay Skirmish Wakefield and spokesman for the UK Paintball Sports Federation. No Rambos. (BBC News -- UK)
Why are there no good movies about the War on Terror? May 25, 2009
That can be a good thing, but by and large it's anathema to good art. There is only one conservative-minded person I could think of who could pull off such a film. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
At 100-day marker, it's too soon to tell May 13, 2009
anathema to industry Congress and the Obama administration are trying to make fools out of us, the people, by not considering the only health-care plan that will work: single payer, where the insurance entity is nonprofit. This plan is in effect in many other industrial countries that have successful health care. (NJ.com -- Times)
* Webs give-away culture here to stay May 11, 2009
Thompsons view is echoed by fellow Web pundit Jeff Jarvis, who also sees charging as anathema. Charging for content reduces audience, which in turn reduces advertising revenue. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
V Nangia: You say it best when you... May 10, 2009
Silence to some is golden; to others, an anathema. To some, an irritant, to others a channel of free flowing peace. (India Times, India)
Balochistan is the ultimate prize May 9, 2009
It is the essential node in the crucial, ongoing, and still virtual Pipelineistan war between IPI and TAPI. IPI is the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline, also known as the "peace pipeline", which is planned to cross from Iranian to Pakistani Balochistan - an anathema to Washington. TAPI is the perennially troubled, US-backed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India pipeline, which is planned to cross western Afghanistan via Herat and branch out to Kandahar and Gwadar. (Asia Times Online)
Should people be barred from the UK? May 6, 2009
If your views are anathema to the inhabitants of that country, why should they "have to" let you in. There is enough hatred and bile on the internet to satisfy all freedom of speech conditions, without inviting the perpetrators the country. (BBC News)
The war over Chrysler May 2, 2009
"The notion that a government is going to intervene and become a part owner in a car company is anathema to anyone who believes in the free market. And it shows how far the government has strayed from what many people consider basic, sound economic principles, basic conservative principles.". With files from reporters Barrie McKenna and Campbell Clark. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
LETTER: Using Bible to denounce homosexuality is wrong Apr 29, 2009
father bob wrote on Apr 28, 2009 4:44 PM:" God Hates ShrimpShrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Rexburg 'tea party' to take place Wednesday Apr 15, 2009
Thanks For the Laugh wrote on Apr 14, 2009 1:10 PM:" Man, you small town conservatives are too easy to pick on.Yeah, I understood that you only "organized" the Rexburg event. Three years? Try the last eight. No better yet, try the last thirty. The current economic/financial collapse was caused by the policies championed by Ronald Reagan, and that collapse (i.e. market failure) created the need for fiscal and monetary stimulus. I know the term "market failure" is anathema to some conservatives.... (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Satawu strike reveals poor thinking on both sides Apr 14, 2009
As for merit increases, they are anathema to unions. Above all, union leaders must convince their members they are powerless without a union. (Business Report, South Africa)
Another View: Without higher gas taxes, 'cash for clunkers' wont work Apr 14, 2009
Talk of any new taxes -- even a gradual pennies-to-the-gallon gas tax -- is anathema to most politicians on both the left and right. Some consumers will buy more fuel-efficient vehicles simply for the environmental benefits, but most of us need either bigger savings or a bigger hammer in the form of taxes to turn us away from our cherished sport-utility vehicles. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
The latest victim of financial crisis: U.S. jails Mar 25, 2009
Michigan is doing a little of all of this, in addition to freeing some offenders who have yet to serve their maximum sentence, previously anathema. And on Wednesday, Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a Democrat, signed legislation to repeal the state's death penalty, which aside from ethical concerns was seen as costly. (International Herald Tribune)
Paradox Was His Doxy Mar 24, 2009
This was anathema to Chesterton who, with his feet very firmly on the ground, disliked even Impressionism, which seemed to him a dangerous flight from reality. It lends itself, he wrote, to the metaphysical suggestion that things only exist as we perceive them, or that things do not exist at all. (The American Conservative)
Hardline Saudi Clerics Urge TV Ban on Women, Music Mar 23, 2009
Saudi Arabia was founded on an alliance with the conservative Wahhabi strain of Islam that sees the mixing of sexes as anathema and believes the playing of music violates religious values. The former information minister, Iyad Madani, earned the ire of hardliners several years ago by allowing music in government-run TV and female journalists to interview men, despite the country's strict gender-segregation rules. (Newsmax)
Saudi hard-liners: Ban women on TV Mar 23, 2009
Saudi Arabia was founded on an alliance with the conservative Wahhabi strain of Islam that sees the mixing of sexes as anathema and believes the playing of music violates religious values. Type Size. (AZCentral -- News)
Senate GOP Slows Rush To Tax AIG Bonuses Mar 22, 2009
Republican reluctance also appeals largely to a key constituency that traditionally finds regulation anathema: Wall Street. Robert Willens, a corporate tax lawyer in New York, said the Senate bonus tax bill would still allow bailout beneficiaries to negotiate higher salaries with employees to compensate for lost bonuses. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Barbie, my way Mar 11, 2009
Barbie was anathema, a Stepford wife in waiting. They looked at her, even in her '80s corporate wear, and saw the same plastic pin-up who debuted at the New York Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Modern day tax collectors ought to travel with credit card swipers Mar 8, 2009
It is tax collecting pure and simple in a state where taxes are anathema. The people of Arizona would rather punish smokers, speeders, tourists and gamblers, than pony up their fair share to keep us from falling behind Mississippi in every category by which a state s civilized status is measured. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Message to World Bank: Clean does not equal coal Mar 7, 2009
A carbon tax is considered anathema by most politicians, and despite some murmurs of support for bank nationalization by some American legislators, I suspect that Congress would find it unpalatable if the White House announced plans to seize Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and J.P. Morgan Chase. Another troubling parallel: The bad bank attempts to solve a complex problem with more complexity, just as cap-and-trade is a complex attempt to cope with an incredibly thorny challenge. (Salon)
Toddlin’ Town Mar 2, 2009
Chicago is marking the centennial of the Burnham plan with a yearlong festival of exhibitions and public events, including the construction, this June, of architectural pavilions in Millennium Park by Zaha Hadid and Ben Van Berkel odd choices, given that their avant-garde allegiance would have been anathema to Burnham. Still, the scale of the celebrations seems apt. (New Yorker)
Greg Baum The Tiger faithful came and star recruit Ben Cousins delivered. Read more Feb 27, 2009
Defeat is anathema in football, but this one might have an upside for the Tigers if it trains the spotlight away from Cousins for a fortnight. At the final siren, Cousins cast off his tapings, refused a TV interview and did not join in the communion of players, shaking only the hand of Collingwood's Leon Davis, then dissolving into the departing pack of Tigers. (The Age, Australia)
Why Even Bernie Madoff Can't Match Marcel Ospel as Man Swiss Love to Hate Feb 25, 2009
Paychecks on this scale and bets on U.S. markets were anathema to the traditions of Swiss banking, fueling anger as losses mounted, says , founder of Wollerau- based Sparring Partners GmbH, which advises businesses on reputation management. Soulless Money Machine. (Bloomberg)
2009 Honda Fit Feb 20, 2009
Although it is anathema to anything called sport , an optional five-speed automatic transmission is available and has racing style shift paddles behind the steering wheel that look cool, but are as useless as these tend to be. Connected to it, a 117-horsepower engine offering 106 pound-feet of torque can t provide anything resembling a kick in the backside from the get-go, but the Fit smoothly gathers momentum and will slice and dice through traffic with the best of them once it is cruising... (Fox News)
Election Puzzle Feb 18, 2009
Minutes after the vote count was completed, he was invited to a meeting with Kadima leader Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to talk about possible cooperation, although much of his radical nationalistic rhetoric and platform is anathema to her party's centrist constituency ... Moreover, for Lieberman's mainly secular immigrant constituents, the Shas party, which gave them a hard time when it controlled the Interior Ministry, is anathema. (Jerusalem Post, Israel)
May I suggest some dumplings with the vodka? Feb 18, 2009
There are no bars for us to visit in Brighton because they are anathema to the Russian manner of drinking. No less than the Italians or French, Russians treat drinking as part of a complete gastronomic experience, and divorcing the two would be unthinkable for anyone with a modicum of taste. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Socialism has sway in America Feb 16, 2009
chatterbox wrote on Feb 15, 2009 11:43 AM:" Isn't it interesting that in 8 years George W Bush single-handedly destroyed the economy to the point that this country is forced into taking steps anathema to it's capitalistic economic principles?Too bad, Dee. Ya got whatcha'-all voted for. Ya made your stinkin' bed, now ya-all get to sleep in it. Sweet dreams, fools. ". Sheryl wrote on Feb 15, 2009 11:51 AM:" rockdawgdesert is a wimp! But, as you know, we girls pull hair when we fight. desert... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Obama rolls out his big guns on economy Feb 9, 2009
Facing urgent and unconventional problems, administration officials have been locked in endless meetings, trying to toe a line between doing too little at a time of crisis and adopting big-government solutions that are anathema to some Americans. Republican critics and some economists have criticized the stimulus plan wending its way through Congress. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
