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Hannity makes "sense" out of the Nobel prize
ecthompsonmd October 14, 2009

Now, this is priceless. From TP: Last night, Fox News host Sean Hannity hosted a panel that debated the merits of President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. After complaining about Obama’s goal of eliminating nuclear weapons and claiming that the Nobel is undesirable because Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat receieved it, Hannity suggested an alternative recipient for the award — former President George W. Bush: HANNITY: [Yasser Arafat] got the Nobel peace prize. Excuse me, a terrorist got the Nobel peace prize. Some people deservedly so. You know who else deserved it? Ronald Reagan. And frankly, I would’ve given it to George

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Who In Our Lives Merits Loyalty?
ecthompsonmd January 21, 2008

Loyalty is an important quality. What are possible grounds for loyalty? Who merits loyalty and for what reasons? I see loyalty as coming from personal circumstance and experiences and ,also, from the broader context of shared values. Loyalty also requires acceptance of people’s faults as you see them. This because, if for no other reason, so that others will accept you and your faults as well. Here are some possible grounds for loyalty— 1. A Shared Past— I give some stock to people who were in the some of the same places I was at certain points in life. For example, people who hung out in the same

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