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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Laying Down the Law... But Not Really

Fox News

A British law criminalizing the encouragement of political violence — passed in the wake of last year's London terror bombings — has yet to result in a single arrest, even as Islamic extremists continue to call on Muslims to kill British and American citizens.

The New York Times reports one London cleric still celebrates the deaths of coalition soldiers on his popular Web site, while yesterday, Muslim scholar Azam Tamimi glorified martyrdom "in defiance of George Bush and Tony Blair" before a crowd of 8,000.

One Islamic activist even encourages Muslims to attack bank employees because they charge interest in violation of Islamic law.

Opposition leader David Cameron blames Prime Minister Tony Blair for failing to enforce the provision.

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