Sentences with phrase «extreme position by»

U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna says extreme positions by lawmakers are killing the ability to govern.

Not exact matches

There are many threads to these NAFTA talks, and as the U.S. pulls harder — by staking out extreme positions and making aggressive demands of Canada and Mexico — they're becoming tangled into a Gordian knot that perhaps no one will be able to untie.

It is wishful thinking to imagine that the most extreme economic, debt and investment bubble in history was corrected by a mild economic downturn, a market decline that leaves stocks at 21 times peak earnings (higher than at the 1929 and 1987 peaks), and just a few large - scale defaults from a corporate debt position which continues to claim a record share of operating earnings to finance.

Too be sure, whenever the COT report shows an extreme level in the bullion bank short position in gold and futures, offset by an extreme long position held by the hedge funds, the criminal banks implement a «COT stop - loss hedge fund long liquidation» algorithm which sets off the stop - losses set by the hedge funds and causes the now - familiar «waterfall» chart patterns that result from heavy bank manipulation of Comex trading.

That position is only taken by the most extreme of the religion....

We must reject extreme positions which seek to clarify all possible uncertainties in Old Testament prophetism by analogy with associations of cultic personnel in ancient Mesopotamia, the broader West Semitic areas, and in Arabia.

Another man might have responded to this situation by cautiously modifying some of the extreme elements in his earlier position, but not Altizer.

The vocabulary of the mainstream is simply a way of excommunicating the authorities by drawing a doxographical map in which all opinions are created equal and in which those of the Magisterium occupy an extreme marginal position.

This, I submit, is uncharitable in the extreme, and it also violates the principle, to which Griffin subscribed in Searching for an Adequate God, that a position ought to be criticized on the basis of its «core doctrines» and not on the basis of views that may have been espoused by some adherents but are not essential to the position itself.

(This position may be taken consciously by extreme liberalism, and unconsciously by those who have lost all distinctive religious beliefs and the ability to criticize the values of their culture.)

41 Doubtless this was an extreme position but it was tacitly assented to by many.

The importance of this novel recommendation for ethics lies in its characteristic ability to moderate between extreme positions: although, against the pragmatists, values are held as eternal, they are not, against the Platonists, degraded by their relation with the finite world.

Pius XII's address to which I referred (distributed in English translation on December 15, 1953) did not go further than the traditional position allows, but the timing of it suggests that he was in fact rebuking the extreme position advanced by Cardinal Ottaviani.

By now we sould have known a defensive midfielder is of extreme importance and so are a few other positions.

This period is marked by fragility of the infant in terms of environmental adaptation to extreme hot and cold temperatures, sucking ability to have an effective feeding pattern, an established sleeping schedule, emotional security with the care takers and proper positioning when sleeping, feeding and burping.

«In the gubernatorial race, they'll choose between Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who has served as a strong voice for New Yorkers and consistently taken on corruption in both government and the private sector, and Carl Paladino, a radical Republican candidate who is out of touch with New Yorkers — and whose positions appear to be growing more extreme by the day.»

Even though their positions in the political spectrum span from the left to the extreme right, the total number of votes won by these three parties amounted to nearly 6.5 million, against the Conservatives» 11.3 million.

«Andrew Cuomo and other Democrats, including a Democratic candidate for Attorney General, have taken the principled position of rejecting the WFP because of its extreme left - wing ideology — and because it is under investigation by the United States Attorney.»

Another example: think of all the times that the most extreme position taken by a random commentor on a lefty blog is held out by some TV blathering head or talk radio host as somehow being representative of ALL liberal thought.

Replacing Howard with a leader who is seen as less extreme should help the Conservatives move people's perception of them closer to the centre ground, and once Labour's leader is a figure who is percieved as being on the other side of the psychological left - right divide they may be in a better position to win support back from Labour amongst right - of - centre voters, but either way you cut it they are still as by far the most extreme of the three main parties.

«Mr. Capel's hysterics notwithstanding, the truly extreme position is the one taken by Governor Cuomo in his State of the State address, where he called for passage of the so - called «Reproductive Health Act,» which would expand late - term abortions in New York, even up to the day of a baby's birth.

Two caricatured extreme positions of political strategy, held by no - one, are these: a) that voter preferences are entirely fixed, and that the art of political campaigning is to choose where within the spectrum of fixed voter opinions to place oneself to provide the best chance of victory whilst achieving the maximum of one's desired programme; b) that voters can be persuaded of anything if one has truth on one's side and argues for it with sufficient conviction.

Next, they developed a list of measures to evaluate the five factors they believed should account for the changing levels of concern: extreme weather events, public access to accurate scientific information, media coverage, positions of political elites and efforts by advocacy groups.

The debate has become increasingly fueled by these extreme positions.

however, the reverse is not true if you have the strength to do a high kick you must also have the flexibility to do it as you could have only built the strength by being in that extreme position.

Infiltrate terrorists» positions, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace!

Positions long held by MORE, like strenuous opposition to high stakes testing and the use of VAM growth scores to evaluate teachers, were until very recently considered by the power structure to be extreme.

Now that I think about it, she seems to advocate a «middle of the road» position on most things by showing the extremes on both sides to be just that - extreme.

Given the extreme dividend cuts by DHT (who recently slashed its dividend to 2 cents per share) and RSO, I think its time to consider selling these two positions off, even at a loss.

Well - established companies are key to profitable and secure investments: Instead of moving between extremes of risk, we continue to think investors will profit most — and with the least risk — by buying shares of well - established companies with strong business prospects and strong positions in healthy industries.

The airplane parts which, even after their actual utilization, continue to be valuable, and which Pirgelis collects from scrapyards throughout the world, extend the history of the objet trouvé by establishing an extreme position.

Influenced by the politics and identity of post-1997 Hong Kong as well as the tradition of Performance Art, Pak's distinctive methodology towards «adaptation» consists of inserting himself as the subject into the equation, adopting this position to question and explore the notion of individual identities against the new globalised societies and realities that are of extreme relevance to the ongoing modernisation of Asia's mega cities.

With the positioning of Jerwood Gallery being surrounded by extreme natural forms, it feels like an appropriate position to host this retrospective.

The Sierra Club Voter Education Fund's Real Republicans project seeks to educate voters about the records of the 2012 GOP presidential candidates by highlighting their extreme positions on public health and other issues of critical importance to the American people and encourage the public to find out more about the candidates and their positions on these issues.

Pakistan Today: Despite severe flooding in 2011, Pakistan managed to drop itself from first last year, to third position this year in the league table for countries that were worst hit by extreme weather events in 2011, according to a «climate risk index 2013» published here on Tuesday.

I think a simple realization by some that there is a spectrum of psychological types related to the issue of AGW, and that at the extreme ends we have «alarmists» on one end and «deniers» on the other which are more similar to each other psychologically because they are emotionally attached to the issue or ideologically attached and 100 % are certain of their position.

At the other extreme, however, the process that leads to the consensus is heavily politically charged, as well as strongly value - laden, the environment in which the scientists operate is polarized and characterized by competing non-scientific interests, and scientists are exposed to possibly significant consequences attached to taking a scientific position that deviates from the consensus position.

«Mid-latitude economies such as those in Europe and the United States could be threatened, for example, by a suggested link between sea - ice retreat and the strength and position of the jet stream, bringing extreme winter and spring weather,» the paper states.

On the more extreme side, which too many people advocate from groups like Greenpeace, Searra Club, and the WWF is the position stated by Bill McKibben of 350.org:

Even as Europeans adapt to hotter summers, rising numbers of heat - related deaths are likely.33, 34 The 2003 heat wave shows that even high - income countries such as the Netherlands are not currently positioned to cope with extreme weather19 — a troubling prospect, as research suggests that by as early as the 2040s, if we continue on the current high emissions path, about half the summers in southern Europe are likely to be as warm as the record - breaking heat wave of 2003.26,35

They will object to many of the extremes taken by the Deep Greens, but a lot of their milder positions and beliefs are widely accepted, even popular.

The trap that AGW cult members have walked into - of showing clearly how fundamental their faith in AGW is to their position on AGW - is something even the most extreme true believer by now finds disconcerting.

The inbuilt checks allow for more extreme popular positions not to result in more extreme outcomes but it doesn't prevent the de facto institution of a narrow ruling class capable of using considerable powers to maintain the status quo against their removable which must then be by revolutionary means.

Between these two extremes is a reasonable, balanced middle position, which is: We're not certain exactly what the effects of climate change will be, but the potential risks are large, so it's worth hedging our bets by acting to reduce emissions as an «insurance policy.»

(This is not to say that individual readers haven't taken more extreme positions from time to time, but is the core CA position taken by me and the major commenters.)

In this post we will examine the claims made by Giaever in his talk, and show that his contrarian climate opinions come from a position of extreme ignorance on the subject, as Giaever admits.

As for me, I'm learning that taking a rational position somewhere in between two stupid extremes simply gets you toasted by both sides.

The extreme position that wind and solar can produce all the energy the world needs is opposed by even the most fervent climate change scientists.

While he has been Attorney - General, however, the single most noted legal position represented by Mr. Mukasey in his public appearances and statements is his consistent refusal to acknowledge the illegality — under international and domestic law — of waterboarding and other extreme forms of interrogation practiced in the past by the current Administration.

These positions are extreme, and they are united by one thing: an embrace of unchecked federal government power.»