Sentences with phrase «not make a political point»

and no im not making a political point, its just an ovservation of the way things have gone and the way in which the previous torie govenment got wiped out

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Pointing out that he is not making a political statement, Marrion said Trump's use of the bully pulpit has implications for the markets.

excerpt: «First of all, if you did not do so yesterday, please take the time to read Kevin Carmichael's look at the trip, and in particular how pack journalism narratives have formed, but he makes very relevant points about the political dynamics and the regional politics of India that the Canadian media is completely ignoring.»

Fortunately, Moral Majority types don't resort to suicide bombers to make their point, and we can deal with it at the political level.

The challenge to social conservatives at this point is still to name one social, political, or cultural problem that is not made worse by the pressure of overpopulation.

We must regain the ideal that our political process must make men better, because it now makes them sick — and i'm not pointing to the particular and awful act of terrorism that shocked us this last week, but as you say to the general atmosphere of our political life.

To think that this group or any other would think that a military funeral is a place to make their political point is not only illogical, it is frankly disgusting.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mostly to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Christian position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

As I hope I've made plain in my just war writing over the last fifteen years, there are certain forms of political «order» that are not «right order» and need not be preserved — indeed, conscience may require that they be resisted, by a variety of means, a point on which Thomas Jefferson and Lech Walesa would have agreed.

it would be like a retelling of Cinderella to make a political / religious point, except that Cinderella isn't a religious story, so the parallel is not a good one.

Referring to the criticism made by Peter Beyerhaus and some others that in the World Council's emphasis on social and political justice there is present a social utopianism which denies the fact of sin and affirms a self - redemptive humanism, Thomas admitted that the danger is always present, but pointed out the opposite danger of not admitting the fact of divine grace and the power of righteousness it releases for a daring faith in the realms of social and political action.

I don't deny that wrong decisions were made at probably all of the councils at some point, but of the councils that truly shaped Christianity, the seven ecumenical councils, while they are ridden with strife and political maneuvering as well as true Christian devotion and worship, I believe that most of what they decided in terms of doctrine is not wrong.

It should be emphasized that to say this is not thereby to invalidate any particular claims made on behalf of the liberal agenda for the society — just as one does not invalidate a political program simply by pointing Out that it may benefit the business community.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mosty to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Chrisitan position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

Further, it's gotten to the point where any comment made in support of an argument made by the right is labeled racist, etc., as if someone in a political position one doesn't share can never be right about anything (a problem shared by both those on the left and right).

However, the point I'm making is that one could not really prove a theory in political science, but only refute it.

But he insisted during a Capital Tonight interview yesterday that he's making a point to stay on the sidelines because he thinks political arguments aren't serving the voters.

If I remember correctly, Spitzer made a particular point of insisting his administration would be blind to political affiliation when hiring, and his appointments office came under fire for not moving quickly enough to suit rank - and - file Democrats in cleaning house of Pataki - era appointees.

Eli also made several broad points about social media, noting that it both raised the highs and lowered the lows of quality compared with professional material, and that it may not reach its full potential until the media and the political culture got out of a «gotcha?

Many people have made good points both for and against the stable futures of Pakistan and India, but increasingly the comments have moved away from political analysis and towards what could be considered to be xenophobia, which is a form of debate that Politics In Spires can not support.

Most people don't care enough about politics to go see them and you'll lose half of those who do if you make any political point whatsoever.

I'm not a fan of piggybacking on such achievements in favour of making political points, but there are clear lessons to be learned from it.

Video often evokes a stronger emotional reaction than text or still images alone, making it a powerful way to tell stories or make a political point, but online video isn't television — the kinds of content that succeeds can be quite different, with authenticity (that word again!)

A former president of the Oxford University conservative association, Robinson is not making an overtly political point.

Afterward, Sen. Jeff Klein, the IDC leader, said the point of his members» separate budget resolution was to prove that they are serious about governing, not to make «political points.»

Video often evokes a stronger emotional reaction than text or still images alone, making it a powerful way to tell stories or make a political point, but online video isn't television — the kinds of content that succeeds can be quite different, with authenticity and topic typically more important than polished visuals.

Making an audience laugh in the aisles while smuggling in deep political points is not as easy as it seems, and In The Loop's outrage at the events which led to the Iraq war shine through every minute of the film's running time.

But it is telling that most political opponents of military action - which at the moment is basically Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership and the broader Stop the War movement - do not seem to be making these points.

Web ads are useful, but at this point, most of the people looking at Lazio's web ads are the few who already support him, or are political junkies who will not make their voting decisions based on web ads.

This confirms the point I have been making that the West does not have a permanent interest in any political party; their permanent interest has always been to suppress developing countries.

There's also some pushing back on the polling of public financing and the point Republican lawmakers make when saying taxpayers don't support public dollars going toward political activities.

It's not as if he's the first elected official to highlight family members to make a point during a political campaign.

doesn't inspire confidence...» he still made the tricky political point (in a Lib Dem Conference context at least) that his party should not shy away from calling for fairness in immigration.

The Cabinet Office did not want to comment, but officials pointed out that the coalition agreement states that until Lords reform passes: «Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.»

«Those are reforms that will make a change, not just score political points, because now the politicians are feeling heat,» he said.

And I do not believe that the EU's leaders will seriously tell German exporters, French farmers, Spanish fishermen, the young unemployed of the Eurozone, and millions of others, that they want to make them poorer, just to punish Britain and make a political point.

«I think, actually, the best thing for the campaign both for staying in and getting out of the EU if it were not dominated by political voices but you had serious business people on either side to make their points of view.»

It's a worthwhile, if provocative, question that becomes even more interesting when you consider it in the context of an online left made up of blogs big and small as well as network - based organizations whose mailing lists constitute their major — if not only — point of political leverage.

«The whole point of setting up the commission was so that the agency head and the Legislature and the governor and the comptroller and the attorney general and so forth didn't have to publicly say anything, that we were making the decision on their behalf, on the behalf of the people, that we were created for the purposes of removing this from the political process,» Assembly appointee Roman Hedges said last week.

«He said that the Liberal Democrats have made it clear that the point at which we cut spending will be based on economics and not political dogma.

Not trying to make a political point but imagine Fox News or Breitbart pulled into the extremes.

Afterward, IDC leader, Senator Jeff Klein said the point of his members» separate budget resolution was to prove that they are serious about governing, and not to make «political points».

But the film deserves credit for not taking the Hollywood route at the ending; it may not be making any kind of profound political point in this decision, but it is the right way of doing it.

The story gets too ridiculous at this point to even be satirical or reasonably credible, it is just bad film - making; but, it does try in its unclear and scrambled way to blame the media and the rich people who control it, for not being risk takers and offering fresh arguments into the political fray.

We won't spoil things, except to say that the choices made are truly striking, simultaneously reaffirming the series» commitment to timely political point - making while providing an off - key but oddly satisfying sense of closure.

If it has a political point to make, it's pretty muddled, and elsewhere the fine - grained sexism — this isn't a world where women are allowed to both talk and have their clothes on — seriously scuppers any sense of the story as thoughtful or progressive.

It's a searing political statement that doesn't soften or simplify its source material to make its point.

I'm not one who thinks that a 9/11 movie needs to be dark and depressing or have a distinct political point of view; I'm certain a truly inspirational film celebrating the courage and resilience that came to the fore on 9/11 can be made and is perhaps even needed.

«Buried» also gets points for making interesting observations about American corporate and political culture, but it doesn't bog down in sermonizing.

«Red Christmas» doesn't have any specific political point of view; it's fraught with contradictions, and should make anyone squeamish.