Sentences with phrase «used as a political tool»

I don't care if people have strong feelings about this practice, but to use it as a political tool without acknowledging that it is what you're intentionally doing really is shameful.

If OBL had died in 2001 and his supposed death was going to be used as a political tool, GWB would have «killed» him in 2004 during that heated race, and for sure if not then, OBL would have «died» in 2008 when the GOP really really needed something to distract from the economy....

This person never existed, ever, and the sociopaths that created that nonsense, ie saul / paul, constantine, popes, etc et al, only use it as the political tool that it is.

Look guys its not islam its self, but the people using it as a political tool to spread their own agendas.

National Journal's Heather Greenfield has put together an excellent article looking at Google's use as a political tool, which Danny Glover reprinted yesterday in Beltway Blogroll.

«The fact that they are using this as a political tool is despicable,» he says.

Meeting the good people of Nkoranza and Techiman showed clearly that the President had no plan of fulfilling his campaign promise on the investment issue which he used as a political tool to sweep votes in the Brong Ahafo Region.

«In years past, the member items process known to this body was often used as a political tool, a tool used to disproportionately reward some members and a tool used to punish others,» she said.

The exhibition reflects how work regulates how we live but also how it may be used as a political tool.

Not exact matches

Sunshine Hillygus, who advises the federal government on the census, notes that this question is likely to fuel suspicion on the part of the undocumented that the census will become a political tool to be used against them — with negative implications for both data accuracy and for the long - run reputation of the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan agency.

«There are a number of folks who use science as a political tool rather than as an evidence - based way to make a decision,» Welsh says.

There's mounting evidence suggesting that CRA political - activity audits are being used as a politicized tool to exert pressure on critics of the government.

It remained unclear to what extent Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen as the de facto ruler of the country — was using the probe as a political tool to increase his control over the kingdom, while he continues to pursue a radical economic reform program.

But on May Day today's politician's again propped up his name as a bogeyman and this time «dumped him in the drink» in order to use the notoriety they gave him as a tool for political gain.

Bush used is faith as a weapon / tool for political gain not an devitional inspirational instrument of God.

Civility is always in short supply and one can readily agree that «we need to keep in mind the common humanity that we share with those with whom we disagree,» and that «we should never lose faith in the power of reason,» and that the Church should never be used «as a partisan political tool.»

the christian myth is a scam... a lie... a political tool just as it is used today... That is why it was created..

Religion is used as a tool by those who want to maintain political power.

Perry and Bachmann are using their religion as a political tool.

When false preachers use faith as a political tool, soon you'll find blood.

Don't get me wrong, Religion is a powerful tool as evident in todays wars as it's used in music lyrics, political speeches with religious overtones among other things.

Trying to use their religious beliefs as a political tool is really wrong.

I suggest that Santorum read the entire New Testament of the Bible... And pay particularly close attention to the words in red that Jesus said... After he's finished... I expect him to apologize for the many errors he has made in his Presidential campaign... The biggest one of them all... is of course trying to use Jesus Christ as a political tool... Shame on Santorum!

Having faith is one thing but we should never elect anyone who uses their religion as a political tool.

CNN: My Take: Counting the Bible's words doesn't yield a Republican Jesus Stephen Prothero, Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» responds to angry emails he received after writing a Belief Blog post in which he takes issue with evangelicals using Jesus as a political tool to benefit the Republican Party.

Akhmat is financially very stable, thanks to the government backing, with Chechnya's all - powerful president Ramzan Kadyrov using the club as a political tool.

It's becoming increasingly obvious that data is the underlying story behind his campaign's grassroots outreach, much as outside observers often like to focus on Facebook, Twitter and the other social tools that essentially every political operation now uses.

During the DiploHack, embassies discussed possible crisis scenarios, where social media could be used as a tool to connect with citizens abroad, as well being viewed as a method to engage with relevant political actors and to have their foreign policy positions heard online.

What the left and right sides of the political spectrum have in common is the tendency to use Jews and anti-Semitism as a tool to get at each other.

MySpace can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly if you're trying to reach younger voters who have moved away from the casual use of email, but most advice I've seen about using social network sites for political advocacy stresses the importance of moving MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

So the Wisconsin recall election was expensive, it involved campaigns heavily dependent on outside allies and grassroots help as they mixed and matched old and new forms of political communication, and it saw various internet tools used both to promote each candidate's message online, but also as integral to more back - end operations rarely visible from the outside.

It has been used not only to identify a wide range of anti-established and anti-neoliberalism movements, but also as an evergreen «offensive tool» of labelling every type of political opponent.

You might have missed it, since the article was in the Style section instead of among the political news, but Philip Kennicott wrote in Tuesday's Washington Post about a fascinating Radio Free Europe report on the Iraqi Sunni insurgency's use of the web as a communications tool...

For more on keeping sites up to date, see the section on using websites as a political tool.

We will not be used as a tool for your personal political gain.

By the way, here is an article I wrote for City Journal about the policy directive and how Mayor de Blasio uses fear as a political tool.

Does anyone else see a corrupt element to the fact that he is using the Attorney Generals office as his political election tool?

My fear is that the law as a political tool can be used to legitimise contending political issues.

When you said Sheriff did not lose, and that you fear that the law as a political tool can be used to legitimise political issues, are you saying you would have preferred if the matter had not gone to the Supreme Court or you just don't trust the judgment?

«If the county executive is behind this lawsuit, she has used the federal courts as a political tool to attack one of her political enemies,» Antonacci said in an interview.

It must not be used as a political whip or tool to intimidate innocent Nigerians.

He also denied any knowledge of or any intention to harm any individual as the political leadership in the state has never used violence as a political tool.

The grants, known as «member items,» are seen by many as pork - barrel spending, tools elected officials use to repay political supporters.

The concepts covered are: * Camera techniques * Audio techniques * Editing techniques * Mise - en - scene codes * Narrative structure * Genre conventions * Representation * Ideologies * Cultural Spheres and Universes * Institutional Techniques * Audiences models and theories * A wide range of media theories broken into contextual areas into sociological and political This is vital tool in the lead up to the exam period, where it can be used as a revision guide for key concept development, and as a compliment to other units you are teaching.

A. Grassroots community organizing has been long used as a tool for disadvantaged people to gain power to affect the practice of institutions in political and social life.

K.Taheri: Many human rights activists believe that the West is using «human rights» as a tool in Iran for political and diplomatic concessions.

To give you a taste of what is coming in Part 2, the arguments can be summarized as: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencas: 1) Education does not lend itself to a single «best» approach, so the Gates effort to use science to discover best practices is unable to yield much productive fruit; 2) As a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencAs a result, the Gates folks have mostly been falsely invoking science to advance practices and policies they prefer for which they have no scientific support; 3) Attempting to impose particular practices on the nation's education system is generating more political resistance than even the Gates Foundation can overcome, despite their focus on political influence and their devotion of significant resources to that effort; 4) The scale of the political effort required by the Gates strategy of imposing «best» practices is forcing Gates to expand its staffing to levels where it is being paralyzed by its own administrative bloat; and 5) The false invocation of science as a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influencas a political tool to advance policies and practices not actually supported by scientific evidence is producing intellectual corruption among the staff and researchers associated with Gates, which will undermine their long - term credibility and influence.

advance an adult political agenda by special interests who wish to use our public schools as a tool to strip gender and gender differences from societal norms.

This enabled me to take a neutral stance on all the political aspects and simply use them as tools for plot and character development.

On top of that, the story itself is a generic political affair between the different factions vying for their stake on Mars, all of whom use Zachariah as a tool to further their own agendas.