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	In Context: Paying attention
		In one example of the tug-of-war, Karzai never abolished the Vice and Virtue Ministry that was emblematic of the Taliban's puritanism, although he tried to keep its existence quiet.
		The whips the ministry's police used to lash men who cut their beards and women whose ankles showed under their burkas sit in the office collecting dust, but employees remain on the payroll.
		The ministry was downgraded to a department, the status it had when it was established by the mujahideen government in 1992.
	incontext.blogmosis.com /archives/004176.html (874 words)

	(7/18/2006) Afghanistan To Revive "Vice And Virtue" Police
		He tells RFE/RL that the plan to create a Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice reminds him of those "dark days." Zarifi adds that his organization is concerned that the "vice and virtue department" could turn into an instrument for political pressure.
		The Taliban's Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice was the regime's most feared institution, in charge of implementing Islamic rules as defined by the Taliban.
		That ministry was also in charge of conducting Islamic punishment, such as the stoning of women charged with adultery.
	www.albionmonitor.com /0607a/afghanvirtuevice.html (796 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		The old Taliban Vice and Virtue was quite brutal in imposing its -- its -- its restrictions and its decrees on the people of the Afghan capitol, indeed the people over the vast majority of the rest of Afghanistan, as well.
		However, a number of the officials that make up the Departments of Vice and Virtue here in Kabul, they're respected figures, prominent figures in local communities, often people who were invited to mosques on Fridays to lecture the congregation on what to do and what not to do.
		VERJEE: The issue of the Department of Vice and Virtue: Many say that this appears to be a move to challenge transitional President Hamid Karzai; he's trying to show he's moving away from religious extremism.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0209/02/i_qaa.01.html (2833 words)

	Andrew Maykuth Online \| maykuth.com
		He says there will be no more use for the leather lashes and wire cables he found in the ministry's offices, formerly used by the religious police to beat conformity into the populace.
		The Islamic government created a department of virtue and vice in its justice ministry whose main purpose was to vet employees for purity of thought.
		Inside the foyer of the ministry, whose records Wazir said were looted, are various posters with reminders about moral rigidity.
	www.maykuth.com /afghan/lash1202.html (1313 words)

	Em P Me >> mp3 Blog » Blog Archive » Vice, virtue and a pound of dead bodies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Vice, virtue and a pound of dead bodies
		The Happy Bullets - The Vice and Virtue Ministry from the Vice and Virtue Ministry CD which was released on Undeniable Records (Purchase from Amazon
		On their second album, The Vice and Virtue Ministry, the band has crafted some deadly addictive tracks that will refuse to release you from their clutches as they bore their way straight into you.
	www.lovehasnologic.com /empme/2005/11/08/vice-virtue-and-a-pound-of-dead-bodies (772 words)

	CNN.com - Anti-U.S. protests in Quetta, Kandahar - October 2, 2001
		They paraded from the Ministry of Vice and Virtue to the Martyrs Square, where they listened to speeches by local people.
		Travel restrictions imposed on Afghans by the Vice and Virtue Ministry and by the Defense Ministry have been lifted in some areas.
		Meanwhile, some Afghan citizens have said they almost want the attacks to happen because they say the level of expectation that the retaliation could take place at any moment is almost unbearable.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/south/10/02/ret.pakistan.protests/index.html (541 words)

	Talibanism And Pakistan - Pakistani Defence Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		“This ministry will be entirely different from the one the Taliban had [during their 1996-2001 period] which implemented the Islamic laws by force, but we will persuade the people to adopt the Islamic teachings,” they said.
		“This ministry will be entirely different from the one the Taliban had [during their 1996-2001 period] which implemented the Islamic laws by force, but we will persuade the people to adopt the Islamic teachings,”
		It seems your mouth is always ready to release the excrement which is constantly residing in your mouth and mind without even a justified provocation.
	www.pakistanidefenceforum.com /index.php?showtopic=5685 (2058 words)

	Undeniable Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"Vice and Virtue, with the help of famed producer Stuart Sikes, is the cleanest, tightest recording ever made by the Bullets." --Dallas Observer-Best Local Release, 2005--
		Fusing their modern take on 60's pop and psychedelia, The Vice and Virtue Ministry was recorded over several months with Stuart Sikes (Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, White Stripes, etc).
		Stuart inserted a polished vision of the Happy Bullets' sound, and the end result is one of the most symphonic pop records in recent memory.
	www.undeniablerecords.net /happybullets.htm (334 words)

	You Ain't No Picasso: The Happy Bullets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"The Vice and Virtue Ministry" by The Happy Bullets is darn fine pop song if ever I've heard one.
		None of the 3 MP3s are on Vice & Virtue Ministry.
		I went and downloaded the 'Vice & Virtue Ministry' song from the link above, and was commenting on it.
	youaintnopicasso.blogspot.com /2005/09/happy-bullets.html (542 words)

	The Happy Bullets: The Vice and Virtue Ministry - PopMatters Music Review
		But the Britishness comes through most frequently in the lyrics: "At the Vice and Virtue Ministry / You'll earn your etiquette degree / Climb the ranks and join us here amongst the bourgeoisie".
		While mocking the people in the penny seats, members of the Vice and Virtue Ministry wear monocles and "Quote articles from Tennyson and Keats".
		The Vice and Virtue Ministry closes appropriately with "Good Day!", a track dedicated to making the coming 24 hours pleasant.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/h/happybullets-viceandvirtue.shtml (663 words)

	the happy bullets news
		The song "Vice and Virtue Ministry" is being featured in the "Download This" section.
		The official national CD release for the Vice and Virtue Ministry has been set for November 1st, but the album can be picked up right now from Undeniable Records or downloaded on iTunes.
		We've got a video in the works for "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" and we'll probably be making a casting call to our mailing list for several extras, so be sure to sign up so that we can email you with details.
	www.happybullets.com /newsframe.html (1840 words)

	The Vice And Virtue Ministry, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		But so much time and so many other bands have passed across the scene since then that one is tempted to cite as influences not so much the Beatles and their like (the Kinks, the Zombies) as followers from later decades such as the Electric Light Orchestra, XTC, and the Dream Academy.
		It is notable, however, that all of these progenitors are British, and to listen to The Vice and Virtue Ministry, one would suppose that the Happy Bullets are, too.
		There are frequent references to the River Thames, cricket, and other specifically English items, and the band's singers, Jason Roberts, Tim Ruble, and Andrea Roberts, often affect British accents.
	www.emusic.com /album/10921/10921148.html (580 words)

	music (for robots)
		Their new album, the band's second, is also called the Vice and Virtue Ministry, and is out now on Dallas-based Undeniable Records.
		I really like their sound, and there are a handful of songs on the album that are really quite beautiful, especially the first track "Learning To Love The Factory" and the crazy-titled "A Momentary Vision of the End of the World As Seen Through the Eyes of a Suburban Housewife" - good stuff.
		If you're feeling these guys AND you live in Texas, they have a couple of shows lined up for Fort Worth and Dallas in October, with plans for more shows around the mid-west, so check their shows page for information.
	music.for-robots.com /archives/001165.html (501 words)

	Bombing a Taliban Religious Ministry Building and Killing 30 Civilians in Proximity
		The ostensible target was the headquarters of the Taliban's Ministry for the Protection of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Ministry of Amr bil Marouf), located on the central city's Jada Road.
		The first hit an electrical substation located 100 yards away from the Ministry; the second bomb hit and damaged part of the Ministry building; and the third 'precision-guided' bomb struck residences and the like.
		Four months later, MSNBC ran a story on the contents 'discovered' in the building of the Ministry for the Protection of Virtue, beginning with a photo that children are flying kites in the clear blue sky again in the district:
	www.cursor.org /stories/bombingkandahar.htm (1575 words)

	CBSNews.com.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Taliban rules are meticulously enforced by religious police patrols from the omnipresent Ministry of Virtue and Vice.
		The "virtue" squads coordinate Islamic education, while "vice" squads stamp out forbidden evils and enforce the movement's conception of "pure" Islam.
		In January 2001, Omar decreed that anyone who converts from Islam to another religion will be killed.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/america_under_attack/afghanistan/taliban_3.html (225 words)

	PopMatters Short Takes: Brief Reviews of New Music
		The Vice and Virtue Ministry, deviating nicely from a countless stream of bland, neo-psychedelic indie rock albums, seems less like an attempt to revive the spirit of Revolver and more like an attempt to update The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society.
		In other words, there's no sitar but there's lots of trumpets, and the singers sing with impossible to ignore English accents about ministries and pound notes.
		They don't avoid all of the clichés, they do feature the obligatory female-led sugary pop tune that every psychedelic revival album must have, "If You Were Mine" (which is still pretty ace), but the rest of The Vice and Virtue Ministry explores a wider range of sounds than its countless peers.
	www.popmatters.com /shorttakes/2005/07/happy-bullets-vice-and-virtue-ministry.shtml (1015 words)

	The Happy Bullets \| texasgigs.com
		Since the recording of their first record, The Vice and Virtue Ministry, they have turned a two piece home collaboration into one of the most energetic live performances ever witnessed
		Fusing their modern take on 60’s pop psychedelia, The Vice and Virtue Ministry was recorded over several months with Stuart Sikes (Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, White Stripes).
		Stuart created a polished vision of the Happy Bullets’ sound, and the end result is one of the most symphonic pop records in recent memory.
	www.texasgigs.com /bands/happy-bullets (450 words)

	Ink 19 :: Happy Bullets
		After brit-pop waned and eventually transformed into the fey, dour brit-rock we're currently left with, it's nice to hear the kitchen-sink instrumentation again -- and more importantly, a sense of humor in the songwriting.
		Or write lyrics like "thumb our noses at the lower classes in penny seats" ("The Vice and Virtue Ministry")?
		Nevermind that Happy Bullets are from the very un-British part of the world know as Texas, and ignore that one of their singers occasionally becomes a dead ringer for R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, and this disc becomes the best British Invasion album so far this year.
	www.ink19.com /issues/march2006/musicReviews/musicH/happyBullets.html (173 words)

	World (washingtonpost.com)
		Moulawi Qalamuddin was arrested several days ago in Logar province, east of Kabul, a senior intelligence official said on condition of anonymity.
		Qalamuddin served under the Taliban regime as deputy head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry and as deputy minister of mosques and Hajj -- the annual Muslim pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
		Under the Taliban, the Vice and Virtue Ministry deployed 32,000 enforcers across the country who harassed women if their head-to-toe veils did not cover them completely.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A48435-2003Apr17¬Found=true (967 words)

	David Hopkins - Comic Book Writer and Essayist
		I was a little bit dazed by how well it turned out-- one of those rare moments where everything comes together.
		And you definately need to order a copy of "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" CD from the Happy Bullets.
		Their newest album "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" feels like it should be the Karma Incorporated soundtrack, seriously.
	antiherocomics.com /archives/2005_07_01_archive.html (2063 words)

	Dallas Observer \| dallasobserver.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Thus, it made sense in April for both bands to join the same record label, local upstart Undeniable Records, and release their new albums on the same day.
		Each shot to the top of the local charts that week and not just by the virtue of the tag-team promotional attack.
		Vice and Virtue, with the help of famed producer Stuart Sikes, is the cleanest, tightest recording ever made by the Bullets, and Le Fun proves that Tah-Dahs leader Roy Ivy is among the wittiest, strongest songwriters in town.
	listings.dallasobserver.com /gyrobase/BestOf/BestOfAward?Year=oid:27297&Section=oid:18848&oid=oid:30019 (279 words)

	Virtue
		The Tennessee rapper Cadence's third album builds on the promise of its predecessors with its mix of fresh-sounding rhythms, patriotism, and social consciousness.
		Alternative Press (p.228) - "VIRTUE finds Vaux emerging a force in visceral rock....Their rock knows no limits." Vaux: Quentin Smith (vocals); Greg Daniels, Chris Sorensen, Adam Tymn (guitar); Ryder Robison (bass guitar); Joey McChan (drums).
		Virtue of Selfishness - A New Concept of Egoism
	www.cduniverse.com /sresult.asp?style=music&cart=506&HT_Search=TITLE&HT_Search_Info=virtue (174 words)

	Record (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On Vice and Virtue Ministry, they view suburban life through a looking glass, twisting Pleasant Valley Sundays into quirky tales of hallucinatory housewives, suicides hiding behind serenity, and worker bees who dream of an aristocratic future.
		As Jason Roberts sings in "The Disquieting Letter," "Perfect isn’t very perfect anymore." Happy Bullets definitely owe their influences a drink.
		"If you were mine we’d make hearts and rusted bedsprings sing in three-four time." In a world where the Arcade Fire is huge, it’s a crime that Vice and Virtue Ministry and its mirthfully sweet title track aren’t.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/review.asp?id=101801 (213 words)

	Peek-A-Boo Records Catalog
		Fusing a modern take on 60's pop psychedelia, The Happy Bullets set strong pop vocal melodies to indie chamber pop arrangements, adding horns, cello, accordian, piano and wurlitzer to create a lush, symphonic pop sound.
		Recorded over several months with Stuart Sikes (Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, White Stripes), "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" adds the anglophilic nostalgia of "The Village Preservation Society" with the whimsy of "Skylarking," painting lyrical pictures of unsympathetic aristocracy and the bleakness of bourgeois suburbia.
		All in all, The Happy Bullets have created one of the best British pop records to emerge from Dallas, Texas, of all places.
	www.peekaboorecords.com /album.aspx?id=103 (133 words)

	South Park Music Festival & Retreat :: Sept 8-10, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Their debut record "The Vice and Virtue Ministry," was recorded over several months with Stuart Sikes (Modest Mouse, The Walkmen, White Stripes, etc…) and was just named one of the Top 10 releases of 2004 by the Dallas Observer.
		However, he could just as easily be described as Pink Floyd by way of the Flaming Lips.
		Theirs is a dark poetry that lets the listener’s gravity release and drift to sultry dream scape, where shadows bare harbor fruits.
	southparkmusic.com /showcases_fri.htm (1001 words)

	David Hopkins - Comic Book Writer and Essayist
		Best Album - (the Vice and Virtue Ministry)-it's no Abbey Road but it's listenable!
		I'd appreciate it, if you could take a few minutes to show your support of them.
		If you don't have their album yet, The Vice and Virtue Ministry, you need to get it!
	antiherocomics.com /archives/2006_02_01_archive.html (2627 words)

	MP3 4U - "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" by Happy Bullets
		MP3 4U - "The Vice and Virtue Ministry" by Happy Bullets
		Comrade Chimp says: Happy Bullets were not a band I'd come across before I heard this track on a podcast recently, but I'll definitely be keeping an eye open for them from now on.
		The sound has something of the Kinks, XTC or more recently Dogs Die in Hot Cars or Hot Hot Heat about it and with lyrics about would-be aristocrats who "extend our pinkies when we drink and thumb our noses at the lower classes in the penny seats" we're onto a winner here.
	www.mp34u.com /songCard.php?posting=3356 (97 words)

	Happy Bullets - The Vice And Virtue Ministry
		Fans of The Sunshine Fix, Flaming Lips, Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control and the whole idea of doing Side 2 of "Abbey Road" by indie-rock-pop kids will love Happy Bullets` "The Vice And Virtue Ministry", as do we!
		In fact, a lot of this sounds like a sort like a love child between the Beatles, The Elephant Six Pop Collective and They Might Be Giants!
		Grey - mp3 The Vice and Virtue Ministry - mp3 Sex and Valium - mp3
	www.notlame.com /rss/CDHAPPYBULLETS1.xml (707 words)

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