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Category: Politics
A few days ago, there was a minor ripple in the political world, when a media person tried to get John McCain to say that Obama is a socialist. Even though McCain had hinted at that several times during the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:18 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
The earthquake in Haiti is only the most recent in a series of catastrophes stretching back over two centuries. It was not always like this. Haiti, in fact, was once the most prosperous colony in the New World. When it...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:53 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Propaganda
...for canceling the showing of a creationist film, Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record. The background is on Greg Laden's Blog, Los Angeles Venue Cancels Intelligent Design Film: You'll recall that it was recently reported that the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:12 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Issues
I wrote about this before, a couple of times, most thoroughly here. I was reminded of this topic when I saw that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) have updated their Report Card on America's Infrastructure. In 2008, I...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Is there some kind of especially violent undercurrent right now, in the right-wing river of hate? Ed Brayton just posted about a billboard put up by the GOP, specifically the Lafayette County (Missouri) Republicans: The sign (bigger view in new...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: economy
Just goes to show how lobbying reform hasn't gone anywhere near far enough: Bank Lobbyists Are Not Only Trying to Kill NEW Legislation, They Are Trying to Weaken EXISTING Regulations By George Washington of Washington's Blog. Everyone knows that the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:47 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
This is a bad sign. Specifically, it is an instance of the mainstream media starting to hint at the truth. I take this as a sign that things are getting worse, as the effort to keep up the pretense is...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 2:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
There is an interesting parallel between the fight over rural electrification, in 1935, and the current health insurance debate. (HT dangerousmeta) How FDR Enacted his "Public Option" By Bob Simmons, Crosscut.com, Guest Writer, 9-13-09...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:57 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The SEIU website makes an astonishing claim: But, in DC and nine other states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming, insurance companies have gone too far, claiming that "domestic violence victim"...
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Category: Politics
I understand as well as anyone, that the health care finance reform process has been dispiriting so far. Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina has brought the process to a new low. So low, in fact, that his website is...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 1:37 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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