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Healthcare discussion and the Heartland Institute
I received the following recently from my insurance agent:
Valued clients,
I have chosen you randomly, from my book of business, to help me in an upcoming speech I am committed to give late next week in Chicago. With the impending Health Care Reform debate raging on in Washington, the Heartland Institute has been bringing the dialog and ( Read more... ) -
Open letter to Hewlett Packard's President Hurd
Dear Mr. Hurd ( Read more... ) -
Mercenary - what American isn't these days?
I just finished watching the third season of MI-5 recently, and one episode ("Frequently Asked Questions") started with a definition of a mercenary. It was similar to this from the -
Thoughts on Israel and 'terrorism'
A friend recently noted to me that he thought I was blaming Israel for Hamas' actions, and that this was like blaming Western countries for Al Qaeda's actions. I found this to be a very apt comparison and expanded on it ( Read more... ) -
Debate on Israeli military action in Gaza
Democracy Now! has devoted today's show to the situation in Gaza. Leading off there was an excellent debate:
A Debate on Israel’s Invasion of Gaza: UNRWA’s Christopher Gunness v. Israel Project’s Meagan Buren
On the tenth day of Israel’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip and in spite of mounting international protests, Israeli ground troops ( Read more... ) -
Letters on - Israel
A friend recently asked what I was doing politically, and I thought that it would be interesting to share some of the letters I send to our representatives. Here's a recent letter I received from ANSWER and the message I sent to my representatives.
From ANSWER:
The humanitarian crisis facing the Palestinian people in Gaza has reached an ( Read more... ) -
GM/Chrysler loan - Email I sent this morning to 89x
I meant to do a post on this earlier, but I was motivated by a discussion this morning on 89x to help fill in the blanks where questions were left unanswered. If I have time later, I'll polish this up a bit, or ask me some questions on this and we'll fill it out together. :^)
Just to put some numbers on it, the latest study (NPR story yesterday ( Read more... ) -
Bush admin. gets it right on religion!
Since 1999, a resolution has been submitted every year that defines the term "defamation of religion" under the topic of racism, and seeks to create an internationally legal structure to allow countries to punish those who speak out against religions that they favor ( Read more... ) -
Waxman kicking butt on Oversight - Federal Regulation
Old post (saved as draft) that I didn't get a chance to finish.
House Oversight Cmte. Hearing on the Role of Federal Regulators (October 23, 2008)
Some parts of note:
Waxman's opening statement:
Today is our fourth hearing into the ongoing financial crisis ( Read more... ) -
The WHITE elephant in the room. . .
Why is it that so many people are so scared to talk about race in this country ( Read more... )