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long time no see
It has probably been more than two years since my last entry: since then, I've lost a love of my life, moved to california for my career, and made several questionable decisions ( Read more... ) -
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Let this be a lesson to Obama and the Democrats in congress (particularly morons like Max Baucus ( Read more... ) -
wow
sometimes, you come across a bit of doublethink that is breathtaking in its simplicity and elegance ( Read more... ) -
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It seems now that the key players in the healthcare debate have decided that they don't have the votes for a public option; all the republicans are opposed, of course, along with a few "democrats." Conrad is shopping around bullshit alternatives that are either too small scale to address in any meaningful way the problems we are faced with or are ( Read more... ) -
Never forget
that terrorism works. -
To add to the disappointment
we see that support for real health care is dwindling.
This nonsense belongs in The Onion, not coming from one of the most influential members of the healthcare debate ( Read more... ) -
There can now be no doubt
that the fracas over the release of the DHS memo detailing the threat of right-wing extremism was due to the implicit understanding of those "mainstream" figures complaining that they were and are an essential part of that threat ( Read more... ) -
So, it has been less than a day since Obama announced
Sonia Sotomayor as his supcourt nominee, and the "debate" is already totally intolerable. The one silver lining, of sorts, is that it will be something even more obvious than Obama/HRC's presidential run that I can point to when asked for examples of systemic racism/misogyny ( Read more... ) -
I got an email today
that was asking me to sign an e-petition in support of President Obama's health care plan. It is a sorry state of affairs when I feel compelled to refuse to express even the minimal support that is represented by an online petition, but Obama has so far been a huge disappointment on this issue ( Read more... )