Politics

One more person, in a long list of people, I won't be voting for

I never considered myself a Ron Paul voter, primarily because I’m not a libertarian – nor do I have much in common with libertarians. While I do not believe in authoritarianism, I also don’t believe in unrestricted freedom (re: anarchy). Regrettably, we’ve shown time and again that government regulation is necessary because we too often take the short view on our collective…
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Current EventsPolitics

Now that I've listened

I could have waited to post this tomorrow. I should have waited to post this tomorrow. I can’t believe how much I’ve done today, and still posted several entries along the way. The amazing thing has been it all seemed relatively effortless (and for that line, my wife is going to smother me in my sleep). My energy level is really improving. Anyway, on with the post… I felt an…
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Current EventsPolitics

Good God, is it really that bad?

Either Monday or Tuesday I usually get to the “Wait, Wait…” podcast on my iPod. Well, it’s late Monday evening and I still haven’t listened… which is probably a good thing. I’m not sure I could have trusted myself to have heard this correctly: (White House Press Secretary, Dana Perino on NPR) Salon.com Politics | “Oh, Dana”: Appearing on…
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Politics

My favorite sentence of the day

Newsvine/AP – Giuliani Wants US to Promote Democracy: Republican Rudy Giuliani said Monday the reputation of the United States has suffered globally not so much because of arrogant actions but for lack of salesmanship about benefits of democracy. If you’re like me, you’re thinking that the author of the article must have tweaked reality a little. I saw that sentence pop up on my…
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Important StuffPolitics

Science according to Bush

I’ve heard time and again about the White House censoring government reports to fit their view of the world, so I shouldn’t be surprised by this… Dr. Julie Gerberding is the director of the CDC, and she was in front of Congress to give testimony about the potential impact of global warming on our health. According to the AP, her testimony focused on the CDC’s action…
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PoliticsSoapbox

Why is S-CHIP an issue?

An op-ed in the NYT discusses the big argument against expanding S-CHIP: that parents will drop private coverage in favor of S-CHIP (or substitution). An Overblown Fear About S-Chip – New York Times: New York estimates that only about 3 percent of the children enrolled in the program came from families that dropped employer coverage to obtain S-chip. Mathematica Policy Research, in a report…
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Politics

Who Will Succeed Al Gore? - New York Times

I’m glad the NY Times did away with “Times Select.” I missed reading Thomas Friedman every week. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I learned that I could read full articles on Salon (without some kind of subscription) again. A few years back both Salon and The New Republic started charging, and I decided I’d pay for one… which ended up being TNR. Then came…
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Politics

An open letter to Karen Hughes on torture - Salon.com

An open letter to Karen Hughes on torture – Salon.com : Torture is state-sanctioned deviant behavior. It is degrading, arbitrary, cruel and illegal. As all responsible intelligence officers know, torture is the least productive technique of all, and torture yields inherently tainted information. Torture destroys the humanity of more than those tortured. It destroys the souls of those…
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