If you care about healthcare reform, you must read Matt Taibbi’s article in Rolling Stone. He neatly encapsulates everything Washington is doing to screw up reform and shows how whatever bill eventually passes into law will end up making things even worse. It’s a depressing article but you need to read it.
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I highly recommend the book The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer. It turns on its head the conventional wisdom about Iran and how we should deal with it. The author spends the first two-thirds of the book showing how Iran is increasing its power and influence, in large
In honor of Dick Cheney’s recent cheerleading for torture, I refer you to some interesting reading on the subject: Bob Cesca makes a compelling argument that Cheney wants everyone to focus on the rights and wrongs of torture so nobody will bother going the next step to the reasons why he and Bush were so
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Late in the installation process for Microsoft Windows Vista, the system displays the following message:
Please wait while Windows checks your computer's performance.
It then proceeds to display, at a leisurely clip, a series of Vista’s exciting new features while, presumably, Windows is doing something useful. At the same time, the person (me) wanting to use the computer is prevented from doing anything useful with it.
While observing this, it occurred to me that the word “check” has more than one definition. I think this is the one Microsoft intended:
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Karl Rove is the unelected agent responsible for much of the mess our country is currently in. It was his advice and guidance that put W in the White House and led to the countless disasters that constitute W’s Presidency. And he did those things by exploiting fear, rank partisanship and divisiveness. When the list
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Many pundits declared “Joe the Plumber” the winner of last night’s debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. If suddenly becoming famous counts as winning, then they’re right. But beyond that, it’s not so clear how much of a winner he really is.
He claims to like McCain and dislike Obama, especially the latter’s tax plan, but:
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A pair of interesting articles over at Huffington Post.
First, read how hypocrite Cindy McCain offends some military spouses with her attacks on Barack Obama.
Do the McCains really support our troops? Read More »
From cnet.com this morning:
President Bush on Monday signed into law an [RIAA-backed] intellectual-property enforcement bill that would consolidate federal efforts to combat copyright infringement under a new White House cabinet position.
Should the RIAA hold a cabinet-level seat in the White House? Read More »
Dear Cindy,
You recently criticized Senator Barack Obama for once voting against funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. You said that his “vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body.”
Why haven’t you criticized your own husband, Senator John McCain, for voting similarly two months before Obama did?
In my previous post, I mentioned Project Vote Smart. Another useful site for voters is Glassbooth. Glassbooth lets you compare the presidential candidates against your views on those issues most important to you. Check it out!
James Madison wrote “A people that mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge brings.” For those voters who want more and better information than what can be gleaned from TV commercials, check out Project Vote Smart (http://votesmart.org or 1-888-VOTE-SMART). Vote Smart provides a wealth of unbiased information about federal and state political candidates. The service is free.
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One of Hillary Clinton’s mantras during her primary campaign against Barack Obama was her claim of being more experienced in governing. If that claim is worth anything, then why was her campaign so dysfunctional as compared to his?
Many others are offering their analyses of “What went wrong,” but I’ll mention a few obvious ones:
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On tonight’s NBC nightly news, Richard Engel asked President Bush about the impact of requiring extra tours of duty from our soldiers. Bush answered by stating that those soldiers volunteered for those extra tours.
Later in the show, Jim Miklasewski reported on the large number of soldiers who have been forced to delay their exits from military service by stop-loss orders, which force them to stay for additional tours after they should have been done with their service. At least 58,000 men and women have had their military careers extended by stop-loss orders.
Incredible.
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Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ranked the U.S. last among 19 leading industrialized countries in deaths that could have been prevented by access to timely and effective healthcare. You can read the Reuters article or visit the school’s site for the actual report. Here are responses from some of our
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The Associated Press reports on a man freed after 26 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. This is the 15th case since 2001 in which a Dallas County inmate has been freed by DNA evidence.
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One of my pet peeves is poor web site design and implementation. Here’s one example of screwing it up multiple ways. The Entertainment book offers 2-for-1 dining coupons and other types of discounts. I’ve purchased the book in past years, although I tried something else last year. Entertainment is now offering their 2008 books at a reduced price, so I decided to buy one. Most online purchases are easily done in a couple minutes. Not so here.
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