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Entries from December 2009

Bitter vetch

December 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I always knew Cheney to be dangerous. Now I know him to be a poor loser and a despicable member of the national community. And, of course, unable to recall that during the GWB administration, anyone who criticized wither Cheney or Bush was loudly called unAmerican.
Dick, you are a toad unworthy of any headline you [...]

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Spam

December 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Spammers think the rest of us are idiots. Every day I clear out spam from folks around the world introducing a new site, praising me while embedding a vendor url in the message, or telling me the secret of finding nude pictures of the Statue of Liberty.
Grow up, guys. They ain’t getting through, and your [...]

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Weighing Significance

December 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Gee, according to HuffPo, Angeline says fidelity is not essential, and the US Senate passes a Mona Lisa bill to the insurance industry. I wonder which is more important. Hard to tell these days as our most revered and hardest nosed journalist spend more time on Hollywood and Celebrity Tobacco Road than on real news.
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Excellent review of health care legislation

December 7th, 2009 · No Comments

The best overview I’ve seen on the health care issue can be found hereat the Pro Publica journalism site.
In addition to a clear outline of the legislative process, one can find various scenarios and what they mean in relation to the proposed legislation—e.g., how will this bill impact the uninsured, underinsured, already-insured, and so [...]

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Lament

December 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments

I do not know where the Obama I voted for has gone.

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