On Veterans, Medicare, & Dying: An Open Letter to President Obama

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Sunday January 18, 2009 · 1:48 PM PST

2009/01/18 · 13:48

Aloha, Mr. President, I hope all is well. I want to begin this open letter with telling you that my father, a WW II veteran, 82nd Airborne/504th Parachute, Staff Sergeant Henry Chong Min Lee, died just before Christmas, after spending 21 months in a nursing home. He was 89. I want to let you know that contacting agencies such as Social Security and the Veteran's Administration, since his death, has been a lengthy back-and-forth process, still ongoing, and if I were not here to do all of the communicating with them, I doubt that my 82-year-old mother would be up to accomplishing all of this.

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Friday November 03, 2006 · 9:17 PM PST

2006/11/03 · 21:17

Aloha, dK family, and Happy Friday! Except for an intervening stretch in the retail world, the propriator of The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Office & Scotch Tape Shoppe has belonged to one union or another since he was 18-years-old -- a long time ago in a galaxy far far away -- and he has belonged to his current union, the Hawai`i Government Employees' Association (HGEA), for the past 24 years. While HGEA is not the most influential union in Hawai`i, it still has worked hard.

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Aloha and Mahalo to All Veterans

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Thursday November 10, 2005 · 5:35 PM PST

2005/11/10 · 17:35

In memory of all of those who have given their lives, and to all of you in the dK community who have served in the US armed forces, great aloha and a huge mahalo for all you have given for our country.

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Republican Party, Hawaiian Style

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Friday November 04, 2005 · 2:02 PM PST

2005/11/04 · 14:02

Here in the Further South, it's been a discouraging week for the Republican Party. A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, Hawai`i was a lock for all things Democrat. Please don't misunderstand me. We've had our fair share of Democrats we'd like to forget. But under our current bright red Republican Governor, Linda Lingle, we're seeing some hard things, and I can't help but feel that we're all suffering under the umbrellic glow of a pall settling over the US under bu--sh-- inc. It's a trickle-down effect: morality and ethics are awash in this country, morale is low. Our president is setting this tone, this dark mood, from the top down. Read More

Reclaiming Democracy: Visions and Practices from the Radical Left

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Thursday November 03, 2005 · 5:52 PM PST

2005/11/03 · 17:52

Aloha from The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy & Scotch Tape Shoppe, here in the Further South. We have come into possession of a call for papers and other forms of participation for a November 2006 conference entitled: Reclaiming Democracy: Visions and Practices from the Radical Left.

Although this conference, to be held at Creighton University in Omaha, is sponsored by the Radical Philosophy Association, the organizers Read More

Rice: Another Indication of What's Wrong

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 · 2:18 AM PDT

2005/06/14 · 02:18

If this has already been mentioned, my apologies. Let me know and I will pull it.

I want to say, up front, that I am half white. Here in Hawai`i, I'm what's known as "hapa." Hapa is the Hawaiian term for "half." I am half Caucasian, and half Asian.

As a non-Black who posts a diary like this, I realize Read More

Senator Kent Conrad and Tom Daschle

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Friday May 27, 2005 · 11:04 PM PDT

2005/05/27 · 23:04

Aloha to the dKos `ohana. I received a donation request letter for Kent Conrad from his good friend Tom Daschle today. The letter opens with this:

It begins when the President of the United States decides to target one of the highest-ranking Democrats in the United States Senate for electoral defeat.

The White House hand-picks the Republican candidate. Then millions of dollars begin to gush into that Republican's campaign.

I know I received this letter because I contributed to Daschle in the hope of staving off the Thune goons, but Read More

It's the little things

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Thursday May 19, 2005 · 1:42 PM PDT

2005/05/19 · 13:42

It's raining today in Hawai`i nei--a hazy shade of winter, as it were. But the weather has not dampened our spirits here at TVL-WCO&STS. The conspiracy grows well, and scotch tape sales are brisk now that the graduation season is upon us.

And speaking of graduation, have you ever noticed how the little things graduate into bigger things? What indeed has dampened our staff's spirits is this report in yesterday's HONOLULU ADVERTISER:

Attorneys for the State House and Senate have advised lawmakers that letters and other correspondence from their offices, including documents on official letterhead, are personal and do not have to be released to the public.

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$11,000 dollars, Georgian?

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Thursday May 19, 2005 · 2:06 AM PDT

2005/05/19 · 02:06

We at The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Office and Scotch Tape Shoppe (aka the Further South) have enthusiastically contemplated the idea of a reward being offered by the Georgians for any eye-witness who might step forward to name the grenade-hefting person (or persons).

We have absolutely no information about who this/these horrid individual(s) may be, but our collective mouths have sometime watered over the prospect of ferreting out any anti-bu--sh-- fiends. For cash. Even in the Republic of Georgia. Read More

What do you do when you log in to dKos?

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Wednesday May 04, 2005 · 2:14 AM PDT

2005/05/04 · 02:14

This is like a poll, but without radio buttons. Just food for thought.

When I get on dKos, I

Read the front page diaries first
Read the recommended diaries first
Read the recent diaries first
Read the front page diaries, the recommended diaries, and the recent diaries, and all the comments to boot--I'm a very fast reader :)

Someone did a survey a week or so ago asking how many recent diaries community members had listed on their front pages. One of the choices was "more than 50." For some reason, my browsers only allow a max of 50. Read More

The Prince and the Pea-Brain: A Love Match

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Wednesday April 27, 2005 · 12:45 AM PDT

2005/04/27 · 00:45

Neither is this breaking, nor is it an I-can't-believe-they-did-this informational bulletin.

The blog world has gone wild over the pictures of bu--sh-- and Prince Abdullah. We here at The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Office and Scotch Tape Shoppe have read a spectrum of commentary, from outrage to high hilarity, over what has burgeoned into Hand-Holding-Gate.

After much thought, we have decided to give our highest award of merit to the good people at electablog.com for their profound interpretation of the intimate activity between the Prince and bu--sh--

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Pharmacists' Code of Ethics

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Friday April 15, 2005 · 12:34 AM PDT

2005/04/15 · 00:34

NOT breaking!!!! According to the research department of The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy Office and Scotch Tape Shoppe, there is a code of ethics for pharmacists: View Code of Ethics for Pharmacists

The salient COE article is:

III. A pharmacist respects the autonomy and dignity of each patient.

A pharmacist promotes the right of self-determination and recognizes individual self-worth by encouraging patients to participate in decisions about their health. A pharmacist communicates with patients in terms that are understandable. In ALL cases, a pharmacist respects personal and cultural differences among patients [emphasis and caps mine]."

As I understand this, any pharmacist who allows his/her personal values to interfere with the dispensing of drugs has violated the COE.

If you have violated the COE, are you not now unemployed?

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