Machinist Gets Screwed...(first by BP, then by Admin)

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Thursday January 20, 2011 · 9:42 PM PST

2011/01/20 · 21:42

Surprise, Surprise...BP hasn't lived up to its "making it right" claims. People on the gulf coast, are caught between a rock and a hard place between BP's bobbing and weaving, and an oil moratorium that may actually not make sense.

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Monday January 10, 2011 · 1:35 PM PST

2011/01/10 · 13:35

Friends, I have been away for awhile, as most of you know, I'm working on my emerging democracies book while guest lecturing. However, sometimes you see something so egregious you just have to write about it. Based on something a friend sent me yesterday, here it is.. Anna Nicole's gold-digging hanger-ons, could really screw up our speciality court system by rewriting precedent. Bad News = People could literally "court shop" to find one that seems "receptive" (cough, cough) to their case. In my opinion, this could undermine our judicial system and bring up a whole new possible way to corrupt justices as the cases are shopped.

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Monday November 29, 2010 · 8:08 AM PST

2010/11/29 · 08:08

Over the weekend, there was yet another article Net Neutrality, indicating that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is putting together a net neutrality proposal and plans to take action on the issue as early as next month, which has those in the community and the industry concerned as

this highly contentious issue returns to the forefront. In light of this, I think it is important that we continue to talk about net neutrality, to make sure that everyone really understands what is at stake.

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Saturday November 20, 2010 · 8:43 AM PST

2010/11/20 · 08:43

The buzz in the telecommunications world the past few days has not been on a preview of some new innovative gadget, but the focus is around rumors that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon roll out new Net Neutrality policies. Unfortunately for those searching for jobs and demanding change from Washington, this move is not the answer.

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Monday August 09, 2010 · 9:16 AM PDT

2010/08/09 · 09:16

As most of my colleagues are aware, I've been traveling in south east Asia, doing research for my new book, and class I will be teaching on emerging democracies and their political communication patterns...

That being said, after reading the disparaging job news from last week, and a USA Today piece in Sunday's paper USA TODAY DRILLING BAN PIECE I'm compelled to question whether or not the current oil drilling moratorium makes sense either functionally or politically.

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Thursday July 08, 2010 · 7:08 AM PDT

2010/07/08 · 07:08

By now, we all know the enormous safety gaffes BP committed that lead to the Deep Water Horizon disaster. The effects, although seen daily on the news have not even begun to materialize.

The environment is irrevocably damaged.
America's great seafood industry has been destroyed.
The lives and livelihood of many Americans no longer exists.

All of this could have been prevented, had regulating bodies done a simple audit of BP.

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Wednesday March 24, 2010 · 10:18 AM PDT

2010/03/24 · 10:18

Hello Again DK:

I'm writing to explain yet another issue that is being neglected in the Financial Reform package.

The CC companies, and banks are considering charging a premium to process "Debit Card" transactions, which are essentially checks.

Yet they do not charge that same transaction for actually writing a check.

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Tuesday March 09, 2010 · 11:54 AM PST

2010/03/09 · 11:54

In today’s economy, where America’s small businesses are already at a tremendous disadvantage to big box stores like Wal-Mart, Specter is going to introduce a bill to stop the HIDDEN CREDIT CARD TAX (aka interchange / swipe fees).

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Thursday March 04, 2010 · 11:36 AM PST

2010/03/04 · 11:36

We're already seeing some ideological differences in the North Carolina Dem primary field, as SoS Elaine Marshall and ex-state Sen. Cal Cunningham seek to differentiate themselves. Marshall says she'd support the public option, while Cunningham says he'd only have voted to start debate on HCR.

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Tuesday January 12, 2010 · 12:48 PM PST

2010/01/12 · 12:48

It's been a few weeks since my last entry and to be honest -I've missed you. I was in Africa and in Europe for awhile (roughing it actually). While traveling I had the opportunity to discuss two of the three issues that I've been talking about over the last few weeks with the international community.

The monopoly of credit card companies doesn't exist in the same way in other countries around the world....bottom line.

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23 votes Show Results

Are Visa and Mastercard Monopolies that hurt American Small Business?

23 votes Vote Now!

Are Visa and Mastercard Monopolies that hurt American Small Business?

Yes

11 votes

5 votes

Hell YES

7 votes

Is the gun debate pointless?

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Tuesday December 08, 2009 · 7:10 PM PST

2009/12/08 · 19:10

Gun rights activist Richard Feldman argues the anti-gun rhetoric of the extreme left and the anti-government rhetoric of the extreme right both hide the fact of a broad consensus on gun rights. The majority favors gun policy that is pro-civil rights, pro-security, and pro-keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, kids and the insane. It's the two screaming fringes that make it hard to here ourselves think.

http://www.latimes.com/...

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84 votes Show Results

Should guns be banned?

84 votes Vote Now!

Should guns be banned?

Yes

19 votes

65 votes

(W)hat (T)he (F)ee

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Tuesday December 01, 2009 · 6:15 AM PST

2009/12/01 · 06:15

On the subject of credit card transaction fees.... I won't leave well-enough alone, any more than the credit card companies are willing to leave "RICH ENOUGH" alone.

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Missed ya DK - Back from abroad w/ a note on Monopolies!

Is the gun debate pointless?

(W)hat (T)he (F)ee