Mike Hubbard convicted

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Friday June 10, 2016 · 7:21 PM PDT

2016/06/10 · 19:21

Alabama Republican Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard has been convicted on 12 of 23 counts of bribery and using his office for personal gain.

The wonders of personal debt

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Monday March 28, 2016 · 10:00 AM PDT

2016/03/28 · 10:00

Over the last few years I have struggled with debt. Many of the crises have been brought on by myself and stupidity. I have took out loans to try to pay off another loan and it has lead to a ballooning crisis. I never thought much about personal debt until having to deal with this crisis. Once you get in debt there are very few options to help you get out of it. I currently have over 200,000 dollars in student loan debt, A mortgage that is 196,000 dollars, and over 25,000 dollars in medical and credit card debt. I know my case is an extreme example but I have seen many people struggle with this burden. Yet I know some of the blame lies with the decisions I made.

I often wonder how many people struggle with these decisions on a daily basis and are trying to find help like I am. I wish there was a way to organize people together to have more influence in our own decisions. Personal debt of individuals can lead to larger economic crises if it becomes to large. I wonder what specific policy proposals, or charities help with this situation? any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Dental care in the US

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Thursday January 02, 2014 · 5:35 PM PST

2014/01/02 · 17:35

One of the most overlooked items in healthcare is dental care. Many pundits discuss healthcare but fail to realize that dental care should also be included in discussions of healthcare. Out of pocket dental expenses constitute 27 percent of out of pocket healthcare costs. Many poor people cannot afford the exorbitant costs for fillings crowns, or implants and must suffer through eating in pain. Lack of dental care has been shown to lead to problems for children in education and a whole host of medical problems. I have not really thought about the lack of dental care until recently.

My wife recently had to get an implant put in which cost approximately 3500 dollars. Our dental insurance paid for hardly any of it and considered it cosmetic. I am working on finishing my PH.D and we cannot really afford this implant. My wife and I are in a position of choosing between fixing her teeth and paying my tuition. My student loans have run out so we are working right now to try to find a way to fund my tuition since we decided to pay for fixing her teeth. I really wished I would have worked on this problem sooner. This is another reason that poor people are being left behind and we must as progressives advocate more for better dental care.

an ultimatum to Glenn Beck

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Friday April 19, 2013 · 10:02 PM PDT

2013/04/19 · 22:02

Dear Glenn,

You like giving ultimatums, So I have an ultimatum for you. You have until Monday to admit you are a demagogue and a liar. Your bogus bullshit has reached a new level of nitwiticism. You have gone from your petty stupid the world is going to end tomorrow to putting innocent citizens in danger. You treat politics and media as a game for your own purpose of making more money. The ironic thing is, I don't believe that you believe your own bullshit. You are nothing, and have to make money by hurting innocent people. While I am sure you will not admit that you are demagogue by Monday, my ultimatum will have the same value as yours, because, like your ultimatum, I will do the same as you, which is nothing but laugh and be utterly disgusted at the same time at your obvious buffoonery. Remember this, Glenn, if somebody innocent gets hurt out of this, you are ultimately responsible.

The Occupy Movement and Erick Erickson

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Saturday November 10, 2012 · 1:04 PM PST

2012/11/10 · 13:04

Recently, Erick Erickson has been discussing what the problem was with the Romney campaign and why Republicans lost so bad. He has laid the blame at overpaid consultants and crappy messaging, but has not looked in the mirror at himself. During the first days of the occupy movement Erickson created a website and wrote blogs discussing how he was one of the 53 percent who paid taxes. This attack on those who didn't pay income taxes(even though, they pay other forms of taxes) led to a widespread denunciation of those so-called 47 percent as dependents on the government. The lack of intellectual honesty on the right and their widespread need to categorize things as good or bad, evil or not evil, led to Mitt Romney's comment at the fundraiser. Erick Erickson, is as much to blame for the loss of the Republican party as anybody. In the end occupy won by bringing the crazies in the Republican party to light.

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