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Sunday June 12, 2011 · 9:36 AM PDT

2011/06/12 · 09:36

Crossposted at http://leftturnsonly.wordpress.com/

I work in the pharmaceutical field. Its not my career of choice, but in this economy any job is sacred. Specifically, I refill people's nebulizer breathing medications. Not all, but a good portion of my patients got to where they are by ruining their lungs with years of smoking. Now Medicare is paying for their expensive treatment. It is their body and they can do whatever they want to it.

Earlier this year, I lost my uncle to lung cancer. We weren't close, we hadn't even spoken since my Grandfather's funeral almost 10 years prior. But, now my cousin doesn't have a father, my dad, aunt and uncle don't have their sibling, and my grandmother had to bury her son. It was his body and he could do whatever he wanted to do.

This post isn't meant to be a diatribe against smoking, although I think that would be meritous. My purpose is to use the social ill of smoking to poke some holes in Libertarian theory.

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Monday February 21, 2011 · 7:46 PM PST

2011/02/21 · 19:46

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Have you seen this video?

jwinkle01 really lays it out there. $32 per adult and the fiscal crisis in Wisconsin is solved. The right is saying "we can't afford" public unions, but at less than the cost of taking a family of 4 our for dinner, "Yes We Can."

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Have we become a Nation of Barney Stinsons?

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Saturday February 19, 2011 · 8:27 AM PST

2011/02/19 · 08:27

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There's a funny scene in How I Met Your Mother where we learn that Barney roots for the blonde kid in The Karate Kid. Later on we find out that he often roots for the villains in film.

Barney Stinson, played with brilliant abandon by Neil Patrick Harris, is everything that's wrong with the world. He's materialistic, egomaniacal and a womanizer. He works for Goliath National Bank, a giant bank (read: Citi or BoA) that makes the world a worse place every day, and he loves every second of it (unlike his friends, who work there, but have serious moral objections in doing so). He's the anti Homer Simpson.

It's natural that he would completely misinterpret the sentiment of most films.

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I'm a Bad American

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Friday February 18, 2011 · 8:47 PM PST

2011/02/18 · 20:47

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I start my new job next week. I'm not looking forward to it. I had to take what I can get. I'll be a desk jockey in a call center. I'll make $11 per hour, get 8-10 hours per week of overtime, and a bonus that caps out at $500 per month.

It's not much money, but that's not why I don't really want the job. I'd gladly take less money to do what I love, but right now, I need the money, and more importantly the health insurance. The premiums will take about $300 per month out of my pre-tax income, which means I'll be taking home less money than I did on unemployment, but that's okay because the insurance is important.

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Constituesday - Article I (part 1)

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Tuesday February 08, 2011 · 2:13 PM PST

2011/02/08 · 14:13

Welcome back! This is the second edition of Constituesday, our weekly series exploring the U.S. constitution from historical and contemporary perspectives. With knowledge in our pockets, we can combat willful ignorance and purposeful deceit.

Here is the link to last week's first edition: Constituesday - Preamble.

In today's edition, we tackle Article I, concerning the legislature.

I've gone ahead and made the executive decision to split Article I into two sections. Firstly, the thing is just long, its three times longer than any other article or amendment at least. Secondly, I really want to get into the Enumerated Powersin detail. If I did Article I in one post, I'd have to skim over stuff, and I don't want to do that.

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Sunday February 06, 2011 · 9:10 AM PST

2011/02/06 · 09:10

I couldn't let today's glowing Des Moines Register Reagan retrospective go unrebutted.

Here is the link: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/...-

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Friday February 04, 2011 · 8:46 AM PST

2011/02/04 · 08:46

As a liberal, and a progressive, I am often underwhelmed by the left's messaging. The right has a well oiled message machine.

But it's not just the method of delivering their message that gives the right political advantage. It's their ingenious way of framing issues. While the left comes at an issue with complex three-dimensional thinking, rational thought and facts, the right uses one-liners and catch phrases. They don't have to explain their true positions on issues, because they frame everything as simple, and black-and-white. No one in their right mind would want to "pull the plug on grandma."

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Tuesday February 01, 2011 · 7:09 AM PST

2011/02/01 · 07:09

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Welcome to the first edition of Constituesday, kcmitch's weekly look at the U.S. Constitution.

Over the next 35 weeks, we will review, analyze and discuss the Constitution's articles and amendments, with historical and contemporary contexts. We'll have three main goals in mind.

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Thursday January 27, 2011 · 7:36 AM PST

2011/01/27 · 07:36

Here is today's prerequisite reading. It's satire, but it airs the latent hypocrisy within tea-partisans who work in the public sector.

I recently found a former teacher of mine on Facebook and immediately sent him a friend request. He was one of my favorite teachers growing up. His was one of the few classes I took before high school that was both fun and engaging.

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Monday January 24, 2011 · 1:38 PM PST

2011/01/24 · 13:38

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Before we begin, we should read Paul Krugman's piece in today's Times. I could just link to Krugman everyday, he pretty much says it all, but that wouldn't leave me with any fun.

Okay, now that we're up to speed; A funny thing happened to me on Facebook again. I posted a status update that the Pittsburgh Steelers (who will be making their 8th Super Bowl appearance next month) should "share the wealth." A friend of mine, a staunch conservative, had this to say: "I suppose that you would like them to redistribute their wealth to those teams that did not earn it."

Now, we were both having some fun, injecting socio-economic talk into our sports fandom.

But, it got me thinking.

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