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Wednesday October 06, 2010 · 11:39 PM PDT

2010/10/06 · 23:39

When diet and exercise are not enough, Lipitor may help...

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Saturday February 06, 2010 · 4:43 PM PST

2010/02/06 · 16:43

There seems to be a lot of consternation among Democrats/Progressives as to what to do next following the disappointment of HCR and the watered down agenda of the Obama administration. Some say we need to work harder electing progressive Democrats, or that by electing the largest democratic majority in two generations our expectations should have been tempered. Many say we should stick wih the party no matter what and justify their loyalty by pointing towards the failures of the Bush administration and proclaiming that it could always be worse. I disagree, and here's why.

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Wednesday December 30, 2009 · 9:57 AM PST

2009/12/30 · 09:57

In response to a "Kill the Bill" article on HCR, I present the alternative I would press for if I was the president. One can hope.

Kill the Bill

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Tuesday December 29, 2009 · 12:52 PM PST

2009/12/29 · 12:52

An arguement for non-intervention on the part of the United States government concerning the unfolding human drama occurring in Iran.

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Sunday December 27, 2009 · 10:10 AM PST

2009/12/27 · 10:10

As the Congress limps toward the finish line on health-care reform, it would be wise of Democrats to consider the last three significant pieces of legislation signed into law by a Democratic president and their effects. The current Senate version of HCR is significantly flawed and unless the bill is improved Democrats will face enormous electoral challenges in the near future.

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Wednesday December 16, 2009 · 1:51 PM PST

2009/12/16 · 13:51

The battle over health care reform is not merely a legislataive battle, rather it is a battle over an idea; the idea of self-government in the United States. If the White House, and the Congress bow to unchecked corporate authority, and offer a bill lacking substance and reform, then the hope of a people inspired by a movement will die with reform. If corporate interests are appeased at the behest of the people, then it is time to call it for what it represents; the beginning of the end of the very idea of self-government.

This is not the first time corporate authority has been placed above that of the people, to be sure. However, what is different this time is that the urgency for reform, real reform that benefits the common man and expresses the will of the people, is at stake. And nothing is more central to self-government than the will of the people. Without the will of the people, the idea of self-government dies. That - is what this battle is about.

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Thursday December 10, 2009 · 1:17 PM PST

2009/12/10 · 13:17

The reality that progressives must reconcile themselves with today is that the the owners of the Democratic Party, the Daddies, have other interests than those of the progressives. Thus, at the end of the day, when the showdown arrives, the Democrats we elect act with the interest of their Daddies superceding those of its base.

Ideally, this will be the first in a series of installemnts detailing who your Daddy really is.

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Tuesday December 08, 2009 · 3:13 PM PST

2009/12/08 · 15:13

The trouble with the public option is that it provides options for the public. The illusion of democracy is being perpetuated upon a willing nation by a bought and sold congress even as technology has rendered their tools of deception less effective. And so it goes.

Update

I would just add to that it is not cynical to speak the truth, rather it is cynical to know the truth and refuse to acknowledge it. Thanks for the conversation as always.

Update II

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic senators say they have a tentative deal to drop a government-run insurance option from health care legislation. No further details were immediately available.

But liberals and moderates have been discussing an alternative, including a private insurance arrangement to be supervised by the federal agency that oversees the system through which lawmakers purchase coverage. Additionally, talks centered on opening up Medicare to uninsured Americans beginning at age 55, a significant expansion of the large government health care program that currently serves the over-65 population.

Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa told reporters he didn't like the agreement but would support it to the hilt in an attempt to pass health care legislation.

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Thursday December 03, 2009 · 2:45 PM PST

2009/12/03 · 14:45

An attempt at humor while trying to read between the lines of the opening statement of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's hearing today in the land of Oz. I've watched it twice and read thru it at least three times and I am more or less as confused as before.

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Tuesday December 01, 2009 · 8:57 PM PST

2009/12/01 · 20:57

As much as like this president personally, as hard as I worked for his campaign, I cannot support him on this policy issue by going off the cliff with him and his AfPak policy. I fear the day will come soon enough when White House insiders come forward in tell-all books and admit what most suspect but few will admit; the president never had his heart invested in winning but he felt boxed in by the media, by the generals, and by his political opponents and so he submitted the nation to a policy he never fully supported.

The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride. Pride only hurts, it never helps. -Marcellus Wallace

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Monday November 30, 2009 · 4:52 PM PST

2009/11/30 · 16:52

In anticipation of President Obama's pending Afghanistan announcement tomorrow, should the Nobel committee reconsider its decision to award President Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? The rich irony of escalating the conflict in Afghanistan nearly thirty years to the day marking the last Russian intervention is poetically supreme.

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My Brother's Keeper

My Fellow Democrats

A Response to HCR

A Hands Off Approach Toward Iran

Tread Carefully Democrats

The Soul of America

Who's Your Daddy?

The Illusion of Democracy

Translating Bernanke

On Afghanistan

Time To Take That Nobel Prize Back?