Atlas Shrugged I and II on film: give thanks to the US Government

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Thursday September 13, 2012 · 6:57 AM PDT

2012/09/13 · 06:57

This is a quick hit in the irony department. Atlas Shrugged I and II, the film versions of Ayn Rand's horrible book, were heavily financed by John Aglialoro, who owned the film rights. John Aglialoro and his wife Joan Carter made their fortune by starting a business with the help of a loan from the Small Business Administration.

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Wednesday August 22, 2012 · 9:38 AM PDT

2012/08/22 · 09:38

Just a quick hit until George Lakoff posts the full article here, assuming he does.

Budgets are moral documents. National, state, and local budgets are commitments about where and how to carry out the work of America's soul, or to abandon it. A national budget that abandons the Public and the freedoms it gives us is selling America's very soul. Such a budget is the Devil's Budget. It uses numbers for an evil purpose: to rob us of our basic everyday freedom.

Lakoff and Glenn Smith at the Huffington Post

Shine a bright light on Health Care Astro-Turf

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Monday July 20, 2009 · 7:41 AM PDT

2009/07/20 · 07:41

Christy Hardin Smith at Firedoglake reports that AHIP, the monstrous health insurance industry interest group, is launching a seven figure campaign, which includes their website http://www.americanhealthsolution.org.
It claims to be a grass-roots effort to bring high-quality health care to every American. Of course, AHIP is overseen by a board of directors made up of multi-millionaire health insurance executives. I believe that part of a health care strategy should include uncomfortable attention paid to these companies and their lobbyists in addition to efforts aimed at Congress.

AHIP does actually invite ideas:
info@americanhealthsolution.org
or 1-800-289-1136.

Let them know what your ideas for health care are. Including, perhaps, your ideas on multimillion dollar corporate lobbying.

Other contact info:
America’s Health Insurance Plans
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
South Building
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20004

Switchboard: 202.778.3200
Fax: 202.331.7487

Email: ahip@ahip.org

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Tuesday June 23, 2009 · 1:08 PM PDT

2009/06/23 · 13:08

See iceberg slim's diary for the motivation for my post--and the source of my block quote:

The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system.

In a joint letter to senators, the two largest industry groups also said they don't believe it's possible to design a government plan that can compete fairly with private companies in a revamped health care market. That particular statement seemed to be aimed at lawmakers of both parties who are seeking a compromise on the contentious issue.

A quick bit of searching reveals a helpful website provided by BCBSA themselves

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Wednesday August 06, 2008 · 9:18 AM PDT

2008/08/06 · 09:18

I'm disappointed to hear any talk of drilling for more oil off our coasts especially from Obama. If he's going to agree to any drilling, I wish he'd say something like this...

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 7:56 AM PDT

2008/06/16 · 07:56

I don’t exactly approve of a lot of the things Fred Hobbs stands for and I’m not sure we know enough about him. He’s got some bad connections, and he may be connected to child molesters for all I can tell. It sounds kind of like he may be.

Now I'm not saying I know for sure--I'm just saying WE DON'T KNOW. He will have to prove to all of us that he is not connected with child molesters, and that he secretly aids and sympathizes with them. I think it's very important that we all hear from Fred Hobbs that he rejects child molestation and that he proves to me and everyone in America, frankly, that he does not endorse or engage in sexual acts with children.

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McCain's Green Screen

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 8:50 AM PDT

2008/06/05 · 08:50

HuffPo points out

The choice of a lime green backdrop was, to put it kindly, not wise. Beyond representing a jarring visual for even the most colorblind political viewer, the set up was clearly a distraction from the speech itself.

But McCain's green room was a technological change not a brand change. The future of CGI in politics is here! Now McCain can be anywhere at anytime.

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Monday April 28, 2008 · 3:46 PM PDT

2008/04/28 · 15:46

Politically speaking, I want to see this happen to John McCain

Because part of the GOP strategy is emerging: Good cop, bad cop. The GOP will run smear ads, outside organizations will run push polls and fuel email rumors, and McCain will feign indignation, even as the message is reinforced by his supposed negation of it. We already have to play catch up thanks to Sen. Clinton (R) New York. But some groundwork has been laid for us by George Bush’s 2000 campaign of all things.

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