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Sunday January 24, 2010 · 9:12 AM PST

2010/01/24 · 09:12

This has been an interesting week. A Supreme Court decision, an election, the end of a television debacle, and my mail have me pondering a few things.

There are assumptions, and assumptions in assumptions, and questions. I have questions.

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Your favorite assumption is:

13 votes Vote Now!

Your favorite assumption is:

Corporations are persons and have Constitutional rights.

3 votes

The base will always turn out.

0 votes

Pass it now, we can fix it later.

3 votes

You can go on shortchanging your partners, ignoring your customers and downgrading your products forever as long as the bottom line is black.

1 vote

Mitch McConnell is a liar and an ass.

5 votes

Shiba Inu puppies are adorable, and the puppy cam will be a big hit.

0 votes

There is always time for pie.

1 vote

Health Insurance is not Auto Insurance.

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Saturday September 12, 2009 · 5:22 PM PDT

2009/09/12 · 17:22

For some reason any reservation about mandates for health insurance provokes the auto insurance is mandated.

I have become more and more offended at this. Not just because it is a meaningless analogy, but because people (pundits, journalists, and government representatives) never point out that it is not the same thing in any way.

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Passing a health care bill no matter what

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Passing a health care bill no matter what

is important to get new customers for private insurance.

1 vote

is important for White House bragging rights.

5 votes

isn't important. Passing a bill that make sure that all Americans have health benefits like those provided by Medicare in a manner they can afford should be.

44 votes

isn't as imporant as Pie.

5 votes

Time to remember, Tom Daschle Secretary of Health and Human Services

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Sunday August 23, 2009 · 8:59 AM PDT

2009/08/23 · 08:59

Tom Daschle was President Obama's first choice. Daschle's own problems stopped that one in its tracks, and many of us breathed a sigh of relief.

Today's New York Times makes it clear we were right, he was a disastrous choice for that position. Unfortunately, he continues to be a 'resource' on health care.

Daschle has the ear of the White House

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Tom Daschle is

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Tom Daschle is

a 'resource'.

6 votes

a 'lobbyist'.

7 votes

a tool and a lobbyist.

43 votes

I don't care, I'm tired of having to fight for the real health care reform I thought we won and just need pie.

15 votes

Battered Democrat Syndrome

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 6:44 AM PDT

2009/08/16 · 06:44

Over this last week, I have not been able to focus on politics and the news as much as has been my habit over the last year. As such I now have a slightly different perspective then I did regarding Congress and the President's obsession with bipartisanship.

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Monday July 13, 2009 · 6:33 AM PDT

2009/07/13 · 06:33

There is a simple rule taught young christians that is actually quite powerful even or maybe because of its simplicity. Now some version of this rule of reciprocity has appeared in the ethical teachings of most cultures. But this version from the New Testament's Book of Luke is probably the one most familiar to Americans.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

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Tuesday June 16, 2009 · 1:22 PM PDT

2009/06/16 · 13:22

Or has the White House worked harder to get a supplemental War Funding bill passed then the Stimulus, EFCA and Bankruptcy Cram Down combined? And all to get money for the IMF which will go to bail out European Banks.

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Tuesday June 09, 2009 · 10:19 AM PDT

2009/06/09 · 10:19

This would also be an uphill climb. But perhaps the way to attack the Health Insurance/Pharma hold on Congress is to go after them differently.

We shouldn't focus on single payer/robust public option exclusively. We need to start urging our more progressive representatives to also start insurance regulation, to reform them that way.

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Friday May 22, 2009 · 3:01 PM PDT

2009/05/22 · 15:01

I realize that it has been a hectic few months. I understand that it is crisis after crisis over there at the Treasury. Normally I wouldn't bother you, but this Bloomberg News story was the last straw: "TARP Warrant Sale Shows Banks May Reap 'Ruthless' Bargain" It has become increasingly apparent to anyone watching the Treasury Department that the department doesn't realize for whom it works - the citizens of the United States of America, or to put it simply the People.

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Wednesday May 13, 2009 · 11:37 AM PDT

2009/05/13 · 11:37

So Secretary of the Treasury Tim Geithner once again throws Social Security onto the table today.

Statement by Secretary Geithner on the Releases of
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports

Please note the conclusion.

"Finally, after we have passed health care reform that puts our nation on a path to lower growth in health care costs and expanded affordable coverage, this President will work to build a bipartisan consensus to ensure the long-term solvency of Social Security. The President explicitly rejects the notion that Social Security is an untouchable politically and instead believes there is opportunity for a new consensus on Social Security reform.

Well, I can save you some time, Mr. Secretary.

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How would you reform Social Security?

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How would you reform Social Security?

Remove the cap.

47 votes

Raise the retirement age.

5 votes

Cut benefits.

1 vote

Privatization.

3 votes

Impose a fee on anyone who brings up Social Security reform in the media.

6 votes

Why is this even on the agenda?

3 votes

Pie.

2 votes

A cynical view of the hedgefund freedom bonds

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Friday April 10, 2009 · 7:01 PM PDT

2009/04/10 · 19:01

I didn't think that I could become more cynical towards Wall Street and the financial industry then I was after I realized that it was essentially a big casino with fewer rules and even less oversight. I was wrong.

Treasury tells US investors to buy American

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Questions, observations, and pot luck.

Health Insurance is not Auto Insurance.

Time to remember, Tom Daschle Secretary of Health and Human Services

Battered Democrat Syndrome

Simple Rules

Is it just me?

Are we approaching the Health Insurance issue the wrong way?

Dear Secretary Geithner:

Calling a tax a tax.

A cynical view of the hedgefund freedom bonds