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A Conservative's Lament: The Specter of Public Health

Posted on October 28, 2010
With the midterm elections drawing near, conservatives should pause and reflect on missed opportunities. Despite Obama?s unprecedented unpopularity and strong opposition to his signature policy achievements: Obamacare and the Stimulus, it is almost a perfect certainty that the Democrats will hold onto the US Senate...

My Beautiful Father's Obituary

Posted on December 03, 2009
Rest in peace, my beloved father.

Let's Get Along

Posted on September 21, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video

Traficant Released

Posted on September 14, 2009
Hard to keep a good man down.

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Is this a Government Takeover?

Posted on September 10, 2009
The existing draft of HR 3200 would add 53 agencies [SEE UPDATE BELOW] in one form or another:1. Health Benefits Advisory Committee (Section 123, p. 30)2. Health Choices Administration (Section 141, p. 41)3. Qualified Health Benefits Plan Ombudsman (Section 144, p...

So You Had a Bad 6 Hour Period of Time

Posted on September 10, 2009
People generally measure the quality of their experiences in days, rather than a more precise unit of time.That is, they refer to having a good day, a bad day, the best day of their life, etc. But almost no one says "Boy, that was a terrible span of 3 hours" or "Those were the best 75 minutes of my life...

WT/Julia

Posted on September 04, 2009
Who here thinks I should cook my way through the Julia Child book the Art of French Cooking and write a blog about it?Me either.

In the year 2000

Posted on September 04, 2009
In the future, constitutional amendments will take place either by a 3/4ths vote of the state legislatures, a constitutional convention, or by a facebook group reaching 150 million members.

You're Not Going to Tell Me How to Run My Congressional Office

Posted on September 04, 2009

Welcome to Crazytown

Posted on August 28, 2009
You know that Iran is in dire straits when Ayatollah Khamanei represents the voice of moderation in the nation's leadership.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/world/middleeast/29iran.html?_r=1&hp

CNN's Most Hilarious Headlines

Posted on July 15, 2009
The side panel link from CNN's July 15, 2009 article covering the third day of the Sotomayor hearings:Most Viewed Most Emailed Top Searches1 Exchange students live nightmare2 168 killed as jet crashes in Iran3 Africans face U.S. misconceptions4 Day 3 of Sotomayor hearing5 Jacksons a unique parental team6 Mystery killing of 3-year-old7 5,000-pound shark washes ashore8 Sotomayor found Princeton alien9 911 call launched Caylee drama10 'Absolutely' overused? AbsolutelyWhoa! An alien? At Princeton!? And Sotomayor blew the lid off of it!? Nice work Sonia! I guess she's right, a wise latina is better suited to discovering alien species than a while male who "hasn't lived that life...

Don't Look Away

Posted on June 22, 2009
This woman was murdered by illegitimate cowards who deserve nothing but suffering and derision.

Freedom is contagious

Posted on June 20, 2009
China censors its own news outlets for fear of inspiring democratic movements within China.You can't stop freedom folks. As time progresses, the tendency toward greater and greater freedom approaches 1.

This other guy is pretty cool too

Posted on June 19, 2009
The focus is on Mir Hossein Mossavi, mostly because people expected him to win, and because he was the primary opposition candidate. But this other guy, Mehdi Karoubi, is looking pretty good too.Defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi called on Friday for Iran's election result to be cancelled, hours after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed the victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

I may die tomorrow.

Posted on June 19, 2009
And this is courage."I will participate in the demonstrations tomorrow. Maybe they will turn violent. Maybe I will be one of the people who is going to get killed. I'm listening to all my favorite music. I even want to dance to a few songs. I always wanted to have very narrow eyebrows...

Canadian Journalist Beaten, Given Tea

Posted on June 15, 2009
This is an incredible story of a Canadian journalist mistaken for an anti-coup protestor.By being detained, he was able to see the brutal conditions of other detainees.?There has been a terrible misunderstanding,? I was told. ?There is a bad situation in Tehran, and sometimes the officers get confused,? he said with a smile, while a plainclothes officer offered me water and tea...

Where Can I get up to date Iran News?

Posted on June 15, 2009
The undercoverage of the coup in Iran is pretty surprising, but here are the links I'm finding most helpful to understand what's going on, and what the likelihood of another revolution is:NYT's The LedeHuffington Post's Live BlogTehranBureau is Twittering from the inside...

We Will All Go Down Together

Posted on June 15, 2009
Embedding is disabled, but this is worth clickin the link for.

And the police shoot blindly into the crowd

Posted on June 15, 2009

Great Song

Posted on June 07, 2009

Awesome Name for a Political Party

Posted on June 07, 2009
Congrats to the Swedish Pirate Party for picking up a seat in the EU Parliament.Truly inspiring for all pirates. Wait, is that good or bad?

iTunes at $1.29 per Song Now

Posted on May 28, 2009
Whoa. I just noticed this over the weekend. Which only makes me about 3 months behind the times.Guess what? Major record labels are *losing* money on the new system.

Is Sotomayor a "Racist"?

Posted on May 28, 2009
You be the judge:Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging...

Michael Vick's Rehabilitation

Posted on May 25, 2009
Michael Vick is out of prison, and on house arrest for two more months, before he is done serving his time.But how can Michael Vick make up for this?I suggest that he do something can help him both rehabilitate his image and possibly get him back in the NFL -- offer to donate his next 5 years' salaray to the SPCA.

Never Lose Faith In Your Team On The Air

Posted on May 24, 2009
Especially not when there's still hope. This video is awesome.

Sad Parrot

Posted on May 24, 2009
I'm not sure how they got the Pittsburgh Parrot to look so sad in his costume. I remember the Bream slide that started the Pirates' 16 year losing streak. I was a Braves fan. I was 12.

Good Picture

Posted on May 23, 2009
Obama hugs John ("Jack") McCain IV at the 2009 Naval Academy graduation.

Suck it Long Beach

Posted on May 03, 2009
Fresno is now number 5 largest city in CaliforniaNext up, San Francisco. Only 350,000 more people left to go. Fres we can.

Souter Retiring

Posted on May 01, 2009
Republican appointee David Souter is retiring from the Supreme Court.To focus more on dating and frat games.

McCain's First 100 Days

Posted on April 30, 2009
It's easy to criticize Obama, but hard to imagine McCain doing much better:John McCain, the oldest first-term president in history, is proving as rambunctious and pugnacious as the youngest one, Teddy Roosevelt. Of course, Teddy probably would have sent the Marines to Venezuela, while McCain had to make do with mugging for the cameras with an exaggerated grimace when he was forced by protocol to shake Hugo Chavez's hand at the recent hemispheric summit...

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