Who is this man in the White House who has replaced the guy I voted for?! Was Obama secretly replaced by a right-wing fundamentalist? Shut down medical marijuana dispensaries? Adverse IRS rulings on deductibility of expenses. ATF prohibitions on gun purchases by medical marijuana recipients. I have sent a letter to the White House today [...]
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Cain thinks the Wall Street protestors are jealous or envious of the successful bankers, et al of Wall Street. He says the latter create the jobs and those protestors should go out and get one. Hahahaha! No, the protestors are not envious, they are angry–just like the Tea Partiers on the other side of the [...]
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The GOP says Obama’s plan to impose a minimum tax on those earning more than a $million each year constitutes “class warfare.” To which I respond, “and your point?” Or in other words, if so, so what? Let’s get real here, the reason this is so abhorrent a position to those of the Republican persuasion [...]
I was in my cubicle, in the Fairfax County Government Center, 30 miles from the Pentagon. I was hard at work on the FY 2003 budget for my agency, the Division of Solid Waste, Collection and Recycling. Then came news of the first attack. Only nobody knew it was an attack when the first plane [...]
It’s been a month now, and a memorial service held. Too late to comment much, except to echo the comments of the Prime Minister from a month ago–and I paraphrase, keep Norway open. In other words, no draconian security measures to be imposed. No restrictions on the borders to keep out Muslims, as the right-wing [...]
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A break from health care reform. The Obama administration has apparently finally embarked on the repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy implemented during the first Clinton administration. Reinforcing the conclusion that he was just as much a politician that will say whatever needs saying to be elected (except he didn’t succeed), John McCain has [...]
In most cases, insurance is something you buy to cover yourself in case the unexpected financial setback occurs–damage to your house or car for example. Or in the case of health, an acute illness or event such as a stroke or heart attack. On the other hand, you can and should expect to have some [...]
Because health care (chiefly what hospitals, doctors, laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and drug stores provide us with) is so expensive, most people find it difficult if not impossible to pay for out of pocket. Well duh! Yes, I know, it is so obvious–but I mention this only as a preface to serve as a distinguishing feature [...]
I didn’t really want to do it, but I need a topic that lends itself both to some amount of continuity and also fits the notion that this blog is about expressing what really is happening–reaching beyond ignorance and illusion. So as arrogant of me as it may be, I will latch onto this topic [...]