Archive for August, 2009
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Forget about Health Care Reform. My experience with Washington Watching (not nearly as fun as Girl Watching by the way), but after seeing even the gifted orator, President Obama, stumble repeatedly while trying to present the case to live audiences my experience tells me that true Health Care Reform is ...
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Saturday, August 15th, 2009
I love a good debate. I prefer an America with 2 strong parties holding opposing views, because I believe it makes us stronger and keeps us centered.
But in the Health Care Reform--or is that Insurance Coverage Reform now?--discussions, the debate seems to have turned into insane banter and bickering between ...
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
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Current and former government officials have apparently confirmed that the CIA had developed plans to create and deploy small, specialized teams overseas on specific missions to kill terrorists.
It was also made clear by CIA Director Leon Panetta, that these plans had been ...
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
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Megan McArdle made a lengthy posting on the Atlantic a few days ago where she laid out her opposition to national health care. After reading through it twice now, and forcing myself to ignore that her opposition appears to be more against government involvement in people's lives than ...
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