Last week, after it became apparent that the GOP campaign of disinformation regarding the health care legislation was working wonderfully [1] President Obama shifted gears a bit to talk about *why* this change is necessary.
WASHINGTON — President Obama sought Wednesday to reframe the health care debate as “a core ethical and moral obligation,” imploring a [...]
Morality and the Health Care Debate
The World This Week, March 22, 2009
[videos forthcoming]
US NEWS
People thieving the electrons.
Obama: Economy hurts. Duh.
Obama Budget Strategy raises questions.
New home construction gets a lift (month-to-month).
Small business help on the way.
Fed prints money like mad.
A couple economists agree that printing money is a good idea…today.
China wants a new global currency standard.
Palin to preach to choir.
McCain Twitterview a joke, a stilted lagging joke.
Feel [...]
World This Week, Obama, Stewart, China, Russia, Cheney, Rush, Summers
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Part 2:
Here’s the links for the video…
Obama talkin’ to the CEO’s.
Jon Stewart slamming Jim Cramer and CNBC.
China on the offensive in the Impeccable.
China on that $1,000,000,000,000 note of ours.
Russian bombers and new bases.
World Bank on global economy shrinkage.
Cheney being Cheney, which is to say, a dick.
Loudmouth [...]
Why I’m a Writer, Not a “Blogger”
So I finally finished reading Andrew Sullivan’s piece on “Why I Blog” (available here, as a four page blog post). He hits the nail on the head on why I’m not a blogger with this paragraph (and a half).
If all this sounds postmodern, that’s because it is. And blogging suffers from the same flaws as [...]
The Economic Apocalypse (retro-look)
This line of thought began with this MetaFilter post linking to this FRONTLINE piece on what happened with the banking/ibanking sector last Fall. [BTW, the best animation explanation of the problems is here.]
The FRONTLINE documentary does a great job at pointing out some of the players in the mix and the personal relationships that helped [...]
A Quick Note About the Stimulus Package
Been seeing and hearing a lot of lamentations lately about the stimulus package. A lot of them seem to be nebulous complaints not focused on the actual legislation, but more of the ideological whining that plagues our Democracy.
After actually looking at a nice, objective, analysis of what’s in the package (which you can read here) [...]
God vs(?) Evolution: Happy Darwin Day
I learned this one from Piers Anthony at about thirteen.
CSM Story.
Ignorance and Iran, Explorations of Love and Culture
This story.
This book.
This planet.
Now, dammit!
A Couple New Vids for Shits and Giggles and Deep Morning Thoughts
And of course….
I like the soundtrack on the second one much better.
A Bit or Twenty About My Political Views
[this is an excerpt from a private conversation with a friend, who wish to remail anonymous, I think]
This is a much more civilzed conversation, but I really do prefer to have these conversations in public, as, you know…I’m a struggling writer. Really struggling.
To summarize…I’m not a Democrat and don’t follow their agenda. I saw Obama [...]
