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Primary Day in New Hampshire
I come late to being passionate about politics – I don’t know that I can blame it all on not being an American citizen until last Spring, but it’s become obvious that there are a lot of pressing issues...
View ArticleYes We Can!
There’s a great musical adaptation of one of Barack Obama’s New Hampshire speeches making the rounds.
View ArticleHow special, special interest money?
Oil change international put together a great tool to visualize the flow of money from oil companies to presidential candidates and congressional representatives. The graph view of the presidential...
View ArticleLessig at the Berkman center
I had the pleasure of seeing Lawrence Lessig unveil the next phase of the Change-congress movement last Friday at the Berkman center at Harvard. Lessig gives phenomenal presentations and could probably...
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Huckabee’s Negative Countdown
This dates from a few weeks ago – Mike Huckabee had a countdown on his web site to the launch of what turned out to be his political action committee. At the appointed time, the counter hit zero....
View ArticleGas price holiday
I’m pleased to see Thomas Friedman hit the nail on head in is op-ed “Dumb as We Wanna Be“. The idea of having a gas price holiday – rescinding the 18.4 cents a gallon gas tax for the peak driving...
View ArticleDissappointing comments from the Obama campaign on trade
An article in today’s New York times “When a Populist Stance Meets a Complex Issue” left me a little disappointed in the the Obama campaign. The article talks primarily about American trade in beef and...
View ArticleBarack Obama is 46 and not a Muslim
This week and recieved this troubling (forwarded) email that was for profiling on the basis of age and ethnic backround. It listed a whole bunch of terrorist attacks visited upon Americans, ending each...
View Article99 Percent Honesty
It finally comes out that John Edwards cheated on his wife who had cancer at the time. His official statement about it since don’t do much for me but dig the whole deeper. From his official statement:...
View ArticleArchipelago Of Accounts – The Banks Always Win
At work, our health insurance has been switched to a high-deductible PPO. Not to worry, we’ve also been granted Health Savings Accounts (HSA) in which to save money, tax-free, to pay bills before...
View ArticleLets Fight Voter ID Laws By Putting An ID In Every Voter’s Pocket
In Texas alone, its estimated that between 400,000 and 600,000 people don’t have the identification that is required to vote. Lets take for granted that requiring an ID to vote is regressive and...
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