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Why Some Object to Health Care Reform I do not presume to know all the reasons law makers and citizens oppose health care reform, but here are a few of the reasons I have identified. Some see health care reform as an opening for government to take control of health... ( added 52 days 7 hours ago.)

Giving Limbaugh A Second Look Often I ask conservatives to give their words a second look, and I want to apply this same urging to myself. I have criticized Rush Limbaugh for saying and CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference,) Republicans for cheering these words. ... ( added 260 days 16 hours ago.)

The Limbaugh Lunacy Flu Pandemic OK, I'm not making this up, here is an exact quote of Rush Limbaugh's words before the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC: "I disagree fervently with the people on our side of the aisle [he means Republican] who have caved and who... ( added 262 days 14 hours ago.)

Jindal Lies and Republicans Look Pitiful When Governor Bobby Jindal gave the Republican response to the Obama Non-State of the Union Speech he told the following story: During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry Lee, a Democrat and a good friend of mine. When I walked into his makeshift... ( added 264 days 23 hours ago.)

The Law of the Duck! A few years back, when I was still teaching school, the vice principal begged me to work a Saturday Work Detail. Kids that had broken school rules too often were assigned Saturday Work Detail where they would go around the campus in groups of 15... ( added 265 days 10 hours ago.)

Quoted Hate Some people tell me I am twisting things, making too big a deal out of the hatemongering right wing conservatives. Perhaps they don't hear what I hear. Or maybe they don't object to what I find so objectionable. The truth is, I am worried... ( added 265 days 22 hours ago.)

Conservative Hate Bombers I live in Oklahoma City , a target for whacky ultra conservative evil by a deranged, evil right-winged stup-o. Do we need to see the pictures again to remember that there were babies in a day-care, within the Federal Building that were blown up by... ( added 265 days 23 hours ago.)

Republicans: Get Your Head Back in the Game! In last night's Republican response to the Democrats (and Obama's Speech to Congress) he explained in detail, his objection to big government regulations. Here is an exact quote from the Jindal speech: During Katrina, I visited Sheriff Harry... ( added 268 days 3 hours ago.)

Regulations Makes Sense When I was a kid, one of my chores, and one of my ways of earning extra money, was to mow grass. I grew up in Texas where it sometimes gets to be 113 degrees in the shade, but we didn't stay in the shade all the time. I remember days when I was... ( added 269 days 3 hours ago.)

Bobby Jindal is Disingenuous I guess it is not all bad that some Republican Governors believe so strongly in what they believe that, in the midst of an economic crisis they are willing to turn down money because it is a round rescue package that won't fit into their square... ( added 269 days 16 hours ago.)

Money is not Real, Not Really. Money is a medium of exchange. It came into existence because we needed some way to exchange something with generally accepted value for stuff that is of value to the buyer. Obviously, the first way to get what you need is to find it, or make it... ( added 271 days 7 hours ago.)

War! Woouh! What is it Good For? Absolutely Nothin'! To be honest and upfront, I have to say I oppose war. I hate war, all war, and even just wars are, in my view, evil. I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. Mohandas Gandhi While I feel every war is an... ( added 273 days ago.)

Just Say No Republicanism I was raised by Republicans. My Great Grandfather, Grandfather, and father were all radical Republicans all their life and as far as I know they have never, not one time, not one of them, voted for any candidate other than a Republican. I'm not... ( added 273 days 3 hours ago.)

The Ugly Mean-Spirited American There is a cruelty that is way too common among us. By us I mean human beings. Today, I heard a story, on NPR, about two Washington State girls (ages 13 and 14), who decided to skip school. The girls made a bad choice. These young ladies hung... ( added 273 days 5 hours ago.)

Mother: Leaving a Trace My mother is in her 70's and her health is not good. She has been fighting cancer for several years, and had other geriatric problems that put her in the hospital frequently. She walks with a walker, and as unpleasant as the truth is to admit, I... ( added 277 days 16 hours ago.)

Obama, Supply Side vs. Keynesian Economics The problem with economics is, until now, there has been no real way to "test" an economic theory, but that may be changing now. I won't go back to the beginnings of economic theory, but I will start with the period prior to 1929 and move forward... ( added 292 days 13 hours ago.)

Making the Grade (a poem) ;^) Since leaving school I am not often graded, but I very often grade myself and I can be a rigid rigorous appraiser of my performances, a joyful sadistic scrutinizer with a wide red pen feeling productive only from... ( added 296 days 10 hours ago.)

Teaching My Son To Ride a Bike It is an iconic act, this image, this memory, of what one thinks is remembered, this duty, this privilege of being a father. Teaching a child to ride a bike is so common, so shared, so symbolic an act that it is used in television commercials... ( added 296 days 12 hours ago.)

Privacy! Can You Hear Me Now? Once upon a time, people seemed to care about privacy. The need for privacy seems to have faded as a need for most of us, and I have proof. Consider my own brief history of the telephone. The Party Line When I was a kid, back in the... ( added 314 days 12 hours ago.)

Tell the Corpse You're Sorry Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? ~David Brin Back when I was 21 years old, I'd just been married a few weeks, and I'd started my first "grown-up" job, as the Associate Minister of the Wewoka... ( added 321 days 5 hours ago.)

Anxiety, Fear, Worry, and all my other friends . . . anxiety is a fight-or-flight response to something that is happening in the mind. ~ Ihnen and Flynn ( added 321 days 5 hours ago.)

Burris Could Be Collateral Damage The mess caused by the Governor of Illinois is even more difficult to figure out than pronouncing the Governor Blagojevich's name. Let us say first that Blagojevich is considered an unlikable jerk by most of the people who know him, including his... ( added 321 days 14 hours ago.)

The Forty Fascicles of Emily Dickenson Or ALL WRITERS WANT READERS I think about Emily Dickinson all the time. As a kid I had been exposed to maybe three of her poems because they were included in our literature books at school, but that fact alone was enough to kill any interest... ( added 322 days 7 hours ago.)

Attention! Child Danger: Drowning As a Child Welfare Specialist I am called upon from time to time to do a home study. Part of a home study involves a criminal background check on all the adults in the home, an analysis of their income, and bills, and a check of the home for any... ( added 322 days 9 hours ago.)

The Year 2008 in a single Word OK, it is over. The year 2008 is totally, officially, literally gone. We now begin the very human activity of looking back at the year and assessing the year. The activity of appraising an entire year is a little like looking at a painting. If you... ( added 323 days 17 hours ago.)