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Congratulations, Rep. Andy Harris!

Today we can all breathe a sigh of relief as Andy Harris (R-MD 01) finally gets his health care plan.  I sent him a note to congratulate him  -  see below.(If you want to do the same, you'll have to...

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AZ gets crazier, drafting doctors into ICE

Arizona is now considering a bill that will require hospitals to check patients' immigration status and report it to authorities. The public health consequences could be enormous.Story is here, and the...

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SC - remember Andre Bauer?

Andre Bauer, former Lt. Governor of South Carolina, earned notoriety for comparing poor people to stray animals and said they should not receive food assistance "because they'll breed".  He's no longer...

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peasants defending the Barons' riches

At the little Salvadoran pupuseria near my work, the TV was running while I waited for my lunch.  The show was one of those real-life captured on video things, called "Most Daring".  It was a series of...

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occupywallst.org is safe, disregard Norton

Symantec's Norton Anti Virus is sometimes flagging www.occupywallst.org as a malicious site.  (It does on my XP machine but not on my Vista one).  A visit to Norton's site indicates that its automated...

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Gabby leads crowd in Pledge of Allegiance

After hearing her here, I'm convinced that she'll be able to get back to work in Congress.  She's back!  Sorry about the 15 second ad - this was the only video of the event that I found.Gabrielle...

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Call it like it is: Paulson leads Friess in Republican primaries

I would like to see the media abandon the fiction that this is a contest waged by candidates Romney, Santorum, Gingrich and Paul.  Let's report the news and results with the names of the actual...

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to my Congresscritters re: fiscal theater

While economists and pundits battle over their pet theories, we are the mice in their real-life laboratory. The results of the experiment are already in, and there is no need to continue to torture the...

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My letter to the International Olympic Committee

First of all, they are hard to contact.  The only way I've found is by snail mail.  If anyone else wants to write to them, here it is:International Olympic Committee Chateau de Vidy Case Postale 356...

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My Obamacare

It took four tries to make it through the healthcare.gov site, and I'm not yet actually "enrolled" - that involves sending  money, so I'll wait until December.  When Republicans claim "almost no one...

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Sen. Clinton, it's time to step up

At the first debate, Bernie Sanders got a lot of kudos for rising to Hillary Clinton’s defense, saying “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damned e-mails!”  It was a gracious...

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Which swing voters should we chase?

There are two types of swing voters.  The most commonly discussed are those who vote Democratic one year and Republican the next, or who split their tickets.  But there is another large block of swing...

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