Will you pay an extra $3.19/gal to kill the IRS?
It's been a few weeks since Al Gore give his speech proposing to replace the payroll tax with a pollution tax. I never did see a clear outline of this idea; what does "payroll tax" mean, exactly?...
View ArticleBob Nota for President
Hi. I'm Bob Nota*, and I'm running for President.Frustrated with the same creeps running the show? Don't want any of those clowns as President? Ready to give up on the whole process? I'm your man!...
View ArticleFreep this Lou Dobbs poll
Lou Dobbs has a piece today on Acorn and purported election fraud. (Surprise! They're using the right term!). If the details are as they report, then I think someone associated with ACORN should be...
View ArticleMcCain's path to victory in PA; Diebold and ES&S.
We've all heard the confidence coming from McCain about winning Pennsylvania, despite the clear and consistent lead that Obama has had in the polls. So whence this confidence? It's outrageously...
View ArticleSingle payer is not enough
After watching some of the Bill Moyer's Journal episode on Money-Driven Medicine, I am angry, disgusted, and completely unsurprised. The state of health care in this country closely parallels the...
View ArticleShut down the rigs and declare war.
No more excuses. Shut them down. Shut them all down. Now.I have commented here previously that I wanted ALL offshore drilling stopped. Not just new drilling. All drilling. 60 Minutes tonight has...
View ArticleDaily mitigation of BP oil gusher: One person or one million, lots of hay.
I include the word 'mitigation' in the title, because the term 'cleanup' is often being used to refer to what is done after the gusher has been smothered. I see no reason to wait. By the estimates of...
View ArticleWar funding gobbledegookery
What follows is a description of my journey to determine how Congress is voting on war funding. I've been noting brief comments in the news regarding additional Afghanistan funding, but when I delved...
View ArticleGrading Congress: Iraq and Afghanistan.
Billionaire bankers. DADT. Global warming. Torture. Spying on Americans. Debt, massive, overwhelming debt. Globalism. Big hair. Collapsing bridges. Education. Medicare. Social Security.What was I...
View ArticleGerrymandering, Electoral College by Congressional district, and the 17th...
I apologize if I'm restating the obvious, but I haven't seen this clearly stated. Republicans are working hard to corrupt democracy even further in this country. The three items I mention in the...
View ArticleThe speech I want to hear
Everyone knows that Obama will give a speech on Tuesday regarding climate change. Based on his history, the speech has the potential to be quite moving - for those who dote on his every word, while...
View ArticleObamacare: FL officials warn of big rate increases. Really?
I am puzzled by the announcement from the Florida Insurance Commissioner saying rates will jump - bigtime - under Obamacare. (I could provide other links, but it appears that all media outlets are...
View ArticleThis breaking news just in; day 7 and Healthcare.gov is still busted. (with...
This is pathetic. I'm beginning to give more credence to the complaints of the web site being really poor. Surely someone has successfully enrolled? I want to make it clear here that I'm in Florida...
View Article"This breaking news just in"; Day 10 and Healthcare.gov is still busted (with...
I published a diary three days ago describing my experience in attempting to enroll in a health insurance plan. I'm sorry to say that, while I'm a little further along, I'm once again stuck. And I'm...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov: Brick Walls Become Pebbles In The Road
First, let me say that, as far as I'm concerned, healthcare.gov is working. This diary describes a bit of how I got to this point.I've spent a long time trying to enroll in a plan in my state,...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov and Blue Cross; a real pain in the back end.
A journal of my experience after I enrolled in a plan on Healthcare.gov. I wonder when the "liberal" media is going to start slamming the insurance companies for their bungled process. ("Please...
View ArticleBeyond Gerrymandering
The redistricting process performed by Florida's heavily Republican legislature has been deemed unconstitutional. Considering the flagrant partisanship displayed by the legislature, and the state...
View ArticleAddendum to Beyond Gerrymandering
Ignore this diary. It exists only to display a table that I couldn't get to display correctly in the Beyond Gerrymandering diary.
View ArticleFYI: Oilsands pipeline rupture spills 31,000 barrels.
Nexen pipeline leak in Alberta spills 5 million litres. (5M litres is a bit more than 31K barrels, according to this site).The only reporting I've found on this is at Canadian sites. It appears to be...
View ArticleFL-Sen: Grayson and Murphy in the House
By their votes shall ye know them.I have read many comments here displaying an intense dislike of Alan Grayson. That's understandable for someone who is your neighbor, or is about to become your...
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