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Obama told me that healthcare would get cheaper and more efficient under his special healthcare plan.  At first I was skeptical.  Now I know that Obama was right. 

 
First, under the new bill, insurance companies cannot deny me coverage for pre-existing health conditions.  This is really great news because now I can get insurance when I’m sick, but [...]

Although Sonia Sotomayor will be taking Justice Souter’s place as a liberal judge on the Supreme Court, Judge Sotomayor is much more extreme.

In 2006, Judge Sotomayor ruled that it was proper for the City of New Haven, Connecticut to throw out firefighter exams that were the criteria for promotion.  The reason?  There were no black [...]

The time has come for reform in executive pay, but what would the ideal solution look like?

The ideal solution for executive pay would be a self – regulating system that maintains a healthy tension between shareholder’s interest and an executive’s motivation for padding their own pockets.  The ideal model for this is the Solomonic pie [...]

I love Ken Griffey Jr.  He was an amazing talent and he is the reason why MLB is still in Seattle – he built Safeco Field.  Because of this, I overlook the fact that he demanded a trade with the Reds in which the M’s got no talent back because Griffey wouldn’t approve a trade [...]

Hello.

My old blog is no longer with us.  It was being hosted on one of my friend’s servers until he changed servers and left my blog to die on the old server.  Losing all that wonderful political, economic and personal content really sucks.  I feel somewhere in between my dog dying and getting my car [...]

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Well, the election is over and I have received quite a few requests/demands for me to post something about who I voted for.  I agonized over this decision and really tried to  consider every issue, not just two [...]

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I have to admit, when I read Obama’s tax policies, the fiscal conservative in me hurts inside.  Why would we give people who aren’t paying taxes a refundable tax credit?  Normal tax credits only apply as a discount [...]

There was once a little boy named Jack who was very poor and had a family who barely got by even though his parents worked very, very hard.  To help out, Jack got a job helping out on the neighbor’s farm.  With all of the hard work, the boy’s family did [...]

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In the age of instant reporting in television and internet media, the Republicans have failed to realize that it is impossible to fight a ground war.  Every civilian casualty, every soldier killed and every mistake made in a war is [...]

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These days, I find that I am absolutely not a Republican.  However, I am absolutely not a Democrat.  I want to create a set of ideals for myself that I can use to find who best represents my [...]