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Everything Obama Does Is Wrong

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Let’s all blame Obama for everything bad that has ever happened to any American, anywhere in the world.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, can we please pull together and try to solve this country’s problems?
Thank you,
- Robin

If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care

Friday, December 25th, 2009

A sadly amusing article from National Journal that begins, “Hello! Thank you for calling Air Health Care, the airline that works like the health care system. My name is Cynthia. How can I give you travel care today?”
As one who has had a number of similar experiences with our health care non-system, I can [...]

I Stand By My “One-Term President” Prediction

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Back in August, 2008, I wrote an essay titled Voting For a One-Term President. At the time we didn’t know whether Barack Obama or John McCain would be our next president. My contention was that we had so many contentious problems that neither contender could successfully contend with all of them.

I Blame Democrats for the Current Wave of Ponzi Scheme Prosecutions

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

The Ponzi scheme prosecutions we’ve been reading about lately are unfair, and I blame the Democrats, or “Dumbocrats” as some call them, for treating business people as criminals when all they were trying to do was maximize profits. Here’s why:

Washington Post’s Ezra Klein is a Voice of Health Care Sanity

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

“During the Senate Finance Committee’s negotiations, Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) offered to give employees the option to reject their employer’s offerings in return for a voucher that would help them choose their own insurance on exchanges, which meant they would save money if they chose cheaper plans. Much more modestly, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) floated an idea [...]

The Perfect 21st Century American Political Anthem

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

This Stealers Wheel classic totally sums up my feeling toward today’s political stupidity and the yammerheads who spout it.

Why India Must (and Can) Do More to Fight Pollution Than the U.S.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

This is a screed I originally posted on an Indian friend’s Facebook wall: Don’t worry about the US [on the pollution front]. We’re down from using 40% of the world’s resources (and generating 40% of the pollution) to under 30% — and dropping. Our richie-riches are determined to keep us “competitive” in the world labor [...]

The Sarasota, FL, version of Billy Joel’s song, ‘Allentown’

Friday, December 4th, 2009

First, my Sarasota version of the original lyrics:
Well we’re living here in Cougar Town
And they’re closing all the art galleries down
Out in Bradenton they’re killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line….

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