We don't need affordable health insurance...

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 9:37 AM PDT

2009/09/10 · 09:37

...we need affordable healthcare.

I live in Mike Michaud's district in Maine. I wasn't sure what his current position was on the healthcare debate, so I checked his website.

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Saturday September 05, 2009 · 2:12 PM PDT

2009/09/05 · 14:12

(Crossposted to Downeast Politics.)

When I got home from work on Friday, I found my daughters had brought home a rather disturbing memo. Short form -- no speech.

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Monday June 15, 2009 · 7:12 AM PDT

2009/06/15 · 07:12

A few years ago, I joined a new Knights of Columbus council at my church, because I thought that would be a great way to get more involved in the parish. However, I quickly stopped reading the monthly magazine, because it was too distressing -- particularly all the anti-choice material.

When I moved cross-country, I quickly signed up with a local council, to provide some more continuity. However, I don't remember if I ever actually paid my dues to them, being chronically short of money. By this time, I should definitely have been suspended for non-payment, but I've still been on their email list for events.

However, I just requested that they take me off the list: the K of C is running a petition drive against same-sex marriage in Maine over the next two weekends. While I could deal with the anti-choice material, since that was deeply rooted in the Church's teachings, this strikes me as just meddling, and none of their business. "Defending marriage" by preventing it is a ridiculous concept, and closing adoption agencies so they won't have to comply with the law shows that they're more interested in gay-bashing than the well-being of children. I'm not going to be a party to this any longer, even by implication.

Executive Order Watch: 2009-01-23

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 9:34 AM PST

2009/01/23 · 09:34

Crossposted from Downeast Politics.

Obama's Executive Orders are being posted over at Whitehouse.gov. I'm going to try to summarize them on a regular basis, linking to prior documents therein referenced, as I tried to do for Kucinich's Impeachment Articles. So far, we have the following:

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 11:37 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 11:37

In Maine tomorrow, people will get a chance to support the Maine economy by voting "Yes" on Question 1, a "People's Veto" of a recent change in Maine tax law.

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Friday October 24, 2008 · 8:07 AM PDT

2008/10/24 · 08:07

I've diaried this before, but it's funny and informative enough for a repeat, IMHO.

A few years ago, LiveJournal's Camwyn wrote a brilliant summary of Tolkien's The Silmarillion using only 1,000 words. Some months later, a Canadian friend of hers inspired her to explain the U.S. Presidential Election in 500 words.

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 10:23 AM PDT

2008/10/21 · 10:23

When the story broke about Tom Dart, the Cook County, IL Sheriff refusing to evict tenants whose landlords had been foreclosed on without proper notice given to the tentants, I wrote him a thank you letter.

I just got a form-letter response I thought people might be interested in.

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Friday October 10, 2008 · 10:41 AM PDT

2008/10/10 · 10:41

Author Diane Duane recently had a phrase pop into her head out of nowhere:

"Be Like Stalks".

After thinking about it for a while, she remembered the source.

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Tuesday September 16, 2008 · 9:46 AM PDT

2008/09/16 · 09:46

You may have read recently about the fourth-grade who was suspended for using a broken pencil sharpener.

After reading the school's response, and as the parent of a fifth grader, I couldn't restrain myself any longer.

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Friday August 15, 2008 · 10:59 AM PDT

2008/08/15 · 10:59

I thought it was the other side who specialized in these. :-(

Yesterday, I sent a note to Obama's campaign asking him to denounce the "Little GITMO" plans.

I just got back one of the least-helpful emails I've received lately (or at least, received from places other than Nigeria).

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 · 6:37 AM PDT

2008/08/13 · 06:37

On Monday, I sent the following note to NPR's Morning Edition.

Might I suggest that an analyst who thinks that it's weird to take a vacation in the place that someone grew up, and where his grandmother still lives, is not likely to provide anything useful in the campaign coverage besides comic relief?