Isn't It Ironic

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Friday April 19, 2013 · 1:15 PM PDT

2013/04/19 · 13:15

More people died and were injured by lack of oversight of a dangerous fertilizer plant in the middle of a small town than the two bombers at the Boston Marathon.

So the TVEE talent will chase the sparkly story around Massachusetts asking the hard questions - How did it feel? What were your thoughts? They will give us all the news that fit to be said; Yes they were Muslim. Yes they were born in that place. Yes they came here. No they are not one of us.

We can't help ourselves this is so much sexier than public safety by regulation - whether it is gun safety or simple common sense to not build a fertilizer plant next to the old folks home.

Sigh. Our house is not in order. Our government is on the verge of becoming irrelevant in our lives. Once that happens it is just luck if you get a job, just luck if you can get medical treatment and just luck if your crazy neighbor doesn't shoot you when he finishes with his family.

But the TVEE will be there. (EOM)

An Open Letter to the Pope

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Thursday February 16, 2012 · 10:22 AM PST

2012/02/16 · 10:22

There has been a lot of forward thinking occurring in the Catholic Church:

In 1917 the Church abolished the use of torture.
In 1966 the Church stopped publishing the "Index of Forbidden Books".
In 1992 three hundred and fifty years after condemning Galileo the Church didn't recognize science but did decide that Galileo was right.
And just 2 years ago Pope Benedict IV expressed his sorrow for the abuse of tens of thousands children by Catholic priests in Ireland.

My letter is below the fold.

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Thursday April 12, 2007 · 2:02 PM PDT

2007/04/12 · 14:02

Wes Clark and the DCCC want us to let George Bush know that Americans support a change of direction in Iraq.

We want a New Direction in Iraq and, together, we need to show that the American people support the Democratic plan for change in Iraq. That is why I am joining the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in telling the President not to veto the Democratic plan for change in Iraq and to treat our troops with the dignity and respect they deserve.

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Tuesday April 10, 2007 · 9:20 AM PDT

2007/04/10 · 09:20

In a front page article yesterday ( GOP concern trolls too stupid to stay on message) Kagro X told us that the Republican "leadership" had written to Speaker Pelosi admonishing her for putting the troops at risk by not assigning conferees to finish the work on emergency funding for the WTM.

Well my two Senators are part of those mentioned as signing the letter. I have something else they can do to get this measure moving and making those vital funds available for our troups.

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Wednesday December 13, 2006 · 4:44 PM PST

2006/12/13 · 16:44

The founding fathers developed an ingenious system of representative democracy. The system of government they envisioned has endured over 200 years with slight modification in the form of 27 amendments.

Few systems, if any, can last indefinitely without being redesigned or undergoing major modification no matter who designs them. Sometimes redesign is required because of lack of vision by the original designers, new requirements being realized or unforeseen growth in the number of users. The founding fathers' distilled vision seems to be valid today. The Constitution's amendment process seems to offer an appropriate means of addressing new requirements. However, lack of scalability, especially in the House of Representatives, is a threatening constraint.

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 9:31 AM PDT

2006/10/26 · 09:31

President Bush is no longer staying the course in Iraq. Well, actually he recently admitted he never really was - "stay the course". He says he was adapting and changing. I'm sure that "stay the course", if he had ever used it, would have been easier for us to understand than adapting and changing - like attacking Iraq for their weapons of mass destruction was more easily comprehended by Joe Sixpack than the more complicated actual reasons we attacked.

President Bush is changing plans. He's setting milestones for the Iraqi's and proclaiming his patience is not infinite. It's about time Mr. Bush decided to join us all in realizing Iraq is a floundering effort at best.
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America the Beautiful

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Friday September 29, 2006 · 9:45 AM PDT

2006/09/29 · 09:45

In 1913 Katherine Lee Bates made the arduous journey to the summit of Pike's Peak.

"One day some of the other teachers and I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. We hired a prairie wagon. Near the top we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse."

I saw a diffent display yesterday and was inspired as Katherine Lee Bates was inspired. Read More

A 6 minute Oval Office Meeting

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Monday August 28, 2006 · 7:19 AM PDT

2006/08/28 · 07:19

June 19, 2001
Attendees:
George W Bush - Acting President
Condi Rice - Piano Player
Don Rumsfeld - Actually touched Saddam Hussein
Dick Cheney - President Read More

George Allen's Troublemaker

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Friday August 25, 2006 · 2:40 PM PDT

2006/08/25 · 14:40

"Norm Atkins, an Allen supporter from Falls Church, said the senator's "mouth goes faster than his brain. I don't think it was intended to be negative, but it was to someone from the Democratic Party who was, let's face it, making trouble."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

The aide S.R. Sidarth was filming a public appeareance by a United States Senator who represents the state in which Mr. Sidarth resides. The statement about S.R. Sidarth being "someone who was making trouble" struck me as so familiar. Read More

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Isn't It Ironic

An Open Letter to the Pope

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Funding the WOT: Republicans Take Action

Democracy Constrained

It's the Incompetence, Stupid

America the Beautiful

A 6 minute Oval Office Meeting

George Allen's Troublemaker