My Suggestion, don't waste time on Health Care Debate

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Thursday January 13, 2011 · 11:40 PM PST

2011/01/13 · 23:40

I started this diary more than a week ago, far before the tragedy in Tuscon. I was going to post it over the weekend, but that event made me rethink what I intended to say. As much as I want the following, I also don't want the Dems to look like thay are somehow politicizing upon the events in Tuscon. What follows is my original opening statment.

The GOP members of the House of Representatives made a promise that they would make legislation to repeal the Health Care Reform law. Since the GOP holds a numerical advantage in the House, it's going to pass, even though it will not pass in the Senate, and even if it did, Obama would Veto the bill. In otherwords, it is a big waste of time.

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Monday September 27, 2010 · 1:53 PM PDT

2010/09/27 · 13:53

I see my mother every week or so (she lives with my step-dad about 100 miles from me) and went to see her on Sunday. She turned 82 in August and has been diagnosed with dementia for a number of years. It's been getting worse and Sunday was about par for her in showing me around the house she and her husband have been in for the last 15 years, as if it were the first time I'd been there. That's what a lot of people with dementia do.

VinBacchus

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Monday January 19, 2009 · 7:17 PM PST

2009/01/19 · 19:17

There were two major stories in the news last month that caught my eye, first were the stories regarding Bush's pardons; secondly was about possible criminal prosecutions of members of the Bush Administration over torture and warrant-less wiretapping. I had a thought back then, but set it aside. However, both stories are once again in the news and I feel I have to say something, even though in my heart, I don't like it... Here is the thought: What would happen if President Obama were to pardon President Bush?

Now before you think I've jumped off the deep end, please hear me out below the fold.

VinBacchus

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 10:09 AM PDT

2008/10/29 · 10:09

A number of diaries have touched on this, that Senator John MaCain has lost, misplaced or just outright gave up on his honor. He is no longer the "Honorable" person he once was. Between the ads that tout lies about Obama, his lies about Sara Palin's background and experience, and the outright lies about himself, he has no honor left to speak of.

What I see is an ad that uses all of the deceitful practices that John McCain has employed throughout his campaign, and then adds a variation of those immortal words from Marc Anthoney (in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) "But John McCain is an Honorable Man"

VinBacchus

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Sunday September 18, 2005 · 1:26 AM PDT

2005/09/18 · 01:26

I tried a number of searches and did not get any hits that someone else might have posted this, so I'm posting this link to "Katrina: the Gathering", a parody of "Magic: the Gathering", a collectible card game, with the Katrina disaster as the theme. As a magic player and Kos subscriber, I can tell these two guys put a lot of effort into creating a reasonable "expansion" set to the M:tG card game while at the same time taking potshots at everyone involved in the disaster...

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Republicans back special tax Cut for Gays and Lesbians.

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Wednesday May 04, 2005 · 3:54 PM PDT

2005/05/04 · 15:54

It's true, Republicans all think that Gay and Lesbian couples are so special, that they are entitled to a special tax rate over hetrosexual married couples. How could they possibly have done this? By making sure gays and lesbians can't be leagally married.

Those of us among the married know exactly of which I speak. There has almost always been a marriage penalty for households where both partners work. Despite this, Republicans are willing to forgo the extra taxes that would be collected from gay and lesbian married couples, in essence providing them with a tax cut that other couples cannot get unless they choose to "live in sin".
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