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Wednesday November 03, 2010 · 11:38 AM PDT

2010/11/03 · 11:38

As predicted the GOP made substantial mid-term gains. It seems like only yesterday when America was running (kicking and screaming) from republican policies that contributed to a severe economic downturn, unemployment, bankruptcies, an illegal conflict in Iraq, an unfinished conflict in Afghanistan, torture, illegal wiretapping, outing of covert agents, constant fear and uncertainty, etc...

These same Americans spent 18 months listening to candidates discuss solutions and settled on two - John McCain and Barack Obama. We all know how that election ended up and of course the consequences. I don't want to get into an argument about individual policies or candidates.

My point is really this:

Americans made a choice and seem unwilling to let that choice have a chance fix the problems we know exist. They asked the president, congressmen and senators to put their necks on the line for the past two years to make tough decisions, unpopular decisions, and then they didn't have their backs.

We don't know, now, what impact those decisions will really have in the long run. They might be great or disastrous. But, the country just communicated to our elected officials that we don't have their backs, regardless of party. And that is a terrible thing.

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Monday December 07, 2009 · 9:24 AM PST

2009/12/07 · 09:24

I will stand seemingly alone as a supporter of President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan. The opinion class on all sides has decided that he will fail before he has even had a chance to get the first cadet on the ground. I fellow named Josh Schrei (whoever he is) writes in the HuffPo: "It goes without saying that a troop escalation of this magnitude will empower and embolden the Taliban in Pakistan, in fact it already has. By pre-announcing the date of our withdrawal -- the daft equivalent in poker of betting all your chips while simultaneously showing your opponent your hand -- we have in effect told the enemy that if they can ride this escalation out for 18-months, they will have won.".

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Friday December 04, 2009 · 4:40 PM PST

2009/12/04 · 16:40

Earlier today Aetna announced that it would be laying off 650,000 of it's customers in 2010. Were these deadbeat customers who didn't pay their premiums? No. They simply used their medical plans. See, when you actually use your insurance, it costs your private insurance provider money and this gets in the way of revenue. Aetna chairman and CEO Ron Williams put it this way "We view 2010 as a repositioning year, a year that does not fully reflect the earnings potential of our business.". They key word in his sentence being business of course. I have no problem with any business in America making money. I just have a problem with the lives of Americans having dollar signs on them.

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