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Balanced Budget Amendment - You Can't Build a House in a Straitjacket
Sun Jul 31, 2011 12:12 PM EDT
When is a straitjacket good for the wearer? Officials use straitjackets to prevent people from doing harm to themselves or others. It works. The problem is that is also prevents the person wearing it from taking care of themselves. The same is true for governments.
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The Dreamer's Secret
Tue May 3, 2011 8:44 PM EDT
Short Fiction The dream left me tired and anxious the next day. I began to have difficulty sleeping. I told my mother about it. She suggested that when I went to bed, I should think of something pleasant. That night, when I went to bed, I lay there thinking of baseball.
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For a Great Deal, Support Hamilton Washington for President 2012
Tue May 3, 2011 8:35 PM EDT
Short Fiction Citizens of America, my name is Hamilton Jefferson Washington.
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We Have Dug Our Trenches
Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:32 AM EDT
The United States currently faces the political equivalent of the "Western Front." Both sides have dug in deep. Poison plumes of rhetoric waft across a "no man's land" of ideological dementia.
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The Affordable Care Act Works Without the Individual Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance
Tue Dec 14, 2010 1:36 PM EST
The Affordable Care Act, now the law of the land, does not need to include a mandate for individuals to buy health insurance to work, and it may work better without it.
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No Mandate, No Cash, No Healthcare
Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:20 PM EST
The health care delivery system in this country is rife with hidden costs because the country has not had the political will to address how those costs should be paid. We see the consequences of this lack of political will in the media almost continuously.
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In My Humble Opinion
Tue Oct 5, 2010 1:17 PM EDT
"Pride goeth before a fall." Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. It initiates the inevitable demise of nearly every protagonist of Greek Tragedies. Yet modern culture seems to devalue humility as an admirable character trait.
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Employers Drop Health Insurance and Pay the Tax Penalty - A Great New Method to Fund Healthcare
Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:34 PM EDT
Shortly after the Affordable Health Care Act (AHA) was signed into law, it was revealed a number of large companies considered dropping health insurance benefits for their employees in favor of paying the tax penalty established by AHA.
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The Affordable Healthcare Act Will Save You Money
Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:09 PM EDT
"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Nanny State or State of Neglect?
Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:55 PM EDT
Many conservatives like to disparage social safety net programs as "nanny state" programs, but what does a nanny do? A nanny is a proxy parent for children when the parent is absent. They see to it that the children's needs are met.
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The Macondo Well Blowout - The Relief Well Solution
Fri Jul 2, 2010 1:48 PM EDT
The relief wells currently drilling for BP at the Macondo well blow out site will intersect the blow out well bore just above the pay zones to enable a bottoms up kill of the well.
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Deepwater Horizon Tragedy Provides an Opportunity
Fri May 28, 2010 4:03 PM EDT
The Louisana coastal marshes which have been in the news so much recently have been dying since Captain Henry Shreve dug a shortcut across the the neck of Turnbull’s Bend in 1831. Old Man River decided to take that shortcut to the Gulf of Mexico.
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Deepwater Horizon- Running Casing Offshore
Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:15 PM EDT
This article is a follow up to a previous article I published on the Vine. I recommend reading the other article before reading this one.
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Deepwater Horizon - A Failure of Well Control
Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:04 PM EDT
The Deepwater Horizon sunk yesterday due to a fire apparently caused by a blow out that occured while cementing production casing. The precise cause is unknown but what is indisputable is that the well control system failed.
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An Alternative to the Public Option - Health Insurance Policy and Practice Standardization
Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
Several years ago, due to some claim disputes I had with different health insurance companies, I became disillusioned with health insurance.
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How Do We Pay Off The National Debt? Tie Taxes to Spending
Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:07 AM EDT
I am a proud liberal. I have never been a tax reform advocate. I'm not one of those people who claim "income tax is unconstitutional," or "the dollar has no value because it is not backed by gold or silver." I do believe in fiscal responsibility.
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The Media Is Not Biased It Is For Sale
Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:36 PM EDT
Commentary related to the news and politics frequently refers to media bias toward one political position or another. Those who purport a bias don't usually attempt to support the contention with any evidence.
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Smell the Fear of the Puppet Masters
Thu Mar 5, 2009 10:48 PM EST
The puppet masters are terrified. Their puppets are breaking the bonds that control them and turning against them. For years they have controlled our stage, using their wealth to corrupt politicians and manipulate the media.
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Cities of the Future Today
Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:28 PM EST
The Obama administration plans infrastructure investment as part of the economic stimulus package. Rather than simply rebuilding and expanding current infrastructure, I suggest that some investment be directed toward innovative community engineering.
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Contemplating the Unknowable
Sun Dec 7, 2008 11:01 PM EST
How does one understand reality? The human senses provide our only engagement with the universe around us. This limits our view of reality to a minuscule glimpse of the whole.
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A Better America Without the Automobile
Sat Nov 22, 2008 2:45 PM EST
Fellow Americans we must stop investing in roads, highways and parking lots. The automobile must go the way of the horse as an antiquated way of getting around. Find a better way now, before desperation forces us to do so.
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