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Archive for March, 2010
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Court Says Bush Illegally Wiretapped Two Americans
By David Kravets March 31, 2010 | 1:26 pm | Categories: Cover-Ups, Sunshine and Secrecy, Surveillance
A federal judge on Wednesday said the George W. Bush administration illegally eavesdropped on the telephone conversations of two American lawyers who represented a now-defunct Saudi [...]
Tags: American rights, balance of power, political corruption, trust our government? Posted in Political Corruption, Supreme Court / Balance of Power, The Constitution / Rights, Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
The Senate Bill that was passed into law was never meant to be final draft, not one Senator that voted for the bill expected it to become law, and thanks to back room deals and the election of Scott Brown, they were never allowed to vote on the issue again.
Every other country [...]
Tags: Healthcare Posted in Health Care | No Comments »
Saturday, March 27th, 2010
White men shun Democrats
By DAVID PAUL KUHN
First published: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Millions of white men who voted for Barack Obama are walking away from the Democratic Party, and it appears increasingly likely that they’ll take the midterms elections in November with them. Their departure could well lead to a GOP landslide on [...]
Posted in Social Trends | No Comments »
Friday, March 26th, 2010
As health care reform became the law of the land this week, a huge bloc of Americans with a unique interest in the outcome sat watching on the sidelines.
The 49 million people who care for older family members were hidden in plain sight, as usual, quietly shouldering a burden that so often [...]
Tags: healthcare reform Posted in Health Care | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
It’s not a matter of whether you’re a REP or DEM – the problem is with the bean counter…. Bean counter doesn’t care, it’s not their ass that’s busting rear trying to make ends meet. How about analyzing the labor budget for all in Congress or on Fed, State or [...]
Tags: Nationalized healthcare Posted in Health Care | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Obama Transportation Secretary: ‘This Is the End of Favoring Motorized Transportation at the Expense of Non-Motorized’
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
(CNSNews.com) – Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced that federal transportation policies will no longer favor “motorized” transportation, such as cars and trucks, [...]
Tags: conservation Posted in Conservation / The Environment | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Jobs aren’t protected for California’s medical pot users
by Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee
March 24th, 2010
Tens of thousands of Californians are obtaining medical marijuana recommendations from physicians so they can use pot without fear of arrest.
But they still can lose their jobs.
California’s Proposition 215, passed by voters in 1996, approved the use of marijuana [...]
Tags: Drug Laws, Marijuana Posted in Trust the Government? | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
The history of healthcare in America is a sordid one at best, and scandalous at least. Consider the following:
1. The Social Safety Net did not exist for the most part prior to the last Great Depression. It wasn’t necessary because the family, Church and community took care of their own. Three generations [...]
Tags: healthcare reform Posted in Health Care | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
What to Expect from the Health Care Delivery System Within Ten Years, and How to Prepare for It
Site Member, M.D.
March 23, 2010
Are you REALLY prepared for National Health Insurance?
I feel the need to provide a first hand description of my experiences with true national health insurance in light of all the discussion [...]
Tags: Nationalized healthcare Posted in Health Care | 1 Comment »
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Okay the government said no drive the car without paying you monthly primium on car insurance. Now Obama is going to make it mandatory that people also pay for health insurance the same as care insurance and both have heafty fines if your found not to have it.
Now lets say [...]
Tags: healthcare reform, trust our government? Posted in Health Care, Trust the Government? | No Comments »
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