Thursday, October 15, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Two Takes on Obama's Nobel
1. His talk alone has signaled a vast departure from the war-mongering that preceded him, and probably done more globally towards positing peace and reconciliation than any other words or actions from anyone anywhere else on the globe.
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2. For all his good and well-espoused intentions, he has yet to walk the walk on, really, anything-- be it on Guantanamo, Afghanistan, or gays in the military (hey, that might be the single thing that would do the most towards promoting peace worldwide!)
At this point, we side w/ #2... make him earn it, we say.
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2. For all his good and well-espoused intentions, he has yet to walk the walk on, really, anything-- be it on Guantanamo, Afghanistan, or gays in the military (hey, that might be the single thing that would do the most towards promoting peace worldwide!)
At this point, we side w/ #2... make him earn it, we say.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
One Nation Under God?
... t'is the question posed by a certain interactive work of, uh, art, by McNaughton Fine Art... a mural that includes a soldier who "happens to have the last name of 'King' on his body armor [standing] as a tribute to Martin Luther King - a great leader of American Civil Rights"... who, incidentally, advocated nonviolence.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Public Optioning
Most of the talk in the health care debate has bored us to tears, to the point where we start tuning people out once they mention it, but have to say that Shepard Smith (of Fox News) said it well here... which means that we actually agreed with the Huffington Post, which we usually find knee-jerky and smarmy.
(Editor's note-- we must acknowledge here that Ms. Huffington's accent has something to do with that)
Anyway, in the words of Señor Smith:
"Over the last ten years health care costs in America have skyrocketed. Regular folks cannot afford it. So, they tax the system by not getting preventative medicine. They go to the emergency room in the last case and we all wind up paying for it.
As the costs have gone up, the insurance industry's profits, on average, have gone up more than 350%. And it is the insurance companies which have paid, and who have contributed to Senators and Congressmen on both sides of the aisle to the point where now we cannot get what all concerned on Capitol Hill seem to believe and more 60% of Americans say they would support, which is a public option.
This has been an enormous win for the health-care industry, that is an unquestioned fact. But I wonder, what happens to the American people when we come out with legislation now which requires everyone to have health care insurance -- or many more people -- but does not give a public option?
Therefore millions more people will have to buy insurance from the very corporations that are overcharging us, and whose profits have gone up 350 percent in the last ten years. It seems like we the people are the ones getting the shaft here."
(Editor's note-- we must acknowledge here that Ms. Huffington's accent has something to do with that)
Anyway, in the words of Señor Smith:
"Over the last ten years health care costs in America have skyrocketed. Regular folks cannot afford it. So, they tax the system by not getting preventative medicine. They go to the emergency room in the last case and we all wind up paying for it.
As the costs have gone up, the insurance industry's profits, on average, have gone up more than 350%. And it is the insurance companies which have paid, and who have contributed to Senators and Congressmen on both sides of the aisle to the point where now we cannot get what all concerned on Capitol Hill seem to believe and more 60% of Americans say they would support, which is a public option.
This has been an enormous win for the health-care industry, that is an unquestioned fact. But I wonder, what happens to the American people when we come out with legislation now which requires everyone to have health care insurance -- or many more people -- but does not give a public option?
Therefore millions more people will have to buy insurance from the very corporations that are overcharging us, and whose profits have gone up 350 percent in the last ten years. It seems like we the people are the ones getting the shaft here."
Monday, October 5, 2009
Ready-Burnt
Yep, that's right, just like the ads be saying-- Starbucks is releasing an instant version of its burnt-a** coffee.
We'll pass (unless they're giving them away, of course).
We'll pass (unless they're giving them away, of course).
Friday, October 2, 2009
Shoe's Off the Other Foot Now...
Turkish student hurls his Nikes at I.M.F. managing director, bringing the swoosh full circle.
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