Charity supported health care. Sat, Sep 17. 2011
So there was a Republican debate a while back, and the suggestion was made that perhaps people who couldn't afford health care could go to 'charity'.
This is stupid for many reasons, but I made a comment else where that addressed the most obvious problem with that, and I think it bears posting here so I can find it.
Newspapers Decline Thu, Jul 30. 2009
I think the one thing undergirding the decline and fall of newspapering is that, by and large, newspapers lost touch with their audience and communities long ago. -Revolution 21's Blog for the People: Extra! Extra! You won't read all about it!Amen. Read the whole thing.
Why public health care can't work Wed, Jul 22. 2009
Crazy right-winger Michele Bachmann from Minnesota, in her floor speech, issued a litany of talking points against the public option, and said that the public option would be far cheaper than private insurance. -Michele Bachmann Opposes Public Option Because It’s “Cheaper”Well, it's certainly an interesting 'problem' that the government can apparently provide health insurance for 30-40% less than the health insurance industry.
Affirmative Action Wed, Jul 22. 2009
Affirmative action is needs to just go away. I respect the goal behind idea, but it just never worked correctly.
Affirmative action is the sort of gibberish policy you get when you let progressives loose at liberal issues.
Poverty and Education Thu, Mar 27. 2008
I suggest more poverty-base grants for the very poor B student to at least manage a community college associate degree,
so they can make $20 an hour job fixing cars or wiring houses instead of $7 an hour as cashier, which is the difference
between two 30-hour a week jobs where you can't pay the rent, and a 45-hour a week job where you can and even save a
little.
Conspiracy Theories Tue, Feb 5. 2008
There are always conspiracy theories. Here's what I think.
Anyone who thinks that the rich and powerful secretly control large sections of the world isn't paying attention. That's
sorta like claiming the chairman and board of IBM secretly control IBM. Of course rich and powerful people control the
world, they just do it out in the open informally, not in secret back room meetings where they laugh maniacally.
My adoring fans Fri, Nov 2. 2007
I am apparently the coolest person evar. Or, at least, everyone agrees with me.
About Politics Sun, Aug 12. 2007
As I said in my introduction, I consider myself somewhat a Progressive.
There are people out there that think that's just another way to say 'Liberal', but in reality progressive political
thought and liberal political thought are often at loggerheads, which I will probably write about at some point in the
future. The 'New Left' is, at this point in time in this country, comprised of both traditions. I also hold a few
liberal views, including some that the left doesn't!
Ticking time bombs Thu, Jul 12. 2007
So, right now, we have crazy people who have come up with a single specific example that is supposed to be justification
for legalizing torture.
The premise that there is a bomb set to explode in two hours, and that we have the guy in custody, and we need to
torture him to find out where it is to disarm it.
This is stupid on a number of levels.
Software patent rant Mon, Jan 1. 2007
Here's a rant I made some time back about software patents. It's still true:
You think I'm about to start talking about software patents and how they retard the industry. But I think that's been
amply covered. Or I could talk about how they are basically patenting math, but that's been amply covered also. Instead,
I will talk about how they don't even work like patents.