Value Voters

Old School Friday will be up later this weekend. I’m recovering from a fall I took when someone, looking suspiciously like Bill O’Reilly, shoved me down as I was on my way to listen to Steven Baldwin, my hero, at this afternoon’s Plenary session at the Value Voters Summit. I’m …

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Blast From the Past

It’s school, work, and not (unfortunately), the Vampire Eric, sucking my life blood this week. Sometimes there is a choice — between the reading and the paper writing — to write a blog post, or read the blogs of others. Sometimes I choose others. Not to blog is an option …

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Dancing (collaborating?) With the Devil

A post by Nancy Watzman, keeps us aware of the Health Care Lobbyists Partying and Fundraising with Congress this Week For those who haven’t been to the site, the Sunlight Foundation has a Foriegn Policy Infleuence Tracker and a Visualization of the Healthcare Lobbyist Complex Michael Moore (on Leno last …

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Mecurial Monday

Several things. One: If you are going to come to my website via a proxy, at least make it a good proxy, not one called Hide My Ass, traceable, by way of Norway, rom Midwestern state via Q West. I despise cowards. Two: The most important really. I meant to …

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Champions Do Act Like That

Yes, sometimes champions do act like that. Especially when an idiot calls a foot fault at match point in the U.S. Open Dear Serena, Next time, do like the much beloved Roger Federa, remain calm, don’t point your racket, and say quietly, in a non-threatening way “blah blah blah” “Fuck …

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Money Changes Everything On Old School Friday?

The theme this Old School Friday is “It’s All About the Money”. The “money” song bag is full of good songs. Here’s my angle. Technically not about money Mockingbird went through many manifestations. To the best of my knowledge the authorship to the original lyrics is unknown. I didn’t discover …

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