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Single Payer Health Care-The Only Option

June 7, 2009June 7, 2009 John bill moyers, Health Insurance, healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Insurance, Universal Healthcare

Leave it to Bill Moyers to be the voice of sanity in an otherwise insane discussion about healthcare reform. A recent report showing the majority of bankruptcies in America are healthcare related (and most of those people have healthcare insurance) should be causing Americans to demand that our Congress Critters take a serious look at single payer as the only real way to reform healthcare.

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Everything I Needed to Know I learned at a 5th Grade Graduation

June 2, 2009June 4, 2009 John 5th Grade, Campbell Park, Elementary School, Politifact.com, Robin Hayes, St Petersburg Times, Stephen Buckley, Virginia Foxx

This morning I went to a nephew’s 5th grade graduation ceremony over in St. Petersburg. I found it telling that the speakers two main points were about responsibility: taking responsibility for yourself and your own actions; and being responsible in the friends we choose.

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GOP Hypocrisy and The Sotomayor Nomination

May 29, 2009June 29, 2009 John Karl Rove, Obama, Orrin Hatch, Rush Limbaugh, SCOTUS, supreme court, Tom Tancredo

I pointed out in a post on May 8 that the GOP was already gearing up for a smear campaign on Obama’s SCOTUS nominee, whoever it turned out to be. Well, the hypocrites have certainly rolled out of the woodwork to condemn Judge Sotomayor. Let’s take a look, shall we?

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Is Torture Ever Right?

May 25, 2009May 28, 2009 John Dick Cheney, FBI, Geneva conventions, george bush, John Adams, Newt Gingrich, Rule of Law, Soufan, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Paine, torture

I continue to be baffled by the arguments in favor of torture, and the justifications that are made for America’s use of torture. I have heard one justification after another, and each falls with daily revelations of what really happened. Most disturbing though is a recent Pew Survey finding that the more people attend church, the more accepting they are of these torture justifications. That, my friends, causes me crisis of faith. I fear for what is to become of us as a people and a Republic.

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Open Letter to App. State Chancellor

April 29, 2009June 1, 2009 John a.s.u., appalachian state university, Boone, Congress, Fifth Congressional District, hate, Hate Crimes Act, homophobia, Matthew Shepard, Virginia Foxx

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx represents the congressional district that includes my alma mater, and she has attended ASU events and activities to advance her political career and give her an undeserved credibility. Over the past several days, Rep. Foxx has made a number of inflammatory statements during the House’s consideration of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act. Today, Rep. Foxx crossed a line when she took to the floor of the House, claimed that Shepard was killed as part of a robbery, and called the hate aspect of the crime “a hoax.”