Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Overlooked Savings from Single-Payer Healthcare
Ask any Republican, “If you could pass a tax cut that saved the average American $10-$30,000 a year and the average corporation millions of dollars a year, would you do it?” What do you think their answer would be? It’s harder to argue against a “Single-Payer” healthcare system when you phrase it in those terms, […]
June 29, 2009
Posted in: General, Healthcare, myth busting, Politics
Quick update.
Hello all. Often, I wish I could update this blog a dozen times a day like “Think Progress”, “DailyKOS” or “Crooks & Liars”, ad infinitum. But those sites all have a staff of writers and contributors providing content that I just don’t have. So I must be satisfied with weekly Op/Ed’s (if holidays don’t get in the […]
June 25, 2009
Posted in: General, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me
Petition: Censure Senator Inhofe (UPDATED)
I‘m sure you’ve noticed that Republican hate-speech has become more and more strident in recent weeks. Here is a sampling of just the past few weeks: o Former Vice President Dick Cheney claimed “Obama policies make U.S. less safe“. o Newt Gingrich: “I think people should be afraid” (regarding Obama’s policies and the closure […]
June 6, 2009
Posted in: General, Politics, Rants
April 15th: Give the “Tea Partiers” What they Want. Revoke their tax cut. (UPDATED)
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April 15, 2009
Posted in: General, Politics, Rants
Delay
Apologies to everyone for the lack of updates recently. My PC crashed and is in the process of being restored. I hope to return to my regular posting duties later this week. – Mugsy.
March 2, 2009
Posted in: General
Ever Have One of Those Days? My holiday gift to you.
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December 21, 2007
Posted in: General
The End of Humanity – Soldiers’ diary recounts the effect of endless war on conscience.
Please REGISTER to post comments or be notified by e-mail every time this Blog is updated! Firefox/IE7 users can use RSS for a browser link that lists the latest posts! Last night was another Democratic debate. I will be commenting on the candidates more fully in an “Election Day” report next week, but something else […]
October 31, 2007
Posted in: General, National Security, Politics, War
Notification bug still being worked out.
My apologies to my regular readers. The script we are using to notify members of new posts does not appear to be working. We are working to fix the problem ASAP. Until then, please check back often for new posts and updates.
March 11, 2007
Posted in: General
Welcome to the updated BI30 Blog!
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March 1, 2007
Posted in: General