As an outsider observer, it disturbs me a bit that protest marches are becoming more popular in the US. This reflects a wider disconnection between people and their government. In my Venezuelan case these kinds of marches have occurred nonstop since the very beginning of this twenty-first century and...
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Rubén Rivero Capriles
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Rubén
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Thu, Sep 17 2009
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Filed under: state, protest, marches, healthcare, fortunate, outsider, debatable, afford, polarization, policy, reform
My wife is a school teacher. She teaches physics and chemisty to kids a lot bigger than she. The school she works in is a bit different than a normal school. It is called a "Technology High School" and is open to any student in the city - if they can get in. As you might expect, the demographic...
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Not-a-Lemming
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FutbolGuru
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Wed, Sep 16 2009
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Filed under: Lemmings, racism, Obama, Healthcare, health care, lies, You Lie, racist, Joe Wilson, lie, lying
The old joke goes something like this: How can you tell a politician is lying? Easy. His lips are moving. While elected officials have contributed mightily to our perception of their honesty they are not entirely responsible for their reputation. Having been an athlete for many years on all three sides...
Dinosaurs were big. They were the largest land creatures to ever walk the Earth. The largest were nearly a hundred feet long. But as large as they were there is a good reason they didn't get any bigger. In fact, there is an absolute limit to the size an Earth-bound creature can grow without collapsing...
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Not-a-Lemming
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FutbolGuru
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Wed, Aug 19 2009
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Filed under: socialism, Obama, Healthcare, health care, Germany, England, single payer, Sweden, France, Norway, Europe
I suppose that in a perfect world everyone would have access to healthcare. Well, then I guess the United States is as close to perfect as anywhere because everyone here has access to healthcare. Just like anyone can buy a car, buy a home, or buy clothes and food, anyone can buy healthcare. Healthcare...
When arguing against the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act last year, I wrote If discrimination based on comprehensive genetic screening is legal, we can expect health providers to tailor plans according to our individual risk factors. That might be to the disadvantage of a minority of high-risk...
The other day my wife and I were in the supermarket. I walked over to the soup aisle to buy my favorite Campbell's soup. Unfortunately, I arrived to an empty shelf. All of the other soups were there except my favorite. Why? It was on sale. The shelf was totally empty...not one can! Naturally, I was...
Have you seen the AARP’s latest ad campaign ? It shows a series of children who urge us to take action on the “five core needs” of AARP: “the need for health; the need for financial security; the need to contribute or give back to society; the need for community and to stay connected to family, friends...