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Death Panel Lunacy

Honestly… People really need to get a freaking grip. The chatter, the hype and hyperbole on the healthcare reform debate is just completely out of control. A lot of smart people are reacting to bad information they are hearing. Bad information pushed from wing nut mouthpiece’s like Sarah Palin.
For those who are indeed concerned about [...]

Ten Post Round-Up: Big News in Digestible Bits

Tonight is Palin’s big night!  The gawker in me is tempted to watch and play our typical speechification drinking games.  But, if I’m going to spend an evening listening to incoherent people, I’d have much more fun at a neighborhood bar.
Still keeping the Ten Post Round-Up simple, today.
Before you check out the debate, tonight, you [...]

AP Does It Again

AP News is all about jumping the gun today. First they broke with a story that Hillary would concede tonight (see below), and that was wrong. Now they are claiming that by their tally, “Obama effectively clinches nomination.”
The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private [...]

Gore in Washington

Dwight Eisenhower defined an intellectual as “someone who takes more words than he needs to tell you more than he knows.”
No one ever compared Sen. James Imhofe to Ike or, for that matter, Al Gore to Einstein, but the former President’s definition will be at the heart of the debate in Washington this afternoon when [...]

John Kerry Says Revolution in Telecommunications Must be Addressed in Legislation

John Kerry Says Revolution in Telecommunications Must be Addressed in Legislation
Today Senator John Kerry spoke to The New Republic’s conference on telecommunications policy. The forum focused on the reauthorization of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
Senator Kerry’s remarks follow as prepared.
“Ten years ago, ‘broadband’ wasn’t part of our vocabulary. Today, 35 million households enjoy broadband [...]