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A Reply From The Senator…And My Thoughts

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Political Muse, healthcare

If you read my post a while back about Senator Cornyn’s response to the White House’s request that people forward the emails they received with disinformation…You may be interested in his reply that arrived today…
Dear Mr. Boyd:
Thank you for contacting me about President Obama’s new initiative to monitor American citizens’ speech about his health care [...]

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Health Care and Senator Cornyn

August 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Political Muse, Politics

One of the interesting things about the way politicians work is that once you have sent them an email, even one that was protesting a stand of theirs, they feel the need to add you to their email newsletter list. For this reason, I am always intrigued by the way these newsletters are used to [...]

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Hey, Paul Krugman

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Political Muse, music, video

Thanks, Rachel…This is great

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Happy Tax Day…Have some ice tea on me.

April 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Political Muse, Politics, economics

Here’s my contribution to today’s tax day festivities: an effort to get you to think about federal taxes a little bit differently than usual. Normally, when we talk about taxes, we end up talking about percentages of people: the top 1% pay a certain amount, the bottom third pay a different amount, etc. [...]

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The Audacity of Republican Hope

March 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Politics

You really have to wonder about the memories of your everyday Republicans. You almost have to believe they think our memories match their own. That seems to be the audacity of Republican hope these days…They hope we will all forget they were in charge of Congress for most of two decades and of the White [...]

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