Wednesday
All Sunny in Media Land
"Let's just get the law passed, then we'll let the media take over."
I think that was the game plan. From my local newspaper came this story
yesterday morning: "Health care gains start soon." That AP story
Politics
Socialist Monday
Already Tired
I have a confession: I write my Monday blog entries on Sunday. Haffta. There's
too much going on Monday mornings to surf and post. But yesterday, I couldn't
find much to blog about. Everything was about health care
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
Tuesday
Twitter
In February, I wrote a post about the high wages of federal employees
[https://thedailyeudemon.com/?p=13189]. As I wrote it, I was bothered by one
thing: it's difficult to compare federal jobs to private jobs. I know with moral
certainty that the government employees aren&
Monday
The Lawful Stalker
Census takers will be arriving shortly, and they'll be asking a lot of invasive
questions. With that in mind, watch this nifty little video
[http://www.thepostmanscorner.net/da/movies9116.html]. Caveat: The commentator
is correct about the plain wording of the constitution, but I
Monday
Ain't Goin' Back!
From what I can glean from TV news, Obama's new jobs bill will cost $800 billion
over the next two years. Although it contains tax credit for employers who hire
new employees, it is geared toward creating more jobs in the public
Monday
Grappling to Understand
You ever stumble across something huge that you've never heard of? That happened
to me this weekend while reading The Atlantic. I read an article entitled, "The
Listener [http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/201001/coast-to-coast]." It's
about George Noory'
Brown
From the Guardian: "Voters, citing reasons for the shift to the Republicans,
repeatedly expressed hostility towards the healthcare bill but also a belief
that Obama represented too much government interference, was too leftwing and
was spending too much."
No wonder I've been so discouraged about America&
Tomorrow's Reading
With respect to my earlier post: Tomorrow's reading is from 1 Samuel 8: 4 - 7,
10 - 22:
6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to govern us."
And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
7 And the LORD said
Thursday
All Show, No Substance
You want to see how grotesque national politics has become? Check out this
passage from an AP story
[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul]
(emphasis added):
> Pelosi and four committee chairmen met with the president Wednesday
From the Notebooks
A hazy picture is beginning to emerge in my mind. The picture is this: America,
the Protestant Empire, has always been opposed to things Catholic. The
opposition used to be explicit: the KKK hated Catholics and Jews, as well as
blacks. In the twentieth century, such bigotry became unfashionable, so