A Treasonous Vote of NO!

If only there was a court to try the cases in… So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. In political terms, it was a remarkable achievement. But 212 representatives

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A WTF Moment…

Can someone explain the connection between Credit Card Reform and the right to bear arms in national parks? Now don’t get me wrong, I was raised to be a hunter,

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If they liked him any more…

…maybe they’d take away his parking space, too. What is it with Republican Governors these days. Especially, Republican Governors with national aspirations. It’s almost as if they can’t walk and

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TX Governor Talks Secession

Yesterday I had to swing by the  Post Office to drop off a couple of Netflix returns and ran into the local “teabagger” protest…All 100 of the…maybe. All I could

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The Small-Business Myth

Just recently, the small-business boogeyman came up in the debate over the estate tax — specifically, whether it is unfair to impose a tax on estates in excess of $7

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What, exactly, is a healthful food?

I have a confession to make…I just discovered Marion Nestle and her blog Food Politics. I know, I’m slow on the uptake sometimes. I find that my feelings about food

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Good News For The Environment Of The Appalachians…

After eight years of backpedaling by the previous administration on the requirements that it protect the environment, there is a new group in charge. They seem to feel that the laws passed by congress prior to the Bush Administration really are laws…Go figure.

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