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Stimulus Redux

July 14, 2009

With the renewed talk of yet more stimulus payments, I decided to pull up my previous post on the subject. I’m not sure that taking on massive amounts of more debt is what we need, but just in case “the powers that be” think it [read more]

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Stimulus, Bail-out, Safety Net

March 19, 2009

As with so many others, I read with a blend of amusement and disgust (mostly the latter) the latest attempts of the Washington Elite to “help” me. And by me, I am referring to a recently-laid off 50 year old male with a partner and [read more]

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RHPS Event

March 8, 2009

Last night we went to the midnight showing of RHPS (Rocky Horror). jason had a good time and we got to hang out with some friends – the rest of this post is gonna sound like another “remember the good ol’ days?”” rant… When “I [read more]

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Basis of Faith

February 6, 2009

I was very disappointed to hear that President Obama has decided to keep the notorius “Office of Faith-Based Initiatives” – albeit with some tweaking. It is now (source: NPR) the “Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships“. But the name aside, the President’s statement that “all [read more]

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700 Billion Dollars Looking for a Home

September 25, 2008

Well, other than the obvious (“I’ll take it, thank you“) – if it is going to be invested in, used to purchase from, or otherwise given over to companies, partnerships, associations, trusts or anyone else… then (as has been already suggested elsewhere) there must be [read more]

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Law and Order Candidate

June 3, 2008

As a newly-naturalized US citizen, I am looking forward to voting here for the first time. I will, or course, vote Democratic– so long as the so-called ‘religious’ right-wing fundamentalist virus infects the other party. I am fiscally moderate (actually ‘fiscally conservative’ in a way [read more]