Monthly Archives: December 2009

There must be at least an opinion or two in Yakima regarding the issue of full body scan as a part of airport security. What do you think??

Check out the Huffington Post’s idea for a New Year’s resolution. Read the post and watch the video. Makes a lot of sense. It’s a sure fire way for Wall Street to show some respect to Main Street.

Click here and print out and read this 11 page article ” The Cost Conundrum”, by Atul Gawande, published in June 2009 by The New Yorker magazine. This is an excellent evaluation of the cost of health care. It’s worth … Continue reading →

Ummm, we thought the republicans were hoping to draw more latinos into their “big tent”. These kinds of tactics don’t work very well towards that goal. “Grammy-winner Jose Feliciano has gotten an apology after accusing a pair of radio producers … Continue reading →

As yet another shooting involving a crazed lunatic and deputies in Pierce County is being investigated, everybody except the NRA and their enablers is asking once again how a mentally unstable person can be in possession of several deadly weapons, … Continue reading →

The conservatives are losers. They were licking their chops when Senators Lieberman and Nelson held out for modifications to the most important legislation in a generation. Now that the Senate is on the brink of passing major health care reform, … Continue reading →

THE COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE ON FOOD SECURITY By Lester R. Brown For the 193 national delegations gathering in Copenhagen for the U.N. Climate Change Conference in December, the reasons for concern about climate change vary widely. For delegations from low-lying island … Continue reading →

This would be funny, if it weren’t so true.

I am pasting in this note from today’s thinkprogress blog because it explains why the bill still deserves a yes vote: 1. Largest Expansion Of Coverage Since Medicare’s Creation: Thirty-one million previously uninsured Americans will have insurance. 2. Low/Middle Income … Continue reading →

Estimates of one million people cursed the day and demonstrated against the beginning of the Iraq War. One million people throughout the world. Bush’s response was that he knew about them, but just did not agree with them.  A few … Continue reading →