The Public Option – Filibuster Time
So, a health care bill barely squeaked by in the house with a public option provision intact.  The public option is a controversial and pivotal point in this debate which is opposed by many Democrats and supported by almost no Republicans.  The public option is a dangerous step toward a crippled insurance industy and further [...]

Update: Election 2009
Well, things don’t look so good for either of the two principled Dougs out there – Doug Bennett fell behind early and ended up coming in last in the race for city councilor.  It was a tough campaign and we came a long way but I guess it just was not enough.  And Menino won [...]

Doug and Doug On The Ballot
There are a number of decisive elections going on today. Doug Bennett, whom I mentioned in my posts before, is on the final ballot in the running for Boston City Council. Finally, with him, we might just have a voice we can count on in that position. With two city councilors retiring [...]

Hate Crime Nonsense
It’s official.  Obama signed it into law yesterday.  Federal “hate-crime” dogma has been extended to include sexual orientation.  This is another loss for freedom and another loss for the First Amendment.  This law targets not what crime someone commits but who they commit it against and what they think when they are committing it.  Hence, [...]

Props to the Loony Iranian Prez
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091001/wl_ynews/ynews_wl936 Both he and Couric are unbelievably radical with a habit of compulsive lying.  I hate them both.  Ahmadinejad is actually worse than Couric on an empirical basis, but I still routed for him in this exchange simply because Couric is able to get away with her nonsense more since it is unfornately not always obvious [...]