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    We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for awhile, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
    Carl Sagan

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    Go Sestak

    Actions have consequences…

    Wouldn’t it be great if Specter had his petuddy(sp) handed to him by a challenger that actually acts like a true Democrat in the primary?  We need a massive amount of new blood in Congress.  This will be a test if people in Pennsylvania value seniority over Democratic issues.  There is no way anyone can argue Arlen is good [...]



    Why Isn’t Simon Johnson the Treasury Secretary?

    This is the most succinct explanation I have come across of where we are at and of what to do with regard to the financial crisis affecting our country.  I hope Obama and Congress are listening.  From Bill Moyers Journal (you can watch the video here):

    February 13, 2009

    BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the Journal.

    The battle is joined as they say — and here’s the [...]



    Palinology

    David Michael Green publishes another near perfect post about Palinology:

    Whoa and Woe: Living In Sarah Palin’s America (collapsible content, click to show/hide)

    I can’t tell you how despondent I’ve grown in the last weeks.

    Is there really no hope for this country, after all? It now appears so.

    In January of 2003, John Le Carre wrote that, “America has entered one of its periods of historical madness, but [...]



    it’s pat!

    I don’t watch much teevee, so my exposure to Sarah Palin has been largely audio. Every time I hear her speak, I’d swear it’s Julia Sweeney channeling Lynn Cheney. But really it’s just Tracy Flick, all grown up and ready to take over the world.

    Palin last night with Charlie Gibson (who at least from the transcript didn’t suck quite as much as I [...]



    Carrier – Benton Race About More Than Taxes

    Kayaker Carrier in action

    David Carrier ended last night’s election tally with a very respectable 47% of the vote against Benton.  Benton is an incumbent with gobs of special interest money.  Carrier is a newcomer to politics with limited resources and lots of energy.

    Why is Carrier giving Benton a run for his money (pun intended)?  It seems the tired old Republican talking point of “no [...]



    Change doesn’t come easily: Marijuana law – Healthcare policy

    Over 100 billion rolled

    “Marijuana: It’s Time for a Conversation,” is a co-production of the Marijuana Education Project of the ACLU of Washington and the national ACLU Drug Law Reform Project.

    You can watch the 30 minute video here.

    Back in 1971 when I was in high school, I did an oral presentation in my history class regarding the legalization of marijuana.  My basic argument then was [...]



    Brian Baird is a Flake

    The Representative from Washington’s Congressional District # 3 is a member of the Democratic Party who has backed George Bush on several matters of critical importance to U.S. citizens in general and progressives in particular: 1) support for the occupation of Iraq, and, especially, support for ‘the Surge’; 2) approval of the Peru Free-Trade Agreement in late 2007; and 3) an affirmative vote for the [...]



    I-747 Consequences Part Deux

    NuVoice News

    For the Overburdened Taxpayers of Vancouver Washington

    November 16, 2007

     

    I-747 Consequences Part Deux

    On this coming Monday night the city of Vancouver will be taking further steps to raise everyone’s property tax. This is being done at this time of high fuel prices, inflationary food prices and a shaky economy. They are still [...]

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