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Sunday, March 27th, 2005

I Blame American Idol

The Schaivo Shit-Storm continues, beyond all reason and logic. It’s not bad enough we have people taking out bounties Michael Schaivo and one of the judges in the case, sending children to break into the hospice with water, and trying to steal guns to “save Terri”–oh, no, we had to plumb the depths of stupidity:
The [...]

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Saturday, March 19th, 2005

Butt The Hell Out

Republicans in Congress try to intervene in Terry Schiavo’s case. This is after the State of Florida passed an “emergency act” to intervene in the case.
So the “save the sanctity of marriage” people are subverting the decision of a spouse regarding his wife’s care?
The “government shouldn’t provide health care” people feel it necessary [...]

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Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

Torture Defined

With the revelations last week about still more abuse cases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the punditocracy is all abuzz with philosophical arguments about what does and doesn’t constitute “torture.” How do you know if you’re overreacting when you’re discussing these issues? Maybe it isn’t all that bad, really–maybe it’s more like a fraternity hazing or [...]

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Tuesday, March 8th, 2005

Morally Bankrupt

Well, the Senate voted to end discussion of the bankruptcy bill, and there are more than enough Republican senators toeing the line to make sure it passes.
What a relief! Some of those amendments were ridiculous!
Thank goodness the poor credit card companies won’t be capped at 30% interest rates and won’t be restricted from predatory lending [...]

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Tuesday, March 1st, 2005

Love thy neighbor

My neighbors rock.
We’ve had a string of bad luck in our neighborhood: three hospital visits and two family deaths in the past month. Without a second thought, the neighbors organized meals, laundry, housecleaning, babysitting, etc. to help out the affected families. This is a direct descendant of the same kind of cooperation that [...]

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