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Dead Issue
http://www.deadissue.com
Political blog displaying the views of Christopher Austin
- Added on: May 9th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Politics
Recent Posts
Domestic violence against men on the rise?
First Tiger Woods then Chris Henry and now possibly Charlie Sheen: I’m calling first dibs. The question now: Was he trying to get the weapon away from her or was he threatening her with it? Given his lawyer’s statement that he believes it...
Terrorist attack?
Looks like another shoe bomber but without the shoe: A Nigerian man tried to light a powder aboard a commercial jetliner before it landed Friday in Detroit in what senior U.S. officials called an attempted act of terrorism. Flight 253 with 278 passe...
Health reform passes and looks pretty good
I really don’t get all the details of the health-reform bill but Ezra Klien who is much smarter than me and has spent a lot more time studying the bill says: Bad a system as it might be, it’s the only one we’ve got, at least for now...
Misdirected prayers?
This has been all over the internet but it is still funny: Yesterday on C-SPAN, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) fielded calls from viewers, one of whom raised the specter of misdirected prayers. “Our small tea bag group here in Waycross, we got our...
More from the it’s not perfect but should help
I think this post from Talkleft explains the new health-care bill pretty well: The title of this post is a reference to myself (which is silly of course, while I am angry, I am hardly Left) and people like me. People who agree with the critiques made...
Quick thoughts on health-care
I had hoped to see a public option, in fact the best solution from my perspective would have been to open medicare up to everyone; the network of providers is already there and most people seem to love the service they get. Plus, most doctors seem h...
