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McCain's YouTube Nightmare

McCain’s YouTube Nightmare is that the voters – who have very short memories – will notice that he changes his story from interview to interview. Changing your story because you’ve seen your mistake and are correcting it is one thing. Changing your story to boost your self-image or to get votes is another thing altogether – where I come from we’d call that lying. Apparently they don’t lie in Washington. I was particularly interested in McCain’s statements on his grasp of Economics.

Political Haikus

Political Haikus Political haikus seem to be a growing trend this year.

The Poetry of Sarah Palin

The Poetry of Sarah Palin. – By Hart Seely – Slate Magazine “Haiku” These corporations. Today it was AIG, Important call, there. (To S. Hannity, Fox News, Sept. 18, 2008)

Mental Health Rules Put in Bailout

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/essabill.pdf The above link is to the full text of the bailout bill, and I suggest that everybody read this bill. It was pushed through with only a couple of days debate by lawyers who have little understanding of the workings of Wall Street or The Fed. And they tacked a lot of pork barrel spending onto it to BRIBE Congress to agree to it. Unfortunately, mental health parity verbiage was tacked onto the bill with the pork. NAMI, of course, is celebrating the bill for its own sake without regard to what effect it will have, or when. Having appeased the mental health lobby, congress is off the hook as far as enacting any further legislation. Way to go! http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/financialsvcs_dem/essabill.pdf “To amend section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 2705 of the Public Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provisi...