Health Care Again...and Dispelling Rumors of Muslim Exemptions

Thu Oct 7, 2010 10:26 PM EDT

E-mail continues to foster rumors about the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA).

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Why the GOP clings to illusions - The Week

Seeded on Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:45 PM EDT ()

Very good synopsis of the Republican "fear" machine.

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Book Review: Until the last man comes home: POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War.

Thu May 13, 2010 3:50 AM EDT

Michael J. Allen. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. 2009. 305 pages, plus notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index.

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Idaho Govenor Can Afford The Hospital, Can You?-

Seeded on Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:05 PM EDT (Boise Weekly)

Idaho Govenor Butch Otter was one of the first state govenors on Fox News that publically stated he would work to sue the Federal Government if the Health Care Reform Bill was passed.

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We the People – Respect Us, Don't Exploit Us For a Political Agenda

Mon Apr 5, 2010 6:45 AM EDT

I received a “We the People” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVAhr4hZDJE) on my Facebook page that was laced with patriotic imagery, images of veterans, and strong condemnation of President Obama.

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Higher Education – What Matters to Employers, Individuals, and Instutituions

Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:21 PM EDT

Employers and managers recognize the difference education makes and the degree of difference between institutions. Stu Woo highlighted a 2007 decision by Intel to limit tuition assistance to programs accredited by AACSB and ABET (Woo, 2007).

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GOP Forces Federal and Private Construction Worker's Unemployment...Didn't the Republicans Just Say...It's JOBS?

Tue Mar 2, 2010 7:44 AM EST

Here are recent examples shaping public opinion about the Republican Party.

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908% Increase to Idaho State Part-time Employee Health Care Cost. While Employer Provided Health Care Declines From 80% in 2002 to 53% in 2009

Mon Mar 1, 2010 1:02 AM EST

Idaho part-time state employees faced a 908% increase in the employee contribution to state provided insurance benefits. Bill Roberts of the Idaho Statesman tells of a Meridian, Idaho EMS dispatcher - Zack - faced with a situation affecting more and more Idahoans.

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Book Review: History in Blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers. Allan T. Duffin. 2010

Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:55 AM EST

History in Blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers. Allan T. Duffin. Published by Kaplan Publishing, a division of Kaplan, Inc. NY. 2010. 254 pages, plus acknowledgements, bibliographical references and index.

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Seeded on Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:04 PM EST (FOXNews.com)

Progress!. Good to see individuals vote and sometimes oppose their own party. Even a Democrat crossed party lines to vote with the Republican cloture motion.

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CHART OF THE DAY: It's Official: Obama Is Creaming Bush When It Comes To Jobs

Seeded on Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:00 PM EST (Silicon Alley Insider)

This is an excellent chart produced from Bureau of Labor Statistics data. I have reproduced this same chart from raw data ripped from the BLS website. The headline creates political confrontation between narrowly focused partisan politics.

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How Reconciliation Would Work | The New Republic

Seeded on Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:27 AM EST (TNR's The Worst Political Sex Writing The New Republic)

This article describes how reconcilation would work. Written January 19, 2010 by Jeff Davis, he envisioned a Health Care reconciliation before the February 12 Congressional Recess.

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Newsvine - Independent Clean Energy Vision & Action Versus Climategate Investigations

Seeded on Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:23 PM EST (Newsvine)

Congressman Mike Simpson (R- Id) and Jerry Lewis (R-CA) want President Obama to investigate the impact of the "climategate studies had on EPA recommendations in recent legislation. I believe we need to be looking forward - not backward.

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Independent Clean Energy Vision & Action Versus Climategate Investigations

Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:14 AM EST

Introduction: Congressman Mike Simpson (R- Id) and Jerry Lewis (R-CA) sent a letter to President Obama to investigate the impact of the "climategate studies." Congressman Simpson asserts "It is apparent that the EPA's recent actions, as well as cap-and-trade legislation approved …

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Support Health Care Letter to Idaho Senator Crapo

Mon Feb 8, 2010 5:34 PM EST

Introduction : Below is my response to Senator Crapo (R- Idaho) after I had sent him a letter requesting his bi-partisan support to reform health care in the Senate. The date of the letter below is September 19, 2009.

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Cynical Criticism Is Not Productive To Resolve American Issues in 2010.

Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:50 PM EST

Oh the agony of dealing with such cynical citizens of the United States. No President can get popular support during times of economic recession.

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