2010/11/2-2011/1/13 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Reagan] UID:54001 Activity:nil | 11/2 California Uber Alles is such a great song
\_ Yes, and it was written about Jerry Brown. I was thinking this
as I cast my vote for Meg Whitman. I am independent, but I
typically vote Democrat (e.g., I voted for Boxer). However, I
can't believe we elected this retread.
\_ You voted for the billionaire that ran HP into the ground
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2010/3/29-4/14 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:53764 Activity:low | 3/29 I'm curious what you think of the health care reform bill. I voted
for Obama and I really hate it. It doesn't really address the
problem, which is health care _costs_. This bill seems like a
shell game.
\_ I agree it doesn't address the root cause, but it's a start. The
good news is that we have our third major entitlement (SS, Medicare,
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2009/5/26-30 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:53044 Activity:kinda low | 5/26 Is it correct to call someone the daughter of Puerto Rican
"immigrants"? Seems wrong to me. Puerto Ricans get US Passports.
\_ Yes it is correct.
\_ Thanks! Obama immigrated from Hawaii, right?
\_ Not the same. Doubly not the same in the early 50s. Go watch
yourself some West Side Story.
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2009/3/23-30 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52744 Activity:kinda low | 3/23 Oh oh, Krugman on Obama's new plan:
"If this plan fails -- as it almost surely will -- it's unlikely that
he'll be able to persuade Congress to come up with more funds to do
what he should have done in the first place."
\_ Krugman has never liked Obama.
\_ Obama is not enough of a socialist, he is trying too hard to
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2009/2/11-16 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:52556 Activity:low | 2/10 http://change.gov/agenda/ethics_agenda
End the Practice of Writing Legislation Behind Closed Doors: As
president, Barack Obama will restore the American people's trust in
their government by making government more open and transparent. Obama
will work to reform congressional rules to require all legislative
sessions, including committee mark-ups and conference committees, to be
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2012/3/26-6/1 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Politics/Domestic/President] UID:54347 Activity:nil | 3/26 Things I learned from History: Lincoln was photographed with
killer. Lincoln had 3 male lovers (he was bisexual!).
Kennedy had an affair with a Nazi spy. Elenore Roosevelt
was a lesbian!!! Nerdy looking Ben Franklin was a suspected
killer and quite a ladies man. WTF???
\_ Did it mention anything about Washington and the cherry tree?
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2009/5/28-6/3 [Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:53056 Activity:kinda low | 5/28 Washington Post Correction:
The May 27 editorial "The President's Pick" incorrectly referred
to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the daughter of
"immigrant" parents. Judge Sotomayor's parents were not immigrants
but were born in Puerto Rico after passage of a 1917 law that
automatically conferred U.S. citizenship on island-born residents.
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2009/2/27-3/6 [Politics/Domestic/California, Reference/Tax] UID:52655 Activity:low | 2/27 CA unemployment increases from 9.3% to 10.1% for Jan
\_ Good thing the legislature passed the biggest tax increase in
history! That should solve it.
\_ because cutting taxes has done such a great job so far!
\_ it has.. giving mortgages to poor folks did us in
\_ 100% horseshit.
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