Archive for June, 2009
Sunday, June 21st, 2009
“The first nerd president of the modern era” -Hodgman
John Hodgman followed President Obama’s speech to the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner with a speech about nerds vs jocks. Cracked me UP. He appropriately refers to Obama as “the first nerd president of the modern era”. Truly an exceptionally funny speech (tho i’m not a fan of nerd = needing asthma inhaler).
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
Overwhelming support for a public health insurance option
WOAH. Even 50% of Republicans favor the government offering everyone the option of a govt administered public health insurance option like Medicare that would compete with private health insurance plans. Now to hold our elected officials accountable to (and more in-touch with) us. Check out the full NYTimes piece including the actual questions and percentages [...]
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009
The murder of Dr Tiller, Domestic Terrorism, and the need for Personal Narratives
Melissa Harris Lacewell, “Countering Anti-Choice Terrorism”: I believe the murder of George Tiller was an act of domestic terrorism whose aim was not only to assassinate a single man, but also to frighten a generation of doctors and to shame and terrify women and families who are making difficult choices. While the murderous rage of [...]
