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Coming Soon

January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Politics

You knew it was coming. Perhaps you didn’t expect it this soon but it’s here.
A corporation is running for Congress.
It’s happening in the 1st Congressional District of Maryland. That’s Silver Spring, MD.
I have included the first campaign ad. Also, you will find the web site. You won’t even have to make a donation.

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Supreme Stupidity

January 25th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Law, Politics

Despite what some may think, I was not around for the Dred Scott decision. That aside, I had comforted myself that the Supremes could not make a worse ruling than the one that gave us Bush the lesser.
I was wrong, horribly so.
We are now the only developed country in the world that allows corporations to [...]

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Clean The House

September 21st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Economics, Health, Politics

President Obama is a politician. He is a Constitutional expert but, by and large, he is a generalist.
Being a Constitutional scholar comes in handy in the Congress and on the Supreme Court. It’s not necessarily a bad thing in the Oval Office but being a generalist can be a positive. It can also bring disaster.
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It Ain’t That Complicated

September 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Economics, Law, Politics

Change. Change? What change? How about some meaningful change?
Three issues are at the top of the agenda. They share a commonality. They are healthcare, the economic crisis and the impending decision by the Supreme Court on Citizens United v. The Federal Election Commission.
The commonality they share is the usurpation of power by corporations and the [...]

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