Gripes


Quick Thoughts on the US Spaceflight Report

October 27th, 2009
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The Review of Human Spaceflight Plans Committee’s 154-page report was delivered on October 22. While it was an honest assessment of NASA’s woes, it’s recommendations were almost laughable.



Do the “New Republicans” Know What Being an American Is Anymore?

September 19th, 2009
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The New York Times has recently speculated that following the defeat in the 2008 elections, that Republicans have found a new voice. That may be so, but should more reasonable old-line voices reassert themselves?



The Fair Healthcare Solution

September 18th, 2009
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With all of the “debate”…with all of the money that’s necessary…when you sit down and crunch the numbers, there are few sensible solutions and only one that is fair.



Health Don’t Care Anymore

September 12th, 2009
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I have five drafts of healthcare blogs written over the past several months. I decided instead of making researched arguments which were all but impossible to make accessible, I’d just do a quick blog on my thoughts and conclusions.



Fear and Loathing of the Right to Free Speech

September 4th, 2009
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The provisions in the first amendment protecting various freedoms hasn’t exactly been working how it was intended.



Debate? No. Demagogy? Yes!

August 19th, 2009
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It’s really interesting to me (and not in a good way) how the sheeple in the public and Congress are so easily swayed by “The Big Lie”. Then again I’m also amazed (and not in a good way) that people hang on every venom-coated word spewed by the “fair and balanced” pundits



ESPN’s New Media Slamdown

August 4th, 2009
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ESPN finally issued their Guidelines for Social Networking for, “All ESPN Talent, anchors, play by play, hosts, analysts, commentators, reporters and writers who participate in any form of personal social networking that contain sports related content.” Frankly, I’m agog at what they came up with.



Let Obama’s Healthcare Plan Die in Congress, Please

July 21st, 2009
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I’m so tired of talking about healthcare. There are solutions that work, that have been proven to work, and none will ever get passed because money brainwashes much easier than rhetoric.



Walter Cronkite’s Lost Legacy

July 18th, 2009
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Walter Cronkite died on July 17, 2009. Understandably, people are focused on what a great newsman he was. He reported concisely, fairly, and rarely broke out from behind the fourth wall. Cronkite and his peers were, sadly, perhaps the last of televisions true journalists.



It’s Called READING a Book For a Reason

June 30th, 2009
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Some things just smack my gob. In a recent blog, Literary Agent Nathan Bransford poses the question: Does listening to an audiobook count as reading? Here’s what I think.