Discussion between Bill Moyers and Thomas Frank. Sort of like listening to a liberal version of Fox News. Still, some very valid points are made. Bill Moyers Journal . Watch & Listen | PBS.

What’s sad is that this isn’t even new. For years the call has gone out to do what Israel does…but so far it can’t get beyond the US’s jingoistic bureaucracy. What Israel can teach us about security – thestar.com.

Yet another symptom of the decline of an ideal (sad to say). NYT: New partisan vitriol in Senate health vote – The New York Times

No, it’s not your imagination. The middle class has been getting increasingly poorer since the 70s. Elizabeth Warren: America Without a Middle Class.

Pressure Mounts To Resolve ID Law – Albuquerque News Story – KOAT Albuquerque. I’m still amazed at the idea of needing a passport to fly WITHIN your country’s borders.

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.

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

Those of you on Twitter have probably seen this or something like it:
“Show support for democracy in Iran add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click -”I was asked why my picture wasn’t green (it wasn’t an antagonistic asking but simply an inquiry).

Even if we don’t admit it, at some point just about everyone with a television will watch one of the 1/2-hour product infomercials. You can’t help it. They suck you in. The thing I hate is how they subtly suck your wallet.

In 2008, companies and interest groups spent at least $3.42 billion to lobby Congress and the Federal Government. That’s really just another dollar amount to us at this point. Let’s look at it this way: that equates to 68,400 jobs with a gross pay of $50,000.