Archive by category 'I haven’t posted much political stuff here recently, but I’ll make an exception for this because I don’t believe it’s particularly partisan (unlike the W version making the rounds). And yes, I do. ___ Photo credit. The Humble Libertarian.
Posts under ‘Politics’
EPA Declares My Personal Emissions to be Pollutants
Seriously. :-/ ___ Yeah, both carbon dioxide and methane, for the juvenile among us. For some reason, the EPA chose to ignore water vapor, another greenhouse gas I emit. Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagoenergy/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Health Care Information Resources
Here are a few information resources for the health care debate: Health Insurance Health Insurance Coverage Estimates by County, by the U.S. Census Bureau Statehealthfacts.org, by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Health Insurance Competition, by the American Medical Association, reported by the Associated Press Health Spending and Life Expectancy (and more…) GapMinder.org, by the [...]
Death and Taxes 2010
Click the left and right arrows at the bottom to tour the picture. Click the square on the upper right to go full screen. ___ Hat tip: Jack Bog’s Blog.
Jon Stewart Interviews Cliff May On Torture
Jon Stewart interviews Cliff May in an entertaining discussion on “enhanced interrogation techniques” and the torture memos (read the full text of the memos). Both sides are well represented. Well worth watching. April 28, 2009: Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 1 April 28, 2009: Cliff May Unedited Interview Pt. 2 April 28, 2009: Cliff May [...]
Quote of the Day — Max Baucus
Frankly it was such a rush — we’re talking about the stimulus bill now — to get it passed, I didn’t have time and other conferees didn’t have time to address many of the provisions that were modified significantly. —Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana. Update. Welcome readers of NotMaxBaucus. You can follow me [...]
Quote of the Day — Jimmy Carter
Everybody has warned me not to take on too many projects so early in the administration, but it’s almost impossible for me to delay something that I see needs to be done. —Jimmy Carter, Diary, January 28, 1977. Sounds familiar. ___ Hat tip: Patterico’s Pontifications.
