Archive for July, 2009
The Sins of Silence
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” Abraham Lincoln _____________________________________________ You can say a lot of things about President Obama, but you can never accuse him of slacking in his momentum to get things done. It helps that he has an army of supporters in Congress–there is strength in numbers. [...]
The Health Care “Crisis”
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Percentage of Americans without Health Insurance 15.5% (Centers for Disease Control) Percentage of Americans without a cell phone: 18% (TECHnews) Percentage of Americans without a computer in the home: 20% (Nielsen) Percentage of Americans without Internet access: 43% (Nielsen) ____________________________________________________________ Universal Health Care advocates would have us believe that most Americans do not have health [...]
Excuses, excuses…
Monday, July 6th, 2009Over the holiday weekend, I was asked “Where has Helen Wheales been? I thought you promised to write everyday once you were off for the summer?” At least someone noticed. Honestly, I’ve no excuse for not sharing my thoughts, only an explanation. First, turns out that I am not “off” this summer–I took on some [...]
Scarecrow or Tin Man?
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Dateline Oz: The Wizard of Oz today selected the Tin Man to fill a soon-to-be vacated Supreme Court seat, snubbing the conservative’s choice of the Scarecrow, known for exercising judicial restraint on the bench. The Tin Man has an impressive record of decisions informed by the empathy of his big heart, most famously when he [...]