Monthly Archives: April 2011

“it’s for your own good”

Wal-mart fired this guy for his own good Thirty-year-old former Wal-Mart employee Joseph Casias used marijuana to treat the symptoms of an inoperable brain tumor and sinus cancer. Casias was fired in 2009 after testing positive for marijuana. He had … Continue reading

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Vick does something right

Micheal Vick came out against the Android Dog fighting app. Maybe he is not a complete idiot. The other thing about Micheal Vick is that what he was doing may not have been that unique among NFL players, at least … Continue reading

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“I’m from BP and I am here to help”

Once again, can we stop pretending that the private sector can do everything right. or that BP can do anything right for that matter.

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Mittens Romney doesn’t know much

In an op-Ed Mitt Romnet forgot about a few wars.. I guess you can make a case that Obama has done such a good job in the war on terror that most conservative seem to have forgot about it. You … Continue reading

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How to balance the budget

I got this from Kevin Drum: So sure, maybe Britain and France should have more planes and more bombs. But really, there’s not a lot of point to arguing over nits like this. For them to project power effectively, even … Continue reading

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What we will be voting on in 2012

It seems that Obama is becoming good at articulating a vision for America that is much more optimistic than what conservatives have going. What happened over the past two weeks, then, was more about staking out positions than about enacting … Continue reading

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Not a complete disaster

I guess there was a speech tonight, and I guess it wasn’t too bad, but something Krugman wrote really sticks out: I should probably say, I could live with this as an end result. If this becomes the left pole, … Continue reading

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Been a while since I last posted

With school and other things it’s been a while since I posted anything. It seems like things are really not going well for the nuclear power industry, and maybe Obama should have let all the Bush tax cuts expire. And … Continue reading

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