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threeplusfireMissing Russian ship may be found near Cape Verde
That story just keeps getting weirder.
An Open Letter to recent authors being assholes on the internet.
It's not about expecting everyone in the world to agree with me. But if I must make a choice between supporting an artist/writer who has said hateful, cruel, degrading things about me and people I love and an artist/writer who hasn't? Well that is an easy choice then. It's certainly easier to separate things in the case of the dead, but this will be one of my new rules for the living.
http://notesfromthegeekshow.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-letter-to-john-c-wright.html
A fantastically reasonable and rational response to yesterday's fail. It's interesting to note that Wright eventually deleted all the comments (something like ten pages the last I looked) and then deleted the entire entry.
I have to say that if you are going to proclaim that dissenters can only provide ad hominem attacks and no rational answers, then you should probably think about not devolving to a bunch of ad hominem attacks yourself. My journalism teacher would have blown a gasket over that.
John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO, is against health care reform
Why a boycott of Whole Foods might have a substantial impact
LA Times Editorial on the subject
CEOs of major corporations are people too, we know that. They certainly have their own opinions. But when they take the pulpit wearing their titles to express their personal opinions - that's when things start getting messy. I confess even my jaded self finds it surprising that the CEO of a company whose clientele is quite liberal would put himself in this position. Does not one have a PR department anymore who pays attention?
I am thinking about going to the protest on Sunday at Whole Foods headquarters on 6th and Lamar. I want a sign that says "Fire your PR department because they sure aren't working!" on one side too.
Health care reform is about creating choices. Get that through your numb-fucking skulls. The very idea of a for-profit medical and health care system is pretty damned morally reprehensible.
That story just keeps getting weirder.
An Open Letter to recent authors being assholes on the internet.
It's not about expecting everyone in the world to agree with me. But if I must make a choice between supporting an artist/writer who has said hateful, cruel, degrading things about me and people I love and an artist/writer who hasn't? Well that is an easy choice then. It's certainly easier to separate things in the case of the dead, but this will be one of my new rules for the living.
http://notesfromthegeekshow.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-letter-to-john-c-wright.html
A fantastically reasonable and rational response to yesterday's fail. It's interesting to note that Wright eventually deleted all the comments (something like ten pages the last I looked) and then deleted the entire entry.
I have to say that if you are going to proclaim that dissenters can only provide ad hominem attacks and no rational answers, then you should probably think about not devolving to a bunch of ad hominem attacks yourself. My journalism teacher would have blown a gasket over that.
John Mackey, Whole Foods CEO, is against health care reform
Why a boycott of Whole Foods might have a substantial impact
LA Times Editorial on the subject
CEOs of major corporations are people too, we know that. They certainly have their own opinions. But when they take the pulpit wearing their titles to express their personal opinions - that's when things start getting messy. I confess even my jaded self finds it surprising that the CEO of a company whose clientele is quite liberal would put himself in this position. Does not one have a PR department anymore who pays attention?
I am thinking about going to the protest on Sunday at Whole Foods headquarters on 6th and Lamar. I want a sign that says "Fire your PR department because they sure aren't working!" on one side too.
Health care reform is about creating choices. Get that through your numb-fucking skulls. The very idea of a for-profit medical and health care system is pretty damned morally reprehensible.
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Date: 2009-08-15 06:44 pm (UTC)I do actually have the text of the bill bookmarked (found here) and I have read probably two thirds of it so far. The parts I haven't read through yet are the ones pertaining to Medicaid/CHIP and health workforce development.