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Connecting Diversity Political

An actual conversation

Recovered from the Wayback Machine from today, played back from memory “So, who are you voting for? Kerry or Bush?” “I’m going to write in McCain.” “Why? That’s throwing your vote away.” “I don’t really care for either Bush or Kerry.” “But McCain’s not running, that will throw your vote away.” “I like McCain. I […]

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Focusing

The earlier black & whites were from a roll of film that I found deep in my camera bag. They make a nice break from the color slides from the hot air balloon race. This week has been a tough week, with the increased violence in Iraq, and the devestation that Hurricane Jeanne wrecked on […]

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While you were cowering in fear: part 1

Warning: this political message contains no reference to Vietnam, lies, lies about lies, boats, planes, or typeface. It has not been screened by webloggers for accuracy, nor has it been endorsed by any political pundit currently appearing on the Technorati Top 100. View at your own risk. Because agricultural inspection has been folded, along with […]

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Healthcare Political

Need

Another thing that Bush talked about yesterday was how it was ‘junk lawsuits’ that are driving the cost of medical care up so high that health insurance costs have grown beyond what the average person can afford. If it weren’t for the fact that people sued doctors and hospitals, why everyone would have access to […]

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Timing

President Bush was in Missouri yesterday, in Sedalia. That’s a friendly part of this state to Bush – solidly red. He looked good during his talk, dressed in one of those cotton work shirts he tends to favor. Looked just like the people he was talking to. He said that in the next four years he […]