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UPDATED: The Benefits Are Restored, But At What Cost?

July 21, 2010
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UPDATED: The Benefits Are Restored, But At What Cost?

[picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=unemployment+benefits&iid=9380600" src="http://view4.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9380600/president-obama-speaks/president-obama-speaks.jpg?size=500&imageId=9380600" width="380" height="273" /] Update is below Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is finally over.  Today, unemployment benefits are on the verge of finally being reauthorized after nearly two months of the nation’s unemployed having nothing to rely on other than whatever savings they might have had left.  Technically, the benefits…

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Playing With Fire

July 9, 2010
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Playing With Fire

Ah, another Congressional recess without addressing the unemployment benefits crisis.  According to the Huffington Post’s count, it’s now been 37 days since the impending specter of that final benefit check was hung over the collective heads of the millions of unemployed Americans.  I hate to say it, but it doesn’t look like it will be…

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The Fix to the Citizens United Ruling?

June 23, 2010
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The Fix to the Citizens United Ruling?

It’s been a crazy week in politics, particularly in Texas; the “silly season of politics”, as various people have called it, is in full swing.  Unfortunately, as much as I’d love to repost that video, I have no activists in chicken suits, nor do I have anything connecting certain politicians to chickens at all.  As…

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Did President Obama Waste His Oval Office Address?

June 16, 2010
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Did President Obama Waste His Oval Office Address?

[picapp align="none" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=9124618" src="http://view2.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/9124618/president-obama-returns/president-obama-returns.jpg?size=500&imageId=9124618" width="380" height="434" /] Insert memorable quote here.  Seriously, I just finished watching President Obama give his first televised speech from the Oval Office, and with all the hype comparing the speech to JFK’s “ask not what you can do for your country” speech and FDR’s famous inaugural address (“We have…

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Brief Thoughts: Defense Spending Reform Takes Shape

June 4, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Defense Spending Reform Takes Shape

[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is going to make a serious attempt at squeezing savings out of the Department of Defense and how it would be a great example for the rest of the government if it were to work.  Of course, it…

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Israel’s Quandary

June 1, 2010
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Israel’s Quandary

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8967183" src="d/4/7/f/Palestinians_Protest_against_c247.JPG?adImageId=13057270&imageId=8967183" width="500" height="317" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well this is a mess for anyone who was hoping for the latest attempt at peace between Israel and the Palestinians.  In case you haven’t heard about it by now, early this morning, Israel intercepted the “Freedom Flotilla”, an attempt by human-rights activists to…

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It’s Time for Immigration Reform

May 26, 2010
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It’s Time for Immigration Reform

I’m sure just about all of you have heard about the controversial Arizona law formally known as SB1070 by now.  The law, signed over a month ago, essentially requires Arizona police to question anyone about their immigration status if they have “reasonable suspicion” that someone stopped or arrested is an illegal immigrant, according to the…

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The Beginning of Deficit-Minded Government?

May 14, 2010
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The Beginning of Deficit-Minded Government?

[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well everyone, hopefully I’ll be able to get back to a normal posting frequency next week.  It’s been a rough month, but I’ve just about finished running the gauntlet and things should be calming down to where I can actually write again.  Thank you everyone who kept reading random stories throughout this…

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

April 24, 2010
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8600751" src="5/b/1/6/Senate_Democratic_Leaders_afb7.jpg?adImageId=12639988&imageId=8600751" width="500" height="349" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well folks, there is still about another week or so at a minimum before I can resume something resembling a normal post frequency, but I found snippets of time here and there to draft up a condensed version of this for my regular column…

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Is Mideast Peace Finally About to Happen?

April 8, 2010
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Is Mideast Peace Finally About to Happen?

[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=8445054" src="0/5/1/9/Clinton_Gates_And_75d2.jpg?adImageId=12194679&imageId=8445054" width="500" height="333" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Peace in the Middle East; it has been a dream shared by millions throughout the last several decades, and it may finally be time for it to be achieved.  Of course, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about this possibility, but this…

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