Universal Healthcare in Two Easy Steps
Nine years ago I wrote a post on how the USA could get to a universal healthcare system in five steps. I’m proud to announce we’ve made great progress since then and now can have a healthcare system that covers everyone in just two steps! That’s right, just two easy steps! Rename Medicare to Trump […]
Blast from the Past
In light of the recent bailout brouhaha, here’s two posts from the past that are highly relevant still. The first is a post featured on this blog, Prose of a Pol, and is a satirical look at how to obtain universal healthcare for everyone in the USA based on how the banks were bailed out. […]
My Instant Runoff Voting Ballot
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how to open up our political process and truly democratize it. When asked, many people believe that viable third party candidates (say those who can theoretically win) should be able to attend nationally televised debates and be covered by the mainstream press. In other words, the […]
Vice-Presidential Debate Tonight
As noted before, I’m a big proponent of equal access to debates for all candidates who could potentially win the presidency. As of today, there are six parties with access on enough ballots to theoretically win the presidency [Constitution, Democrat, Green, Independent, Libertarian, and Republican]. Tonight there will be a debate between the vice-presidential candidates […]
Ten Reasons I Am Voting for Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez
After literally months and months of personal deliberation, I’ve decided who I’m voting for in this year’s presidential elections. We are in absolute lockstep agreement on the most important issues of our time and their correct solutions. This year I will proudly cast my vote for Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez as President and Vice-president […]
Five Steps to Socialized Healthcare
Stop paying medical bills. Bad debt increases for hospitals and insurance companies. Big health insurance companies fail. Government steps in, bails them out. Bam, socialized healthcare. Repeat as necessary until government simply owns medical industry.
The Labor Day Firefighters
Today is Labor Day but that doesn’t mean we all get a day off. The bloggers of the world don’t follow the “normal” work schedule and much more importantly, neither do firefighters. I was walking back to my house from the Dunkin Donuts at the start of the street and saw a fire truck down […]
Fire on Trull Street in Dorchester
At 3:00 AM today I was up invigorated by my 11 PM – 1AM non-stop bike ride around the city and was discussing a few graphics for a header for a new site when I undeniably smelled smoke from something burning. I’d smelt it 10-15 minutes earlier and heard fire trucks but finally the smell […]
Super Bush: A Real American Hero (Made in China)
When the rich need saving, don’t despair, call Super Bush! When the poor need to be stomped on, don’t get your shoes dirty, call Super Bush! When the middle class starts getting curious, don’t cut and run, call Super Bush! When we need to demonize socialism for all but demand it for the super-rich, don’t […]
Must Impeach! Cheney-Bush Have Too Much Time Left!
Two videos for you tonight. First up is a video warning us that President hijack Bush and Vice-President Halliburton Cheney have too much time on their hands to mess up our country even more. Of course, any time war criminals have any time is too much time! What makes little sense is that if Congress […]
Elect a Democrat? Five Reasons This Video Confirms Why I won’t Vote Democrat (nor Republican)
For today’s post, please first watch this video, entitled “Elect a Democrat”: If the above did not load, please try the quicktime version. Now, this video brings up a few points and I’ll blog about how these points exemplify a few of the reasons I won’t be voting for any Democratic candidates during the upcoming […]
3rd Party Debate: Bob Barr vs. Ralph Nader vs. Ron Paul vs. Dennis Kucinich vs. Green Party’s Candidate
I just sent the below text to all of these individuals or parties and hope to receive positive responses. What do you think? Is a debate between Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Bob Barr and the Green Party candidate a good idea? Would you watch such a debate? Hello Mr. Barr, Green Party Candidate, […]
Web Quotes and Counterpoints VII
As a thank you to my top commentators of the first half of this year, this edition of Web Quotes and Counterpoints will feature quotes from my readers’ blogs only! June was my best month yet for this blog and I owe it to all of you. Thank you! We start off with Matt of […]
Declaration of Independence 2.0
What happens when you change the wording of the original Declaration of Independence very slightly? In particular, if we change “King of Great Britain” to “King of the United States of America, George W. Bush” does the document still make sense? Let’s see [note, anything you see in brackets is me adding an incident to […]
Boston Bike News
Boston’s first annual Bay State Bike Week kicked off with quite the ruckus yesterday. First Mayor Menino struggled to bike the ceremonial half-mile from City Hall Plaza to Post Office Square in very windy conditions. I’ll admit it was quite windy and a struggle at times to pedal yesterday. Plus, I’m getting over a cold […]
War on Terror Ends!
Are you terrified? The question is of extreme relevance as the war on terror is all about you. A war on terror is a war on a word, a concept, an invisible entity that we can never truly kill. It represents a shift in war mentality. In recent history war has taken an us versus […]
Worst Ad Ever
It’s times like this when you start wondering if Google Adsense is worth it: [Edit: Image removed but it was an ad for this guy.] Is it the worst ad ever? All I know is I feel dirty now. Damn you contextual advertising, this post was not positive!
The Environmentally Damaging City of Boston Recycling Program
Globalization is not a bad idea. In fact, free global trade (which the linked post argues does not currently exist) is a wonderful concept that would improve living conditions for the majority of earth’s inhabitants and is necessary for humans to survive. However, globalization creates oddities such as the below pictures. Everything looks good, right? […]
I Hate the Federal Reserve
I just received an e-mail from the Executive Vice President of HSBC Direct informing me that HSBC is once again dropping the interest rate on my online savings account, this time from 3.55% to 3.05%! Aaargh! At least it’s only dropped by .5% but it’s still frustrating, especially considering the savings rate started at 5.05% […]
Economics Battle: President Bush versus Facebook Users
Who do you think knows more about basic economic theories and principles, President George Walker Bush or a mass of facebook users? In a democracy, we subscribe to the idea that the majority knows better than a principled few. So from a democratic perspective, the facebook users should know more about economics than President George […]
To The Ron Paul Spam Brigade
While scrolling through my Akismet blocked comments for any possible non-spam comments that got blocked, one comment caught my attention for it’s lack of link spam. Usually, blocked comments are obviously spam because they have about 10-20 links to some dubious pharmaceutical product or pron site; however, this comment had merely one link, and seemed […]
R.I.P. Joan “Superman” Duran
Yesterday afternoon, an instant message brought me news of a fallen soldier, a true hero who met an unfortunate end. According to the Boston Globe, Joan Duran of Boston was killed by a bomb during his second stint in Iraq. Joan is the first person I’ve known to have been killed in either the Iraq […]
Modern Globalization: The Perversion of the Word Free
Although Wayne Ellwood considers the transatlantic journey of Christopher Columbus the initiation of globalization, it’s true origins may lie even deeper in human history, dating all the way back to the origins of humanity in Africa, and their subsequent journeys to other continents. Though technology at the time prevented these early humans from creating vast […]
Something Facebook Doesn’t Know
I logged into my facebook account earlier today and saw this sponsored ad in my news feed: For those who don’t know, State Street is a global custodial bank for institutional investors. In other words, a bank for super-rich groups and people. The confidentially agreement prevents me from citing specific clients, but think hedge funds, […]
The Modern Charismatic Military
War, the business of a military, requires an immense commitment from a leader’s followers in order to result in success. To obtain such a strong commitment, military leaders should and are charismatic. They build trust among their followers to the point of followers trusting their leaders with their very lives. One of my first thoughts […]