How the Republicans plan to steal the election
And what we can do to stop them.In 2000 it was the Supreme Court. 2004--Diebold. 2006--voter caging.2008--ACORN.The Republicans have been up to their same old tricks this year--purging voter rolls,...
View ArticleRick Santelli is still a jerk
Crosposted from My Left Wing.When Rick Santelli of CNBC unleashed his (in)famous rant last February, it became the catalyst for the "tea party" movement, and launched a thousand left-wing snarky...
View ArticleThe Greatest System in the World!
Crossposted from My Left Wing.Jonathan Alter wrote a piece in Newsweek this week entitled "What’s Not To Like?" about possible healthcare reform. He gives us a list of the many awesome features of the...
View ArticleThe Stock Market is Falling--with one notable exception
The overseas markets were weaker overnight, and this has extended to the United States markets. Oil is weaker, as are gold, silver and the rest of the commodity complex. The broader markets are...
View ArticleTown Hall with the Teabaggers
Crossposted from My Left Wing.My husband called me yesterday afternoon to let me know he'd just heard on the radio that our Congressman (Alan Grayson, FL-08) was planning a town hall meeting to be held...
View ArticleBlood out of a Turnip
Crossposted from My Left Wing.Only in America, where the healthcare system is less about making patients well than it is about maximizing profits for each link in the delivery chain: Modern...
View ArticleA Modest Proposal
H/t to Jonathan Swift—a truly great satirist.August has been a sad month. The death of Senator Ted Kennedy has been a great blow to all of us, but losing him just when we are poised to finally achieve...
View ArticleThe Water's Edge
There used to be a code of conduct in America that no matter how acrimonious debate became within our borders, once a politician left our shores, he or she shed the cloak of partisanship and...
View ArticleDon't Ask, Don't Tell--If You're a Woman
Crossposted from My Left WingOverlooked in the wake of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win was this tidbit in yesterday’s news:Women in the service are far more likely than men to be discharged...
View ArticleJohn Mackey--Global Warming Denier
Or why my household will be continuing the Whole Foods Market boycott for the foreseeable future.John Mackey, CEO and former Board Chairman of Whole Foods Market caused quite a stir in the lefty...
View ArticleFlorida Republican Party Chair says tough luck to malpractice victims
A tiny one-column item buried on page B-4 of Friday’s Orlando Sentinel reveals much about the Republicans' attitude toward health care reform, and shows their callous disregard for the rights of...
View ArticleCNBC Host Destroys Jones Act Meme
Mark Haynes, whose most recent claim to fame was his misogynistic comment to co-host Erin Burnett after the bad call that cost a pitcher his perfect game, "This is why women aren’t in charge of...
View ArticleSchadenfreude Friday
Samuel and Charles Wyly, billionaire Texas conservatives, and longtime supporters of Republican candidates and causes, were charged yesterday with a variety of SEC violations. Their schemes involved...
View ArticleAppeals Court favors unlimited campaign spending
Rick Scott, multi-millionaire gadflyteabagger executive, has decided that after running HCA so successfully they had to pay the government a fine of $1.7 billion for Medicare fraud, he’d bring his...
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Morning Feature: Elliott Wave Theory and Elections
One of the most interesting, if distracting, things about going through my dad’s stuff has been sorting through his books. He only attended one semester of college, but was a lifetime auto-didact, so...
View ArticlePresident Obama--soft on terror?
President Obama today pardonedtwo turkeys. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and he’s apparently not interested in putting food on our families. Instead, he pardoned two California turkeys and sent...
View ArticleWater, Water, Everywhere?
With flooding and devastation occurring everywhere from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, to Brazil to Australia, it’s tempting to think so, but the headlines don’t tell the whole story.An...
View ArticleRick Scott axes Nursing Home Ombudsman
Florida Governor Rick Scott has been in office less than two months, but has wasted no time in trying to re-make the state to fit his idea of a teabagger, corporate-run paradise.From rejecting...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Paul Krugman
Today is the birthday of Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. I just finished reading his book The Great Unraveling, published in 2003, and was stunned to discover how presciently he described...
View ArticleFlorida Legislature--week one
The Florida legislative session is only a few days old, and the Republican-dominated House and Senate are wasting no time pushing through their radical agenda to benefit the rich at the expense of the...
View ArticleDumb Money
That’s the term Wall Street uses when referring to you and I. It’s not so much a pejorative as it is descriptive of the small investor’s predilection to pour into the market when it has reached its...
View ArticleThe Hedonic Treadmill
In Dan Ariely’s book The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home the author introduces his readers to the concept of The Hedonic Treadmill. While this...
View ArticleThis Week in Floriduh
I had originally planned to write a Friday night news dump weekly update of the Florida legislature’s actions while it’s in session, but not only can't I promise it will be weekly, I can't promise it...
View ArticleFloriduh Update
Keeping up with all the shenanigans going on in Tallahassee these days is a full time job. Unfortunately, I already have one of those, so I’ll hit a few of the low-lights.The Florida Bar is concerned...
View ArticleFlori-duh Weekly Update
It’s truly sad when I have to preface this diary by saying it is not an April Fool’s joke. Everything is true. In the leading role of this week’s drama is our Hairless Leader, Skeletor er Lord...
View ArticleR.I.P. WMFE-tv
Since I moved to Central Florida 25 years ago, WMFE, our local public television station, has been a big part of my life. When the kids were small, I could get a few precious minutes to myself...
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The Grieving Room: One Year Later
It’s been a little over a year since my dad died. The details surrounding his estate have been wrapped up, but most of his possessions still fill closets and shelves at my mom’s house. She suffers...
View ArticleIs Florida still a retirement paradise?
Florida Governor Sick Rott Rick Scott is currently enjoying the cool mountain air of Colorado, after declaring a State of Emergency due to raging wildfires in the state he is supposed to be...
View ArticleJim Chanos--A Rich Guy who Gets It
You know that experience where you're idly channel surfing and something just stops you cold? I had one of those moments yesterday. I landed on Bloomberg tv, just in time to hear an interview with...
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Telling my Story
I read this story today about Trust Women Week and the 1 in 3 Campaign. I was hoping it would get more traction than it did, because it spoke to me, and because the synchronicity was too much for me...
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The Grieving Room: Picking Up the Pieces
A special welcome to anyone who is new to The Grieving Room. We meet every Monday evening. Whether your loss is recent or many years ago, whether you have lost a person or a pet, or even if the...
View ArticleSix Years Ago Today
I joined the Great Orange Satan, becoming user number 99894. I had lurked for a while, but finally got up the nerve to take the plunge, although it probably was a while before I actually posted my...
View ArticleFade Away
A long time ago, there was a family. They wanted a house with room to grow. After much searching, the perfect candidate was located. It had a huge yard with plenty of room for dogs and kids to play,...
View ArticleA Bittersweet Day
Today is my mom’s birthday. She’s 89. I brought her flowers. She’s not really sure who I am, but the roses are lovely. She also doesn’t remember from one minute to the next that it’s her birthday,...
View ArticlePeople Annoy Me: An Introvert's Lament
A few months ago, a friend shared with me a note written by his six-year-old daughter to her mother: School was bad. People are annoying. They always want to talk to me. He found this hilarious,...
View ArticleTo Treat or Not to Treat: That is the Question
Whether ‘tis nobler when the mind is gone to Suffer the pokes, prods and pills of medicine Or to take arms against a sea of doctors and nurses And just say “Enough!”(With all due apologies to Bill.)My...
View ArticleMarket Manipulating Twits
Or maybe that should be tweets. Nah, I'll stick with twits, though stronger language certainly comes to mind to describe a relatively new phenomenon.In August, billionaire investor Carl Icahn tweeted:...
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The Grieving Room: Let the Tears Flow
I’ve been wallowing in a funk lately. Not sure how to untangle the threads of grief from those of depression, dissatisfaction, and confusion stemming from my own situation and that of the world. It...
View ArticleI need a shower
Intellectually I know there are plenty of ignorant, hateful people out there. The crazy woman spewing CT all over the Santorum event was a perfect case in point. But we tend to shake our heads at...
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