Robert Reich is one of President Obama's chief advisors. Here's a link to a video of portions of a speech he gave to students back in 2007. He tells them what an honest President, unconstrained by public opinion, would say about health care issues. He states that young people should pay more. Healthy people should pay more. Old people should just be allowed to die without any measures to extend their lives. Innovation in treatment should be discouraged. People should no longer expect to outlive their parents. At least he's honest about the true intentions of the socialists. It's amusing to see his comments about just letting people die. Congressman Alan Grayson of Florida, a Democrat, received a lot of publicity a few weeks ago by claiming that the Republican's health plan was to have people die quickly if they get sick. It looks like he got his political parties mixed up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT7Y0TOBuG4&feature=player_embedded#
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Monday, October 05, 2009
Safe Zone Violations
I just read an interesting article about "safe zone violations" on the National Review site. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTc4NzJkMjVkOTg1M2UyMjZlYzM0YmJiYzY4YWQzYjY=&w=MA==#
I didn't realize that a number of sports writers are interjecting their political views into their sports articles. I agree with the author, Jay Nordlinger, that this is really inappropriate. Nordlinger bemoans the fact that "safe zones," spheres free of partisan politics, are diminishing in our current political climate. Politics is dominating more and more of our public life. One of the positive things about sports is that people within a certain geographical area can come together in support of a common cause. Adding politics to the mix can undermine the sense of community that flows from the love of sports. The article focuses largely on attacks on Republican or conservative politics and ideas, although I suspect that (somewhere!) there are attacks on Dems and the left. Frankly, I don't care who is guilty of it. It shouldn't happen, period. I'm not sure how to stop it, except to complain to the newspapers or magazines that carry the articles. An appeal to the writer to use common decency would probably fail.
I didn't realize that a number of sports writers are interjecting their political views into their sports articles. I agree with the author, Jay Nordlinger, that this is really inappropriate. Nordlinger bemoans the fact that "safe zones," spheres free of partisan politics, are diminishing in our current political climate. Politics is dominating more and more of our public life. One of the positive things about sports is that people within a certain geographical area can come together in support of a common cause. Adding politics to the mix can undermine the sense of community that flows from the love of sports. The article focuses largely on attacks on Republican or conservative politics and ideas, although I suspect that (somewhere!) there are attacks on Dems and the left. Frankly, I don't care who is guilty of it. It shouldn't happen, period. I'm not sure how to stop it, except to complain to the newspapers or magazines that carry the articles. An appeal to the writer to use common decency would probably fail.
Exciting Times
So much going on! The Twins, the Little Team That Could, have done it again! I had totally written them off after Justin Morneau (and Joe Crede) broke down, and we were six games out. And then the very improable happened. They caught fire. And how! So we're down to one game to see who gets to take on (and probably get crushed by) the hated Yankees. Last year we had to play at Chicago, despite beating them more than they beat us, because the location was determined by a coin flip. Recognizing that this rule was ridiculous, the league changed the rule to give the advantage to the team that beat the other more. The Twins had the Tigers eating their lunch during the regular season, so the Twins get the home field advantage. Will that be enough? I think the Twins will win. But they've got to do a better job of protecting early leads.
The Vikings are playing the Packers as I write this. It's 7-7 in the second quarter. So far, Aaron Rogers is looking good, except he's mistake-prone. Favre is being reined in by Childress, it seems. I'm not sure how this will turn out, based on what I'm seeing. I'm inclined to think the Vikes will pull it out by a touchdown.
Now the big news! I received an offer on my home this evening and accepted it. The closing is set for November 30. Now I've got to find a place to live. And fast. That could be a big challenge, actually. I need to time things right so I can take the cash I get from the sale and apply it to the purchase. I'm relieved to be free of the responsibility of maintaining such a large home and yard. I'm going to get a townhouse or condo where someone else can do it!
If any of my thousands of readers know of any good deals out there, drop me a line.
The Vikings are playing the Packers as I write this. It's 7-7 in the second quarter. So far, Aaron Rogers is looking good, except he's mistake-prone. Favre is being reined in by Childress, it seems. I'm not sure how this will turn out, based on what I'm seeing. I'm inclined to think the Vikes will pull it out by a touchdown.
Now the big news! I received an offer on my home this evening and accepted it. The closing is set for November 30. Now I've got to find a place to live. And fast. That could be a big challenge, actually. I need to time things right so I can take the cash I get from the sale and apply it to the purchase. I'm relieved to be free of the responsibility of maintaining such a large home and yard. I'm going to get a townhouse or condo where someone else can do it!
If any of my thousands of readers know of any good deals out there, drop me a line.
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