Make That Dolla

10:30am ..... I just woke up, had two pots of tea, read some news, listened to some music. My mind is ready to be productive and creative. But instead I will go walk dogs for 6 hours, and when i get back by 6pm , my body will be tired, and my mind will be close to worthless.

Alright, cool.

War in Afghanistan

Here is a great article about the war in Aghanistan from last September. Seems relevant given Obama's recent increase of military spending in Afghanistan. The article points out the success with applying funds towards gaining cultural awareness within specific regions.

http://harpers.org/archive/2008/09/0082170

Single-Payer, Single-Payer, Single-Payer, Single-Payer

With a Democratic majority in congress and Obama in the executive seat, now seems to be the time to get this issue on the table. But leading Democrats, notably Obama and Pelosi, say its impractical. Impractical to give tax-paying citizens access to the single most important element of "the pursuit of happiness," good health? We need to get this one rolling before the congressional pendulum swings back to the right and its too late.

Single-payer, single-payer, single-payer. Lets move the issue of people's health away from capitalistic opportunism and towards human rights.



Here's a great article by Ralph Nader on Single-Payer Medicare.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Single-Payer-Taboo-by-Ralph-Nader-090509-640.html


Also, from Harper's columnist Scott Mitchell (this one's longer but really enlightening):

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/02/0082380

also, the piece of legislature already exists in congress:

http://www.hr676.org/

and:

http://singlepayeraction.org/