Next Democratic Senate leader to get booted: Harry Reid?

Those who follow politics know that the mid-term election following a Presidents first term produce big changes in the balance of government.  It happened in 1994 during President Clinton’s First term.  It happened to President Bush in 2002, and it will happen in 2010.  Early Polls are showing a possible shift of 30 seats to [...]

Poll: Doctors Oppose Government-Run Health Coverage

Poll of physicians reveals lack of willingness to accept new patients covered by a government plan The American Society of Medical Doctors (ASMD) today released a nationwide, nonpartisan poll* of physicians showing that: * 70 percent of specialty doctors oppose current Congressional and White House proposals for health-care reform; * 66 percent believe that a [...]

PETA – Save the Whales, Lose the Blubber

It appears that Overweight people are still among the groups you are allowed to discriminate over. What if the sign had a Black woman or a lesbian on the billboard? There would be public out rage everywhere. Do over weight people have to be attacked from all angles? The usually half naked protesters for vegetarianism [...]

Public Defenders- Scales of justice Tilted and Eyes Wide Open

NPR will be airing a program today on ‘All Things Considered’ (check your local area for broadcast times) that deals with indigent legal services and the Public Defenders Office in Detroit, MI.  While this program deals with a specific city the problem of the poor receiving sub-standard legal services all over America.  One wonders why [...]

Woman Locked up for 3 Weeks, Her Crime? Blogging About the Police

A 34-YEAR-OLD woman, the mother of a 12-year-old girl, has been locked up in a Virginia jail for three weeks and could remain there for at least another month. Her crime? Blogging about the police.