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My father is a 70 year old retired New York City cab driver. He now lives less than two miles from me in South Carolina’s upstate. He has survived two heart attacks and a triple bypass surgery (both which occurred in his mid-forties). He currently suffers from mild emphysema, high blood pressure, chronic leg and [...]
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The health care debate has begun, and most of the current debate centers around the concept of universal coverage, private vs. public insurance, and mandates. These are the “sexy” parts of the debate, but sometimes it causes us to miss the larger point: health care as a whole, is broken.
Let’s start with the obvious, [...]
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On Tuesday night, during his address to the nation, President Obama said, “If you haven’t been personally affected by this recession, you probably know someone who has – a friend; a neighbor; a member of your family,” I felt lucky that I didn’t know anyone that had been personally affected (a great deal) by the [...]
Filed under: economy, personal | Tagged: american recovery and reinvestment act, economy, jobs, mark sanford, obama, sales, South Carolina, unemployment | 3 Comments »
Our special guest for the show will be Iraq war veteran Tai Nguyen, who blogs at http://liberalveteran.com.
Mark your calendars. This Friday, Feb 20th at 5:30pmEt is our 1 year anniversary show. Mark and I started this thing as a podcast February 24th, 2008 and it has since evolved into a live call-in radio show with Ryan as [...]
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My Son’s Future
For the past couple of weeks, my sixteen-year old son has been expressing an interest in joining the military after high school. The Marines, in particularly. He likes the idea of getting into shape, having a steady job, and feels like he could benefit from the structure. He enjoys hunting and target shooting and would also [...]
Filed under: commentary, personal | Tagged: afghanistan, children, foreign policy, future, iraq, marines, military, son, troops, war | 5 Comments »