Daily Topics - Wednesday September 28th, 2011
By shawnt56
Join me Oct. 3 to 5 - I'll be "live" noon-3p ET at the Take Back the American Dream conference — at the FSTV EStudio - Come say Hi!
Hour One: Has flying become a nightmare?
Hour Two: Is America's health care system about to bottom out?
Hour Three: "Time for Outrage" - Stéphane Hessel
Comments
#2
"What if Lady Gaga won the Republican primary--or somebody very strange?"
You're hilarious, Thom.
#3
The Obama admin. is allowing the split rulings on the ACA to proceed to the Supreme court early so that a ruling should come down during the 2012 campaign.
Everything in the bill has previously been upheld in other rulings - including the so-called mandate (which is really just an excise tax) - but with a wingnut dominated court we can expect the ACA to be overturned ... during an election ... which may really turn out the independents and Dem base to change Congress and get a healthcare reform that is already constitutionally vetted - Medicare. Expanded to everyone - part E.
Or the Court regressives may recognize that and will rule in favor of the ACA to avoid the political backlash during the election ... either way they are in a box. Do you suppose that is deliberate?
#4
You know as nice as it would be to have a machine that prints a reciept, what good does that do? I can write a program that prints out who you voted for, but still change your vote. On top of that you may think, well then the voters can come back and show who they voted for, well think about it, how many people will lose their receipts, and how many right wingers will bother to bring back in their receipts to help the verification. I mean if the vote is off by 4% in the republican favor, are you going to be able to identify enough progressive receipts that edge into that margin? It's not so easy, plus how quickly would there be claims of counterfeit receipts if that margin was broached?
Get rid of the machines period, and start using ballots that are reliable as well as using exit polling as a spot verification. Until we have that in our voting policies, we will continue to have illegitimate elections.
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#5
I hadn't realized that the amendment proposed by Get The Money Out was a half measure. My problem with it was that the language isn't legalese enough. For instance, it uses the term "federal" which doesn't appear anywhere else in the Constitution. As a matter of fact, I'm really puzzled as to how one could indicate corporations without having to use the word (since municipalities are also said to "incorporate").
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Cameras are taken when authorities see them, so perhaps its time to equip with less obtrusive devices:
Wireless Micro Color Spy Camera. About half the size of a dime, concealing this camera is no problem!Range is up to 100 feet, even through walls. In an open area the transmission range jumps to 300 feet. The Sharp brand color CMOS sensor has a crisp 420 lines of resolution.
Size: ONLY 10 x 10 x 30 mm! (0.4 x 0.4 x 1.2 in) (Thats smaller then my pinky finger)
Sensor: Color 420 LOR Sharp CMOS Sensor
Lens Type: Micro Pinhole
Power: 5V Power Supply
Light Rating: 2 Lux
Field Of View: 72 Degrees
Signal: NTSC (U.S.A.) Video System
If you have the will to visually record authorities, there is obviously a way.
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