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October 26, 2010

An appearance on the Charlie Rose Show this week involved a discussion about the Middle Class with Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post; Jacob Hacker of Yale University, Steve Pearlstein of “The Washington Post” and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University. The viewer can take away from that discussion that the media rats are deserting the [...]

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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find. Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live. As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports [...]

Tagged as: CDC, Distribution of vaccine, flu.gov, H1N1 flu vaccine, Health and Human Services, Health Care, Lieberman, Location of Swine Flu vaccine, NPR, Obama, swine flu, vaccine

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Mild Cases Of H1N1 Raising Havoc!

October 13, 2009

As one who has experience firsthand the ravages of the flu this season, all I can say is that there is no way to adequately prepare your family against an outbreak of this size, notwithstanding a pandemic. Not to be critical of the local public health officials and medical personnel, the current situation on many [...]

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The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind

September 18, 2009

The death of Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary marks ,once again, for many of us baby boomers, the passing of an era when citizens disenfranchised from involvement in the political system, organized en masse to change their government’s wrongheaded policy and course of action. You may ask yourself why we note the passing [...]

Tagged as: butasforme.com, Glenn Beck's Refounders, Health Care, Health Reform protests, Mary Travers, Obama, Peter Paul & Mary, Political Commentary, Reformed Liberal, Tea Party

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