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The House has put forth several good health care reform packages, nearly all of which contain solid public options. The Senate Finance Committee today tried to reject two of them, however, they are not doing that great a job killing the reform package. With well over 74% of the American people supporting real reform, and a popular president now backing the measure - much of the discussion on Capitol Hill is not whether reform will pass, but how strong. The strength of the package is a critical issue. Think of healthcare reform in passage - in a watered down or 'triggered' form - as if it were antibiotics. If you administer too low a dose, what happens? The patient will act as a breeder reactor for stronger, more virulent forms of lobbyism and corruption - and you can guarantee that the process will morph to one in which what we have now, will become much worse. Weak healthcare reform is a toxin. It reiterates the theme that America is no longer a democracy, but rather - a...

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I got into a conversation today where an industry definition was tripping me up - being outside of field of the other person I was speaking with, so I thought I would add to some of the work I've done here - a definition of what life is, to help make sure we're all on the same page. Erwin Schroedinger: Life is any system with the ability to self-assemble against natures tendency towards disorder. Gerard Joyce , which is also that definition in use by NASA - states that life is a "self sustaining chemical system capable of darwinian evolution" Bernard Korzeniewski uses the cybernetic definition: Life is a network of feedback mechanisms. So the definition we will take will be any system capable of self-assembly against entropy, self-sustaining, and capable of darwinian evolution. Just for what its worth. Back to work with me.

I was there to find out why and maybe kill some time I remember a thoughtless rivulet across the parking lot and a small family sheltered under the veranda I turned to find a limb to drive it against something in the river and watch it float downstream cheap thrills , keeping my son under watchful eye just to see how fast it would all fly by the rain coming down on my head we used a classic cars catalog to stay dry 1970's mustang bleeding colors in the rain I found a small tree, and got it free and went to work But wasn't the edge of the water, just a bit further? I drove the pole into the debris and then I noticed the water was at my feet and the rivulet across the street had become a stream I raised my voice over the storm to my son and we jumped in the car and drove to higher ground just the water running under around the wheels of the car had begun to rise up to the bottom of our door a little grateful my wife wasn't there she who ...

When the ebbing tide retreats Along the rocky shoreline, It leaves a trail of tidal pools In a short-lived galaxy. Each microcosmic planet A complete society. A simple kind mirror To reflect upon our own. All the busy little creatures Chasing out their destinies. Living in the pools, They soon forget about the sea... Wheels within wheels in a spiral array, A pattern so grand and complex, Time after time we lose sight of the way, Our causes can't see their effects. A quantum leap forward In time and in space, The universe learned to expand. Myths and the magic, Triumphant and tragic, A mechanized world out of hand. Computerized clinic For superior cynics Who dance to a synthetic band. In their own image, Their world is fashion. No wonder they don't understand. Science, like nature Must also be tamed With a view toward its preservation. Given the same State of integrity, It will surely serve us well

Try to make ends meet You're a slave to money then you die I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet yeah, No change, I can change I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold But I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no Well I never pray But tonight I'm on my knees yeah I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life Try to make ends meet

Brothers and Sisters, Today I heard the words of heresy spoken. Yeah and verily I declare there exists one of you out there in cyber-land that do NOT know the true meaning of "Praise Bob". Oh, mine eyes have been opened. Let us rescue the sinners and equip the saints. Do you need your cortex reformatted? The memory card pulled out, and put back in better than before? Do you need to go pick up some groceries today? Does your daughter like Cheese Ravioli? Have I ever dressed up as a Woman in Second Life? Do you ever surf the Internet while you are at work? If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes" then YOU may need a cerebral reformatting. Thats right folks. Take out the holy memory card. Don't thank me. Instead, this Sunday - I want you to donate! Put on some special clothing and click on my ads at the top of this blog! Give, give give till it hurts to other sources of enlightenment and free wednesday dinners such as churches, synagogues, sex clu...

Justice Sotomayor suggested the majority might have it all wrong -- and that instead the court should reconsider the 19th century rulings that first afforded corporations the same rights flesh-and-blood people have. Judges "created corporations as persons, gave birth to corporations as persons," she said. "There could be an argument made that that was the court's error to start with...[imbuing] a creature of state law with human characteristics." Found at Bitch Phd by way of Lawyers Guns and Money . Wise..

Well, the night I was born Lord I swear the moon turned a fire red Well my poor mother cried out lord, the gypsy was right! And I seen her fell down right dead (have mercy) Well, mountain lions found me there waitin' And set me on an eagle's wing He took me past to the outskirts of infinity, He gave me a venus witch's ring And he said fly on, fly on Because Im a voodoo chile, baby, voodoo child Well, I make love to you, And lord knows you'll feel no pain Say, I make love to you in your sleep, And lord knows you felt no pain cause I'm a million miles away And I'm right here in your picture frame Well my arrows are made of desire From far away as jupiter's sulphur mines I have a humming bird / hums so loud, You'd think you were losing your mind Well I float in liquid gardens Way Down in Arizona New Red Sand Well, I taste the honey from a flower named blue, Way down in California land And New York drowns as we hold h...

Got hair in a girl, that flows to her bones And a comb in her pocket, if the winds get blown Stripes on her eyes when she walks slow But her face falls down, when she go, go, go Black tear falling on my lazy queen Gotta tattooed tit say number 13 Viva, don't want no blue eyes La loma, I want brown eyes Rica, I'm in a state, I'm in a state I'm in a state, I'm in a state, I'm in a state Choir in the yard, in the house next door Where a grandma brought, some songs from the shore Six foot girl gonna, sweat when she dig Stand close to the fire, when they light the pig Standing in her chinos shirt pulled off clean Gotta tattooed tit say number 13 Viva, don't want no blue eyes La loma, I want brown eyes Rica, I'm in a state, I'm in a state I'm in a state, I'm in (a state)

If Jello is hooked up to an EEG, it registers movements virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult. Excerpt from "Who Knew" by David Hoffman

Fiver awoke from his dream He saw the plow He heard the screams He warned the warren And we all left, the images like fleas crawling through our skin twitching our ears and swarming our dens Fiver dreams the future Fear consuming us - we leave at dawn and she was waiting for me, my one remembering, her fur lining the walls like love the kits new ears in the spring That was when the dog came from right up behind her Her eye opened wide , locking mine, fearscent flowing from her like wine He pulled her up in the air snapped her back and chewed her spine At that place She left me with two small children And the dog left behind her lower intestine I hate him He makes my hair stand on end I finally made our way to the new warren one less mother, I, a single father slowly healing, slowly resonating seeing new love once again, sweet scent and nervous ears and sweet green grass and a mind that cannot remember away from the bad dreams away from the dog the fox...

I bite into the world and you and somehow the two split apart I feel my way into your heart The whisper of a womans voice, the sting of her tongue Bring me where I need to be Cherry colored funk The world is something I want to fuck, and somehow you make it right I feel my way in the wet warmth and dark The touch of you the scent of love the shape of my heart I really want to love you I really want to love you My left eye is dominant, sighting down the line I sank a 20 foot putt I feel my way across the line and into the hole The swing the arc, the follow through, ball dropped onto the green like a dart Me against the architect There's no question that I love you But here I am... Hands shaking after the perfect line Sweat falling off my nose and hitting the blade Fuck is a four letter word So is Golf We play it against each other But we play against ourself We play for greed We play for fantasy We play to win We play the course Not the player I'm...