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What's Your Problem with the Public Option

Health Care reform is a hot button issue right now and it seems to me that a lot of people are angry about the public option without really providing a good reason why they dislike it.

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Where Have All the Protests Gone?

Do you remember when people were angry that we are at war? You know, 10 months ago when protesters were out in front of the US Capital and the presidents house yelling and demanding that we bring the boys back home; that we end this war? It seemed you couldn't turn on the news  …

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Indie Rock Spotlight - The Dead Weather

It's hard to figure out where to start when talking about The Dead Weather. Their debut album, Horehound">Horehound, doesn't help.

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Indie Rock Spotlight - Florence and the Machine

I just grabbed Florence and the Machine's debut album, Lungs, and I have to say, "I'm Hooked".

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Leave the AIG Bonuses Alone

I was opposed as anyone to the Bank Bailout but now that it has happened we need to just suck it up and move on. The constant whining I've been seeing regarding the apx 120 million in bonuses AIG handed out is a waste of time and breath.

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Obama's 11 Broken Promises

My friend Matt just blogged about how Obama had broken 10 11 promises according to the right wing rag, World Net Daily Here are the 11 "broken" promises along with my response to each.

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Legalize Marijuana? Or Not?

While it is true that it is getting more expensive and ever more difficult to find a place to do so adults in the US can legally smoke tobacco but they can't do the same for marijuana.

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Taxing Internet Downloads

New York Governor David Patterson is considering a 4% tax on internet downloads including, but not limited to, music and video files.

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I'm Not Feeling Stimulated by the Stimulus Plan

Our federal government is attempting to craft an economic stimulus plan that ends up spending about $550 billion while, at the same time, providing tax relief of around $275 billion. That is a serious amount of money to be investing. Too bad we don't have it.

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A Better Kindle Still Isn't Great

When the first Kindle came out it inspired in me a sense of ugh. It was hideous to look at with an awkward appearing keyboard and hugely obtrusive buttons along the sides.

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More Mint is Good Mint

You may recall, in the past, that I discussed the personal finance tracking website, Mint.com. I really liked it then and I still really like it (though, it is true that I like some things about yodlee.com better).

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Indie Rock Spotlight - The Dresden Dolls

I have to confess that I really let this series fall apart. I had wanted to pen an article each week but I guess I'm just too lazy for even that simple of a self assignment. Thus I will now promise to write one whenever I am really feeling a band.

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Google Video Chat - Nice but Still Rough

I tried out Google Video Chat today with a co-worker in the same office as me. It was rumored by some that the client would establish a direct connection (peer-to-peer) between the two chatting parties but I don't think one is.

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McCain - Why I Didn't Vote For You

Mr. McCain, In your concession speech, you mentioned many things, one among them was the rhetorical statement, "I don't know what else we could have done to win". I'd like to take this opportunity to mention a few things you could have done that would have swayed some of us:

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NFL - 2008 Week 4 Predictions

Sadly, I just haven't had any time to write these down this week - so I will have to bypass my normal mocking commentary on each game and instead just keep this clean and simple.. Stright up picks. Hopefully, I'll get a real article out next week.

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Quite Simply, The Bailout is a Mistake

Unlike some people I don't forsee the Dark Ages should the bailout not happen; rather, I see the capitalistic system that our economy was built on doing its job.

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NFL - 2008 Week 3 Predictions

I thought last week was ugly when I went 9-7 yet, somehow, this week I did even worse with a pitiful 8-7 record. I take solace in the hope that I would have gotten the Texans Ravens game right and thus matched week one.

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Swoopo - A Different Kind of Auction Site

I came across the auction site, Swoopo, yesterday via a Google ad in my Gmail news ticker. I hadn't heard of the site so I decided to check it out (it seems ads do work on me sometimes).

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NFL - 2008 Week 2 Predictions

So, let's get this ugly part of they way and see how I did last week, what my overall season record is, and then we'll move on to the fun part of seeing into the future. For the past week I'll show the matchup with my pick in bold. I'll put a (w) by the team that actually won.

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NFL - 2008 Week 1 Predictions

I'm going to try and remember to do this every week. I did it for most of a season a couple of years ago but have been remiss since then. Enough of this idle chatter though - on with my predictions:

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The Worst Fantasy Football Draft Ever

I have had some bad luck in the past few years in one of my fantasy football leagues; but this year, oh this year takes the cake. I couldn't be present for the live draft so I had to go into auto mode and boy did it auto screw me royally.

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Facial Tagging in Picasaweb

Google has been busy today. Not only did they release their new browser, Chrome, but they are also releasing a new version of the offline photo management software, Picasa 3 plus a nifty new feature in Picasaweb called Facial Tagging.

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Google Chrome - Initial Impressions

Google Chrome, Google's newly announced and just released browser, has been available for download for about 20 minutes now so I assume you have gotten it and had a chance to play.

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America's Got Issues

America's Got Talent was on with its premiere episode of the season tonight and featured a whole new format where the acts who try out do so not just in front of the three judges but also a full theater of people.

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