Thursday, November 11, 2010

GOP Takeover May Speed Anti-Hunger Bill : It's All Politics : NPR

I think it is interesting that lawmakers are concerned about this anti-hunger bill passing after the new Republican majority takes hold of the House of Representative in January. Does this mean Republican are less compassionate? Or is it that those struggling to survive do not tend to vote Republican and therefore are ignored?

GOP Takeover May Speed Anti-Hunger Bill : It's All Politics : NPR

Refinancing Plan

An interesting article on the mortgage crisis and a possible solution. Whatever solution is proposed for this crisis, it should be available to all households...

part 1 Economic Woes Spur Interest In Refinancing Plan

by CHRIS ARNOLD (npr)

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/10/131223118/economic-woes-spur-interest-in-refinancing-plan?ps=rs

part 2 Mass-Refinancing Plan Has Doubters

by CHRIS ARNOLD (NPR)

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/11/131249862/refinancing-plan-could-face-political-hurdles

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Let us remind ourselves of our purpose...

I thought Franklin D. Roosevelt's words from June 14, 1942 still holds much credence today. Whether it's extending unemployment benefits in those in need. Whether it's extending health care for all. Whether it's fighting the injustices of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. We strive to make this world a better place. A better place for us and our neighbors. To help our neighbors. To help humanity.

"Our earth is but a small star in the great universe. Yet of it we can make, if we choose, a planet unvexed by war, untroubled by hunger or fear, undivided by senseless distinctions of race, color, or theory. Grant us that courage and foreseeing to begin this task today that our children and our children's children may be proud of the name of man.

"The spirit of man has awakened and the soul of man has gone forth. Grant us the wisdom and the vision to comprehend the greatness of man's spirit, that suffers and endures so hugely for a goal beyond his own brief span. Grant us honor for our dead who died in the faith, honor for our living who work and strive for the faith, redemption and security for all captive lands and peoples. Grant us patience with the deluded and pity for the betrayed. And grant us the skill and the valor that shall cleanse the world of oppression and the old base doctrine that the strong must eat the weak because they are strong.

"Yet most of all grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years- a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds. We are all of us children of earth—grant us that simple knowledge. If our brothers are oppressed, then we are oppressed. If they hunger, we hunger. If their freedom is taken away, our freedom is not secure. Grant us a common faith that man shall know bread and peace-that he shall know justice and righteousness, freedom and security, an equal opportunity and an equal chance to do his best, not only in our own lands, but throughout the world. And in that faith let us march, toward the clean world our hands can make. Amen."

The whole speech is here...

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=16276

Face it Joe Miller, you lost...

The federal lawsuit by Joe Miller does not make any sense. Really? Do you expect every voter to correctly spell a write in candidate's name? If the voter intent is there, reasonable misspellings of the name should count. If the election officials can determine the voter intent, then it should count. Sorry Joe Miller, you are just a sore loser...

Alaska Starts Counting Write-In Vote For Senate Seat
by Frank James
Alaska Starts Counting Write-In Votes For Senate Seat

09:45 am November 10, 2010