Weighing in on the healthcare debate

I’ve been trying to stay quiet on the American health care reforms/NHS debate because it’s a subject that makes my blood boil so quickly.
Instead, calapine said it for me: http://calapine.livejournal.com/569192.html
And in the same language that I’m tempting to use
While the NHS is the most visibly attacked system for most British people, the conservative [...]

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Bit of a babble

I’m starting to get a handle on the software that I’m using for my new job, although I still have to ask silly questions a couple of times day. The good thing is that one teeny tiny change I’ve made is into testing in
pre-production and I’m actually getting somewhere with the new change request that [...]

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Election follow-up

I should have thoughts about last night, but mostly I’m just stuck at “He actually did it?”
Even yesterday morning, there was a part of me expecting to be disappointed because it still seemed impossible for a black guy with great ideas and a huge amount of hope to actually win. In politics it’s usually the [...]

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Looking good!

Dear BBC,
I love you. I love that you’re streaming the election program live via the Internet so that I can have fairly rational analysis as the votes come in.
You are an amazing news source.
Love,
Me
Also, Obama has Ohio! And Pennsylvania! And 200 votes, which is 76 more than McCain and only 70 off the target. It’s [...]

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Interesting debate (plus socks and kitties because I am ‘well-rounded’)

I was out at a party for one of the girls that I’ve met through Ravelry on Friday night. I fully intended to get home to see the first presidential debate but it was suddenly quarter to midnight and…well…that wasn’t quite the way I planned things
So instead I sat down and watched it [...]

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Bartlet on Obama

Ever wanted to know what advice Jed Bartlet might give to Obama? Well, now you can find out.
*That* is why I love the West Wing and think Aaron Sorkin is brilliant.
Also, who wants Bartlet out there as a candidate? *holds up hand*

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