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Look at What the AMA Did

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:05:48 PDT

Be still my heart: The American Medical Association [AMA] on Thursday endorsed a liberal health overhaul bill that includes a public insurance option, a bold step for a traditionally conservative...

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No, Obama, We Don’t Need a Bigger Army

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:47:41 PDT

We are fighting two wars and have hundreds of military bases worldwide. It should be no surprise that the Obama administration wants more soldiers: The Pentagon is considering a plan to add 30,000...

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VA GOP Candidate: "We [May] Have to Resort to the Bullet Box"

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:03:25 PDT

Where does the GOP find these people? Do they really think they can rebuild their party running nutjobs like this person? clipped from www.huffingtonpost.comCatherine Crabill, the Republican Party's...

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Christian Violence

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:23:15 PDT

Who says that Muslims have a monopoly on violence? Violence is the province of any belief system that holds it alone is in possession of absolute truth. clipped from news.yahoo.comMasked and hooded...

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Obama Orders Investigation of Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:50:18 PDT

It's important to give credit where credit is due. I can't imagine the Bush administration investigating possible war crimes committed by our allies that we might have supported in some...

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"I Hate You Because You're Different from Me"

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:20:50 PDT

Want to see what extremism about religion and ethnicity can lead to? Then check out this film of the violence between the Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese. Warning: the film shows dead...

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Last Week and Part of This Week

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:39:52 PDT

Forgive the inactivity on Delaware Watch lately. My daughter got married on Thursday and I have many relatives from out of town visiting and staying over. Once my family obligations are...

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Like Bush Obama Purports He Can Disobey the Law

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:54:01 PDT

The rule of law should be a cornerstone of every government. Yet President Obama has signed a law and issued a "signing statement" purporting that he doesn't need to obey portions of the law. ...

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Health Insurers Con Billions of Dollars from their Customers

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:44:11 PDT

Here is a story one isn't likely to hear about from our conservative and Libertarian friends and other private sector fetishists: Health insurers have forced consumers to pay billions of dollars in...

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Tonight on Progressive Voices: Al Mascitti

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:14:18 PDT

Listen to “Progressive Voices” every Monday evening on WVUD, 91.3 FM from the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. Tonight’s host: Marion Peleski and Dana GarrettNote: Monday’s show starts at 6:30 ...

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Where is the Money for Violent Crimes Compensation Board Going?

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:51:49 PDT

When the Delaware Legislature's Joint Sunset Committee heard testimony that Delaware's Violent Crimes Compensation Board (VCCB) was stingy in compensating the victims of violent crimes, I wasn't...

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US Senate passes apology for slavery, segregation

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:18:31 PDT

It's about time! clipped from news.yahoo.comThe Senate has unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery and racial segregation and sent the measure to the House.Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin...

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Pop Goes the Myth of the Superiority of Charter Schools

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:16:09 PDT

This will cause hand-wringing, weeping, wailing, and angry and sophistical comments: On average, charter schools are not performing as well as their traditional public-school peers, according to a...

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I Love the Iranian People

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:15:58 PDT

I love the Iranian people. This video depicts why.

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Peace Dying the Death of Numerous Qualifications

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:16:50 PDT

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu set forth his proposals for settling the long-standing and deadly Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Given that the proposals have been heard and sensibly...

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Want a Job? Get in Line

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:20:39 PDT

Less than 1 job available for every 5 job seekers in the USA. So much for the theory that unemployment is a consequence of laziness. The wealth generated by capitalism is more vertical (and less...

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Adam Smith on a Soda Tax

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:20:32 PDT

"Sugar, rum and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which are become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of...

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New Jersey Blogger Arrested for Inciting Violence

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:31:47 PDT

Another arguably dangerous nutcase has crawled out from the woodwork but this time into the hands of the police. This "hero's" issue of uncompromising principle is religious: A New Jersey...

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Has Mike Castle Decided to Run for Delaware's US Senate Seat?

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:01:50 PDT

By refusing to become the ranking member if the US House of Representatives Education and Labor panel, Delaware Rep. Mike Castle seems to be sending a strong signal that he has decided to run for the...

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Horror at the Holocaust Memorial Museum

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:50:28 PDT

Sadly, anti-Semitism is alive and well and it is sometimes violent and armed: An elderly gunman, said by authorities to have a violent and virulently anti-Semitic past, stepped inside the crowded...

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Inventing Insults: the Bottom of Obama’s Shoes

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:46:22 PDT

I once went to hear a couple Tibetan Buddhist monks in Philadelphia give a talk about Buddhism. During the talk, I sat on the floor, legs stretched out in front of me, the soles of my shoes pointing...

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President Obama's Speech at Cairo University

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:48:13 PDT

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Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:51:47 PDT

Yes, yes, yes! We did it! The Delaware Senate voted unanimously Tuesday to make the General Assembly abide by open government rules, ending more than two decades of decision-making behind closed...

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Why Shouldn’t Educators Be Well Compensated?

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:33:39 PDT

The News Journal's Cris Barrish has turned in another fine piece of investigative journalism, this time about the compensation of Delaware Technical & Community College President Orlando George...

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Tonight on Progressive Voices: Harry Gravel and Richard Korn

DanaVGarrett@gmail.com (Delaware Watch) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:24:20 PDT

Listen to "Progressive Voices" every Monday evening on WVUD, 91.3 FM from the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. Tonight's hosts: Marion Peleski & Dana Garrett. Note: Monday's show starts at...

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