By Pat Racimora on Jul 4, 2009 in Civil Liberties, Congress (House & Senate) | 19 Comments
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 42 Comments
It is a scandal. It breaks families and our economy. My first post on the crises in our prisons got a great response from many of you, but we didn’t come up with many solid answers. Then I got an email from the Press Secretary for Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) who had actually seen [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 26, 2009 in Supreme Court | 51 Comments
Middle School was the pits.
The only kids who weren’t self-conscious in the extreme about their evolving bodies and appearance were those few precocious jocks destined for high school football glory. To minimize exposure of the shiny wire braces on his teeth, one of my friends refused to speak unless absolutely necessary. Another [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 24, 2009 in Health Care, Medicare | 56 Comments
The pharmaceutical industry is having a half-off sale! President Obama just couldn’t gush over it enough.
Soon, seniors trapped in the so-called Medicare drug coverage donut hole will be able to purchase their medications for 50% off the usual outrageous rate. As of now, Medicare helps pay for seniors’ medications (75%) up [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | 19 Comments
My Grandmother always said you can tell a lot about a man by the necktie he chooses to wear.
She was absolutely convinced that she could identify who was good, dishonest, mean, wealthy, struggling, splashy, sharp, silly, arrogant, modest, stupid, intelligent, boring, and so on by the design on his tie.
I doubt that, of course. [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 18, 2009 in Crime | 108 Comments
We have a big problem here!
For the first time in our country’s history, one of every 100 Americans is behind bars.* Ten out of every 100 Black Americans between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars. Men are about 13 times more likely to be incarcerated than are [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 9, 2009 in Banks, Congress (House & Senate), Economy | 39 Comments
While issuing a parking ticket, you’d think that New York’s Finest would notice a dead man in the back seat. Or the by the second ticket…or third…or fourth. Yet it was a month later when a disintegrated body was discovered in a minivan covered with parking tickets and dust.
How could this [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 6, 2009 in Economy, Health Care, Mortgages, Universal Health Care | 29 Comments
The stereotype of who goes bankrupt is hardly complimentary. The image comes to mind of irresponsible people spending more than they know they have on whatever strikes their fancy, and then look for easy outs when the shit hits the fan. But, you probably know the correct answer to the question posed in [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 5, 2009 in Current Affairs | 15 Comments
I was moved today by the ceremony at Buchenwald, the former German concentration camp liberated by U.S. troops in 1945. Elie Wiesel’s recollection of the death of his father while both were imprisoned there reminds us all that life is fragile, human beings are capable of extreme prejudice and cruelty, and family stays in [...]
By Pat Racimora on Jun 3, 2009 in Health Care | 50 Comments
Marcus Welby? He’s history. So says Ronald Glasser in a stinging Washington Post editorial. It’s not that a Dr. Welby won’t be coming to your house because he doesn’t care to do that sort of thing any more. Your doctor is no longer available because your doctor is probably no [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 31, 2009 in Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania, US Senate | 41 Comments
In the 2010 Senate primaries, should the dashing retired Navy Admiral who currently represents Pennsylvania’s 7th district as a Democrat in Congress take on the grisly, high-profile, five-term Republican Senator who only recently dumped the GOP to declare himself a Democrat? Either man would likely prevail over the right-wing conservative Republican contender.
By Pat Racimora on May 26, 2009 in Current Affairs | 47 Comments
As I put together this illustration, Obama was on his way to do a fundraiser for Senator Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Nevada.
So why isn’t the state’s governor willing to meet with the President of the United States? And why is the Las Vegas Mayor demanding that Obama offer an apology?
Well the [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 24, 2009 in Civil Liberties & Rights, Current Affairs, Disenfranchisement, GLBT, Gay Rights | 170 Comments
(Bumped up from Saturday evening.)
California!. What a state! We are known for our whacky politics and all-around open-minded, fun-loving, Hollywood-inspired ways. Calling us “yogurt-loving, latte drinking, text-messaging, vegetarian neurotics” is taken as a compliment. If you have a pulse, you are a friend and deserve a big hug.
So you [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 21, 2009 in Current Affairs, Environment | 22 Comments
The New York Times carried an interesting little story about what some vets are doing when they return home. It seems many have special skills that are being put to good use on the environmental front.
By Pat Racimora on May 19, 2009 in American Consumers, Credit Card Companies, Credit Risk, Economy | 21 Comments
“Usurers” is a dirty word. In dark streets, we call them “loan sharks.” Otherwise we call them “credit card companies.” It’s shocking that the interest they can charge along with the other little gouging games they play are legal. But we do have little stones to toss at this Goliath…
By Pat Racimora on May 18, 2009 in Current Affairs, Health Care | 47 Comments
Biomedical researchers are under no ethical obligation to find a cure for every physical affliction. That goal remains unreachable by even the best scientsts. However, they are obligated to hold the patients’ welfare paramount and to minimize every risk possible.
It was with great concern, then, that I read a press release [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 13, 2009 in Drug Legalization | 117 Comments
It’s Bill Maher’s wet dream. And if you know the area where I live (Santa Cruz, California) you also know what the response to legalizing marijuana would be. (If you don’t know Santa Cruz, it’s an ocean front/redwoods playground south of San Francisco where the “Love Children” in the 60s came to visit. [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 12, 2009 in American Consumers, Bank Bailouts, Bank Failure, Credit Card Companies, Depression, Economy | 50 Comments
An optimist has been defined as one who would, should a ton of crap be dumped on his doorstep, jump right in and rummage through it, convinced that there must be a pony in there somewhere. I tend towards optimism.
So, while not for one second denying that millions of citizens have been [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | 12 Comments
Many may not realize that the beginnings of “Mothers Day” in the United States was NOT to honor mothers, but rather to bring mothers together to protest war.
(The early settlers had abandoned a British tradition of “Mothering Day.”)
The American Founder was a remarkable woman who created the Mother’s Day Proclamation of [...]
By Pat Racimora on May 4, 2009 in Crime, Current Affairs, Economy, Home Loan, Housing & Housing Crisis, Mortgage Crisis | 53 Comments
(bumped up from this morning)
The economy is booming in at least one sector, namely fraudsters out to separate you from your money. These human stains have always existed, of course, but the meteoric rise in the sheer number of scams in recent weeks is startling.
And what better target than the already weakened? People [...]
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