Update: And so, 12/13/10, he is gone. As reported in the NYT HERE: [But his boss and old friend, Mrs. Clinton, expressed absolute confidence in him. “Richard represents the kind of robust, persistent, determined diplomacy the president intends to pursue,” she said. “I admire deeply his ability to shoulder the most vexing and difficult challenges.”] [...]
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Thoughts About Richard Holbrooke
Posted in Congress, Politics, War, tagged Afghanistan, Clinton, Geithner, H.R 4853, Holbrooke, Iraq, Obama, Pakistan on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anania and Int’l Human Rights Day
Posted in 51 Percent, ERA, Feminist Majority, Great American Women, Human Rights, Humanism, LGBT, Politics, tagged Breast Cancer, Elizabeth Anania Edwards, International Human Rights Day, Lunar Hijri, Muharram, Susan G Komen Fund, United Nations on December 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Elizabeth Anania Edwards died on New Year’s Day in the new Lunar Hijri calendar of 1432. That first day in the month of Muharram, where it is forbidden to fight, she stopped and gave up her life to a disease. Though most in the US don’t use the word or embrace the context, she could [...]
H.R. 4853, the “Middle Class Relief Act of 2010″
Posted in 51 Percent, Congress, Disaster, Finance, I Own My Vote, Justice, Politics, tagged Tax Relief, Unemployment Extension on December 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Update – If you want to study the 1986 tax code a little more throughly than that provided in the named link below, try Cornell’s LII / Legal Information Institute’s look at the 1986 tax code HERE, or the IRS page HERE. Seriously, if the Democrats want any hope of passing Democratic measures and want the [...]
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