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Poll oddities

Christoph — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:32:38 +0000

It seems like over 61% of Americans feel like this country is headed in the wrong direction, but at the same time, 60% approve of Obama’s performance.

I realize that Obama isn’t the only one running this country, but it appears to me that he has the most influence on what’s happening right now and what will happen in the future. I don’t believe the majority of people spend too much time thinking…

Adult Stem Cells treat spinal cord injuries. No one cares.

Christoph — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:04:23 +0000

Per Wesley J. Smith’s blog Secondhand Smoke comes this story about adult stem cells being successfully used to treat spinal cord injuries. No one seems to care that these uncontroversial treatments are showing a lot of promise already, and everyone flocks around Obama as he “restores science to its rightful place” by continuing to fund controversial embryonic stem cell research and also cutting funding for adult stem cell research. You won’t find this last one widely reported either. It’s about time the mainstream media lost their influence.

Bush’s deficit spending bad? Think again.

Christoph — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:21:01 +0000

Yeah I’m on a financial roll. This is interesting though. Karl Rove in the WSJ:

Mr. Obama cannot dismiss critics by pointing to President George W. Bush’s decision to run $2.9 trillion in deficits while fighting two wars and dealing with 9/11 and Katrina. Mr. Obama will surpass Mr. Bush’s eight-year total in his first 20 months and 11 days in office, adding $3.2 trillion to the national debt. If America “cannot and will not sustain” deficits like Mr. Bush’s, as Mr. Obama said during the campaign, how can Mr. Obama sustain the geometrically larger ones he’s flogging?

Earmark spending on defense contracts

Christoph — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:05:57 +0000

Interesting article here on truthout.org. Wonder if I should really go into that line of work….