http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:49 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:49 Earlene had a bachelor’s degree. She did white collar office work all her life. At 50, she suffered a stroke which left her paralyzed----on her left side. She was confined to a wheelchair and needed assistance to go to the bathroom or cut her food or bathe herself. She was in and out of the hospital... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/678 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:19:35 [div class="excerpt"]“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.[/div]

Hillary Clinton has faced more than her share of challenge and controversy. As first lad... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/677 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:49:18 http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/21/3019164/despite-losses-american-airlines.html

Though American Airlines lost money in 2010, that did not stop the company from handing out $5.2 million in cash, stock and other perks to Chief Executive Gerard Arpey. And now, because American Airlines lost mo... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/676 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:42:28 Ever wonder how those flyers end up on your front doorknob? The ones advertising lawn care services or house painters? No, they are not express delivered by fairies or gnomes. Advertising companies hire day laborers---“walkers”---to go door to door. Ten miles of “door to door”, for a daily wage of... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/675 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:07:12 In western European, they have socialism. The people pool their tax dollars to take care of each other, particularly in time of need. In America, we would rather live in poverty than see a bunch of dirty, filthy ____s get a dime they did not earn. Why are western Europeans so much “nicer” than we a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/674 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:32:43 In the near future....

Congress failed to act to avert the 27% across the board provider pay cut that was scheduled to take effect January 1, 2012. As a result, half the nation's health care providers opted out of Medicare. They had to. With overhead as high as 70%, the Medicare fee cut came stra... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/673 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:06:25 As we count down the shopping days to Christmas, here is Washington's gift to America's seniors. In a NYT article, "Support Builds for a Plan to Rein In Medicare Costs" we are told that Republicans [i]and[/i] (unnamed) Democrats want to abolish Medicare and replace it with a voucher program. The ben... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/672 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:26:07 No matter how bad the economy gets, we can all count on GameStop to turn a profit. Every dollar that flows through a teenaged boy’s hands eventually ends up at the videogame retailer. Fifty bucks for a flashy, computer generated graphic heavy game that will provide about twenty hours of play, then i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/671 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:00:54 12.[b] His political acumen.[/b] He managed to [i]lose[/i] Congressional seats, during a midterm election, when the opposition party had the White House [i]and[/i] the opposition party President was being impeached. Not sure that many in the US could match that kind of political bumbling.

11.[b] ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/670 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:05:06 GOP pseudoscience strikes again. Dr./Sen. Rand Paul has claimed that there is no link between asthma and air pollution. He bolstered this assertion with a chart showing that air quality in California improved as the number of new asthma diagnoses rose.

[div class="excerpt"]“Either they are inver... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/669 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:35:56 [div class="excerpt"]The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates payment policies and rates for physicians for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) in calendar year (CY) 2012. The Final Rule assumes a 27.4 percent payment cut for phys... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/668 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:04:04 Divide and Conquer is the 1%’s favorite game. By pitting one working class group against another, they can reduce the 99% to 33% for, 33% against and 33% too disgusted to even think about it any more.

Divide and Conquer enabled generations of American businessmen to keep unions out of their facto... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/667 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:52:18 I see Occupy as the direct result of the Supreme Court's [i]Citizens United vs FEC [/i].

I am pretty sure that Karl Rove and Injustice Scalia thought that they were being clever when they orchestrated this ruling. All they had to do was create a case to send to the Supreme Court. Have the Bush a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/666 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:09:23 [b] Intro. [/b]Alabama is poor. We all know that. But did you know that Alabama is also rich? That's right. The state famous for its poverty is also chock full of rick folks, even though it has no Stock Exchange, no oil wells. Ever wonder how the 1% in a place like Alabama get so much more than thei... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/665 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:13:27 A reminder to those who may have missed my previous journals about the topic.[b] In January, 2012, Medicare will slash provider payments by 29%.[/b] This has nothing to do with the deficit reduction committee. These cuts were planned years ago as part of the so called Sustainable Growth Rate (or SGR... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/663 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:25:53 I am gonna make this real easy.

In 2008, Bank of America got $25 billion of [i]our[/i] money. By early 2009, they were back in line asking for another handout.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/business/15bank.html

[div class="excerpt"]“It feels like a black hole.”[/div]

By 2010, it wa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/662 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:41:12 http://r1.sgsr.us/imgs/125/b0105_125.gif


[div class="excerpt"]“None of the funds made available by this 24 Act may be used for mifepristone, commonly known as 25 RU-486.” [/div]

http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/bills/112/hr2112

These are the nasty little words added to a routine rural... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/661 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:30:52 Today, the working poor went back to work at the office, because she could not afford to take any time off after a D&C. Luckily, her boss was understanding, and he let her take it easy. Her part time job has no benefits and no sick leave, and she could not afford to miss even a days pay. Things ar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/660 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:57:14 http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/house-debates-bill-restricting-abortions/

Your daughter is a passenger in a car struck by a drunk driver. She has suffered lacerations to her femoral artery, and blood loss has dropped her blood pressure to almost nothing. An ambulance administers eme... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/659 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:24:53 Cain won’t call the other candidates “ignorant”, but I will. When tossed a trick question about Ronald Reagan and taxes, they all failed to show the kind of “thinks on his/her feet” that is necessary in the person who will make the tough decisions on a moment’s notice. Decisions that could affect ou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/658 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:24:29 http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlecapbabe/images/thumbnail12.jpg

Sorry in advance to those who insist that North Texas has weathered the economic recession with its jobs and houses intact. Today, Fort Worth joined the growing list of communities nationwide which have rallied in support of Occupy W... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/657 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:31:36 http://home.earthlink.net/~bottlecapbabe/images/thumbnail12.jpg

Sorry in advance to those who insist that North Texas has weathered the economic recession with its jobs and houses intact. Today, Fort Worth joined the growing list of communities nationwide which have rallied in support of Occupy W... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/656 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:31:18 There’s a dead dog on the side of the road, red and black, fur drenched in the rain. Once, it was a puppy, basking in the love of its human. The puppy grew. So did its human. The dog spent most of its adult life in the backyard, alone except when its human’s mother brought it food. When strangers ap... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/655 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:53:24 The Republicans have finally pulled out the C word. As in “cult.” As in Mitt Romney (or Mittens as he is known at Free Republic) is a member of a “cult” more commonly known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints or the Mormons.

[div class="excerpt"]A Texas pastor introduced Rick Perry... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/654 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:33:49 In Texas, almost half of physicians surveyed said that they are considering dropping Medicare if Congress allows a schedule 30% reduction in provider fees to go through in January 2012.

[div class="excerpt"]The result of the cut could mean more elderly people would lose access to their doctors an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy Taylor/653 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:34:41