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Shared 8 Common Myths about Health Insurance Reform

1. Reform will stop “rationing” – not increase it: It’s a myth that reform will mean a “government takeover” of health care or lead to “rationing.” To the contrary, reform…

Aug 13, 2009
Shared Gravité

Falling objects synchronized to produce rhythm.

Aug 14, 2009
Shared An Open Letter to My Republican Friends

It is time you publicly denounced the anger and racism that’s being intentionally stoked in hopes of defeating health care reform and building GOP turnout for the 2010 elections. I know from speaking privately with GOP consultants, lobbyists and politicians that many are alarmed and even ashamed about Joe Wilson, about the death threats, about the incendiary, racist tone of the teabaggers, about hate-radio. Do something about it.

Sep 16, 2009
Shared Ted Turner Interviews Carl Sagan

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zMa3unSN8 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBqqe61WjQ httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj_MZ6i5Dr0 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35EROe20kWI httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pqO1KFV0S8

Sep 30, 2009
Aphorisms Untruth: Barack Obama is a Muslim.

Barack Obama has never been a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. There are numerous examples of people debunking this untruth. Some people have accepted that he is currently a…

Sep 30, 2009
Aphorisms Untruth: Best-selling means high-quality.

Terms like “best-selling” and “most-watched” are used in place of “high-quality,” but it is simply a marketing trick intended to play into hype. While it is true that quality things…

Oct 2, 2009
Aphorisms Untruth: Republicans are racist.

Just because some Republicans are racist doesn’t mean that all (or even most) of them are. In fact, no political party is immune to racism because it is based on…

Oct 5, 2009
Aphorisms Untruth: Obama’s czars are controversial.

The suggestion that President Obama’s so-called czars are unprecedented or a violation of the Constitution has been thoroughly debunked. People that continue to talk about this idea are either poorly…

Oct 6, 2009