Author Archives: Ed Chainey
The ACA is partly the reason I’m still alive and not broke
We need to fix any glitches, sure, but keep the ACA strong. Anyone who proposes scuttling the ACA without have instituted Universal single-Payer healthcare first is a toadie for the Kochs and a nihilist.
Stop the Drug Wars usurpation of everyone’s rights!
Stop the Drug Wars usurpation of everyone’s rights! Big Brother is checking your packages. You right to privacy has been lost due to the War on Drugs – even if you’ve never used drugs. For a civil liberty/libertarian point of … Continue reading
Be careful Who you vote for and why
Join me and John Garman: DON’T RE-ELECT RICH INCUMBENT POLITICIANS WHO ONLY “cater to the rich person rather than their electorate”! EVEN IF their local electorate is RICH! NO, I don’t want you to throw out EVERY politician – that’s … Continue reading
Why the TEA Partiers plattitudes aren’t very Christian
Why the TEA Partiers plattitudes aren’t very Christian
Broken Arm
Be ever careful everywhere you step when in the French Quarter. I stepped off what I thought was a 3″ curb, but in fact was a 1 foot tall curb and fell, breaking my arm
My Letter on the Zimmerman verdict as it appeared in 7/25/13 Contra Costa Times
FLORIDA VERDICT WAS ABOUT RACE Paraphrasing Charles Dickens: “’If the law supposes (George Zimmerman wasn’t responsible, then) the law is a ass, a idiot.” Zimmerman’s jury found him “not guilty,” but racism interprets that verdict to mean “innocent” in Trayvon … Continue reading
Why should only the poor and middle classes support Social Security?
Why should only the poor and middle classes support Social Security? Congressman Proposes No More Cap on Social Security Tax for the Wealthy By Diane Sweet U.S. Rep. Rush Holt has launched the third in his series of whiteboard videos … Continue reading
The Percentage of American households under the “middle class” designation has fallen.
“According to the Pew Research Center, in 1971, 61% of all American households fell under the “middle class” designation. Today, that number is 51%. And, right now, 35 percent of U.S. households live on $35,000 or less each year.” Source: … Continue reading
My Letter on Race as published in the July 22 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle
Look to the sources of violence Crocodile tears, racially-tinged sophistry and misplaced umbrage in The Chronicle letters on the Zimmerman verdict obligate me to disabuse some of their most unabashed misrepresentations. Despite some writers’ presumptions, many of all the people … Continue reading
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