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Yes13 Property Taxes and Seismic Retrofit of Buildings3,155,33384. ( Read more... )

Jeb Bush interview in Esquire on Health Care: "Under Obama, we're going to create a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on access to care."

As opposed to now, where we have a system that's not focused on quality; it's focused on maximizing shareholder value. Both quality and access suffer.

When did we ever have a system focused on

Each of these clips are pretty short.

There are some things that are perfectly ok to say if you're not vice-president.


Oh well, he's no Dan Quayle or Bingo Bob Russell.

Also, Robert Gibbs is no C.J. Cregg...

Chip Johnson, the SFGate Oakand correspondent runs a reasonable list of grievances against Mayor Dellums (masked as a comparison with Berkeley's Bates: Dellums should take some cues from Mayor BatesSo really, upon reading this I'm wondering if we should be deciding between two unpalatable choices. Do we wait for another 19 months of this while ( Read more... )

Some may disagree with me (heck, I don't think 'may' is the best word there). That's ok. We live in a representative republic, and we're all ultimately in the same boat. The CAUTION SHARED PATH icon is representative of that. I try to remember to use this icon when posting about political subjects, because it helps remind me that whichever road we' ( Read more... )

Roy Zimmerman, "Defenders of Marriage".

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Professor Reich (former Secty. of Labor) wrote a post on his blog about the necessary priorities for the coming administration, specifically economics. He writes that since the economic downturn (mini-bagel, not a Great Bagel) is consumer based--which is to say that as consumer wages have failed so far to keep up with costs, consumers have ( Read more... )

I went to last night's Rally Against 8 in San Francisco. It was a great experience, and I loved every minute of it, even the sore feet. I saw many friends and allies there, who were all determined to change this state for the better, returning equal rights to all who would marry ( Read more... )

Here's one of my favorite No on Prop 8 vids. There's a bunch of them out there:

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Oh, and other one? Priceless.

"I totally gotta Amend her!"

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"She'd be even better with a little discrimination in her. You know what I mean?"

We looked at the schedule on that hateful site, so you don't have to:

10/27/200812:15 PM - 1:00 PMPetaluma, CACoast Guard Training Center, Petaluma Valley Ford Rd & Tomales Rd. 10/27/20082:15 PM - 3:00 PMSan Francisco, CAIndian Consulate, 540 Arguello Blvd10/27/20083:15 PM - 3:45 PMSan Francisco, CAGerman Consulate, 1960 Jackson Street10/27/20085: ( Read more... )