"People will just be able to pay more to pollute more."

I think they might be missing the point.

"We won't punish you for being successful. But if you're a monopolist and you spit on the sidewalk, we'll break up your company."

Now we will.

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US Trade Policy to Emphasize Social Issues

(An) Executive Order signed by President Obama that repeals Executive Order 13202, that prohibited federal agencies and recipients of federal funding from requiring contractors to sign union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) as a condition of performing work on federal and federally funded construction projects.

Even I have started to get in the inaugural mood, despite earlier hopes of missing the DC inaugural madness. Today I baked inaugural cupcakes.

After trying the $3.50 cupcakes from Red Velvet I decided to try my hand at making my own red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. The cake is every bit as good as Red Velvet’s: light and fluffy, ( Read more... )

I came across this civics quiz in one of my blogs. In the official survey 2,508 people were surveyed and asked if they had every held a public office, and then results were calculated for citizens and elected officials. The average score for politicians was 44%, while the average score for citizens was 49 ( Read more... )

Ditto.

I voted in the 2008 presidential elections in record time. 4:05 I left the apartment for my local polling location and I just returned ( Read more... )

It is now mere hours until the Virginia polls open and I am still an undecided swing voter. I spent the last few hours comparing platforms, weighing pros and cons, thinking up various ifs, and my conclusion is that I hate both candidates equally.

They both generally have some policies that are decent

Obama: Support doubling federal funding for basic ( Read more... )