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[psychrofon]

oh how i love to study. really! its great! holy fuck it sucks. i have 139 drugs to learn, and if only it were as simple as that. i also have to understand the disease states that they treat, the receptors where they function, their side effects, and contraindications. that is monday's test. and then i am going to utilize my intestinal fortitude to

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[psychrofon]

I would say
1. Al Gore
2. John Edwards
3. Barack Obama
4. Bill Richardson
5. Some perfect candidate who believes in Universal Health Care, public financing of elections, and environmental protections with TEETH.

As for what would make it all work: public financing of elections. Then special interests (those I like and those I don't like) could lobby baed on VOTES they provide (not dollars) and the same would be true of corporations (who might turn out a dozen votes but can drop 50,000 grip toward ads that DO convince voters).

With that change, I think you can get real progress on health care, environmental issues, and energy policy. Just my thoughts.

[canadian_fbi]

MPLS dan? how many of us are there?

the thing i never quite got my head wrapped around with public financing of elections is how do you decide who gets the money? like if i want to run for president, can i have $1 million to run pro-dan ads?

what would really make it work would be an informed public that wouldn't buy B.S. on cable news or dumb campaign commercials paid for by said money. but i'm not holding my breath for that one.

i love al gore too, but if he runs, god i hope he learned a thing or two about campaigning in the last eight years.

dan kopperud also lives in your fine city(ies)

[psychrofon]

as for public financing, there are lots of proposals, but the best one is something like (depending on whether its state houts, state senate, US house, US senate, President) you need 5,000-500,000 5 or 10 dollar donations and then once you hit a certain level you are eligible for public money

meet up

[sustenance]

I would hope that I could be involved in the Minneapolis visitation. I would be happy to meet the Dans and anyone else anywhere in the city. I feel obligated to answer your questions too:

1. Bill Richardson

2. The Supreme Court ruling that the EPA has the authority and ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Oh wait, they did today. Seriously, this is huge.

Re: meet up

[psychrofon]

Bill is a good guy. I feel bad that I like the two white guys in the race, but politicallly, I think Bill is still a bit of an unknown to me (my fault, i know), Hillary is a POLITICIAN, not an activist/lawyer/woman/etc., and Barack is a lot of talk without a lot of action so far in his career (which is short).

Al Gore fires me up, and I like the way John Edwards cares about POOR PEOPLE.

Re: meet up

[psychrofon]

shit, that SCOTUS ruling is a big deal. get off your ass, EPA.