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Monday, March 14, 2005
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Social Security
Opinions You Should Have: "A poll of Americans this weekend found that over 88% of them were afraid that the Social Security debate would not go on much longer. 98% of Americans found the give and take about Social Security 'utterly fascinating' and filled with 'intrigue.'"
7:41:21 PM 
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Bankruptcy Bill
Halley Suitt: "The new bankruptcy legislation is hardly going to inspire entrepreneurs to take risks. I think this is will a dreadful thing for new job creation and new business start-ups in the US. It's unfair and classist in a number of other ways, but when it comes to innovation it's lethal."
7:37:29 PM
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Iraqi Election
Friends of Democracy: "Was the Iraqi election successful? If so, how can we explain the fact that 40 percent of the people didn[base ']t vote for the Permanent Constitution Writing Council? In an attempt to answer these questions I surveyed some of those who did participate in the election - I knew them from their colored forefingers - about the reasons they think some of the others abstained. Here is a list of their answers, in no particular order."
7:30:01 PM
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Social Security
Here's the fourth editorial in their series on Social Security from the Denver Post [March 14, 2005, "Private accounts not quite what they seem"]. They write, "We've been open-minded about President Bush's call to partially privatize Social Security - skeptical, to be sure, but willing to look at any proposal that strengthens the system's basic foundation and protects survivor and disability benefits. But on closer examination, it seems that private accounts won't necessarily provide even the direct benefits Bush has in mind."
Josh Marshal asks, "Who's paying for the President's Bamboozlepalooza tour?" And this website? Marshall writes, "I know we all sort of already know that. But if it doesn't violate a law (and perhaps it does), it should certainly violate public sensibilities more than it seems to be and provoke more than mere eye-rolling. Along with phony-baloney news, doctored government statistics and paid-off pundits, it is yet another sign -- if now, admittedly, only on the margins -- of the Pravdafication of civic discourse under this administration."
6:33:41 AM
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Weblogs
Weblogs are changing the face of journalism according to the Denver Post [March 14, 2005, "Media must retool for blog world"]. Here's a link to the study from Journalism.org. Thanks to the Denver Post for the link.
Meanwhile the Bull Moose tells us to grow up. He writes, "The Moose loves to cause heartburn for the ideablogues. The Moose grazes in the vital center. Unfortunately, much of the political blogosphere is utterly predictable. Whether they be the freepers or the kossaks, they dwell on the fringes of American political life. Don't get the Moose wrong - there is much value in the on-line world. The Moose learns much from such thoughtful worthies as Josh Marshall on the left or Andrew Sullivan on the right. But for far too many of those who put fingertips to keyboard, there is an ideological rigidity that is appalling when it is not either profane or inane."
6:28:33 AM
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