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Archive: September 2009
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Published: September 2009
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Commenters' Corner
 What’s Ted’s Legacy?
by CommonSense2 Editor
5 Comments Working people have lost a great friend and champion. He is sorely missed already in the health care debate going on now. I know I miss him.
Essays
MORE THOUGHTS FROM AN UNQUIET MIND
by Jack Lindeman I am always reacting to other people, but never exactly in the same way to any two of them. I possess a different mask for each of them.
The Interview
by Jessica Brown
4 Comments I clicked on my Inbox and there it was: an e-mail inviting me for an interview. Woohoo!
Rethinking In Response To September 11th
by Lisa Manzi
2 Comments Even if we somehow kill all of those who planned September 11th, haven’t we also killed countless more innocents there than they killed here?
Green-ology
You Are What You Eat…Sewage Sludge?
by Darree Sicher Our natural human byproducts mix with the heavy metals, chemicals, pathogens and poisons at the waste water treatment plant, where it is heated, treated with chemicals and squeezed to extract the liquids from the solids. Water from the treatment plants is returned to the community and sometimes used to irrigate crops. Although waste water treatment plants were never intended to create fertilizer, half of the 7 million tons of sewage sludge created in America is land applied to farm fields, parks, golf courses and sold as bagged fertilizer.
Humor
Selections from “The Patrick Lists”
by James Patrick A small selection from Volume One of “The James Patrick Diaries”, which will (probably) be published sometime in the year 2442, or after my death. Which ever comes first…
Media
KADC Fall Film/Lecture Series
by Karen Feridun KADC Fall Film/Lecture Series
Poetry
Phonebook in the Street
by Jack Romig A new poem by the poetry editor of CommonSense 2.
Sequences
by Lisa Manzi Looking closer at a dinner invitation.
Politics: General
Politics Never Takes a Holiday
by Karen Feridun “Bet you also thought there were WMD in Iraq!” That’s the sign I was tempted to make for the protest the day the “Hands of Our Healthcare” bus rolled into town. After all, aren’t the crazies screaming about death panels and Obama’s Nazism the same people who were willing to buy whatever nonsense the Bush […]
Politics: National
Sunshine Patriots
by Bob Johns
3 Comments Oh Ted, we miss ye already!
The Great Government Swine Flu Conspiracy
by Rosemary & Walter Brasch
1 Comment But if you listen to the multi-millionaire conservative bloviators of talk radio and Fox News, or the shrill screeching of a minority of tea-baggers and conservatives at dozens of town hall meetings, you hear one theme.
Universal Healthcare
by Stefan Kosikowski
2 Comments The most disturbing aspect is President Obama’s absence of a clear and concise position, ….
Progressives Must Respond to Goon Politics
by Michael Ruddy
2 Comments The reality is many conservatives don’t care about democracy, despite all their claims to the contrary. Conservatism is about conserving privilege.
An Open Letter to US Congressman Frank Pallone (6th District, NJ)
by Lynn M. Petrovich (1) Let’s assign each citizen a number, like they do at the deli counter or the bakery, and make them wait until their number is called to seek medical attention. I realize that this is very similar to how the insurance companies currently operate when deciding who will and will not receive benefits (denying coverage until their number is up)
Scenes From The Penn Street Bridge
by CommonSense2 Editor
4 Comments We salute you - rainy day demonstrators - for showing us that not everyone is a “sunshine patriot”.
This Issue & Site News
Everything CS2 site related: article info, site developments, coming attractions. Technical Glitch on September 2ndCommonSense2.com Notice:
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As well, due to the same technical [...] CommonSense2 September 2009Thank you one and all for bearing with us during my enforced hiatus of July and August. I had to close my bookstore in Kutztown, Pa., and that meant finding a home for in excess of 100,000 books. I’m still tired just thinking about it. That’s why the July and August issue was combined. But [...] Editorials
Opinions, rants, confessions and predictions appear in this monthly commentary. We'll Miss You Teddy (1932-2009)Remembering Edward "Teddy" Kennedy, and what we have lost with his passing BRITISH HEALTH CAREI am English (and a dual citizen of England and the United States) and I am increasingly frustrated with the misinformation reported regarding socialized medicine. Teens Can Be Active Progressives, too
5 CommentsTeenagers, like any other group, are often unfairly stereotyped as disinterested with the ‘real world.' Commenter’s Corner
What's Ted's Legacy?
5 CommentsWorking people have lost a great friend and champion. He is sorely missed already in the health care debate going on now. I know I miss him. To Your Health
Ron Stouffer and Rosie Skomitz have been waging battles in the health care wars for 15 years. Check back every month for views, opinions and information vital to you and To Your Health The Long and Winding RoadShoot for the stars, and you may at least end up on the mountaintop. Aim for the hills and you end up in the pits. The Keystone Scorecard
Sylvia Baylor chronicles the absurdities of Harrisburg and our State Legislature. Occasionally The Keystone Scorecard will feature guest authors. WE DON’T NEED NO STINKIN’ BUDGETPennsylvania still does not have an actual budget, so July 17th was the last payday for state workers. So Rendell set up a plan for banks to offer loans to state employees to counteract missed paydays, as budget negotiations went into overtime. The Dark Visions of Sheldon Kaplan
Sheldon Kaplan explores and brings a world into focus that is unseen to most of us GREEN SHOOTS, WHAT ARE THEIR ROOTS? The lies that spill out of the mouths that pretend to help us are beyond me! They talk of these green shoots, but what will they be when they grow up? They may not be monsters from outer space. This would be a good thing! We would all stand united! No, they will be monsters created by us, lies to confuse the so easily conned by men and women in suits still selling the stock market and other paper investments!
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