Month: November 2013

Oops!

PBS Interview – Robert Oswald 11/19/2013 Explaining that to understand Lee Harvey Oswald is to know that he alone assassinated JFK Lee’s fantasy life, to me, became apparent in the 1948, 1949, 1950 period. Living in...

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

I doubt that Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) can hash out a Tax Reform bill in any case, but it’s instructive to see how and why big business always comes out on top in these discussions. After Baucus...

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Open Floor

When Vice-President Thomas Jefferson presided over the Senate during the presidency of John Adams, he found it necessary to codify the rules in a book called A MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE: for the Use of the Senate of the...

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What Will It Mean?

The elimination of the filibuster for administrative and judicial nominees (not including those to the Supreme Court) will have short and long-term consequences. One of the easier things to predict is that the filibuster will be...

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What Will It Mean?

The elimination of the filibuster for administrative and judicial nominees (not including those to the Supreme Court) will have short and long-term consequences. One of the easier things to predict is that the filibuster will be...

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