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Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #105 Taking the Other Point of View

1. Some Notes on "The Hurt Locker"
2. Taking the Other Point of View

1. Some Notes on "The Hurt Locker"

Last Sunday night’s Academy Awards saw The Hurt Locker win best picture. The win came from a 10 nominated films field rather than 5. What’s ...

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Jill Lawrence: Ten Wrong Reasons to Oppose Health Care Reform

Excellent article by Jill Lawrence, IMHO. Jill points out the most common reasons people express for opposing Health Care Reform, such as its a Government Takeover of Health Care, or its Socialism are simply false. If you want to oppose the bill, fine, but please do so factually. At ... << MORE >>

David Sirota: The Senate's Lesson about Democracy

David's most recent column has a number of excellent points. Consider this quote. "The best kind of politician is a nervous politician" – and the trouble is ... << MORE >>

Do You Own Any of These Tools?

I had a friend send me this in an email and I can't resist giving you something humorous once in a while. Subject: Anyone own any of these tools? Tools Explained DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #104 Acknowledging the Constraints

1. The Oscars and Ranked Choice Voting 2. Acknowledging the Constraints 1. The Oscars and Ranked Choice Voting We have long advocated here the transformation from plurality or winner take all voting to Instant Runoff or Ranked Choice Voting (IRV or RCV). This is the best way to overcome ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #103 Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 7

1. Consistency in Health Care Proposals 2. Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 7 1. Consistency in Health Care Proposals I had the pleasure yesterday of listening to Dr. Richard L. O’Brien make a presentation on the current health care proposals before Congress. Dr. O’Brien is with the Creighton ... << MORE >>

Expectations from the Health Care Conference

The link provides a NY Times describing the likely tactics of both sides and outcomes of the White House Conference on Health Care/Insurance Reform. I think interesting the fact my own Congressman uses a Wall Street Journal editorial to express his feelings on the legislation. The WSJ is, of ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #102 Thoughts from The Blind Side Part 6

Interview of Authors Baumer and Gold

Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 6

Interview of Authors Baumer and Gold

Thursday I had fun interviewing authors Donald C. Baumer and Howard J. Gold. They were on Car Concerns with me today. I interviewed them about their book, Parties, ...

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Stratcom: The Meaning of Marjah

This is probably one of the most unbiased assessments of what we are attempting to do in Afghanistan you are ever going to read. You will find out why we ... << MORE >>

NY Times: Tea Party Lights Fuse for Rebellion on the Right

As I have been writing in my weekly Ezines, plenty of reason exists for people to be upset with the economy and the actions of government. The difficulty is the blame is being assigned to people and organizations who do not deserve blame.

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Frank Rich on Palin and the Tea Parties

Frank Rich's article in the NY Times about Sarah Palin, Tea Parties, Democrats and Republicans is informative and well written.

Read the article (Palin's Cunning Sleight of Hand) at this link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/opinion/14rich.html?th&emc=th

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Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #101 Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 5

1. Supporting Thoughts 2. Thoughts From "The Blind Side" Part 5 1. Supporting Thoughts Today I heard some supporting thoughts for this week’s essay from an unlikely source. I was listening to a legislative briefing from two of my state’s representative. One of them is decidedly known as a ... << MORE >>

Warren Buffett Interviews Henry Paulson

The annual meeting of the Omaha, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce featured Warren Buttett and Henry Paulson, the former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Buffett, in effect, interviewed Paulson about Paulson's book, On the Brink, which is about the financial meltdown in the Fall of 2008. I'm including a link ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #100 Noting an Anniversary

1. Welcome to Ezine 100 2. Noting an Anniversary 1. Welcome to Ezine 100 Welcome to Ezine 100. I appreciate you being part of my audience. My intention with this effort over the past two years (four years overall) has been not simply to report what is politically, but ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #99 Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 4

1. Cause and Effect Applied to Politics 2. Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 4 1. Cause and Effect Applied to Politics One of the prime lessons I’ve learned from the success masters like Brian Tracy is the law of cause and effect, sometimes also called the law of ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #98 Thoughts from "The Blind Side" Part 3

1. The Mud Will Fly Like a Blizzard This Time 2. Thoughts From "The Blind Side" Part 3 1. The Mud Will Fly Like a Blizzard This Time Are you upset by negative ads and campaigning? Well, you literally ain’t seen nothin’ yet. What you will see in the ... << MORE >>

NY Times: Thriving Military Recruitment Program Blocked

Here is, in my opinion, one more example of how we no longer look at the wars we fight as do-it-yourself projects.

Instead of using a draft to find and train the language and medical specialists we need among our own population, we make deals ... << MORE >>

NY Times Analysis--How the GOP Won in Massachusetts

The NY Times has an even handed analysis of the events leading to the GOP success in the US Senate Election in Massachusetts. That election saw GOP candidate Scott Brown defeat Democratic candidate Martha Coakley. The role of Tea Party movement ... << MORE >>

David Sirota on US Senate Election in Massachusetts

The election results for the US Senate election in Massachusetts and the victory by Scott Brown is a political explosion. I have a couple of articles to post about it. One thing's for sure. You may on paper outnumber your opponents' supports by a large number. But if only 10% of your side shows up ... << MORE >>

Larry Bradley's Weekly Ezine #97 Lessons from "The Blind Side" Part 2

1. A Word to the Paranoid Watching the early stages of the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake may offer some lessons for the paranoid among us. In my time on the radio and in various speaking engagements I have frequently encountered Americans who believe their government is planning to ... << MORE >>