Category Archives: Public Services

In Support of a Public Health Insurance Option

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 18, 2009

“A public option is a fundamental part of ensuring health care reform brings about real change. Opposing the public plan is an endorsement of the status quo in this country that has left tens of millions of Americans uninsured or underinsured and put massive burdens on employers. I have heard too many horror stories from [...]

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A National Broadband Plan for Our Future, GN Docket No. 09-51

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 23, 2009

Ms. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 Re: A National Broadband Plan for Our Future, GN Docket No. 09-51 Dear Ms. Dortch, Compared to the rest of the world, America’s broadband efforts are shameful. An open internet is a public resource that deserves scrupulous regulation and a [...]

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Health care and aging

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 10, 2009

Knowledge is out there, but it don’t come served to you on a bun. – Sonny Barger Worried about the cost of medical care? You’re not alone. But don’t worry. Be happy. The truth about health care costs has been teased out of a cost/benefit analysis and the results are, well… not surprising. The most [...]

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Xe Worldwide — the mercenaries formerly known as Blackwater

By Frank Paynter | Published: February 19, 2009

Blackwater, Enron, Halliburton, KBR… most of the top brands of the Bush administration have been destroyed or devalued. Blackwater Worldwide, with it’s eye on the prize of no-bid contracts to patrol the Mexican border has been rebranded. Hoping to wash away the stains from their homicidal outlawry in Iraq, the killers formerly known as Blackwater [...]

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FCC Transition Team

By Frank Paynter | Published: November 14, 2008

Susan Crawford, who plays a mean viola, has been named as a team lead for the Obama FCC transition team. Kevin Werbach, host of Supernova, has also been appointed as an FCC transition team lead. This is great news for the good guys. David says it’s news so good he thought he was being punked.

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The better bail out…

By Frank Paynter | Published: September 19, 2008

Read How To Bail Out Ordinary Mortgage Holders And Not Just Banks at Firedoglake for an equitable solution to the financial markets mess. The proposal has all kinds of upside, a) a floor is set for mortgage prices. (Whatever discount the government is buying at. Probably 60% to 70%, but it should be based on [...]

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Proud of Russ Feingold for his stand on FISA

By Frank Paynter | Published: July 8, 2008

Here’s my senator doing the right thing today. What’s your senator doing to prevent the erosion of the fourth amendment and to hold the administration accountable for its lawlessness? (Click here for a tool to make calling your senator painless). Mr. FEINGOLD: Mr. President, I strongly support Senator Dodd’s amendment to strike the immunity provision [...]

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Mayday, mayday… misery accomplished

By Frank Paynter | Published: May 1, 2008

Andrea Gibson via Normand ICH Declaration of Peace Today marks the fifth year since the decider accomplished his mission. The table was tilted and all the wealth rolled into his side’s pockets. All of the benefits accrued to the rich, all the rewards. All of the costs have been borne by the poor, all the [...]

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