http://zoominac.com Polemic Prose From A Blogging Bard Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With Congress currently working on healthcare reform, many pundits on TV, online, and in print have been analyzing what effect the current Democrat bills would have. While all of the consequences of enacting either the House or Senate legislation are important, I think it also underscores a key flaw of the healthcare ... http://zoominac.com/2010/01/06/class-warfare-yes-solutions-no/ As part of my effort to protect freedom for the next generation, I've become the tech specialist for the Republican Young Professionals of Pasco County. I used blogger to put up the website here. Take a look! It's also important to point out that zoominac.com is my personal blog, and the ... http://zoominac.com/2009/11/22/doing-my-part/ On an episode of Democracy Now! last week, host Amy Goodman spoke with Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) about the recently passed House healthcare bill. Kucinich was lamenting the fact that the legislation was not sufficiently socialist for his standards, as it did not include a public option: And we’re being told ... http://zoominac.com/2009/11/19/but-this-time-around/ From AP, via Tom Jackson on TBO: TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist is saying he did not endorse the $787 billion federal stimulus bill, a statement that might confuse some voters.  [Confuse is putting it mildly; irritate, astonish, infuriate, flabbergast, now those are more appropriate terms—Ed.] Crist appeared with President Barack Obama ... http://zoominac.com/2009/11/05/so-what-would-qualify-as-an-endorsement-then/ Last night's elections were good news for recovering conservatives: Christie in NJ, McDonnell in VA, and Hoffman barely loses on a third party ticket to the Democrat endorsed by the party-money-taking RINO Scozzafava. The races, especially in the case of NY-23, have brought about a lot of chatter about how the GOP ... http://zoominac.com/2009/11/04/moving-forward/ Let’s talk about preferences.   I have preferences, and you can find them listed on my Facebook. Likewise for a good friend of mine. I like playing Wii, history, and Seinfeld. My friend likes running, Donnie Darko, and filmmaking. We both like the Discovery Channel, writing, and football.   When it comes to music, ... http://zoominac.com/2009/10/31/panic-at-the-capital/ In addition to his inexplicable Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama was awarded the Heisman Trophy, selected most likely to succeed at New Brighton High School in Bethesda, Maryland, won the Next Food Network Star contest, and won the Conn Smythe trophy. http://zoominac.com/2009/10/09/this-just-in/ That Ol' Sparky wasn't still around to get this done. Or just a simple noose. TBO - Jessica Lunsford's killer, John Couey, dies of cancer: HOMOSASSA - News of the death of John Evander Couey, condemned to die for killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in a case that sparked legislation across the nation ... http://zoominac.com/2009/10/01/its-a-shame/ Via Hot Air, Patterico reports on the Los Angeles Times confusing "accused" with "convicted": Excuse me? He is more than merely “accused” of unlawful sex with a minor. He pled guilty to it. And, moving on the teaser on the right for Patrick Goldstein’s piece, it will not cost the L.A. ... http://zoominac.com/2009/09/30/roman-polanski-convicted-and-convicted/ In Sunday's Tampa Tribune, this Ted Jackovics article harped on High Hopes For High-Speed Rail, hoping for a rail line that would connect the two major cities in central Florida, Tampa and Orlando: TAMPA - As key political factors fall in place, Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando are leading contenders to launch the ... http://zoominac.com/2009/09/28/vote-buying-on-high-speed-tracks/