Health Care Will be a Campaign Issue Again

By Mike in Politcs Plus

Health care insurance will be an important part of the discussion in the presidential campaign because of the recent report of insurance premium soaring 9% in the recent decision by the administration to ask the Supreme Court to take up ...

Laying Down the Markers of Distinction

By Mike in Politcs Plus

I guess presidential debates are as good place as any, to lay down markers of distinction. It's hard in a debate where you only have 1 minute to answer a question, because half of that time has to be used ...

What if McCain had been elected president?

By Mike in Politcs Plus

Today, anxiety is at fever pitch, and a lot of people are pushing their pet peeves, as the cause of it. It's anywhere between lack of prayer in school, liberals, loose morals, government spending, and the president of United States, ...

Texas Trivia

By Mike in Politcs Plus

It's kinda strange looking out the window observing the hazy sky. The rain was nice but would need more of it. Victoria is not as bad(yet) as it was when I was stationed in El Paso. It would rain like ...

By Hook or by Crook

By Mike in Politcs Plus

It's no longer “may the best man win" because Republican legislators are cooking up schemes to beat President Obama in 2012. They're not leaving a stone unturned. They have already enacted voter ID laws to discourage democratic voters but there ...

Understanding Leads to Unity

By Mike in Politcs Plus

A good place to start is the beginning. How did we get here? I provided a chart of where the jobs were before January 20, 2009 and where they were in 2010. The Obama Administration identified three areas that needed ...

A Recap of Last Night's GOP Debate

By Mike in Politcs Plus

There's one thing about republican debates that stands out; they are entertaining. It didn't take, but 5 minutes before Governor Perry hit Mitt Romeny's dismal record for creating jobs in Massachusetts. I have to give it to Mitt Romney. He ...

It's all about jobs

By Mike in Politcs Plus

The republicans must have got a hold of a leaked proposal President Obama will present Thursday night to get six million people back to work. The president is considering a “Georgia Works" program which would allow businesses to train workers ...

iPad vs Destop/Laptop and our city's decision

By Mike in Politcs Plus

Recently our city bought 18 iPads instead of repairing their old computers. I'm not going pretend I know how the city will use their new purchases but being an owner of an iPad; I can see where it will make ...