
Monday, March 31, 2008
Stick it to the Man Monday...FREECYCLE

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Automatic for the People

Friday, March 28, 2008
Is this man a Socialist?

But, wait, you say? Aren't these the same people, who along with their talking heads, deride the government with every breath and hold the markets up above all? Well...yes, they are. And, if they support government intervention in the financial markets, why not some place where it might really make sense, like health care? Universal care could save money and provide better care by leveraging preventive treatment that would keep many (especially the uninsured) out of the very expensive and overcrowded ERs.
If all this is too hard to understand, here's a Seussian explanation (with all due respect to the great Dr.'s "Grinch"):
And the Bush, with his economy ice-cold in the crunch,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "But what of my hunch?
They borrowed and lended with no thought of risk!
The economy's not self correcting and no longer brisk!"
And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Bush thought of something he hadn't before!
"Laissez faire," he thought, "doesn't work well alone.
Pure capitalism...without government...is way overblown!"
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Race For and Of the Next President
The Presidential election is RED HOT this year...HOTTER than in any year in recent memory. People actually seem to care and vote this year, sparking record turnout. A huge reason why is Barack Obama, one of the most dynamic presidential candidates since JFK. Check out his speech on race. He handles this third-rail subject with grace, dignity, respect, and insight.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Doctor...doctor...doctor...doctor.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Pray Over IP

Monday, March 24, 2008
Stick it to the Man Monday...HEALTH CARE
Newsflash...health care in America is a mess! There are many reasons, but one of the biggest is private, for-profit health insurance companies. We really don't have a "health care" system at all, what we really have is an "insurance company profit" system, because the end result of our system is not to produce healthier people, it's to produce insurance corporation profits. Simply put, the less health care they provide, the more money insurance companies make. And while insurance companies provide no actual health value, it is estimated that 31% of American health care spending goes to insurance corporation bureaucracy, paperwork, denial-of-care investigators, CEO salaries, and shareholder profits. By having universal health care, not only would we cut out the middleman, we would also be able to provide preventive care to everybody (which is much cheaper than critical care) and ease the burden on our overwhelmed emergency rooms (which are the health care of last resort for many Americans). Being healthy has always been HOT, so stick it to insurance company CEOs and improve your own chance for better health care by clicking below.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
You're Living in the Past, Man

Friday, March 21, 2008
Find Your Special Purpose in Life

Know thyself...or at least be able to fake it in a job interview. And make sure it's a job interview for a job you'll really love. Loving what you do and doing what you love is RED HOT. Of course, it's not always easy to know just what your special puprose is. To find out, or get as good of an idea as the Internet can give you, take a FREE personality test at keirsey.com to help you choose a career. Photo by bookish in north park
Thursday, March 20, 2008
If you live here, you'll be able to fly...and see through walls

Real estate advertising is well known for ridiculous, over the top boasts. Just had to point this one out, as it's so over-the-top ridiculous...
After nearly a decade of planning, what is quickly becoming known as the most impressive and architecturally distinct master-planned community in St. Johns County is now even more undeniably extraordinary.Whoa! Where do I sign up? For our random cookie-cutter subdivision in the suburbs is far superior to every other random cookie-cutter subdivision in the suburbs. It is everything, yet it is nothing. It is remarkably fabulous, yet distinctly luxurious. HA! Ridiculously over-the-top advertising hyperbole is NOT HOT. Feel free to email me your best examples using the link on the right. Photo By tlindenbaum
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The only thing worse then junk mail is more junk mail

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Country's Gone Mad!

War? Famine? Global environmental destruction? No, of course not. What drives this country truly mad is...college basketball. And nothing's hotter right now than March Madness. Watch all the games for free at ncaa.com.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Stick It to the Man Monday presents...Ralph Nader

Every Monday on The Hot Minute is "Stick It to the Man Monday." As the name suggests, it's the day you can do one little subversive act, even while most of us are heading back to the box we call work. For the first "Stick It to the Man Monday," I had to choose Ralph Nader. No one has "stuck it" harder or longer than the original raider himself. So go to votenader.org and help Ralph stick it to corporate greed, corporate power, and corporate control. Photo by wickenden
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