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My Healthcare Horror Story

aigeanta — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:05:25 -0700

Today is my daughter’s first birthday. This weekend we both went to Pete Stark’s Healthcare Townhall in Fremont to voice our support for a strong public option. Now I want to share with you my story of why I take this so personally.

This Land is Your Land

aigeanta — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:56:29 -0800

Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen sing Woodie Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” at the Obama Inaugural Celebration Concert on 1/18/09.

Several “subversive verses” that have been censored for being overtly political were restored to this traditional folk song that refer back to the Depression years:

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn’t say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

aigeanta — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:15:26 -0800

In the broad expanse of the northern Pacific Ocean, there exists the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a slowly moving, clockwise spiral of currents created by a high-pressure system of air currents. The area is an oceanic desert, filled with tiny phytoplankton but few big fish or mammals. Due to its lack of large fish and gentle breezes, fishermen and sailors rarely travel through the gyre. But the area is filled with something besides plankton: trash, millions of pounds of it, most of it plastic. It’s the largest landfill in the world, and it floats in the middle of the ocean. — howstuffworks, “Why is the world’s biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean?”

Who Will Fight For Us?

aigeanta — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:39:30 -0800

I hope that 2 weeks from now, John Edwards has a good day in Iowa, because this is a principled individual who I truly believe would stand for the people if elected president. We desperately need strong leadership battling for our interests, instead of the gigantic corporations and ridiculously greedy people who run them (often, into the ground). During the interview, Edwards summarizes his campaign:

EDWARDS: I’m the guy who’s going to fight for the change we need, not talk about it, not try to maneuver my way through a system that I think is broken. I’m going to fight for the change. I’ve been doing it for 54 years of my life. And I’m the one they can count on to stand up for them. — MSNBC, “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, 12/18/07

Not The Daily Show, With Some Writer

aigeanta — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:43:37 -0800

What do you get when you mix a writers strike with The Daily Show? As they themselves explain: If only there were some way to find out like, I don’t know… clicking on the image to your left. It’s so crazy, it might just work!

"Lobbyists Represent Real Americans"

aigeanta — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:30:04 -0800

This clip comes from a presidential candidates forum at the YearlyKos Convention in August 2007.

The Politics of Parsing

aigeanta — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:23:17 -0800

Hillary Clinton responds with double-talk during the Democratic candidates debate on October 30, 2007.

Minimum Sea Ice: 2005 vs. 2007

aigeanta — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:44:52 -0700

This animation compares the difference between the perennial sea ice minimum extent on September 21, 2005 and September 14, 2007. With a split screen, the area of the melted region is compared with the size of the state of California. — NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio