FedVC: so where's my money??
[CAUTION: scare quotes in force] Who remembers seeing Apple's 1984 intro for the Mac? Who can't recall the ubiquitous MS Window's butterfly? Sure. There's a Janus analogy if evah. Media And Democracy...
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FedVC: so where's my money II
Houston "rural" homes wired by [provider name redacted] who was awarded a $22.9M RUS Broadband Loan. Source: USDA, OIG Audit 09601-4-TE, Sept 2005, Exhibit C Last week MarketTrustee introduced the...
View ArticleWho is Vicki Taylor?
Vikki Taylor is a market trustee. Her story is buried below the headline How Congress Benefits from Corporate Flights.
View ArticleGoogle turns over a crock
Last week when Judge James Ware announced his decision to compell Google produce, MarketTrustee introduced the idea that a DOJ "win" was a marginal threat to First Amendment protection. I was not at...
View ArticlePetition for sedition
Tonight, 23 March, Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Laureate, posted a diary on behalf of his son Jack, who is running for Senator in Nevada, to remind the parties of the people everywhere that there is a...
View ArticleACTION ALERT: patient privacy opt-in
Do you want to control who can access and use your medical information? Congress is moving rapidly to build a national electronic data interchange (EDI). But, without ironclad privacy protections...
View ArticleACTION item: abortion and false advertising
Faith-based, pro-choice opponents have established "crisis pregnancy centers" across the country in order to disrupt legitimate health care delivery and despoil the reproductive freedom of women. Some...
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Mapping Energy to Politics
source: Clayton, 25 April, 2006, csmonitor.com source: Gastner, Shalzi and Newman, University of Michigan Tuesday, Truthout.org and Christian Science Monitor published "In deregualtion of electric...
View ArticleOur Town Meeting
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD-08) met with constituents last night in his first "town hall" meeting of the year. I voted for Van Hollen in '03, the year that I moved to town, mostly because he was a...
View Articlemailto: johnconyersjr
Wednesday, Truthout.org published a Tuesday Reuters report Bush Agrees to Review Spy Program. That's to let the world know, hallelujah, Hayden's been cleared to exercise his discretion when answering...
View ArticlePreemptive Doctrine on the Home Front
The principle subjects of federal conflict with state and local governance are few. But their recurring, indispensible applications in the game of Monopoly are many. Following is a partial digest of a...
View ArticleNewshour: Not Net Neutrality
Last night, Newshour broadcast file footage and discussion titled "Net Neutrality. Clever name, bad idea". For the first time, anti-trust enforcement came out of the closet of net neutrality branding...
View ArticlePT911 tv ratings, a/k/a attention liquidity
zap2it.com heralds, "The conclusion of ABC's miniseries "The Path to 9/11" led ABC to a ratings win Monday." And I laugh. You can't average out how Americans flushed their interest in PT911. AIR...
View ArticleThe Truth Predictor
This is a detour diary, really a note to myself on one of the most appalling, politically opportunistic, operationally meaningless, needlessly inhumane marketing ploys dreamed up by an American...
View ArticleObama-Carter thesis for Democratic Party Victory
Precis In a recent diary, I was encouraged to perform a literary critique of Barack Obama's public addresses. At the time, I'd sardonically remarked that Obama owed his political genius, his muse, to...
View ArticleShrub LLP trumps Pelosi
AP filed this story to the tubes 1 hour ago. WASHINGTON - President Bush will propose a tax deduction of $7,500 for individuals and $15,000 for families regardless of whether they buy their own health...
View ArticleENERGIZE AMERICA: Home Efficiency Act
A member of Congress asked the Energize America team to transform its concepts into material ready for Congressional action. This diary opens discussion on the economics of fossil fuel efficiency in...
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ENERGIZE AMERICA: Home Efficiency Deadline Edition
A member of Congress asked the Energize America team to transform its concepts into material ready for Congressional action. The newly minted "Efficient American Homes of 2007 Act" (EAHA) seeks the...
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ENERGIZE AMERICA: Home Efficiency Jam it or Slam it Edition
... I signed a [Citizen (Re)] contract, mostly because this is the only way I could conceivably hope to get a solar power system on my roof. I'm 25 and just starting out, so I don't have the credit...
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