{"id":4915,"date":"2010-03-19T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2010-03-19T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T02:00:00","slug":"brief-thoughts-for-the-week-of-2010-03-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-03-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>Must-Reads of the Week. <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=4912\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=4912<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10733985729\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KamaainaInOC\" class=\"aktt_username\">KamaainaInOC<\/a> The relevance of that is? I mean-anyone can grab obscure quotes of congressman, take them out of context, and make them awful. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KamaainaInOC\/statuses\/10692578438\" class=\"aktt_tweet_reply\">in reply to KamaainaInOC<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10722203799\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Conservatives look to rich Hollywood elite to lead #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23hcr\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">hcr<\/a> protest to deny help to poor Americans! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/b6sjzb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/b6sjzb<\/a> (H\/t @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/KamaainaInOC\" class=\"aktt_username\">KamaainaInOC<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10690529627\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CBO: Health-care reform bill cuts deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, covers 95% <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bkG3yT\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/bkG3yT<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10676050130\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A minor Google Maps miracle. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9ffZeB\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/9ffZeB<\/a> (H\/t @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzEdition\" class=\"aktt_username\">BuzzEdition<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10638631546\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AEI member\/legislative scholar Norm Ornstein on Republican outrage over reconciliation, &quot;Is there no shame anymore?&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9Ry4hS\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/9Ry4hS<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10626283871\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Hey! Love good news from Twitter! Go Kucinich! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10625187751\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> I understand you oppose it. I just think you&#39;re being naive. If Kucinich ends up supporting it, does it make him a sellout too? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10624956950\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> The Swiss model isn&#39;t better than our current one &#8211; which is not only unsustainable but is the worst of all worlds? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10624477449\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> There&#39;s a difference between a &quot;shared presumption&quot; about what&#39;s possible and a deal to kill something. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10624456632\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> But read what the Times reporter said &#8211; and can&#39;t you see the headline exaggerates it? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10624434888\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> But my question is: Will this bill improve the system and will it make American lives better? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\/statuses\/10623997416\" class=\"aktt_tweet_reply\">in reply to Stranahan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10624214159\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Of course deals were made! They always are! Social Security excl. blacks to start! Lincoln only freed slaves he had no power to. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623996075\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> But show me how to get the votes for a stronger bill. Tell me who&#39;ll switch. Show me the evidence of bad faith on Obama&#39;s part. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623945721\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Call me an Obamapologist if you must, and use charged language like: Obama&#39;s a sellout in bed with ins. industry! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623921707\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Just because the health ins. doesn&#39;t hate it as much as they might doesn&#39;t make it worse than what we have. It&#39;s an improvement. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623837305\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Yet there&#39;s a lot to like about the reform bill. The exchange has the potential to change the way people think about hc. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623802008\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Explaining when health ins. switched: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bVOup0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/bVOup0<\/a> Health ins caught bribing people playin FarmVille <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/aLrglH\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/aLrglH<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623624381\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Actually, yes: they are: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9zfabD\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/9zfabD<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/aZbm9z\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/aZbm9z<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10623194054\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> Yet, ins. industry still is opposing the reforms. They want the best deal they can get, and if reform inevitable, to shape it. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10622643213\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Stranahan\" class=\"aktt_username\">Stranahan<\/a> What&#39;s your theory then as to what Obama is doing? <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10621207462\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reversing stereotypes. <a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yGtxq.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yGtxq.jpg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10535205688\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The political debate of 2012 [pic]  <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/c1aMcZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/c1aMcZ<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10529318237\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&quot;Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/auwBCO\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/auwBCO<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10524830504\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Those storms you don\u2019t hear about actually do the damage \u2013 while the ones hyped by local news end up fizzling. <a href=\"http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=4909\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=4909<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10522699397\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sometime this morning, a big tree in my backyard (in Wantagh) was uprooted. Several pics here. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/9SSETj\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/9SSETj<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10475881679\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Happened earlier today, but here&#39;s a pic of the downed tree on Beech Street in Wantagh. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/caPrV0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/caPrV0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10455541581\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>So far, I&#39;ve got a shattered window, a blown-down fence, and a National Guardsman around the corner from me setting up flares. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10449561835\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wantagh takes on Glenn Beck. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/caFSzA\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/caFSzA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwcampbe\/statuses\/10445767688\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"aktt_credit\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/alexking.org\/projects\/wordpress\">Twitter Tools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Must-Reads of the Week. http:\/\/2parse.com\/\/?p=4912 # @KamaainaInOC The relevance of that is? I mean-anyone can grab obscure quotes of congressman, take them out of context, and make them awful. in reply to KamaainaInOC # Conservatives look to rich Hollywood elite to lead #hcr protest to deny help to poor Americans! http:\/\/bit.ly\/b6sjzb (H\/t @KamaainaInOC) # CBO: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-web"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qcx-1hh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2parse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}