The Scrabbled: Making Fun of Each Other since '99

My boss has asked me to ask you a few questions. Ok, maybe not you specifically, but I thought, why not ask the scrabbled? We are doing an article on what young adults look for in a political campaign. Please feel free to be as blunt and angry as you see fit…it’s better that way.

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Right now the British election is making the Bush/Gore farce look like peanuts.
If it goes as predicted my leader will be a man not voted in by his party and not voted in by his country.

I am looking forward to a night with the BBC

I’m surprised no one has brought this up yet. As it’s the single most sweeping and aggressive immigration bill to date (and seeing as we have more than a few immigrants here on this site), I thought it worth bringing up. I’ve only heard a smattering of what this bill actually legislates, but what I do know is…

i wrote this article

I know we’ve got a fairly wide range of political thought here on the Scrab (even if some tend to be quite a bit more vocal than others). What do you think of the Health Care Bill that just passed? In case you haven’t had a chance to review, here is The Congressional Budget Office’s reportings on the bill. The major headline being that it will save $130 billion in the first ten years and over a trillion in the next ten. I’ve heard there’s some controversy about the CBO findings, but I’m not sure if that’s conspiratorial wingnut controversy, or legitimate complaints.

And here’s a pdf of the actual bill itself if you actually want the only true, unbiased opinion you can possibly have on the damn thing. Boring reading, for certain, but worth skimming at the very least.

I’m surprised I haven’t seen any ranting by anyone (John) about this, the Supreme Courts decision to eliminate campaign finance laws, effectively freeing corporations, business interests, and labor unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on politicians and political ads.