American Madness

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State Legislatures Seek to Legally Insulate the Pollutors of America

When I was in law school we were all required to work at a law firm, or at a public legal services organization so that we could have a hands on experience in the practice of law.  One semester I worked for a condemnation law firm, which was a busy place at the time, because [...]

Albany reaches the end of days

We can’t blame the governor for what has happened to him.  He became governor quite suddenly and was unprepared for the role. In addition, he was faced with an economic crisis of monumental proportions that he was completely unprepared for.  As to this recent set of egregious moral and ethical errors, well, he just fell [...]

New from the Obama Justice Department: Any action is OK if the country is scared

Just a few days ago the lawyers who gave an OK to torture memo to the Bush Administration were cleared of any legal misconduct by high ups in the Justice Department.  Earlier, the ethics branch of the Justice Department found that they had indeed violated their code of ethics and had engaged in legal misconduct. The [...]

“Only a man who carries a gun ever needs one”

Many years ago, during the 1968 Presidential campaign, there was a cartoon showing a crown roaring along a street and at the bottom of the single panel cartoon was a tiny figure (Bobby Kennedy) saying, “Oh M-God, I have to catch up with that crowd, I’m their leader.”  The point is that it is often [...]

Drug Companies bring death to the American People every day in pursuit of profits, FDA winks and waits!!

Controversial Diabetes Drug Harms Heart, U.S. Concludes by GARDINER HARRIS in the New York Times tells us that government reports concluded that hundreds of people taking Avandia suffered heart attacks and heart failure, but some said the drug should remain available.
I commented on this article as follows:
Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, [...]

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