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Entries by Mark Olmsted from 02/2011

What's Wrong With 311 in Los Angeles

| Posted 02.03.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Sanitation, Tom LaBonge, Litter, Villaraigosa, Good Government, Los Angeles, 311, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles News

Citizens who take the time to keep their neighborhoods clean should not have to jump through hoops. The operator should just send the information where it belongs.

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Why Women Are Key in Egypt

| Posted 02.11.2011 | World
Read More: Muslim Life, Egypt, Women, Islam. Muslim Brotherhood, Revolution, Tahrir Square, al_jazeera, Muslim Women, Egypt Women, World News

The military, and the men of the Muslim Brotherhood have wives, sisters and mothers. The power that wield may be less obvious, but it is considerable.

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Tea, Taxation and Tyranny

| Posted 02.15.2011 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Tax Fairness, Bill Oreilly, Richest Americans, Forbes 400, Philanthropy, Redistribution of Wealth, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

In O'Reilly's obnoxious Super Bowl interview with Obama, Bill asked contemptuously if the president was a "wealth redistributionist." Between interru...

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The Prophet of Fox Predicts

| Posted 02.17.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Egypt, Glenn Beck Fox News, Caliphate, Conspiracy Theories, Glenn Beck, Revolution, Comedy News

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Who We Fight for and Why it Matters

| Posted 02.22.2011 | Politics
Read More: Right, Tea Party, Wisconsin, ACT UP, Marines, Labor, Jamie Bell, Libertarianism, Conservative, Tatum Channing, Vietnam War Protests, Unions, Liberal, Restrepo, Fox News, The Eagle, Left, Aids, Indiana, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

I saw The Eagle this weekend, and thought Tatum Channing acquitted himself remarkably well, considering how contemporary he might have seemed in a his...

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