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Entries by Alan Grayson from 08/2011

The Herd Mentality

| Posted 08.03.2011 | Politics
Read More: Jobs, Debt, Congress, Medicare, Alan Grayson, Washington, Social Security, Economy, Politics News

The easiest thing in the world is just to go with the flow. Just do what you're told. But if 700,000 people choose you to be their Representative, their only Representative, and they're depending on you, then they deserve more than that.

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How Many Friends Do You Have?

| Posted 08.08.2011 | Politics
Read More: Congressman With Guts, Grayson 2012, Grayson, Politics News

Every one of your friends might need Medicaid one day, unless you're friends only with the Forbes 400.

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Latest Propaganda: Debt = Sewage

| Posted 08.15.2011 | Politics
Read More: Progressive, Medicaid, Medicare, Grayson, Fight Back, Koch, Social Security, Politics News

Coming from the right-wing worshipers of the free market, their latest analogy seems odd. Borrowing is a voluntary, "arms-length" agreement between two autonomous beings, which is exactly what the free market is all about.

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Freedom -- Defined by Cash Back Rewards

| Posted 08.24.2011 | Politics
Read More: Freedom, Congress, Alan Grayson, Banks, Fdr, Cash Back Rewards, Cash Back, Cash Back Offers, Politics News

A great deal of advertising, just like a great deal of political discourse, reads like assault and battery on the English language.

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