How many people would not ask someone to do a job that they would not do themselves? How many people put responsibility first if not to their fellow Americans then to the health of the country? How many people want to be good with their hands? How many people believe that doing the mundane acts of everyday life bestow integrity and humility upon them? How many people would ride a bicycle if their work was close enough? How many people believe that it is better to help your brothers and sisters rather than use them as stepping stones to achieve goals? Are there many people who do not feel submissive in the presense of those with great power and wealth? Who values objects that are made personally though rendered poorly? Must everyone be a professional or a merchant to deserve respect? How many people are willing to roll up their sleeves and do the “dirty work” that others will not do? How many people value labor, self-reliance, and honorable behavior? How many people do not snicker when they hear the phrase, “A man is only as good as his word?”

The root of all evil, “Never give a sucker an even break.”

That is the Enzi bill that Dick Durbin was speaking against with such principle (per my #189 above). Voting starts on it tomorrow, Thursday. The Republicans have shut down any other options for debate on other bills relating to their declared “Health Care Week” except for this Enzi bill. Some “Health Care Week.” I should note that a co-author of the Enzi bill is none other than Ben Nelson, “Democrat” of Nebraska.

Clearly this is an effort to try to sell a sham bill to the Senate so that Republicans can go back home and declare to their BUSINESS OWNER constituents: ‘We heard ya, guys — you’re all set now (and don’t worry that we have screwed over your employees and the rest of the American people yet again – we’ll keep mum about it if you will).’

The Durbin/Lincoln alternative is Senate Bill 2510 — but it is not on the floor for debate or a vote, and won’t be if Bill Frist & Karl Rove and Company have anything to say about it.

S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act (HIMMA), was introduced by Sen. Michael Enzi (R-WY) and is slated for a floor vote in the U.S. Senate the week of May 8. This legislation, if enacted, will strip away almost all state-enacted consumer protections for people buying insurance individually or through their employers.

Check out this site and call your Senators…please.

http://www.familiesusa.org/iss…..ance/enzi/

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

No.

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Simply put, metals like uranium and plutonium are SO heavy, SO dense, that the atoms therein are unstable because of the very high intra-and-inter-atomic forces that ensue from being packed so (relatively) closely together. So they start spitting out particles (e.g., electrons, protons), which releases energy (e.g., heat).

Now, in the case of depleted uranium, most of the “radioactive” sub-atomic particle energy is gone, but a lot of chem/metal “mass” remains, making the stuff handy for armor-piercing projectiles.