The Watercooler for 11/20/09 5:00 PM

The origin may have been from I Corinthians 13.

The King James Version had: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13&version=KJV

Recent interpretations and editing changed Charity to Love.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013&version=NASB

The "Charity...at home" quote never was in the Bible and is one of those quotes that gets a lot of air time.

Refer to:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/425548/seven_sayings_that_didnt_actually_originate.html

An English physician by the name of Sir Thomas Browne coined the phrased Charity begins at home. In his book Religio Medici Sir Thomas Brown said, "But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Call Today: Support Single-Payer and Women’s Rights in the Senate http://www.healthcare-now.org/call-today-support-single-payer-and-womens-rights-in-the-senate/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ao9hXnh1c

Everybody In, Nobody Out!

Healthcare Not Warfare!

Boxer is speaking truth in the Senate and worth a listen on c-span

was excellent on BE.  Among other things, he said that you don't give scholarships to people with failing grades.  He thinks the small banks need the money becuz they will loan it out.  He says Obama needs to step up and change policy to s/t that works...that it wouldn't matter if Geitner is in or out...that it's the policy that needs to be fixed.  I think good economic advisors ARE important.

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Per Tweety:

The people, according to latest polls, are starting to blame dems for the continuing mess.

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So we have huge banks that aren't lending and a wimpy  HC bill (so far).

Ånd the black caucus and Latinos are pushing back. 

Democracy appears to be waking up again.  I hope.

Jeff Corwin and how 1/2 our animals are heading for extinction.

according to Jeff Corwin.  His special is on Sunday night.

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Our greatest threat....overpopulation.   IMO

I'm reading James Rollins' "The Judas Strain" which talks about this very thing. (he's the dude who writes historical adventure stories)

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 20, 2009
Filed at 3:39 p.m. ET

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday it is investigating samples of variant swine flu linked to two deaths and one severe case in Norway, but that so far the significance of the mutation is unclear.

Norway's Institute of Public Health announced Friday that the mutation ''could possibly...cause more severe disease'' because it infects tissue deeper in the airway than usual.

The mutation was found in three of 70 analyzed swine flu cases, said Geir Stene-Larsen, the institute's director.

The same mutation has been found in both fatal and mild cases elsewhere, including in Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, Ukraine, and the United States, said WHO.


WHO Investigating Norway Swine Flu Mutations

from HuffPost:



Bill Moyers Retiring From Weekly Television
First Posted: 11-20-09 06:28 PM | Updated: 11-20-09 06:35 PM



Bill Moyers is leaving weekly television.

The New York Times' Elizabeth Jensen reports that the PBS newscaster is retiring from his Friday night program, "Bill Moyers Journal," on April 30, 2010.

"Bill Moyers Journal" launched in April 2007.

Jensen reports that it was Moyers' intention to retire at Christmas this year, but PBS asked him to stay on through April to help raise funds.

"I am 75 years old," Moyers told Jensen. "I feel it's time."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/20/bill-moyers-re...

My then husband and I heard and listened and agreed and didn't have kids.  Probably worked out better, since we were both drinking alcoholically.

House 2010: The Money Chase

by Jonathan Singer, Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 04:34:30 PM EST

Not sure how the Republicans are supposed to retake the House if the Democrats have more than five times more money in the bank than they do.

The DCCC, like its GOP counterpart, spent more than it took in during Oct., thanks to the expensive NY-23 special election. Still, it outraised the NRCC, as the Dem cmte took in $3.8M last month. It also outspent the NRCC, shelling out nearly $4M (about $1.1M of which aided now-Rep. Bill Owens' (D) winning campaign).

While the DCCC has more debt than the NRCC ($3.3M-$2M), it has a huge cash-on-hand edge. At the end of Oct., the DCCC had $14.5M in the bank, while the NRCC lagged with just $4.2M.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had a net $12.2 million in the bank as of the end of October; the National Republican Congressional Committee had a net $2.2 million in the bank at the time. This means that, as of the latest reading, the DCCC had more than 5.5 times more money on hand than did the NRCC.

When the Democrats sought to retake the House in 2006, cash management played no small role in their success. Indeed, by the summer before election day, the DCCC managed to stockpile more cash in the bank than the NRCC, a nearly unprecedented achievement to that point.

This city did not wait for Washington's health care overhaul. Most uninsured adults here are already reaping the benefits of a government-run health care program — seeing doctors, filling prescriptions, and getting surgeries they could not otherwise afford.

Healthy San Francisco is the nation's first city-run universal health care plan. While not insurance and not valid outside the city, it does illustrate how some hotly debated elements of plans being considered on Capitol Hill might play out.

In just over two years, the $126 million program has won over its target population, and now covers about 48,000 people — more than two-thirds of San Franciscans who previously had no insurance.

About $20 million a year comes from employers who are required to contribute to their workers' health care. The mandate is a contentious aspect of the Democratic plan, and the most controversial aspect of San Francisco's plan.

The program's challenges — including a suit from the city's restaurant association over the employer mandate — may be an indication of the land mines ahead for legislators crafting a new framework for the nation's health care.

But according to those most directly affected, patients and doctors, the plan works.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTXmsWmSDKkgqnruH_g8rhnGyzlgD9C36AFG3