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Jerry Collamer, Obamacare, BlondCounty
BlondCounty

American Tea Party: Crazy Talk From the Heartland

Congressional Tea Party Crazies, funded by two-too nutty billionaire brothers (the Kochs), threaten to shut government (forever?) unless Obamacare is jettisoned: a healthcare model conceived by Republicans, enacted by a Republican governor, never mind Capitol Hill’s over-the-cliff-gang have wrenched more than they even asked for in budget cuts from Obama ain’t ever enough, long as “He” occupies 1600 PA Ave. Following are some sane recommendations from Robert Reich.

Texas, abortion, civil rights, Anita Perry
BlondCounty

Gov Rick Perry on a Woman’s Right to Discuss Abortion

Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) said that his wife, Anita Perry, misspoke recently when she said abortion “could be” a woman’s right. “From time to time we’ll stick the wrong word in the wrong place, and you pounce upon it,” Perry said to reporters while appearing at a campaign event for Republican New Jersey Senate candidate Steve Lonegan in Smithville, N.J., according to Bloomberg.

South Korea, sustainability, globalization, eco-city
Urban Land

Songdo, South Korea: Utopian City of Big Data and Urban “Sustainability”

The idea of the “utopian” community began in 1516 with Sir Thomas More’s fictional perfected society to present-day attempts to build the most sustainable urban ecosystem. With the case of Songdo International Business District, South Korea, we begin a series of case studies in the success and failure of utopian experiments in living sustainably.