Bill Shein is a writer.
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- http://www.reasongonemad.com
- Location:
- Alford, MA, 01230
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Bill Shein Picking up on comments below about old-time marbles, and simpler times, did anyone ever (or still) play APBA baseball? It's a baseball simulation with cards and dice; I spent an insane number of childhood hours playing it - http://www.apbagames.com). Any other games you played as a kid that you're nostalgic about?
Bill Shein You may have already seen this, since it's a month old, but it gave me a much-needed chuckle tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen, your President is a robot. Or a wax sculpture. Maybe a cardboard cutout. All I know is no human being has a photo smile this amazingly consistent. On Wednesday, the Obamas hosted ...
Bill Shein Grim observation: In the last couple decades, the word "shooter" has become part of our everyday language. Growing up, I don't recall hearing that word on the news, or uttered by folks in conversation, with such regularity, if at all.
Bill Shein My fav graf from Kristof today: "Moreover, there is one American health statistic that is strikingly above average: life expectancy for Americans who have already reached the age of 65. At that point, they can expect to live longer than the average in industrialized countries. That’s because Americans above age 65 actually have universal health care coverage: Medicare."
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The greatest distortion about the health care debate is that reform will destroy the best health care system in the world.
Bill Shein Dear Wealthy Commodities Speculators: Please continue to run-up the price of oil as winter approaches. Your pal, Bill Shein. * * * Dear Commodities Regulators: Please do not change anything about the ability of speculators to trade "paper barrels," and not real oil, as doing so might mean the price of oil remains in line with actual supply/demand. Thank you. Your pal, Bill Shein
Bill Shein Sarah Palin Book Tour Update: Let the substantive discussion of public policy begin! "Palin ... indicates that other interviews may be scheduled with "Bill O'Reilly, Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller, Tammy Bruce, and others, including local Alaska personalities Bob & Mark and Eddie Burke."
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"Dude, was the election today, like, a 'referendum on Obama?' Because that's what some blathering idiot on TV keeps asking the people paid to blather in response to blather-y questions while seated at the shiny TV Blather Bar." (That's dialogue taken from the film treatment I just wrote -- in three minutes -- for an ep...ic movie called, "TV News Made My Head Explode, But Somehow I Lived to Post About It on Facebook.")Read More
Bill Shein FYI: I did not spend $200 per vote in the race for NYC mayor, as Michael Bloomberg did. For that reason -- and something about "not being on the ballot" or "being a resident of NYC" -- I have not been elected mayor of NYC. Thanks, though, for your support and all your hard work. We gave it our best shot. There's always next time, when we'll hold, like, 45,000 bake sale/fundraisers.
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Reminder: National Popular Vote forum streaming live NOW (12pm ET): http://demos.org/event_list.cfm?currente
Bill Shein YESSSS!!!!! Say hello to the always predictable, super-lazy story/headline that appears EVERY off-year Election Day -- and which is ALWAYS filled with meaningless "analysis" about the "political winds" and "implications" of random elections that actually are largely nothing of the sort. Enjoy this year's winner!
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In this supposedly quiet off-year election, what to look for Tuesday as results come in from New Jersey, New York and Virginia.
Bill Shein Webcast alert! Learn more about the National Popular Vote campaign (the state-based effort to create a presidential election in which every vote is equal, and the candidate with the most votes wins - crazy, eh?). Tuesday at 12:00 noon, streamed live at http://www.demos.og. Featuring the New Yorker's Rick Hertzberg and a few folks I used to work with at FairVote.
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"The promoters of a National Popular Vote, as they're calling themselves, have come up with an elegant finesse. Instead of trying to change the Constitution, they propose to apply it, one bit in particular: ...
Bill Shein Big news: Like Ford, I just posted an "unexpected" profit of $997 billion for the last quarter! So, bottomless drinks and all-you-can-eat jalapeno poppers on me, everyone!
Bill Shein This is promising: Sen. Feingold and Rep. Ellison introduce national Same Day Registration bill. Long overdue. Working great in the nine states that have it -- broader participation, no problems with fraud. It's been in use for 35 years in some states. Nice to have federal legislation while progress is also made in the states. http://tinyurl.com/yknhnqm
Bill Shein Today's FB game (that I just invented): Provide evidence that with each FB post or comment (or Twitter tweet), we lose a tiny, tiny bit of our soul. Yes?
