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County's loss of voting data leads to new election: County's loss of voting data leads to new electionOh, gee!Oh, gee, there are people upset about electronic voting in Berkely, CA?? The primary grounds of the liberalist anti-government movement in America - and I am to be surprised that someone is upset about a government function? NAH. This...; Tags: Corporate communications, partisan, recount, Berkeley; Discussion threads 2007-07-17

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Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewhere: Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewhereCorollary to 'Insurance is not the same thing as coverage.'Coverage does not guarantee availability of the covered service.RE: Insurance vs. coverage in New Jersey and elsewherethank you! the whole thing is such a scam, doctors aren't even allowed to offer discounts to their...; Tags: Financial Planning, Linux User, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts: AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cutsFor those that said "Don't Care", you had better!I have a parent going through a serious illness and on Medicare/Medicaid right now.Let me tell you, it's a nightmare folks. The last thing we need is doctors priced into not giving a damn...RE: AMA...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, Medicare, health care, Medicare cut, AMA; Discussion threads 2008-07-08
AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts: Some doctors are doing more to pile on the pressure, cutting back their patient services and closing their doors to new Medicare patients. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Patient, Medicare, Republican, AMA, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-08
There'a zero-emission car now, but you can't have one. BTW: the Pres doesn't wanna hear you "squawk" about gasoline prices.: Clarity, courtesy Honda. Good news: Honda's now making a zero-emission car. Better news: they're shipping them from Japan to car-hungry Los Angeles. Bad news: even if you live in LA, you're not going to get one of these cars for a long time....; Tags: Car, Honda Motor Co., Corn, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-16

Health care debate not really about costs: Health care debate not really about costsThis is where you lostall your credibility and turned into nothing more than a propagandist:"And they are paying for this lack of coverage, sometimes, with their lives."People die every day in your socialist utopia nations while waiting for needed health services. In the good...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, government, health care; Discussion threads 2008-06-10
The value in name patients: The value in name patientsYour assuming of course ....... that the surgery is successfull. What if he dies on the table or within 60 days after? Will people still want to use Duke?Probably won't make any difference unless...Dr. Friedman severely blunders. According to this article:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060200926.html?hpid=moreheadlinesthis is very...; Tags: Friedman, patient, Kennedy, surgery; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
NASA employee punished for political blogging: NASA employee punished for political bloggingThose are the rulesCivil service people aren't allowed to participate in partisan political activity. Looks like he's guilty, so no sympathy.Now if he had been blogging on the issues of the day from the privacy of his own home, without endorsing or disparaging particular...; Tags: Civil Service, blogging, NASA; Discussion threads 2008-05-28
NASA employee punished for political blogging: Blogs are bringing the Hatch Act until places no federal employee has gone before. Federal Computer Week reports that a NASA employee at the Johnson Space Center has been suspended for soliciting donations and writing politically partisan blog posts and sending e-mail messages while at work. The...; Tags: Employee, NASA, Blog, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Commonwealth Fund finds wide disparities in kids' health care: The non-partisan Commonwealth Health Fund, founded 90 years ago by Standard Oil heiress Anna M. Harkness, has a new study out on childrens' health care which makes great reading. The fund ranked all the states, and the District of Columbia, based on how kids make out on...; Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Insurance, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-28
Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OS: Puncturing the myth of the invulnerable OSWell ..."Do you want Microsoft or Apple or your favorite Linux distro to say, “I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t allow that,” ..."Vista already does this when the broadcast flag is set, so not allowing any cracking tools shouldn't be too far behind. ;)Is Vista...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, invulnerable OS; Discussion threads 2008-05-20
Is open source a vote getter?: Over in the United Kingdom polls show the Conservative Party would beat the incumbent Labour Party, if the election were held today. To keep its lead, Tory leader David Cameron (right, outside the White House) has a blog, wreathed in purplish pink, where a recent entry includes...; Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Is open source anti-American?: While Matt Asay and Paula RooneyÂ chose the meat in Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst's remarks at OSBC, others chose to play the political game of gotcha. So, is open source anti-American? Whitehurst admitted that open source advocates in the developing world benefit from an...; Tags: Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Change-Congress, an open source strategy for political reform: Lawrence Lessig, known for his leadership on IP reform and the illfated Eldred v. Ashcroft decision, launched his latest project, Change-Congress at the National Press Club on Thursday. Partnering with Joe Trippi formerly of the Dean and Edwards campaigns, Lessig's strategy will be a "bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and...; Tags: Open Source, Candidate, Change-Congress, Wiki, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-23
Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley: Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyThat does it[i]So, Mary Jo, feel free to be skeptical not that I had to tell you that. Skepticism is warranted, as you have rightly explained.[/i]Now you're going to have Don ranting about you as well as MJF.RE: Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyGee, considering Microsoft's 20+...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ring: How an information system helped nail Eliot Spitzer and a prostitution ringbig brother is watching usIf a governor was watched for suspicious terrorist activities just imagine those with weird names and no fame being checked every day, or worse, detained at undisclosed facilities.The REALLY interesting IT angle on thisI found...; Tags: Strategy, prostitution, hooker, Eliot Spitzer, information system; Discussion threads 2008-03-11
JuicyCampus.com+pushing+the+limits+of+free+speech%3F: JuicyCampus.com+pushing+the+limits+of+free+speech%3FMight be better......to confront the racists, anti-semites, etc, head on... by refuting them instead of by trying to drive them off campus. The latter has been attempted for more than a generation and all it's succeeded in doing is driving the haters underground, and encouraging extremism by creating a...; Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Litigation, JuicyCampus; Discussion threads 2008-02-19
The power of open spectrum: When the history of this era is written, it will be seen that one of the biggest bi-partisan mistakes was to treat spectrum as property rather than a commons. Billions have been earned off the spectrum, first by the government, thenÂ by those who won the auctions. But...; Tags: Wi-Fi, Spectrum, Bottom Line, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-07
Tech idiocy in the White House: Not only has the White House lost 5 million emails - or not, they aren't sure - vital White House emails have for years been run through an insecure 12-man ISP in Chattanooga Tennessee. Why? Because our laws around Presidential records preservation are at odds with other laws against partisan...; Tags: Internet, White House, IT Team, E-mail, Online Communications, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Database assembles U.S. warnings of Saddam threat: Database assembles U.S. warnings of Saddam threatOh look, politicsOh good, the definitive compendium of only those warnings uttered by the Center's political opponents. Do they never visit YouTube? These warnings go back more than a decade. Both Clintons, Al Gore, Tom Daschle, and many others gave us the same warnings....; Tags: Storage, database, Saddam, liar; Discussion threads 2008-01-23