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My Solution To Michigan/Florida Mess
ecthompsonmd March 8, 2008

Here’s my proposal for how Democrats should resolve the mess of how to include delegates from Michigan and Florida at the National Convention (this extends what was previously posted here) Each state should be penalized 20% of its delegates for breaking the rules. Michigan should simply re-vote since Barack Obama was not on the ballot when that state held its primary. For Florida, the primary already conducted should count for half of awarded delegates. A caucus should be held for the other half. There you have it.

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Marciano V. Louis In The Mess Hall
ecthompsonmd August 24, 2007

A few days ago I saw two restaurant workers shadow boxing in Downtown Houston. This reminded me of a story my father once told me about his time in the army. My father was in one of the early desegregated army units. President Harry Truman desegregated the army in 1948. What my father related took place around 1950. My father said he used to shadow box with a black solider in the mess hall. Dad, an Italian, would pretend he was Rocky Marciano and the other guy would imagine himself as Joe Louis. ( The photo is of Louis in the

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Musharraf's sticky mess
ecthompsonmd August 10, 2007

President General or is it General President Pervez Musharraf is in a little bit of trouble. The US policy in the region is also in trouble. In 2001, after 9/11 we decided to embrace Musharraf because he was “willing” to help us in the war on terror. The current mess illustrates our talking about democracy on one hand and cozying up to a dictator on the other. This video has a rare American interview with former Prime Minister Benazair Bhutto. Masharraf is rumored to be talking with Bhutto about some power sharing deal to qwell the unrest in his country. Bhutto

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