**Jefferson's Parlor**: America Held Hostage: Day 10 Update

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EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Sociology; WORK EXPERIENCE: Case Worker, Researcher, Teacher, Supervisor, Assistant Manager, Actor, Janitor, Busboy, Day Laborer; COUNTRIES I HAVE VISITED: Austria, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Egypt, Thailand, China, Taiwan, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay; FAMILY: Father from Ukraine, Mother from USA, wife from Colombia, one brother and one sister; LANGUAGES: English, Spanish and German [although my German is "rusty"]; CITIZENSHIP: USA. My wife, who is an artist, drew the picture at left in 1996. I had hair on top back then. Now it grows out of my ears and nose instead. OF ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE, I am proudest of this blog. I hope someone reads it!

Friday, December 10, 2010

America Held Hostage: Day 10 Update

The news from Washington, D.C., includes a report that former President Bill Clinton joined President Obama in the White House today, to support the plan to pay the Tax Cut Ransom to the rich Republican pirates in exchange for their release of humanitarian aid to America's long-term unemployed.

This reminds me: if I had wanted another Clinton in the White House, I would have voted for Hillary in the primary. I voted for Obama, instead. I thought Obama would be "change I could believe in," not a reprise of the Clinton years.

Alex Budarin