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[ Friday, June 26, 2009 09:26 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Friday Fish Wrap

Section:

Commentary

Summary:

OK, so the whole world seems to be focused on the death of Pop Idol, Michael Jackson.

Main:

Meanwhile what about:

*  Climate change is about to validated by a new 1200 page piece of legislation about to come out of the Federal House of Representative.  That bill is touted to  
create jobs in Detroit, save Florida from flooding, prevent malaria in Montreal, solve the budget crisis in California, cure skin cancer, and save the nation’s Medical System.

**  Meanwhile, General Electric continues to count on the Health Care side of its business to jump start its stock price and dividend.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/26 at 09:26 AM
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[ Friday, June 19, 2009 09:44 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Friday WrapUp

Section:

Coming Attractions

Summary:

The eight edition of the Zerox Rochester International Jazz Festival will windup this weekend.

Main:

The venue of choice has been Christ Church with a great group of British based, England Arts Council sponsored , jazz performers.  The acoustics and sound system is much improve over last year.

Good reports are also coming from the Zerox Auditorium.

Once again this year, Jake of Uk fame from Hawaii was a crowd pleaser.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/19 at 09:44 AM
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[ Thursday, June 18, 2009 09:58 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Thursday Thoughts

Section:

Essays

Summary:

Paying for Health Reform

Main:

According to experts on the ground like the CEO’s of Aetna and the Cleveland Clinic, the costs associated with many of the prescriptions coming out of the Congressional committees, the true dollar costs of Universal Medical Insurance is underestimated.  Some projections include a doubling of health care deficits in the first five years, and a tripling in the first ten years of the program.

Meanwhile, 50% of U.S. hospitals operated in the red last year.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/18 at 09:58 AM
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[ Tuesday, June 16, 2009 08:20 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Tuesday,  Time for Truth Telling Time

Section:

Editorial

Summary:

*  The U.S. Economy

** Health Care Reform: The Continuing Pipe Dream.

*** Iran Islamic Republic Elections? :  Democracy Muslim Style

Main:

#:    The State of Play: Rapid Recovery with the Possibility of an Inflation Kicker.

##:  Sweet talk and the Bitter Economic Truth.

###: The Clerics Face a growing Demographic Reality.

More:

Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/16 at 08:20 AM
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[ Friday, June 12, 2009 09:11 PDT ]

Legacy Journal: Friday Final

Section:

Arts and Culture

Summary:

This evening is opening night of the nine day Rochester International Jazz Festival.  125,000 are expected to attend.

Main:

Meanwhile, the air has gone out of the Magic’s balloon.  They are now down 3 to 1 to the L.A. Lakers because of poor shooting at the free throw line and the lack of defense from their guards at the top of the key.

In addition, so what is to worry with the digital broadcast TV switch over in Rochester, NY?  Conversion box scanning this morning went without so much as a yawn.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/12 at 09:11 AM
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[ Thursday, June 11, 2009 07:44 PDT ]

Legacy Journal:Thursday Thoughts

Section:

Business

Summary:

According to the economic experts on the most recent PBS edition of the Charlie Rose Show, the American public is in for a reality check soon.

The reason are three:

        * The public has unrealistic expectations about the sustainability of current entitlement promises.

        * Congress is not about to raise taxes to pay for proposed expansion of medical benefits.

        * Economists are divided as to the cumulative effect of trillion dollar deficits over the next 9-11 years on inflation, interest rates, and the value of the   dollar.

Main:

Academics like Allen Blinder of Princeton and Washington based economics reporters for the nytimes are troubled by the prospects for rational public economic policy coming from Washington, DC from any source other than the Congressional Budget Office.  That office is required to make forecasts based on legislation that is in current operation, not on hope and possibililtes in the future.

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Posted by: webscribe2 on 06/11 at 07:44 AM
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