Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, new genetic data indicate

ScienceDaily (2010-03-18) -- Dogs likely originated in the Middle East, a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists indicates. Previous genetic research suggested an East Asian origin for dogs. 

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Can't you just see the next right wing myth brewing here.

Why doesn't Rush Limbaugh go to a country that does not have universal health care?

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"I'll just tell you this, if this [ObamaCare] passes and it's five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented, I am leaving the country. I'll go to Costa Rica." -- Rush Limbaugh

Contact Fred Upton and ask why he doesn't care!

In Rep. Upton’s district, the health care reform bill will:

Improve coverage for 412,000 residents with health insurance.

Give tax credits and other assistance to up to 182,000 families and 12,900 small businesses to help them afford coverage.

Improve Medicare for 110,000 beneficiaries, including closing the donut hole.

Extend coverage to 45,500 uninsured residents.

Guarantee that 10,800 residents with pre-existing conditions can obtain coverage.

Protect 1,300 families from bankruptcy due to unaffordable health care costs.

Allow 57,000 young adults to obtain coverage on their parents’ insurance plans.

Provide millions of dollars in new funding for 18 community health centers.

Reduce the cost of uncompensated care for hospitals and other health care providers by $61 million annually.

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Proud of how we have come together to fight for Google Fiber

It's not easy to be excited about these days in Michigan. But I'm excited by how Kalamazoo has come together to make this a community effort. The Google Fiber project has brought the community together in ways that make this effort a winner even before the application is completed. How we are working on this together is one of the reasons I'm proud to call Kalamazoo home. Congratulation Kalamazoo, Portage, Oshtemo and Texas Townships and all the other township supervisors it's through joint efforts like these that our community will not only survive but thrive. Now let's fight to make Kalamazoo County the Education community.  We need to  
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The true legacy of the time when Republicans controlled the Presidency and Legislature

A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows the EPA may have forgotten what the P in their name stands for, especially when it comes to kids. According to the report, over the past decade, the Environmental Protection Agency relaxed its commitment to keep children safe from the dangerous effects of pollution and officials habitually ignored the recommendations put forth by the agency's own children's health advisory committee. (Or as Sen. Frank Lautenberg - D., NJ - put it, efforts to protect children from environmental hazards "ground to a halt during the Bush administration" and the EPA office for children's health "withered on the vine.") For example, in 2008, the head of the EPA's children's office at the time — a woman named Ruth McCully — told investigators it just "wasn't her job to determine whether the air outside schools contained high levels of toxic chemicals."

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Socialism right in your home - right in your face

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Conservatives have apparently learned some new words recently Socialism, Communism, Fascism etc. They don't seem to understand the words since they use them interchangeably but they use them none the less. However if they want to fight socialism a good place to start would be the cable TV industry. Personally I have little interest in sports, so when I asked my TV provider why I had to buy ESPN I was told it was a "Very popular channel." When I said I didn't want it I was told that by making it a part of a tier of service it made it less expensive for all subscribers. 

My question now is where is the right wing angst over socialism. Why am I forced to purchase a channel I have no use for to make it less expensive for the people who want this service. That my friends is socialism. Why are the Tea Party People not protesting in front of cable company offices as we speak?