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The most secretive, least accountable institution tied to the U.S. government is not the CIA, DIA or NSA. Those clandestine agencies are subject to at least some Congressional oversight. Not so the Federal Reserve, which, since its creation in 1913, has been the most opaque institution in the land, despite the power it wields over interest rates and the money supply—indeed, over our whole economy. Now that the economy is mired in a crisis that some say might become a second Great Depression, it’s high time to shed some light on the central bank.

Senator Reid's bill passed the Senate before Christmas (60-to-39 party-line vote)  now it must be reconciled with the House version   H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (vote of 220-215).

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On Monday the 28th, I took an in-service for my PPS registration as required by the State of Virginia.

I try to read Michael R. Eades, M.D. blog on a regular basis. He has an excellent blog post on a recent study that once again shows that statin drugs are not the miracle drug that the establishment says. I have included part of his  blog below and encourage everyone to sign up for it in order to read it on a regular basis.

His general conclusion is;

Jane Hamsher from FireDogLake, a progressive blog has an interesting blog from a few days ago which helps to articulate the deepening divisions on the so-called left. She includes a section of a letter that Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the Nation Magazine has been promoting to the progresive movement which says;

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December 23, 2009

Attorney General of the United States of America
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Dear Attorney General Holder:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE_qpcuQhKw&feature=player_embedded

Dear Senator,

On behalf of our organizations and the millions of people we represent, we strongly encourage you to oppose the “individual mandate” in the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009.” Our groups and members may disagree on what are the best solutions to our health care problems, but this unprecedented coalition of organizations from across the political spectrum agrees that forcing individuals to buy insurance from private companies under the threat of fines is not the reform we need.

This week various center-left organizations and individuals came out against the bill that Senator Reid has been pushing in the Senate to reform medicine.

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