Daily Archives: 01/31/2010

(Community Matters) I played hooky from church this morning, reading the NYT and drinking coffee, then breakfast with my godson Cameron and Steven’s cousin Zac. What the heck, we’re having dinner with 3 Episcopalian priests and two former nuns tonight – that ought to count and will be even more fun – not to mention tasty!

(Community Matters) yikes – we were scheduled to attend the Alley Theatre last night for their performance of Wonderland.  Though, we just couldn’t get motivated for the drive to Houston.  This necessarily canceled our night and breakfast at the ranch with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece and nephew – regret not spending the morning with them.

Alas, had already declined . . . .  Mark Salmanson’s surprise 50th birthday bash – hope you were surprised and had too much fun.  And, the party celebrating Crystal Cotti hosted by Mark Strama.  And, Graham Reynolds’ & Shawn Sides’ for dinner, celebrating the launch of next week’s Symphony VI, the world premieres of Graham’s The Difference Engine and Peter Stopschinski’s Rough Night with Happy Ending.  See Golden Hornet Project (Feb 6) here

Sorry, once we canceled one event, it was a slippery slope and we sloughed with the best of ’em.

(Community Matters) message to my President: please pass healthcare at all costs. If it takes reconciliation to get it through the Senate, so be it. I don’t care about D majority or presidential reelection as much as finally insuring 30mm, 40mm Americans + excluding preexisting conditions + initiating cost containments + increasing Amer mfg competitiveness + portability

Obviously, I don’t think it would cost D or POTUS reelection but if so, so be it. LBJ knew signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 lost the south for Ds for a generation but it was the most important civil progress of our generation. So will be healthcare – both from civil and economic perspectives. Combined with financial services, it (they) consume too much of our GDP

And, absolutely, each bill currently passed is grossly imperfect – and extraordinarily better than what we have today.  We will fix the problems going forward.  Many are predicting our margins in each house of Congress will narrow in Nov (I’m not yet signed on to this assumption) and we cannot afford delays any further into the election cycle.