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[gfish]

In the lab, working on the thesis. I'm still at about 40 pages, and while there are still some graphs to be added, I'm reaching the point where I just need to write a whole bunch more. (60 pages is a decent target.) Unfortunately I tend to be very terse when it comes to technical writing, so it will be more of less of a struggle from here on out. Maybe I'll put together an explanatory diagram for the introduction.

Spent a lot of the day watching the health care coverage on C-SPAN. I can't believe it has actually passed the House! Watching the Clinton attempt fail was one of the first things I really paid attention to, politically. Even with all the flaws, just getting this far is amazing. It just needs to be good enough that no one will be able to get rid of it. I don't mind incremental improvements at that point.

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[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

I'm also very terse, and I think it's a good thing.
When I need more pages, I try to say the same thing from a different perspective, or give examples, or go on theoretical tangents and speculations.

[randomdreams.livejournal.com]

>It just needs to be good enough that no one will be able to get rid of it.

I think that's precisely the problem we're facing: the people who don't want the government to be involved in health care (for multiple reasons) know that if it's good enough to not get rid of, they're hosed, so they're fighting for dear life to water it down enough so that it isn't good enough.
I hope there will be enough left after they get done tearing at it that the rest of us will get an improvement, or at least an idea of how it could be.

[tmfkan64.livejournal.com]

Honestly, the House was the easy part... it was clear from the beginning that *something* would pass the House... the line in the sand is definitely the Senate.

As a card-carrying liberal, I'm not thrilled with this bill... but at this point, I realize the importance of just getting the ball further up the field and getting the first down. We'll score the touchdown later on, as long as we don't lose possession.

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit disappointed that I understand that metaphor, but yeah, absolutely.