Can’t let this one slide by

The following, thanks to Lisa English. Read her entire posts on her site and/or Blog Sisters.
THE HOMELAND SECURITY WHODUNIT:
TOM PAINE.COM OFFERS $10,000 REWARD TO FIND OUT

Back in November, the Senate and House passed a Homeland Security Bill replete with goodies for special interests, but none so troubling as that mysterious rider which appeared out of nowhere, seemingly in the middle of the night, just prior to the vote. The rider created a wall of protection around the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, a large Republican campaign contributor. For a company facing expensive lawsuits stemming from an association between the vaccines it produced, and the high rise in autism among American children who were administered that vaccine, this rider – having nothing to do with Homeland Security – may well have saved Eli Lilly’s future in corporate America. Sadly, passage of Homeland Security put an end to those lawsuits, filed by parents who want to know the truth. Families must now file their claims through a special “vaccine court” where their cases will be heard. The quest for truth has been crushed.
Who was the person who slipped this rider into the bill at the last minute? Who out there is protecting the corporate backside of Eli Lilly? Politicians on the left and on the right claim they knew nothing about the addition. Many voted for the bill not realizing the rider had been included. Now, you and I both know that Washington DC is not exactly a haven for the modest. To the contrary, it’s home to politicians and pundits whose every breath is cause for a two-column write-up, so when nobody stepped up to the plate and took credit for this mysterious corporate litigation condom, families of autism and people of good will began to ask, “whodunit?” We just might get an answer to that question.
TomPaine.com has issued a $10,000 reward leading to the identification of that individual responsible for this clandestine piece of lawmaking.
Read it all on their site..
I wonder if the arts money that heiress Ruth Lilly is spreading around is tied to this at all. Blood money? Then why to the arts? Because arts people are so hungry for support that they won’t criticize their benefactresses connections? Just wondering.

One more thing…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the Blog arena as a place to exercise one’s authentic voice. That’s something that’s discussed on and off all the time — as is the idea of “writing oneself into existence.”
Oddly enough (or maybe not), I’ve always looked at the real world as a place to exercise my authentic voice, to write/speak/act myself into existence — so my blog voice is the same as my real voice, the one I use all of the time. And my blog behavior is the same as it is the the real world. I don’t need to type myself into existence through my blog; but it is a way to share my real, authentic voice with a larger world.
Question: Why doesn’t everyone use the same voice/behavior in the real world as they do in the blog world? Is it fear? Inhibition?
Just something I’m thinking about as I’m cleaning, cooking, and packing for the drive. I’m inviting you all to think about that too.