The Will Power Report

WILL POWER REPORT: DOCTORS CHARGE “FACILITY FEE”


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WILL POWER REPORT: INSTANT REPLAY FOR BASEBALL

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Instant Replay for Baseball

October 23, 2009 -- I love baseball- in spite of the drugs, the drinking, the cheating, and the high salaries. But I hate the egregiously bad calls which affect the outcome of games, series, careers, and franchises.


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WILL POWER REPORT: TAX CREDITS FOR CLEAR CUTS?

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By Will Power

September 28, 2009--American Banks and Brokers are so desperate for new financial instruments that they invent entire new commodities to trade- such as “carbon credits” . The idea is to slow global warming by encouraging green business practices. But the market has been a bust, like in New Zealand, where carbon credits that once went for $7.00 a share are now worth 25 cents.

No matter! In fact, “Green” Governor Arnold “Terminator” Swartzenegger, who received $100,000 from Sierra Pacific Logging, muscled through a decision that allows loggers who clear-cut California forests to claim a “carbon credit” for decimating the environment. According to Arnold, clear-cutting is "Green"!


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WILL POWER REPORT: ANOTHER EXPENSIVE FIRE?


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September 4, 2009-- Big surprise! Another fire in LA County will cost millions to extinguish. Firefighters come from Shasta County to get in on the juicy overtime. Private contractors lease out bulldozers and aircraft at ridiculous rates to save the homes of the foolish rich who build in canyons and on ridge-tops.


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WILL POWER REPORT: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT

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The Social Contract

By Will Power


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WILL POWER: ULTERIOR MOTIVES

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June 21, 2009--As California lurches towards insolvency, the supply-siders who wrecked the system now propose to turn over the state’s assets to private parties. The most valuable and scenic properties, the California State Parks, are now going to be rented out for private “management”. It’s the first step towards selling them outright to developers.


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WILL POWER REPORT: RFID AND THE ELECTRONIC NAZIS

Nothing but the Truth! June 14, 2009 -- The implantation of tiny RFID (radio frequency identification devices) devices on practically anything has been promoted as “anti-shoplifting” and “inventory control”. But did you all new cars will soon be equipped with an RFID device so accurate that the government will be able to track you car everywhere you drive and at all hours?


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WILL POWER REPORT: CALIFORNIA TO SELL COLISEUM?

Nothing but the Truth! California’s Governor “Terminator” Arnold Swartzenegger is now so frightened about California’s deficit that he now wants to sell off California landmarks like San Quentin and the LA Coliseum. He also wants Big Oil to drill off the coast of Santa Barbara which he has opposed for years. He thinks the state can earn $200 Billion. He’s using a self-created crisis to change the political landscape in California.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT: CONGRESS MUST BAN "ADD-ON" AMENDMENTS

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Congress Must Ban “Add-on” Amendments

May 12, 2009 (San Diego)--Congress this week is discussing ways to limit credit-card companies. But there’s a trout in the milk. Included in the language changing credit-card rules is language regulating the carrying of loaded guns in National Parks.

How did the gun amendment find its way into a credit-card bill? It’s common practice.


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WILL POWER REPORT: A FISH STORY

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By Will Power

April 7, 2009 San Diego)--A tragic event happened on a Southern California fishing boat this week. A deckhand, hoping to amuse some children on an “Educational” Fishing Trip, stuck a live fish in his mouth. The fish logged in the man’s windpipe and he was suffocated.

But it is the fish, not the people in danger. Overfishing and pollution have caused some species of fish to disappear, while others can no longer legally be caught.


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WILL POWER REPORT: A SKUNK IN A SACK!

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By Will Power

March 24, 2009 (San Diego--If the US Government has learned anything from the botched bail-out, it should be not to trust the bankers to clean up their old messes.


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WILL POWER REPORT: HEALTHCARE--RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY

COLUMN: THE WILL POWER REPORT: Nothing but the Truth!

*Restrictions May Apply


June 6, 2009 (San Diego)--The US Private Health Insurance companies have started their TV blitz to stop government health care. Do we have the political will to defy these clowns?



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WILL POWER REPORT: LAY-OFF NOTICES ARE EXTORTION!

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LAY-OFF NOTICES ARE EXTORTION!

February 17, 2009 (San Diego) -- The use of layoff warning letters as an excuse to terrify workers has an old history. For decades, school boards would send out letters to teachers on March 15, designed to terrify teachers and force them to accept substandard contracts and working conditions.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - Bad Political Theater

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoJanuary
23, 2009 (San Diego's East County) —
Arnold “Terminator” Swartzenegger,
the cinema millionaire, thinks it is amusing to cut payments to the elderly,
the poor and the disabled. To the Terminator, these folks are just props in
a California comedy that has degenerated from melodrama to tragedy as the state
approaches bankruptcy.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - Hawaii Blackout?

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoJanuary
11, 2009 (San Diego) —
  I imagine lot of people
have had Hawaii Blackouts after a few too many Mai-Tais. But I’m alarmed
that President-Elect Obama was out of touch for the better part of a day.
The power went out in Oahau.
Now I realize he is not President yet. But just the idea that a power outage
could last for 12 hours is pretty scary in itself.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - Nursing Home Problems Classified?

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoDecember 28, 2008 (San Diego) —  Another “lame-duck” Federal rule concerning Nursing homes has been approved by the outgoing Bush Administration. The rule places State examiners who police Nursing Homes under a Federal Gag Order which prevents patients and relatives of elderly and infirm patients from finding out about lapses in patient care.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - Prescription Medicine Costs

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoJanuary
1, 2008 (San Diego) —
  I am at the end of my rope with Big Pharma.  They
are the greediest, least efficient, most corrupt corporations going, and that
included Big Oil.  They sell bad, unsafe, overpriced drugs that kill people
and don't allow people who need drugs to get them.


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The Will Power Report - THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoDecember
4, 2008 (San Diego) —
The profitable is the enemy of the good. Nowhere
is this more true than in U.S. health care.  I’ve spent the last
two days on the phone with my Senators, Congressmen, the NIH and the FDA. I'm
rattling some cages!


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - A BLANKET PARDON?

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoDecember
1, 2008 (San Diego) —
When I was about five years old, my father
was a US Air Force Officer. He was involved in a Court-Martial in Wichita ,
Kansas. It seemed a considerable number of US Army blankets went missing, and
several airmen were charged with stealing the blankets and selling them off
the base. I don't even remember the disposition, though I recollect nobody
was found guilty.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - PRISONERS OF DEBT

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoOctober
14, 2008 (San Diego) -
When John McCain accidentally referred to “My
Fellow Americans” as “My Fellow Prisoners” this week, he
was right on one account. We are all prisoners of the National Debt – currently
$10 trillion and rising rapidly.


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THE WILL POWER REPORT - HARD TRUTHS FOR HARD TIMES

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoOctober
1, 2008 (San Diego) -
Life
has a few hard rules. Break them at your own risk.


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The Will Power Report - Solar Roofs

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By Will Power

Will Power LogoThe
real unemployment rate in the U.S. is over 7%. Many people have stopped looking
for jobs. Particularly hard hit is the construction business, due to the mortgage
meltdown.


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