Brain Contour

The first issue of the The Peg Leg Update is now available in print and online. If you are in Brookings, South Dakota, grab a copy from these locations: O’Hare’s, Cubby’s, Jim’s Tap, Sully’s, Cottonwood Coffee, George’s Pizza and Yeager Hall (on SDSU campus).

I saw a copy of The Peg Leg Update yesterday on a table at Wecota Hall. I didn’t mind the 11-page publication until I grabbed a copy of the Collegian issue, which was piled beside it.

Pres. Barack Obama delivered his address on health care to the Joint Session of Congress tonight. I was watching the live coverage on CNN and following how Republicans reacted to some points stressed by the Pres. Most of the time, the Republicans remain seated on one side of the hall while the Democrats applauded and gave Obama a standing ovation. A divided house indeed.

Obama has been bombarded by issues lately regarding his health reform plans. Obama said: “I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now.”

Obama presented a detailed description of his idea of health reform. Watch Obama’s Health Care Speech in full after the jump.

This is my column for the Collegian this week.
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Some of my Filipino friends back home have asked me about how clean Americans are inside the house. I could not answer straight to the point, because the term “clean” is relative: cleanliness in the Filipino perspective could be a far cry from the American viewpoint. If cleanliness is the absence of dirt or offensive odor, then based on the number of American homes I have been into since 2006, Americans do maintain a clean surrounding.