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I wanted to make a comment regarding loyalty to your first card.  I'm 49 now.  I got my first Visa credit card around the age of 27 with Citibank.  I think I signed up for the free items program (they were newly popular at the time).  They were my credit card for about the next 20 years.  But what led me to switch to a local credit union was when Citibank's customer service moved to India, and if I had issues, I had to talk to someone on the phone who had an Indian accent.  They also tried to sell me new services every time I called about an issue.  I wasn't comfortable with someone in India having access to my private information, which led me to close that account and get a card with my credit union, who's customer service people are in the U.S.

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I'd like to second this one as well.  I do yoga at a studio in Vancouver, and am very interested in the general yoga movement, and the attitudes and beliefs of its adherents (it seems to be about more than physical fitness for most of them).  Different studios have different "personalities" as well.

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How about a show on the Rick Emerson radio show?  It is a radio talk show that's been around for almost 10 years, until recently on small local AM stations (his show would be taken off the air by one, but then due to popular demand would re-appear on another).  The last one was KOTK.  Now he's on KUFO.

He is very funny without trying to be a comedian (he's just himself, talking like he always talks).  His two sidekicks are very good too, Tim Riley and Sarah X Dillon.  The three of them have done the show almost from the beginning (I think Sarah came on a little later). 

I'd like to see Emily Harris interview the three of them on Think Out Loud and give callers a chance to call in and talk to them.

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I love Think Out Loud and frequently listen (in the evenings since I work all day). I will definitely listen tomorrow since health care is an interest of mine.
McCains' plan is idiocy and won't help those with pre-existing conditions. Those with pre-existing conditions pay astronomical amounts for health insurance if they can even get it at all, so the tax credit will be useful to them. And as another poster mentions, adding this huge tax credit is stupid when the country is already in debt. If McCain gets elected and gets rid of the COBRA law and other laws protecting continuity of coverage (since he might do since he promises to cut regulation of insurance companies) there will be a lot of people who won't be able to get insurance.

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