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John on March 7th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Michael Moore has a new letter to President Obama blaming the President’s mistakes and flip flops on Rahm Emanuel. Michael has it wrong here. The mistake was Obama’s hiring of Rahm in the first place. Remember the old saying that President Truman had on his desk, “The Buck Stops Here”?
I just read that Goldman Sacks may be stealing $100,000,000 every trading day. And [...]
Article by
John on March 1st, 2010 at 11:58 am
Looks like the Health Care Summit and Michael Bennet’s letter has resulted in some momentum in the Senate to revive the public option:
In the wake of last week’s “bipartisan summit” — which proved that no Republicans in Congress will vote for health care reform — an avalanche of Democratic senators are announcing today that they will vote YES for the public health [...]
Article by
John on February 23rd, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Wonder who is going to pay for this? The U.S. taxpayers?
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Article by
John on February 21st, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Top Two Primary System is Flawed
Citing a desire to not “thin the field of Democrats” in the primary, Deb Wallace withdrew from the 3rd district race to replace Rep. Brian Baird. This is yet another example of why the “top two” primary system is undermining the electoral process. If we did not have political parties, the top two primary would make sense. It would [...]
Article by
John on February 21st, 2010 at 9:57 am
From a Columbian letter to the editor today:
In her Feb. 13 letter, “President should have more influence,” Ann Harris asked was her vote wasted on Barack Obama? What has he accomplished in a year? I would answer: the stimulus package; tax reductions; elimination of the F-22 fighter program, saving millions; Sonia Sotomayor; Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; expansion of SCHIP to [...]
Article by
John on February 18th, 2010 at 7:59 am
Meet Craig Pridemore
Take a look at his voting record.
Craig Pridemore
Follow Craig and his Congressional campaign on Facebook here and here.
You can donate to his campaign here and here. I just did. We need more people like Craig who delivers what he promises and who will stand up for us in [...]
Article by
John on February 17th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
And why more stimulus spending that create jobs (not tax cuts) is the way to boost the economy.
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Here is a video about the above graph”
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Article by
John on February 9th, 2010 at 10:16 am
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Corporatocracy, Joe Bageant and why President Obama cannot fix anything until things get more broken. Here is some white trash talk:
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