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Article by John on August 11th, 2009 at 9:41 am After all the flip flops and disappointments that are piling up around the President, his recent deal with the pharmaceutical companies is a hard pill to swallow. Here is a 53 minute film about these scumbag companies. Cenk Uygur reminds us that President Obama might be right with regard to his drug company deal. But if the President does not get [...]
Article by John on August 10th, 2009 at 10:59 am Here is a health care PDF put out by the Kaiser Family Foundation which summarizes the various legislative proposals in Congress. Reading and disseminating this may help diminish the effectiveness of all the fear mongering that is appearing in the media and on the part of the regressives amongst us. If you want to be afraid, be afraid of what [...]
Article by John on August 7th, 2009 at 5:41 am update: Single Payer health care advocates will be in front of the entrance beginning at 5:30 p.m. with signs and leaflets. Please join us. Rep. Baird’s town hall will move to Clark County Amphitheater by Allan Brettman, The Oregonian Friday August 14, 2009, 5:23 PM VANCOUVER — A controversial town hall hosted by U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., will be held Tuesday at the Clark County Amphitheater. Baird’s office announced [...]
Article by John on July 17th, 2009 at 9:30 am Beautifully said Bob although I think we are beyond, “If you care, voice your outrage to Congress.”, making any difference at all. Many in our country labor under the illusion that we are a representative democracy and a beacon of freedom to the world. In reality, we are a fascist, corporate-controlled country. We are a beacon to corporations and executives who are free from regulation, can buy [...]
Article by John on May 16th, 2009 at 12:57 pm Money buys results in Congress. Return on investment is estimated at 22,000% on money given to Congress. Money is the Model. – Lessig Our Representative Baird voted for the Bankruptcy Bill in 2005. Change Congress. Support the Fair Elections Now Act. This is the real problem behind all the other ones… var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/politicians\/summary.php?cid=N00007936&cycle=2008","http:\/\/change-congress.org\/","http:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/site\/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=4773857#details"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “oinw”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnL2NvbmdyZXNzL3JlYWwtYmFua3J1cHRjeS1jb25ncmVzcy88d3B0Yj5UaGUgUmVhbCBCYW5rcnVwdGN5ICYjODIxMjsgQ29uZ3Jlc3M8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8vd3d3LmRlbW9jcmFjeWZvcnZhbmNvdXZlci5vcmc8d3B0Yj5EZW1vY3JhY3kgZm9yIFZhbmNvdXZlcg%3D%3D”;
Article by John on May 8th, 2009 at 7:15 am Actions have consequences… Wouldn’t it be great if Specter had his petuddy(sp) handed to him by a challenger that actually acts like a true Democrat in the primary? We need a massive amount of new blood in Congress. This will be a test if people in Pennsylvania value seniority over Democratic issues. There is no way anyone can argue Arlen is good [...]
Article by John on April 20th, 2009 at 9:56 am Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the United States, defending his pardon of former President Richard Nixon at a press conference. Image by Getty Images via Daylife Well it is official. America tortured people. And the people that committed these crimes and the people that devised these crimes are not going to be prosecuted or otherwise investigated. Rahm Emanuel said so yesterday on TV. [...]
Article by John on April 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am A torture rack, photographed in the Tower of London – Image via Wikipedia President Obama and Congress: Please investigate, possibly prosecute and most certainly put forth new legislation to prevent any future torture being committed by our government. Do not condone what was done. Walk the talk. Do not put us at much higher risk of repeating these crimes in the future. The [...] | |
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