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Article by John on April 4th, 2009 at 9:07 am Given the state of the Federal budget deficit, this just makes me sick (from Think Progress): Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) have a $250 billion proposal to cut estate taxes for the children of multi-millionaires even more than George W. Bush already did, and it’s attracting a disturbing amount of support. Their $250 billion proposal would raise the estate tax exemption [...]
Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us. Regulations did not just magically appear one day. They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past. Reagan [...]
Article by missy on February 17th, 2009 at 10:32 am Another example of Israeli exceptionalism: Israel is assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists as part of its efforts to disrupt the Islamist regime’s illicit weapons program, the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday quoted Western intelligence sources as saying. … The paper also quoted United States intelligence sources as saying Israel is using sabotage, front companies and double agents to disrupt the Islamist republic’s illicit weapons program as an alternative to direct [...]
Article by John on December 29th, 2008 at 10:42 pm Just read this from Judith Shattuck, the Washington State Coordinator of the Progressive Democrats of America. Nice to be reminded there are many others that see what I see, think what I think and feel what I feel: My note to Pelosi …. Quoting: Pelosi: US must stand strongly with Israel Published: 12.28.08, 03:13 / Israel News …Speaker of the US House of [...]
Article by missy on September 5th, 2008 at 10:50 am RJ Eskow gives us 15 quick and easy responses to the many lies told at the RNC, along with this delicious graph from the Center for American Progress: Looks like someone never met an earmark she didn’t love. Now get out there and win those water cooler wars! var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/nightlight.typepad.com\/nightlight\/2008\/09\/rapid-response.html","http:\/\/www.americanprogressaction.org\/issues\/2008\/palin_earmarks.html"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var wordpress_toolbar_oinw = “oinw”;var wordpress_toolbar_hash = “aHR0cDovL3d3dy5kZW1vY3JhY3lmb3J2YW5jb3V2ZXIub3JnL3JlcHVibGljYW5zL2hpdC1iYWNrLWhhcmQvPHdwdGI%2BaGl0IGJhY2ssIGhhcmQ8d3B0Yj5odHRwOi8vd3d3LmRlbW9jcmFjeWZvcnZhbmNvdXZlci5vcmc8d3B0Yj5EZW1vY3JhY3kgZm9yIFZhbmNvdXZlcg%3D%3D”;
Article by John on August 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm Click here to sign up for this action. Walk your neighborhood door-to-door spreading the message to end the illegal war and occupation of Iraq. The coalition organizing Million Doors for Peace includes: Catholics United, Cities for Peace, MoveOn.org, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action, Progressive Accountability, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace & Justice, USAction & TrueMajority.org, Voters for Peace and Win Without War. var wordpress_toolbar_urls = [...]
Article by missy on August 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pm I fear and loathe John McCain as much as the next progressive, but I get a very bad feeling when I hear Thom Hartmann, dday et al. going on about the things McCain supposedly did while a POW (signing a confession, recording a propaganda film 4 days after his capture, etc.), and the things which McCain has said occurred which seem actually to be confabulations [...] | |
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