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    Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purposeand you allow him to make war at pleasure.

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    Public Option and Undocumented US Residents

    Just when I thought everybody understood what was going on with health care reform, Congressman Wilson had to go and call the President a liar.

    The “liar” outburst was because Rep. Wilson took exception to President Obama saying illegal aliens would not be covered under the health care legislation being contemplated.   And that is because amendments to require proof of citizenship to get health insurance did [...]



    Chomsky on Geithner (and some Colbert Comedy)

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2

    Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3

    Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video)

    The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]



    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should be round-filed along [...]



    who’s getting thrown in the briar patch?

    I’m hoping it’s Obama – but he’s already given away the store in the form of tax cuts and striking family planning and the National Mall renewal from the bill. Maybe he just wanted to give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves.

    I certainly hope so, because even if this stimulus bill works perfectly and creates/saves 4 million jobs, it won’t get rid of [...]



    not that we needed any further proof

    Congratulations! It’s the “worst recession in decades“:

    The American Trucking Associations (ATA) reported for-hire truck tonnage plummeted 11.1 percent in December, the largest month-to-month drop since April 1994, and the third-largest decline since the ATA began collecting this data in 1973.

    Compared with December 2007, the index declined 14.1 percent, the biggest year-over-year decrease since February 1996. During the fourth quarter, tonnage was down 6 percent from [...]



    The Campaign System is Broken and Everyone Knows It

    Political fundraising has often been viewed as a corrupting influence in politics. Now it’s increasingly being seen by politicians as a roadblock to doing their jobs well. Republican Senator George Voinovich has had enough. Will stories like his breathe new life into the reform movement?

    It is nice to see a Republican Senator admit that the campaign finance system is broken and is [...]



    we’ve come far, but the work is not yet done

    16 April 1963

    My Dear Fellow Clergymen:

    While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas… But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your [...]



    ratcheting up the pressure

    I assume these recent speeches by Obama are intended to publicly call out Blue Dogs and Senate Republicans to get along and go along once the Economic Plan is presented. From today’s speech at George Mason University:

    This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle, and we won’t get out of it by simply waiting [...]