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Death Panels Two, Old People Zero… This Health Care Thing Could Actually Be Happening

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, News, Politics, Republicans

Well, now we got something!  The Senate voted for the right to talk about health care reform over the weekend.  That doesn’t sound right does it?  Haven’t they been talking about this for months now?  Anyway, Majority Leader Harry Reid (shown praying for baseball sized hail to smite his GOP adversaries) managed to cobble together [...]

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An Open Letter To My Georgia Senators Part 1: Saxby Chambliss

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Democracy, Health Care, News, Politics

From my friend Mary– an outspoken proponent in the battle to reshape health care– and protect those who cannot protect themselves. The health care bill with a public option has been shown to save Americans money and reduce insurance company profits. Which is your constituency? You know, it may be that neither one starts thinking [...]

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New Blood For A New War Part 2: The Christopher Dodd Conundrum

October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · america, Democracy, Democrats, Elections, News, Politics, Republicans

The United States Congress’ approval rating is currently sitting at or around 25 percent.  This anemic figure is representative of a few factors: 1) A deflated economy, replete with little to no job creation.  2) A palpable sense of partisan fatigue, created by the non-stop jousting between the two major parties. 3) A general distrust, [...]

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The Demonization Of ACORN Continues: Now In The Crosshairs… Al Franken, And His Senate Victory

September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Democracy, News, Politics, Republicans

Now it seems as though ACORN has “stolen” a victory from GOP senatorial candiate Norm Coleman in Minnesota.  Those Bastards in ACORN rigged the election in favor of Al Franken.  Gasp! The Fox Nation, Gateway Pundit blog, and Mickey Kaus all highlighted a Minneapolis Star Tribune column to claim or suggest that ACORN stole the [...]

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In the age of hyper-partisanship, even democrats want to cannibalize democrats

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, Health Care, News, Politics

As reported by Glenn Greenwald: But if health care reform fails, liberals need to understand who to blame and how to fix it. They need to start knocking off Democrats like Conrad and Joe Lieberman, who seem to be trying to kill health care reform, even if this temporarily costs the Democrats some seats. . [...]

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Michael Dukakis redux?

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Democracy, Democrats, News, Politics

How about this for coming full-circle? Former presidential nominee and governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis filling Ted Kennedy’s senate seat.  Talk about rounding out a career.

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Friday's funny politics

August 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Comedy, Democracy, Health Care, Political Fringe, Politics, Racism

Happy Friday! Watch this interview on health care reform between John Stewart, and republican strategist and commentator Bill Kristol.    If you’re a proponent of government staying out of health care because of its inefficiency, try to figure out what Kristol’s point is: We’ve got new Autotune! Jack Conway looks tough.  And he’s running for senate [...]

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Friday Funnies: The Thomas Senate Hearing

July 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Comedy

[clearspring_widget title="Thomas Senate Hearing" wid="4727a250e66f9723" pid="4a5fbc2f8b9964f9" width="384" height="283" domain="widgets.nbc.com"] This is not just hilarious, it’s pretty timely.  With the Sotomayor hearings concluding, I thought it was time to break out an oldie and a goodie from 1991.  Recognize the guy in the bow-tie? Video Recaps | Full Episodes | Webisodes

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