Body Scanner Makers Doubled Lobbying Cash Over 5 Years
Monday, November 22, 2010
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David Axelrod May Leave White House Earlier Than Planned
The most important read of the day...perhaps of the year:
Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion
By Chris Hedges
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Forget the Carter Comparisons, Obama Is Following in the Footsteps of Harry Truman -- and That's a Very Good Thing
The most important read of the day:
Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion
By Chris Hedges
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Body Scanner Makers Doubled Lobbying Cash Over 5 Years
The most important read of the day:
Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion
By Chris Hedges
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
The Two Most Essential, Abhorrent, Intolerable Lies Of George W. Bush's Memoir
Dear Dan Froomkin,
Obviously you haven't heard: According to our dear leader, we're supposed to "look forward, not back."
For you and everyone else complaining about Bush's book, it's the equivalent of pushing a cartful of rich and delectable desserts from table to table in the dining room of the Golden Door Spa.
If we can't eat 'em, why t0rture us? (Like I how I tucked that word in? T0rture.)
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Paul Krugman: Obama Has 'Largely Accepted Conservative View Of The World'
"Which brings me to speculate - as I have been for a while now - whether there aren't neo-cons who come to his blog, posing as progressives, for the express purpose of sowing misinformaiton and making flawed arguments. It would be consistent with the 'dirty tricks' style of political fighting that the GOP has employed in the recent past."==========
I'm an old, OLD liberal Democrat. An FDR Democrat.
Only a low-information voter who votes in the same way that a sports' fan cheers for a favorite team, who doesn't read legislation, doesn't know what's in it, but takes politicians' word for it (if your 'team' says it's good, then that's all you need to know) wouldn't know the difference.
To a low-information voter, why would anyone claiming to be 'on the team' not take the 'team's word for it being "good"? And even worse, why would another on the 'team' express disloyalty by publicly criticizing the 'team's legislation (or another member of the 'team') unless that person was from 'the other team'.
Only a low-information voter would speculate that someone who purports to be a Democrat and who objects to the Republican-like legislation that Obama and Democratic politicians have written and passed, must really be
Low information voters, no better, no smarter than Bushies, are the reason we are in the mess we're in.
About Barack Obama
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Paul Krugman: Obama Has 'Largely Accepted Conservative View Of The World'
Back last February, when proponents of a public option were finally making some headway between the time that the House passed its version of healthcare reform and the time that the Senate passed its version (and it's important to remember that Obama never pressured Blue Dogs or Joe Lieberman, never used the power of the White House and never took to the bully pulpit to advocate for a public option), Obama held a 'make it or break it bipartisan summit' at the White House which was gamed to keep proponents for getting real reform, (affordable quality medical care for everyone), shut out of the negotiations. Why wasn't Anthony Weiner or any proponents of public healthcare, of single payer, at this summit?
The summit was gamed to let insurance companies retain their lock on the path to getting healthcare.
Whether it's Republicans saying no or Democrats saying yes, to attend this summit you must have accepted that the insurance industry's ability to make profits off of you be preserved and protected, despite it bankrupting you and the nation.
Insurance adds NOTHING to the medical model. The insurance industry is the 'Don Fanucci' (Godfather, Part II) of medical care; the insurance industry is "wetting its beak", letting you get medical care (maybe, if you can afford the deductibles, the co-pays, and if your illness is covered by your policy, but) only if you pay them a gratuity up front.
That's what Obama and the DLC-controlled Democratic Party passed.
About Barack Obama
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