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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Republican Prescription

Monday, August 24, 2009

© Steve Greenberg

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Right Wrongs Rights

Monday, August 24, 2009

Three days ago, Senator Jim DeMint was asked whether people have a right to health care. He responded: I think health care is a privilege. I wouldn’t call it a right. Today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele published an opinion piece in the Washington Post, introducing the Republican Party’s new “Seniors’ Health Care Bill of Rights”. […]

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Media Trolling

Monday, August 24, 2009

© August J. Pollak

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Late Night Political Humor

Sunday, August 23, 2009

“Former Vice President Dick Cheney is working on his memoirs. People say when the book comes out President Bush is not going to be happy. Not because the book is critical of Bush, but because it’s one of those books that’s all words.” -Conan O’Brien “Dick Cheney is back in the news. He’s talking about […]

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The Cheney Presidency

Friday, August 21, 2009

© Tim Goheen

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If you can’t beat ’em, confuse ’em!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

© Joel Pett

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Pre-existing Condition

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

© Jim Morin

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Executing the Innocent

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia seems to think that being innocent is not enough reason to not be executed, as long as the trial was “full and fair”. In the case in question, seven of the nine witnesses who identified Troy Anthony Davis as the man who shot police officer Allen MacPhail have changed their […]

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Health Care: WTF

Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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Late Night Political Humor

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

“Over the past week, congressmen have been holding town hall meetings across the country. They’ve been disrupted by angry protesters who are against Obama’s new healthcare plan. And things could have gotten violent, but nobody could afford to get hurt. So, it was very peaceful protesting.” – Jimmy Fallon “President Obama says he will not […]

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Some Backwards Country

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

© Joel Pett

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Have a nice week

Monday, August 17, 2009

I’m going to be camping for the next week, so my access to the innertubes might be a bit erratic (but I managed to post three stories a day last summer when I went camping in the wilds of Canada, so who knows). I’ve noticed lately that people have been submitting old postings of mine […]

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Without a public option, Obama’s health plan must die

Monday, August 17, 2009

Four weeks ago, I wrote a post “Real Health Reform or Nothing!” that made the case that if we can’t get real health care reform, then progressives in Congress should vote to kill the bill. At the time, I received some emails from people who implied that I was crazy. So, yesterday, FireDogLake posted “Without […]

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GOP attacks are hurting conservatives in the UK

Monday, August 17, 2009

With the UK economy in shambles, everyone expected the Labour Party, headed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, to be defeated soundly in the next elections there. However, US Republican Party attacks on the British National Health Service as part of their campaign to discredit US health care reform are receiving wide coverage there and are […]

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Denying Claims

Monday, August 17, 2009

© Jim Morin

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