America Needs Single Payer Health Insurance

There is a major imbalance in our healthcare system.  With no warning, like being hit with a tons of bricks, my relative is a cancer patient.

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Governors Like Maine's LePage Must Go

It is time for the President to stand up and boldly stand up and defend A VERY BASIC DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE and stop pandering to the Republicans and the notion of Bipartisanship. (Bipartisanship today means conceding what is good for the whole to pander for the good of the few).

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Why Governor LePage Can�t Erase History, and Why We Need a Fighter in the White House | Common Dreams

It really is time for President Obama to stop pandering to the Republicans and stand firm for a VERY BASIC DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE. If he is a Democrat he needs to stand up and fight for the embattled American worker.

Republicans Talking with Each Other is Talking Points and Nothing Else

I did not engage in the rhetoric filled, misinformed laden very heated conversation that was transpiring between to very conservative women that I sat uncomfortably through.  With each point they were discussing the voices seemed to raise in volume.

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Wisconsin Union Busting Ploy Will Cost Republicans In Long Run

Has Scott Walker actually won with his ham-fisted approach to Union Busting. The answer is no. Though Republicans will try to spin this every which way they can with their revisionist views the fact remains that people nationwide are not behind what has transpired in Wisconsin.

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Daily Kos: Bachus lets the truth slip out

Please read this article and see what the Republican agenda is. Bachus clearly and simply states what he and his brethren believe down the line.

White House Gives In On Bush Tax Cuts

I hope this is not going to be the beginning of a wave of conceding on other very important issue. The top 2% of the nation should never having been given this gift in the first place.

Republicans/Tea Party Power Bodes Badly For Women's Issues

With the Republicans/Tea Party having more power women are going to have a very difficult time with women's issues being addressed on the chambers' floors.

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Earmark ban faces test in new Senate - Scott Wong and Manu Raju - POLITICO.com

How is repealing a ban on earmarks going to help our overspending and over-bloated budget? The answer no way. Practicing hypocrisy much!! This is another example of campaigning on one thing and doing exactly the opposite. More of the same to come.

Poll Watching Run Amok

On Tuesday November 2, 2010 I sat as an Inspector at a Local Precinct in the Greater Los Angeles County.

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger's racial rant latest in history of incendiary remarks | Media Matters for America

This woman is neither a Psychologist or Psychiatrist and is actually doing more harm than good with her bigoted, homophobic, racist "advice. Laura Schlessinger needs a therapist herself.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, BP Was Not Treated Harshly by the President

For those of you out there that truly believe that BP was treated too harsly by our President I must disagree. This corporation with its flagrant need to place profit over safety killed 11 people in this catastrophic environmental event.

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BBC News - Cardinal attacks US over Lockerbie bomber reaction

Once again, it appears the Roman Catholic Church is speaking without the facts. This heinous creature that was released back to Libya on supposed humanitarian grounds has been founded to be a liar. The doctor lied about the severity of this creature's medical condition.

The Justice System is Failing Women

The justice system is failing women. How can I say this? Well look in the not too distant past and the answer will be your. The sentence Charlie Sheen received for copping to assaulting his wife is a travesty.

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Newsvine - Officials say BP spill now hitting all Gulf states

Unfortunately this was to be expected. BP took its negligence and wanton disregard for safety/maintenance standards and applied it to stopping the flow of oil and cleanup.

Lieberman tells internet to 'relax' about 'kill switch' | Video Cafe

It is really time for this particular Senator to be replaced. He is becoming an advocate for the killing of the first amendment which is a right of every American citizen.

Perino whitewashes Bush drilling regulation failures | Media Matters for America

Well, well, well, look who the Bush brain trust has trotted out. This airhead wouldn't know a fact if it smacked her upside the head. She is a parrot who repeats the lines she is given.

BBC News - 'Tight security' in Iran ahead of election anniversary

Unfortunately in a country like Iran change will only come with much abuse, blood shed, imprisonment and death. This is an severely oppressive/repressive regimen that does not want to change anything for the good.

How BP Works Washington - Newsweek

This is a must read article.

Former Interrogator: All George Bush Did is Give Al Qaeda Another Recruiting Tool | Video Cafe

The Former President has openly admitted to a war crime. Japanese officers were executed for water boarding after War World II. This open admission is inviting like and worse treatment from terrorists who have captured American soldiers.

Injustice

INJUSTICE Religious intolerance caused by injustice Injustice caused by man’s insufferable ego used for detestable means Injustice caused by man’s arrogance and ignorance May justice prevail from the injustice created by man Look inside and to find the answer Open yo …

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Immigration Without Discrimination

Do you want to go back to the time when just because of the color of your skin you could not ride in the front of the bus? If you were black you were only 3/5 of a person. Or you couldn't eat at a lunch counter? Fighting for your country you had to fight in a segregated unit. G …

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Newsvine - The Presidential Anti-Semite Strikes Again

The problem with our nation is that for too long we have only looked at one side of this issue. Israel is always justified in what it does and the other side is always wrong and aiding and abetting terrorists.

What is Rand Paul�s political philosophy? : Bluegrass Politics

At what cost is this limited government to come? This man has dug his own grave with his own words.

Newsvine - BP's Gulf battle echoes monster '79 Mexico oil spill | Reuters

BP needs to be given its walking papers. The safety violations are numerous on many of their rigs. This company simply puts profits before safety.

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