State Insurance Regulators Schedule Surprise Sunday Vote to Gut Health Reform | Consumer Watchdog

Seeded on Sun Nov 6, 2011 10:08 AM EST (Consumer Watchdog)

I also received an email encouraging me to call the hotel where the meeting of state insurance commissioners are staying. I called and there was no answer at the room so I left a voice message. This is not usual Newsvine behavior but to editorialize--The contin …

health, national-association, insurance-commissioners, commissioner-kevin-mccarty, call-by, am-sunday-span-span, american-working-classamp-nbsp, consumer-watchdog-p-p

Just When You Thought The Republican Field Couldn’t Get Any Worse: Rick Perry Is In | Addicting Info

Seeded on Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:00 PM EDT ()

Rick Perry is also one of the most regressive, knee-jerk, conservative-spouting heads in a field dominated by ideology and anger and light on intellect.

election, politics, presidential, perry, elitist, thunderdome, waging-war

The Earth Is Flat, Bloodletting Heals and Obama Is A Republican: An Opinion Can Be Wrong - The Pragmatic Progressive Forum

Seeded on Sun Aug 14, 2011 7:16 PM EDT ()

It’s a free country and you can believe whatever you like. You can shout it from the rooftops, scrawl it all over Facebook, record it on Youtube.

politics, obama, opinion, democrat, republicanopinion-can-be-wrong

BART Pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco; Shuts Cell Phone Service to Impede Protest | Common Dreams

Seeded on Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:50 PM EDT (Common Dreams)

We can't talk? ...once BART made the service available, cutting it off in order to prevent the organization of a protest constitutes prior restrain on the free speech rights of every person in the station, whether they’re a protestor or a commuter.

free-speech, david-cameron, tiananmen-square, us-news

Conservative Smackdown of the Day: 8-12-11 | Addicting Info

Seeded on Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:49 AM EDT (Justin Rosario)

twenty years of prostituting yourself out to the highest bidder ...and yet Kentuckians keep voting him in... Congratulations...

politics, liar, flip-flop, mitch-mcconnell, conservative-smackdown

What you missed while not watching the Iowa GOP debate - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Fri Aug 12, 2011 2:13 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

I watched Burn Notice at home, my husband called Bingo at the Legion Hall--so I was especially grateful to Mr.

politics, comedy, time-line, republican-debate, lowa

What Happened to Obama's Passion? - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:51 AM EDT (The New York Times)

This is the Inauguration Speech Obama should have given on January 20, 2009:

politics, drew-westen, when-barack-obama, times-topic

In Decrying Obama's Centrism, Drew Westen Ignores Role of Race | The Nation

Seeded on Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:17 AM EDT (The Nation)

...race always has been the primary prism through which to understand Obama. ... the vast majority (who supported and voted for Obama are) people of color, young voters and white liberals.

politics, conflict, obama, opinion, african-american, tom-hayden, post-racial, drew-western

The dysfunction that lies at the very heart of American politics

Seeded on Mon Aug 8, 2011 10:18 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

The American political system discourages radicalism and relies on compromise. Yet the violation of even the most customary rules of governance has made such deal-making now nearly impossible. The answer lies in the apathy of the American people toward their own government.

politics, opinion, apathy

Terrorism From The Right-Wing | Addicting Info

Seeded on Fri Aug 5, 2011 5:52 PM EDT (addictinginfo.org)

The right-wing is lying when they claim that their beliefs do not inspire acts of terrorism. Many right wingers have committed acts of terrorism to advance their political views and to further the conservative quest to conquer liberals.

politics, opinion, rebublicans, disintegrate, terrorist-acts, biden-democrats

Infographic: The Bipartisan Compromise | The White House

Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 7:53 PM EDT (Welcome to the White House)

This is one slick graphic...And in 3 steps, too... Guess selling it to the AmPub (that's US) --Just yell it loud and long.. I want the small print, and the closed door tapes. I am very skeptical that the outcome will be any where close to the stated goal.

politics, executive-branch, judicial-branch, white-house-staff, white-house-blog-photos, white-house-our-government, innovate-higher-education-race, recommendation-tours, bipartisan-compromise, transparency-browse-white-house

Debt Ceiling Deal Trickery: A Catalyst for an Uprising? | The Dissenter

Seeded on Thu Aug 4, 2011 9:27 AM EDT (Firedoglake)

In the event that this piece of copy is determined to be revolutionary please be assured that no politicos were harmed in the suggestion that We, the non cynical, are the only hope for this country.

politics, ceiling-deal-trickery, whose-delusionary, wall-street-gang-banksters

Thanks...

Wed Aug 3, 2011 10:46 AM EDT

Yesterday I was caught up in all the drama of what was going on in DC.

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appreciation, articles, not-news, responsible, good-writing

Debt is a done deal, but peace truce already fades - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 6:37 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Naturally,...

congress, politics, debt-ceiling, bi-partisanship, government-world

ThePeoplesView.net: You Can't Demoralize Me By Your Blame-Obama-For-Everything Narrative

Seeded on Tue Aug 2, 2011 10:22 AM EDT (Blog: The Peoples View)

I'm throwing this into Politics category. I'm adding this because it is more cogent then my thoughts on the same subject. It has astounded me that during the campaign of 2008 when then Senator Barack Obama entered the Presidential race, he had his detractors then and …

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OpEdNews - Quicklink: World Reacts To Debt Debacle: "Irresponsible,' "Worst Kind Of Absurd Theatrics,' US Politicians A "Laughing Stock

Seeded on Sat Jul 30, 2011 9:08 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

countries around the world are angry that American politicians play with the possibility of a US default like a yo-yo with little regard for the international economic system that depends on American solvency

china, politics, laughing-stock, superiority, ineffective-government, loss-of-standing, worst-theater

Debt Ceiling Stalemate Illustrates the Tea Party's Reality Gap - US News and World Report

Seeded on Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:25 PM EDT (US News & World Report)

Many pundits predicted that once in office, the House GOP majority would adapt to the rules of governance, likely by the party leaders harnessing and containing the wild-eyed newcomers. But the pundits didn't understand the extent to which absolutism has infected the GOP.

politics, reality, debt-ceiling, tea-party, mitch-mcconnells, any-gop

OpEdNews - Article: Who Owns John Boehner? The Corporations That Love The Grim Weeper!

Seeded on Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:54 AM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Boehner owns shares in many corporations and thinks he is his own man, but the truth is that corporations own many shares of John Boehner.

politics, consumer-protection, american-financial-group, gop-speaker, speaker-cmte, misc-manufacturing, ohio-state-legislature

President Obama Fined For Not Paying Congestion Charge In London (VIDEO)

Seeded on Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:41 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

International Politics. What a hoot. Everybody's gotta make it where they can. If Heads of State gotta go then they ought to pay the locals for the ride. On the serious side, the government knew about this ahead of time why is it now becoming …

politics, president, london, congestion-charge, silly-stuff, american-embassy

The Myth...

Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:18 PM EDT

The English settled colony in the Americas was in 1607. It was called the Virginia Colony after the Virginia Company of London. The VCoL financed the expedition which consisted of English men and boys.

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history, opinion, american-supremacy, american-dominance, mis-directed-plans

Getting to Crazy - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)

There aren’t many positive aspects to the looming possibility of a U.S. debt default.

business, social-security, opinion, krugman, debt-ceiling, columnist-page, over-government

Continuously Amazed...

Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:59 PM EDT

The first cutting of alfalfa is on the ground and we don't want too much rain. What rain did fall settled the dust on the roads. The evening is a summer delight cooling to the high 60's.

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history, personal-thoughts, rainbows