September 30, 2009 By Jack Hendricks For OpEdNews: Jack Hendricks – Writer Civil rights struggles are an American Tradition. One began 150 years ago, October 16, 1859 when John Brown led a raid intended to free slaves at Harper’s Ferry, VA. After that, the American Civil War became inevitable as both North and South prepared [...]
Archive for September, 2009
30 Sep
101 Reasons Universal Health Care Works for Pennsylvania
HealthCareForALLPA Here’s a list of the good things a universal single payer health insurance system will do for Pennsylvania. There are more, most importantly the over one million uninsured citizens of the Commonwealth. Support our efforts to pass sane health care legislation in Harrisburg. Learn about the bills working their way through the State House [...]
30 Sep
Where Did ‘We’ Go?
New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: September 29, 2009 I hate to write about this, but I have actually been to this play before and it is really disturbing. Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Thomas L. Friedman I was in Israel interviewing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin just before he was [...]
30 Sep
Poll: Big Majority Worries Afghanistan Will Be Another Vietnam
The Plum Line With Obama set to meet with his national security team today to discuss Afghaninstan, these numbers from Rasmussen are really striking: Concerned That Afghanistan Will Become Another Viet Nam? Very concerned 38% Somewhat concerned 28% Not very concerned 19% Not at all concerned 6% A big majority — 66%, or two thirds — [...]
30 Sep
MoveOn Unleashes Ads Hitting Dem Senators Who Voted Against Public Option
The Plum LineGreg Sargent’s blog Okay, this is getting good. In a clear sign that the left will not hold back from targeting fellow Dems in the final stretch of the health care wars, MoveOn is going up on the air today with new radio spots slamming the “centrist” Dem Senators who voted against the [...]
30 Sep
Broad Brush
thinkprogress.org President Obama will convene “an array of high-powered advisors” today to discuss whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Gen. David Petraeus, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen, and Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair were [...]
30 Sep
How Progressives Should Deal With The Deficit
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY How Progressives Should Deal With The Deficit This year, the federal deficit will exceed 11 percent of the gross domestic product — higher than at any point in the country’s post-war history. Last month, both the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released revised projections [...]
29 Sep
Senate Finance Committee Vote on Public Option Expected Today
Campaign for America’s Future The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Senate Finance Committee Vote on Public Option Expected Today C-Span covering Senate Finance debate and vote today. Public option backers not expecting to win in right-leaning committee, but to build momentum for floor vote. [...]
29 Sep
thinkprogress.org AFGHANISTAN Weighing The Options As the debate over Afghanistan intensifies, there is one thing nearly everyone in Washington agrees on: President Obama inherited a serious and deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, the result of years of inattention and neglect by the Bush administration, in addition to a refusal to send additional troops requested by previous [...]
28 Sep
The White House THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG THE BLOG MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2009 AT 9:21 AM Word from the White House: New York Times Debunks Medicare Scare-mongering Posted by Jesse Lee It’s no secret that institutions of all stripes focus their communications on certain messages day to day. We thought it would all be a little more [...]
28 Sep
Recovery.gov: $100 billion and counting
Posted September 28, 2009 10:55 AM by Mark Silva Keeping track of all that $787-billion in federal economic stimulus spending is a full-time job, and reading the government’s new Recovery.gov Web-site unveiled today may be a full-time job too. The mapping tool alone will keep you going until dinner-time. Among the information readily displayed there: [...]
