The Truth-O-Meter Says: Health care reform “would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades.” Barack Obama on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 in a State of the Union speech Health care reform estimates for deficit reduction are not that exact Bookmark this story: Buzz up! ShareThis President Barack [...]
Archive for February 2nd, 2010
2 Feb
The Quiet Revolution
POLITICS The Quiet Revolution John B. Judis February 1, 2010 Obama has reinvented the state in more ways than you can imagine. These days, liberals don’t know whether to feel betrayed by or merely disappointed with Barack Obama. They have gone from decrying his willingness to remove the public option from his health care plan [...]
2 Feb
More Thoughts on the Budget (Deficit)
Campaign for America’s Future Common Sense on Budgets Amid the blizzard of statistics, trillion-dollar deficits, howls about impending bankruptcy, and Republican stupocrisy that surround the budget, it is worth repeating a little common sense. DIGBY Deficit Fever Suddenly, you can’t turn around without getting a panicked lecture about the deficit. But in all the discussions [...]
2 Feb
Let me see if I got this right……
Let me see if I got this right…… IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR. IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY. IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT. IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED. [...]
2 Feb
FY 2011 Federal Budget Breakdown By Agency
Agency breakdown Agriculture (PDF) | Commerce (PDF) | CNCS (PDF) | CPSC | Defense (PDF) | Education (PDF) | EPA (PDF) | FDA | FDIC | Energy (PDF) | HHS (PDF) | Homeland Security (PDF) | HUD (PDF) | Interior (PDF) | Justice (PDF) | Labor (PDF) | NASA, | National Intelligence Program (PDF) | [...]
2 Feb
In budget, Obama tries to balance vision against current needs
Analysis In budget, Obama tries to balance vision against current needs By Alec MacGillis Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 2, 2010 VIDEO  Obama budget’s deficit-cutting detailed Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, explains how President Barack Obama’s proposed budget would cut the federal deficit. (Feb. 1) » LAUNCH VIDEO [...]
2 Feb
How Obama’s budget would affect each agency
washingtonpost.com Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Defense The Pentagon would get a 3.4 percent boost to its regular discretionary budget, plus extra money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the Obama administration’s spending plans for 2011. President Obama is requesting a total of $708 billion for the Defense Department next year: $549 billion [...]
2 Feb
HOW TO ACCOMMODATE AN UNINFORMED ELECTORATE….
Political Animal by Steve Benen January 29, 2010 If you’re reading this blog, you’re almost certainly well versed on the basics. You’re well aware of the fact, for example, that Republicans have opposed health care reform en masse and that overcoming constant filibusters poses an almost insurmountable challenge. But you’re far more informed than the [...]
2 Feb
Does President Obama Really Want a “Better Approach” to Fix Health Care?
February 1, 2010 For OpEdNews: Kevin Zeese – Writer Obama keeps saying he wants better ideas, but then will not meet with doctors desperately trying to let him know a better approach. Last Friday when President Obama vanquished the entire Republican Caucus in question time in Baltimore he said: “Now, what I said at the [...]
2 Feb
Project A.L.S.
HOME LIVING WITH ALS GET INVOLVED SCIENCE DONATE Project A.L.S. and the Packard Center Take Aim at ALS with $15 Million Program January 29 2010- Project A.L.S. (New York, NY) and the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) announced that they will partner on P2ALS, a $15 million initiative [...]
2 Feb
NTERACTIVE The Federal Budget Process The president’s budget request is the first step in the complex process of funding the federal government. For a printable version click here. January 31, 2010 A guide to the federal budget process The president’s budget request is the first step in the complex process of funding the federal government. [...]
