Bailout Must Include Tax on the Rich - Update
There are a lot of diaries on dailykos right now about how horrible the bailout of financial institutions is. They are all right, but just complaining and saying things like "No Way" and "Over My Dead...
View ArticleMartial Law Threatened If Bailout Not Passed!
At this link on Alternet, author Naomi Wolf quotes Congressman Brad Sherman of California as saying, "The only way they can pass this bill is by creating and sustaining a panic atmosphere. ... Many of...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize for Pete Seeger!
The first popular music album I ever bought was one by Pete Seeger back about 1966. The contributions of Pete Seeger to folk music, to peace, to civil rights, to environmentalism are more than could...
View ArticleDespair About Health Care
My personal story is that I have had three hernia operations over the last 15 years. Because I did not have health insurance each time I was injured, I had to wait an average of 18 months before I...
View ArticleOn Health Care, Obama is Wrong
I am not the first to see this quote from the Washington Post:President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought...
View ArticleObama Full of BS on Healthcare So-called "Reform"
If the President really cared about helping the average person get health care more than getting along with the rich and powerful, we would not be seeing this headline:Healthcare bills lack protections...
View ArticleObama's Favorite CEO: Anti-Union Frederick Smith of FedEx
This is a short diary because the words speak for themselves. In an interview with Bloomberg on February 11, Obama named Frederick Smith of Federal Express as his favorite CEO. Smith is an unlikely...
View ArticlePrimary Obama 2012
In a column in the Providence Journal yesterday, John MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, called for a primary against Obama in 2012: So you’re disillusioned with Obama. So you watched The Who...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Jerry Brown Wants to Steal My Home
Due to the expansion of Medi-Cal under ObamaCare, my wife and I am now covered by that program. But because both of us are over 55, Governor Brown can steal our house after we die to cover Medi-Cal's...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Brown Still Wants to Steal My Home
I posted a diary here on August 26 about California turning Medi-Cal into a long term loan for recipients aged 55+ by billing their estates after they die for all of their Medi-Cal expenses. The...
View ArticleWow! Bernie hugs, gives support to Muslim student who says Islamophobia...
I have never seen any career politician be as human as Bernie was last night. He held a Student Town Hall Meeting at George Mason University in Virginia that was livestreamed to tens of thousands of...
View ArticleRichmond CA City Council Unanimously Passes "Impeach Trump" Resolution! What...
In what is a national first, the Richmond California City Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting impeachment of Trump last night. The resolution was brought to their attention by Ellen...
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