Just shows how in touch this guy is with his constituents.
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There has been lots of confusing talk about what is and what is not reform. Max Baucus and other supposed Blue Dogs have allowed their offices and their influence to be purchased at a premium from the healthcare and the banking industry. For them to not appreciate that the voters in their district [...]
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Take the “What’s In It For You” Quiz: Click here to answer a few questions and find out what’s in reform for somebody like you — you’ll be surprised how much there is.
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By Jerry Stein
Over the objections U.N. legal experts, President Obama said he would not prosecute CIA agents who engaged in torture, because George Bush’s lawyers told them it was “legal.” President Obama also said Attorney General Eric Holder would use taxpayer dollars to defend torturers against lawsuits by torture victims, and to pay all judgments [...]
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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s report on the banking industry’s bonus programs reveals that banks are handing out more to employees than they are taking in…and they are doing it at taxpayer expense.
You can read the full report, titled: The ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’, Bank Bonus Culture here (pdf).
Friday the House voted [...]
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Posted by Keran Krane
It seems that the wingnuts in the GOP still insisting that Obama wasn’t born in America are giving the party leadership some grief. Rep. Mike Castle had his own town meeting hijacked recently by an unruly “birther” crowd. Head over to Polictico to read all about it and watch the video here. [...]
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By Jerry Stein
It’s easy to get caught up in an emotional issue and take sides before really looking at several angles and deciding on a way forward. Ideology, that tendency to make things absolute and irreducible gives people and groups the self-righteousness to categorize ideas and people into “good or bad”, “right or wrong”, without [...]
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By Steve Cost
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXpzyDI2Mg
Ed Montana has written a catchy tune but with lyrics that are the usual Republican Party Line. Ed is singing lyrics that he knows his market in highly Republican Texas will like, and surely they will buy his music. But most of what he is singing has little to do with President [...]
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For years I have wondered why those who consider themselves pro-life aren’t consistent… about caring for all life.
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Torture is finally in the news again, in a debate that says it is either wrong all the time, or it is OK sometimes, especially if it works.
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