03/12/2010 01:07:04 AM EST
The problem with purely military solutions
posted by Robrob
Amid continuing war, Afghanistan is plagued by 40% unemployment. Infrastructure lags and the economy is plagued by mismanagement.
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03/11/2010 11:56:21 PM EST
Game changer in the Health Care Reform battle.
posted by KenTX
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03/11/2010 11:51:29 PM EST
Bottled water
posted by ilockitdown
Watched the movie Tapped today on water bottle free day (occurred in hundreds of universities and clleges today) and opened my eyes more widely towards bottled water.
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03/11/2010 11:00:23 PM EST
Why I Don't Support This Administration Anymore
posted by Lunshbox
I need to explain why I don't support this administration anymore. I don't think I am the only one who feels this way.
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03/11/2010 08:55:56 PM EST
Medicare and the Equal Protection Clause
posted by dotkommissar
How is Medicare not age discrimination? Wouldn't it violate the equal protection clause? It would be like offering public health insurance only for white people or for men.
Why can't all the people who cannot get health insurance and are refused Medicare because of their age challenge the constitutionality of Medicare's age restrictions?
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03/11/2010 07:19:30 PM EST
Future of Food: TYT gets it wrong
posted by JPOrchanian
Just stepped back into the room to hear Cenk going on a tirade about why a ban/ tax on salt and other food items will doom us to a future where food is bland and expresses that the "foodies" will be distraught. Here's why he's wrong.
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03/11/2010 06:11:02 PM EST
MoveOn.org 83-17 To Pass The Bill
posted by HistoryByDay
Link:
Huge Majority Of MoveOn Members Supports Passing Senate Bill
Here's a pretty clear indication that the left, whatever its disappointment with the Senate health bill, still overwhelmingly sees passing it as by far the best course of action.
As I noted here yesterday, MoveOn polled its members to ask whether the organization should support or oppose passing the Senate bill. Check out these results, sent over by a MoveOn official:
Should MoveOn support or oppose the final health care bill if it looks like the plan recently proposed by President Obama?
Support 83
Oppose 17
Not terribly surprising, perhaps, but MoveOn's membership is comprised of pretty hard-core liberal activists, and this shows pretty clearly that among this crowd, the kill-the-bill camp overwhelmingly lost the argument.
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03/11/2010 03:18:15 PM EST
I'm Back!
posted by alphasigmookie
I'm sure you all have missed me!
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03/11/2010 11:52:36 AM EST
Obama Administration Misunderstands Capitalism
posted by Cenk
On Wednesday, Kathleen Sebelius went in to chide the health insurance companies. Or at least that's what she was supposed to do according to the notes they handed the press before the event. Instead she wound up being very polite as usual and just
pleaded with them to do the right thing and care about their customers. She can't help herself, she's so soft. That's why Obama picked her.
It wouldn't have really mattered either way. She could have yelled, screamed, beseeched, begged, groveled, demanded or requested. The answer would have been no different all the same.
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03/11/2010 10:59:33 AM EST
Possum's redneck fashion review
posted by RedPossum
Ah, Milan again last week. And the craziness resumes...
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03/11/2010 10:53:56 AM EST
Call me a moron if it makes you happy.
posted by mcamelyne
One of the great principles of our nation is that no one is above the law. However, occasionally our vaunted politicians forget this and they are subsequently removed from office. It is that contract which all of us take for granted that we in turn obey the law. For if the people begin to believe that the laws are not applied equally, then they will no longer obey them and we will have anarchy.
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03/11/2010 10:08:42 AM EST
Liberals need a 'New Deal Contract With America'
posted by wowisdabomb
Just like Newt created his right wing revolt, we need a progressive document to hold our elected official accountable to AFTER THEY GET ELECTED.
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03/11/2010 08:54:15 AM EST
I am pissed with Lawrence O'donnell
posted by blueheartinaredstate
It shouldn't bother me by now, but it does. Last night on Countdown was nothing but an hour long giggle fest about Massa and "snorkling".
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03/11/2010 04:52:05 AM EST
Markos is pathetic...
posted by warpillustration
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03/11/2010 03:11:03 AM EST
The Texas Orwellian GOP, Revisited
posted by LudwigVan
I, a born-and-raised Texan, used to support this party when I didn’t know much about politics. I still identify as a centrist, who agrees with conservatives on a few issues such as fiscal and legal responsiblity (as opposed to “laissez-faire”
) and the Second Amendment. You might imagine I could be one of those “Blue Dogs” that might vote Republican on occasion. I would if I were, say, in Louisiana and it were Rep. Joe Cao in New Orleans, since his Democratic predecessor had been charged and eventually convicted of bribery and corruption.
But I’m a “Yellow Dog”, at least in Texas. Our state GOP is not like that of California or New York. If you want proof, read the party’s platform. It’s discussed more in detail in the linked PDF file, but the main points are on the page itself.
And I’ll critique these points myself. I might be exaggerating on some of this, and not all Republicans, even in this state, think alike, but as for how these may be applied by the most ideologically pure, I calls it as I sees it.
Bear in mind this is the state party of no ordinary state–we’re the largest state in the Union, and the biggest exporter of what keeps getting called “conservatism” (I call it reactionary and at times petty fascism).
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