The oil spill is my fault.

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Friday June 04, 2010 · 9:07 AM PDT

2010/06/04 · 09:07

Considering all the blame for the disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico being thrown at everyone from BP to the President, I would just like to say, this oil spill is my fault too.

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Tuesday December 22, 2009 · 7:39 AM PST

2009/12/22 · 07:39

All the talk of the filibuster and how its use has been growing in recent congresses got me thinking about the effect pushing the outer limits of the filibuster would have on the legislative process, and how much more undemocratic that would potentially make the already inherently undemocratic Senate.

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Saturday August 22, 2009 · 1:11 PM PDT

2009/08/22 · 13:11

Recent polling shows broad national support - 77% - for the "choice" of a public option. To diffuse arguments that this wide support may not necessarily translate to support in a majority of states - perhaps due to huge majority support in the very "blue states" - we need to arm ourselves with the statistics of how those numbers stack up state by state.

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 7:21 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 07:21

Despite all this rhetoric about the popularity of Obama's health reform plan waning, there's still broad support for a public option.

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 4:04 PM PDT

2009/08/16 · 16:04

Senator Conrad's remark today that the push for the Public Option, as President Obama has advocated, was a "wasted effort" lead me to write him this email

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Monday June 15, 2009 · 8:11 AM PDT

2009/06/15 · 08:11

I've contacted my senators about supporting the "public option" in any upcoming Health Care reform legislation. I've also written to senators outside of my home state, who I supported in the federal election.

Here are my emails -

Dear Senator Gillibrand,

I forward you this email, sent to Senator Landrieu of Louisiana, as an indication of how strongly the American people feel about the inclusion of a "public option" in the upcoming Health Care reform legislation.

I have sent emails such as these to many senators outside of my home state of New York. Many people residing outside of these Senators' home states worked for their election and now want them to put into effect the promises made by President Obama during his campaign, and supported by a vast majority of the American people.

Please read the email, below, and help bring us the Health Care system we all want. Anything less will be a betrayal of our will - voiced so clearly in the election of President Obama - and will ensure that those who perpetrated or facilitated this betrayal will feel the negative ramifications in their next bid for re-election.

Respectfully,

AA and Family

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 7:56 AM PDT

2008/10/27 · 07:56

With all this heated debate about Obama's remarks about "spreading the wealth" and "redistribution of wealth" and the questions raised about whether Obama is a socialist - laughable as they may be - the discussion regarding the facts of how wealth and income in this country are currently spread are going by the wayside.

These uncomfortable facts, for some, show that the wealth in this country has been and is continuing to be redistributed - from the bottom and middle to the top.

It begs the question - whats wrong with spreading the wealth around through a more progressive tax system?

Particularly when it seems like the top few percent have been the beneficiaries, in so many ways, for so long.

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Saturday October 25, 2008 · 12:31 PM PDT

2008/10/25 · 12:31

Is anyone else weirded out by this article about Sarah Palin's religious beliefs?

In the New York Times today there was an article about it -

"YouTube Videos Draw Attention to Palin’s Faith"

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Published: October 24, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/...

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Friday October 17, 2008 · 11:28 AM PDT

2008/10/17 · 11:28

In the last Presidential Debate McCain accused Obama of mistaking him for George Bush and suggested that if he wanted to run against George Bush, he should have run 4 years ago. Well perhaps McCain, if he was truly a maverick who put his "country first", should have taken up John Kerry's offer, 4 years ago, to put him on the bottom of his presidential ticket.

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 8:25 AM PDT

2008/09/24 · 08:25

I posted this yesterday, but was asked to repost today.

On reaching the recent Sept 11 anniversary, my memories, as one who witnessed the horrific events of that day, were not of my fears and anxieties at that time, but of the reaction of the rest of the world to the attacks. The outpouring of grief and sympathy from the rest of the world offered a unique opportunity to forge stronger ties with our allies and to mend frayed relationships or ease tensions with nations with which we had disagreements.

This opportunity, as we all know, was squandered by a belligerent and arrogant administration which had already decided what their foreign policy direction would be well before the attacks, or even their ascent to the White House. This policy, formulated by the neo-cons and their "Project For a New American Century" (PNAC), is still being pushed by our potential President McCain and Vice-President Palin. It gives me yet another reason to make sure these people don't get the chance to put their plans into action.

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 10:09 AM PDT

2008/09/23 · 10:09

This opportunity, as we all know, was squandered by a belligerent and arrogant administration which had already decided what their foreign policy direction would be well before the attacks, or even their ascent to the White House. This policy, formulated by the neo-cons and their "Project For a New American Century", is still being pushed by our potential President McCain and Vice-President Palin. It gives me yet another reason to make sure these people don't get the chance to put their plans into action.

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Sunday September 07, 2008 · 1:41 PM PDT

2008/09/07 · 13:41

An article today in the San Francisco Chronicle by Tammy Bruce is titled "A feminist's argument for McCain's VP"

http://www.sfgate.com/...

She states that the sexism of the Democratic primaries have pushed her to consider voting for McCain. She states that Voting for a McCain - Palin ticket gives women <-" a chance to vote for a someone who is her own woman, and who represents a party that, while we don't agree on all the issues, at least respects women enough to take them seriously.">

I was someone who initially supported Clinton, and then, after being disappointed by her campaign and tactics used therein moved over to Obama, so this article by Bruce prompted this response from me.

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The oil spill is my fault.

Filibuster = (Potentially) 25% Thwarting will of 75%

Public Option Survey - State by State

Hey, did anyone forget? 66% of All Americans Support a Public Option

Senator Conrad and his ilk - The "Wasted Effort"

My email to Senator Landrieu - Support "Public Option"

Distribution of wealth and income in the US

Palin's belief in "Spiritual Warfare"

If McCain wanted to run against George Bush, HE should have taken up John Kerry's offer 4 years ago.

"Bomb, Bomb Iran" - you know, the people who held a candle-lit vigil after the Sept. 11 Attacks.

"Bomb, Bomb Iran" - you know, the ones who held a candle-lit vigil after the Sept. 11 Attacks.

Feminist Supporting Palin