This is how we get it through reconciliation.

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Thursday December 17, 2009 · 3:20 PM PST

2009/12/17 · 15:20

I was thinking a while back when reconciliation was being touted as the best way to get the Public Option. Yeah, screw it, push it through that way and it will be robust and clearly a better way of bringing costs down.

There was some concern about how we get the actual health care overhaul passed since many believe that those aspects wouldn't be subject to reconciliation.

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Friday August 14, 2009 · 7:41 PM PDT

2009/08/14 · 19:41

This, at least to me has become increasingly evident. There's been an upswing of threats, a surge in right wing fringe groups and white supremacist groups since Obama took office. dlh77489 had a diary calling for more money for the Secret Service. FishOutofWater discussed the number of threats. The Republican party has become both complacent and an instigator of violent rhetoric in an attempt to remain significant.

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Thursday May 22, 2008 · 5:03 PM PDT

2008/05/22 · 17:03

The discussion about Michigan and Florida, for the obvious reasons like Calvinball and hypocrisy, is a waste of time. We all knew that the votes weren't going to count. Further with talk about "disenfranchising" the people that went to the polls there should also be talk of "disenfranchising" people that didn't go because they were told that the vote wouldn't count.

Then there's the reason, at least in Michigan's case, that we all seem to have forgotten about.

Read on....

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Wednesday December 06, 2006 · 2:56 PM PST

2006/12/06 · 14:56

The Boston Globe, through Boston.com is reporting that Robert Gates has been confirmed by the Senate.

Obviously this was expected, though I am suprised at how quickly it was rushed through. Was the desire to move on from the Rumsfeld bullshit too much to think hard on this guy? Seriously. Did anybody ask about his connections to Iran Contra? Did they not matter? Just because he thinks we're not winning in Iraq he's a shoe in.

Well, I admit that I didn't follow too closely, so maybe someone could help me out here...

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 9:56 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 09:56

MSNBC and the AP have announced that Rumsfeld is stepping down.

The failed policies of the Bush administration is being called out.
Finally. It took a collapse of the GOP to get him out. Bush is listening to the will of the people. Amazing. The Democratic revolution has begun.

More to come....

Any ideas who will replace him?

What say all?

Wingnuts fail to take Souter's land

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Sunday February 05, 2006 · 3:10 PM PST

2006/02/05 · 15:10

New Hampshire residents in Weare decided to side with their own and refused the proposal of a California wingnut.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/...

I had forgotten about this. I'm glad to see that common sense prevailed and that the nutjobs failed. This seemed only a bit short of attacking a judge physically.

Support a paper that has the balls to keep some integrity.

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Thursday June 23, 2005 · 4:59 AM PDT

2005/06/23 · 04:59

After the Star-Tribune published a very good piece that points out that conservatives have changed the argument from "verified abuse at Gitmo" to "Durbin's rhetoric is bad", they were flooded with complaints and cancellations.

It's important to support a paper that has some integrity and actually discusses the fact that we're supposed to do better than abusing prisoners.

Write or call:
Susan Albright salbright@startribune.com 612-673-4777
Eric Ringham eringham@startribune.com 612-673-4392 Read More

Next salvo on the judiciary...Courts can't hear Church and State issues?

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Thursday April 21, 2005 · 5:16 AM PDT

2005/04/21 · 05:16

Check out this latest attack on the judiciary and the separation of church and state.

So basically, the court system isn't allowed to hear cases in regards to the seperation of church and state. Furthermore, if they do, they'll be impeached.

Priceless. Who do these people think they are?

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.520.IS:

`Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Supreme Court shall not have jurisdiction to review, by appeal, writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government.'.

[editor's note, by nonverbalcoma]It is dated March 3 so it isn't the LATEST attack. Read More

9th Circuit Hullabaloo...so tired.

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Friday April 15, 2005 · 5:50 AM PDT

2005/04/15 · 05:50

I'm so sick of hearing about "activist" judges. While there are plenty of things to complain about the Right keeps making up these claims about an out of control judiciary. Threats of violence by senators seemed common just last week. Do they really believe their bullshit? They often cite the 9th circuit in California.

That's nice isn't it. "Out of control hippies!!", "The most overturned court in the country!!"

They may have the most overturned, but they also have the most upheld. This is missed by most. Read More

Closer to a National religion?

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Tuesday April 05, 2005 · 5:22 PM PDT

2005/04/05 · 17:22

As I drove around town today, I started noticing that there were flags at half mast. I started asking myself, "Did someone die?" Then it hit me. The Pope. Could Bush really have declared a day of national mourning for the Pope? The Pope, like most figures, did things that I agreed with and that I didn't. But national mourning?

When did we start lowering the flag for fallen religious leaders? I thought that it was reserved for certain government figures and Memorial day. Of course the president reserves the right to order them lowered. But for the Pope?

Are we getting closer to a national religion?

Push that republicans are anti-marriage. (Terri Shiavo)

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Saturday March 19, 2005 · 5:00 PM PST

2005/03/19 · 17:00

I'm surprised that so many people in this country are against marriage. By law the spouse has the right to decide. The courts have upheld that right after 10 years of fighting. Yet so many "red staters" want to undermine the marriage laws. Odd.

I think it's sick that nobody will listen to the wishes of this woman. She made the decision to let her husband decide for her when she married him. A right that gays are fighting for. 19 judges and 6 different courts have seen this case. They've decided, (using much more info and much more contact with those involved than the typical person receives from the MSM), that there is no justification to to deny this guy his law-given responsibility to act on his wife's behalf.

I am completely frustrated with this country and it seems to keep getting worse.

White House is fighting against POW's torture compensation.

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Thursday February 17, 2005 · 9:48 AM PST

2005/02/17 · 09:48

So, the war president must be scared that Iraqis will be able to sue the US government for the torture policies it created. How can they turn their backs on these veterans? Are they really that twisted?

The latest chapter in the legal history of torture is being written by American pilots who were beaten and abused by Iraqis during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. And it has taken a strange twist.

The Bush administration is fighting the former prisoners of war in court, trying to prevent them from collecting nearly $1 billion from Iraq that a federal judge awarded them as compensation for their torture at the hands of Saddam Hussein's regime.

The rationale: Today's Iraqis are good guys, and they need the money.

The case abounds with ironies. It pits the U.S. government squarely against its own war heroes and the Geneva Convention.

Read the whole story here...
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This is how we get it through reconciliation.

They're Testing the Secret Service

Um Hello, Michigan was ruled unconstitutional

BREAKING: Gates has been confirmed by the Senate

BREAKING>>>AP RUMSFELD STEPPING DOWN

Wingnuts fail to take Souter's land

Support a paper that has the balls to keep some integrity.

Next salvo on the judiciary...Courts can't hear Church and State issues?

9th Circuit Hullabaloo...so tired.

Closer to a National religion?

Push that republicans are anti-marriage. (Terri Shiavo)

White House is fighting against POW's torture compensation.