Greenwald, Uygur, Ratigan on "Progressives Left Behind" (Video & Poll)

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Monday November 08, 2010 · 7:13 AM PST

2010/11/08 · 07:13

Dylan Ratigan, Glenn Greenwald and Cenk Uygur have a very interesting discussion about the Obama presidency, progressives and the Democratic Party and the sorry state of affairs that led to the Dem loss of the House of Representatives.

Progressive Base Loses Faith (Dylan Ratigan Show MSNBC) 13:41 mins

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179 votes Show Results

Which party is owned by Corporate and Special Interests?

179 votes Vote Now!

Which party is owned by Corporate and Special Interests?

Repubs only.

13 votes

Dems only.

4 votes

Both Repubs and Dems.

145 votes

Neither party.

2 votes

Shut your Pie hole.

15 votes

TONIGHT! FRONTLINE - "The Spill" - BP Gulf Disaster w/ Poll

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Tuesday October 26, 2010 · 3:33 PM PDT

2010/10/26 · 15:33

Spread the word!!!

On air and online October 26, 2010 at 9:00pm (check local listings)

See 30 second promo video and read Press Release - FRONTLINE AND PROPUBLICA INVESTIGATE THE BUSINESS CULTURE OF BP AND WHETHER THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED

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39 votes Show Results

Is the BP Gulf Disaster over?

39 votes Vote Now!

Is the BP Gulf Disaster over?

Get over it. NOAA is right. 75% of the oil just disappeared.

5 votes

I don't know. Could go either way.

0 votes

It's just beginning. We'll be discovering hidden effects and oil for decades.

34 votes

Marcia Angell to Moyers: HCR "shouldn't pass"

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Saturday March 06, 2010 · 5:02 AM PST

2010/03/06 · 05:02

Dr. Marcia Angell, a single-payer advocate, doesn't think there's much in the President's plan to feel good about.
Her interview on Bill Moyers Journal last night was a must see for those doubting their own suspicions that this 'reform' will just make a bad situation worse. I've pull quoted some of the key points into the body of this diary. But I strongly recommend that you just click through to watch the whole video.

Link to Video (approx 20 mins) and transcript

So what are the fundamental problems with the bill? Read on.

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Well, To pass it or not to pass it?

117 votes Vote Now!

Well, To pass it or not to pass it?

Pass it.

57 votes

Start over and craft real reform.

52 votes

Pie reform for all.

8 votes

Conan O’Brien and Robert Reich: Hilarious video.

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Friday January 29, 2010 · 2:41 PM PST

2010/01/29 · 14:41

Robert Reich is one of the few recovering politicians with a sense of humor. Nuff said.

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51 votes Show Results

Was that Hilarious or ?

51 votes Vote Now!

Was that Hilarious or ?

These guys could really clean up Washington.

21 votes

Can't wait to see the pilot show.

8 votes

I'm still mad about NAFTA.

16 votes

What? No PIE throwing?

6 votes

Robert Reich: Obama’s middle class package is small potatoes.

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Tuesday January 26, 2010 · 6:09 AM PST

2010/01/26 · 06:09

Robert Reich blogged yesterday on the Obama plan to help the middle class.

Obama's Tiny Jobs Ideas for Main Street, A Big Spending Freeze for Wall Street

Reich has a new blog site effective this week, so bookmark it if you are a fan of his writings. Reich offers two suggestions for initiatives that Obama could do now, to make a REAL DIFFERENCE for the middle class.

Reich's post is short (8 paragraphs) so do yourself a favor and read it. I'll summarize below for those to lazy to click a link. ;-)

Also if you missed Reich on an excellent PBS News Hour interview yesterday on this subject, it's worth a view.

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61 votes Show Results

In his first year, Obama's help for the middle class has been:

61 votes Vote Now!

In his first year, Obama's help for the middle class has been:

Way too much

0 votes

Better than could be expected

1 vote

Just about right

3 votes

Lacking

18 votes

Abismal

32 votes

A pie on every window sill

7 votes

1X update - Analysis Of HCR Bill Provisions. Will YOU win or lose? w/ Poll

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 9:01 AM PST

2009/12/21 · 09:01

Since Al Franken (who I like) has declared HCR bill is a "Historic Step Forward", I decided to look at some of the key provisions to see who wins and who loses. The White House spin machine will be making lots of hay once the bill is passed (which seems inevitable now), so you might want to compare the spin against your personal expected gain or loss.

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89 votes Show Results

Will you win or lose with the HCR bill?

89 votes Vote Now!

Will you win or lose with the HCR bill?

Historic Win for me.

7 votes

I'll Win to some degree.

8 votes

I'll neither win or lose.

10 votes

I'll Lose to some degree.

38 votes

I'll Lose to Medical Bankruptcy.

26 votes

Pie.

0 votes

MOYERS: w/ Taibbi & Kuttner on Money and Politics

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Saturday December 19, 2009 · 5:59 AM PST

2009/12/19 · 05:59

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL: Money and Politics (approx 30 mins)
December 18, 2009
Video and transcript

If you watch one online show this week, this has to be the one. Bill was an ardent supporter of Obama during the campaign and spent a lot of his personal capital (as did we all) to drive Obama's election. You get the sense from this show that Bill Moyers has now seen enough.

Guests: Economist Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect) and journalist Matt Taibbi (Rolling Stone) on Wall Street's power over the federal government.

This diary only has a few of the 'money' quotes. Go watch the entire show for discussion on many more topics. It's a real eye opener. Think about it then decide for yourself.

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Who is the Obama Adminstration working hardest for?

114 votes Vote Now!

Who is the Obama Adminstration working hardest for?

The American People

4 votes

Democratic Party Interst

13 votes

Corporate Interests

90 votes

Pie People from Mars

7 votes

Greenwald: Obama's Governing Strategy -- And What Just Happened With HCR

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Friday December 18, 2009 · 1:44 PM PST

2009/12/18 · 13:44

I was reading Glenn Greenwald's piece today, The underlying divisions in the healthcare debate and I have to agree with him. HCR unfolded just as you would expect it to given Obama's governing strategy. I recommend you read the entire article and make up your own mind. This diary only presents some teasers to peak your interest.

First the reason the progressive voice was seemingly ignored in the HCR debate.

... if progressives always announce that they are willing to accept whatever miniscule benefits are tossed at them (on the ground that it's better than nothing) and unfailingly support Democratic initiatives (on the ground that the GOP is worse), then they will (and should) always be ignored when it comes time to negotiate;...

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139 votes Show Results

On Obama's Governing Strategy

139 votes Vote Now!

On Obama's Governing Strategy

Greenwald has it right

103 votes

Greenwald is somewhat right and wrong

13 votes

Greenwald is wrong

13 votes

Pie Strategy

10 votes

Robert Reich on expanded Medicare: "you're smoking medical marijuana" w/ Poll

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 9:38 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 09:38

Robert Reich's blog post on December 10,
How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care, was very clear.

And if you think an expanded Medicare is the answer, you're smoking medical marijuana.

With or without the capitulation to the Jowled One (Lieberman), is there anything in this bill to lower costs? An insurance Subsidy? All that does is transfer the cost from the individual to the collective taxpayers (that's all of us). So pay it directly to Big Insurance or have the IRS collect it and transfer it to Big Insurance. It just seems like a delayed payment plan.

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101 votes Show Results

What's your take on the current HCR bill?

101 votes Vote Now!

What's your take on the current HCR bill?

Pass it. It's a good bill and dramatically improves the situation.

3 votes

Pass it. It's watered down but it's moves the ball forward.

28 votes

Pass it or kill not. I really don't care any more.

12 votes

Kill it. It makes costs worse to some degree.

1 vote

Kill it. It's a windfall for Big Insurance and Pharma. Taxpayer and patients get swindled.

56 votes

Piles of Pies.

1 vote

Matt Taibbi: PhRMA’s Big Bribe Comes In (w/Poll)

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Thursday September 17, 2009 · 7:24 AM PDT

2009/09/17 · 07:24

There's interesting blog post by Matt Taibbi if you haven't seen it.
PhRMA’s Big Bribe Comes In
I've excerpted some highlights below, but read the full article if you have time.

We’re apparently finally seeing delivery of the Big Bribe that President Obama and Rahm Emanuel extracted from that pharmaceutical industry in exchange for dropping drug-pricing reform in the health care bill.

The paradox, of course, is that the same corporate executives pushing to suppress Medicare from negotiating drug prices, are the same ones who will defend to the death the mantra "Let the market work" -- well when it comes to their ability to jack up prices anyway.

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Should Medicare be allowed to negotiate market rates on drugs?

122 votes Vote Now!

Should Medicare be allowed to negotiate market rates on drugs?

Yes

120 votes

2 votes

Pie is my drug.

0 votes

Moyers Special Comment to Obama: "Mr. President. We need a fighter."

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Saturday September 05, 2009 · 5:15 AM PDT

2009/09/05 · 05:15

If you missed Bill Moyers Journal last night, you missed a doozie (although you can watch the replay ). Bill concluded the show with a Special Comment directed to President Obama.

God I hope Obama was watching.

Note: If you think this is a message every dKoser should hear, please RECOMMEND this diary up.
Disclosure: I do not receive any compensation for this work. :-)

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To what degree do you agree with the Moyers Special Comment?

3048 votes Vote Now!

To what degree do you agree with the Moyers Special Comment?

100%, Moyers is dead on.

2878 votes

75%, mostly agree.

112 votes

50%, kind of agree.

9 votes

25%, agree with a couple points.

20 votes

0%, Moyers should shut his pie hole.

29 votes

Bill Moyers Journal on health care reform - MUST SEE!!

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Saturday July 25, 2009 · 6:16 AM PDT

2009/07/25 · 06:16

This episode of Bill Moyers Journal is NOT going to make you happy, but miss it at your peril. The punchline is that unless and until we move to Single Payer, any so called reform will be yet more giveaways to special interests.

Bill Moyers sits down with Trudy Lieberman, director of the health and medical reporting program at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, and Marcia Angell, senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School and former editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Watch the VIDEO(approx 25 mins)

Read Full Transcript

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107 votes Show Results

Will the current Healthcare bills create REAL reform or another windfall for the Healthcare Industry?

107 votes Vote Now!

Will the current Healthcare bills create REAL reform or another windfall for the Healthcare Industry?

REAL reform that lowers costs and insures everyone.

17 votes

Another bonanza for Big Healthcare Industries

78 votes

Pie sized warts

12 votes

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