Why we need mandates

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 12:42 PM PST

2009/12/15 · 12:42

I saw some points today saying how we need to be fighting back against the mandates. Being a frequent reader of DK, I never happened across info as to why mandates were really important, and so while it might have been discussed here in depth, I'm guessing there are other people like me who haven't seen it, and don't really get why mandates are important, so I'm just going to post a quick synopsis as to why I think we need to have mandates in this bill.

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday December 10, 2009 · 9:22 PM PST

2009/12/10 · 21:22

I can't even remember when it was it was so long ago, but at some point a few months back I got some email from Democrats.org that made me decide that I wanted to be removed from their mailing list.

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday October 09, 2009 · 7:09 PM PDT

2009/10/09 · 19:09

Forgive me for making this a short diary.

I just read this article and really can't believe that this kinda stuff is still acceptable in this country.

HALLANDALE BEACH - Armed with handguns and AK-47 and AR-15 assault rifles, the members of the Southeast Broward Republican Club abandoned the usual community center for their club meeting this week, and gathered at a gun range where they fired bullets instead of political bombshells.

The aims, said club president Ed Napolitano, were to have fun, educate club members who were new to shooting — and send a political message.

Ok, typical Republican behavior right?

But wait it gets better:

One of the shooters at the Tuesday evening event was Robert Lowry, a Republican candidate hoping to unseat U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. Lowry's target had the letters "DWS" next to the silhouette head.

And there you have it. The modern republican.

Wasserman Schultz's website can be found here:

http://www.dwsforcongress.com

DK running Club For Growth ads with lies???

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday September 15, 2009 · 7:08 AM PDT

2009/09/15 · 07:08

Today, I loaded up DK only to find a giant ad on the home page asking me if my life was worth $22,750, because apparently, it isn't in the UK and basically the jist is that if I need $22,750 in medical help, Obamacare will instead ask me to please go away and die.

Poll

81 votes Show Results

Should ads like this run on DK?

81 votes Vote Now!

Should ads like this run on DK?

37 votes

Maybe

2 votes

Sure, why not?

42 votes

Dick Durbin ready to bail (or has already?) on public option

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 9:22 AM PDT

2009/09/01 · 09:22

This is going to be short, because I'm at work, but I just came across reports of Durbin's townhall yesterday where he's very clear that he's willing to accept a bill without a public option.

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday August 17, 2009 · 7:14 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 07:14

Baucus, Conrad, Nelson.... these guys MUST be corrupt right?

I mean, let's get right down to it, there is no way they would stand in the way with such force and conviction on an issue like this if they weren't "throwing the game."

As the money pours in, they continue doing their "job" of blocking our progress on healthcare reform.

Now, seriously... can't we just pay them off?

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday June 21, 2009 · 12:28 AM PDT

2009/06/21 · 00:28

Next time a politician says somthing about the public option, how it isn't practical, or isn't possible, or how the government can't run a public health program or whatever, I want the person asking the questions to say the following:

"You heard it here first folks, Senator X (Baucus maybe?) will be fighting hard in congress to cancel medicare, medicaid and the VA hospital system for our vets."

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Sunday June 14, 2009 · 7:59 AM PDT

2009/06/14 · 07:59

In a recent diary, someone made the statement that von Brunn was an atheist as evidence that "dogmatic atheism" is just as dangerous as dogmatic christianity, or something along those lines.

The comments were loaded with people talking about the von Brunn and atheism, but the comments were flooded with incorrect assumptions about atheism and atheists.

So if you are curious about atheism, or if you think you fully understand atheism but want to double check yourslf, or maybe you are an atheist and want to expand/argue what I write below: have at it.

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday June 11, 2009 · 12:21 AM PDT

2009/06/11 · 00:21

Picture this: you wake up one day to find yourself in a bazarro world, where people can get a license to kill children.

It's all prefectly legal, but a good number of people object to the idea, while a majority supports it, but no one really does anything to stop the murders other than holding protests every now and again, and during elections.

Would you, from a moral standpoint, be able to stand by and watch your neighbor kill a child every day? Would you feel morally obligated to stop him, even if it meant killling him?

Poll

61 votes Show Results

How bad am I going to get flammed in the comments section for this diary?

61 votes Vote Now!

How bad am I going to get flammed in the comments section for this diary?

A ton

37 votes

Just "a lot"

24 votes

Question Regarding Late Term Abortion Law

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday June 09, 2009 · 7:42 PM PDT

2009/06/09 · 19:42

I did some research into late term abortion and found that 36 states have some form of a ban on abortion after a certain time period (with various exclusion e.g. the health of the mother).

But I can't seem to find anything really talking about the country as a whole, or the other 14 states.

Would that mean that it is legal to have an abortion on the day before a womans due date (or I guess the day after if she has still not given birth) even when there are no health concerns, assuming you lived in one of the 14 states without such a ban?

I'm hoping someone on here is more knowledegable than I am on this topic and can enlighten me.

UPDATE: Answer, Roe v Wade deals with the pre-viability time period:
Viability is usually placed at about seven months (28 weeks) but may occur earlier, even at 24 weeks

Why on earth is Obama speaking at Notre Dame??

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday March 25, 2009 · 11:32 AM PDT

2009/03/25 · 11:32

Obama is set to deliver the the commencement speech at Notre Dame.

I am trying to figure out why. Why would he do this?

What does Obama stand to (hope to) gain from this?

First the positives: I don't see any.

Now the negatives: Obama must have known that speaking at ND was going to be meet with a giant amount of protest. Republicans and religious people speaking out against Obama isn't anything new, but this is something that the MSM is going to be reporting on frequently. Online petitions are forming? ND students protesting? How many letters has ND recieved against the decision to have Obama? Will the faculty turn their backs on Obama? The Bishop said what? How many abortions where there last year? Will students boo Obama? etc etc etc

If you get away from the religion/abortion issue, some moderates might wonder if he doesn't have more imortant things to be working on than giving a speech.

Does anyone have an idea as to what they thought was going to happen? This is nothing but bad press, and it's a distraction.

No time to read the stimulus before voting?

snkscore

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday February 13, 2009 · 3:22 PM PST

2009/02/13 · 15:22

I'm starting to see lots of posts claiming Dems went against their word to allow 48 hours for the bill to be digested before voting on it, but instead rushed it through. For example:

http://digg.com/...

Is this true? Can anyone shed some light on this? I tried "the google" but didn't get much useful info.

Newer
Older

RSS

Why we need mandates

Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing list.

Repub trying to oust Wasserman Schultz shoots at a target with her initials at gun range

DK running Club For Growth ads with lies???

Dick Durbin ready to bail (or has already?) on public option

Can't we just bribe them?

Oh, so you will be fighting to end medicare, medicaid and the VA?

Understanding atheism, the atheist strawman arguments and what atheism isn't

Religion: Would you stop a baby murderer?

Question Regarding Late Term Abortion Law

Why on earth is Obama speaking at Notre Dame??

No time to read the stimulus before voting?