Wakeup call to Rahm

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Tuesday August 25, 2009 · 4:24 AM PDT

2009/08/25 · 04:24

Dear Rahm,

As one Chicago boy to another, it's time to tell the Republicans to quit making things up. In fact, you should pass along to other scared, confused, vacillating Democrats the line "quit making things up". Now that I think about it, you yourself should quit making things up, particularly as an "anonymous senior White House adviser".

This week's hilarious Republican line is "Protect Medicare from the Democrats". Don't waste your time defending us from another fake attack. Instead, welcome the new Republican support of Medicare and propose to extend Medicare to all uninsured citizens who want it.

Guess what? That step will enormously simplify the 1018 page HR3200, and allay most people's manufactured fears of government involvement. Whatever bogeymen they're afraid of, Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and VA care are trusted and supported even by the most psychotic Republicans.

So Rahm, it's time to grow a pair.

Delaware Supreme Court could take away scientist's adopted daughter tomorrow!

phillyswede

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Wednesday February 18, 2009 · 4:45 AM PST

2009/02/18 · 04:45

One of my graduate students lives in Delaware. A Delaware Supreme Court decision on child custody earlier this month (http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009902060366) could take away her adopted daughter despite earlier Family Court decisions supporting her.

The decision was based on the narrowly written Delaware Uniform Parentage Act (DUPA) of 2004, excluding all previous Family Court rulings based on the best interests of the child. I strongly believe that the 2004 statute is faulty and out of sync with laws in surrounding states. Most shocking is that the Delaware Supreme Court took so much latitude away from the very court that is designed to rule on heart-wrenching family matters.

Is there anything that Kossacks can do to help my student in changing this unjust decision? The Delaware ACLU is supporting her. Today she must present a 4-page-only response, asking the Delaware Supreme Court to reconsider their decision. Please consider all formal and informal routes to change the minds of the justices and to activate the legislators to amend their draconian bill.

phillyswede

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Monday October 06, 2008 · 4:42 AM PDT

2008/10/06 · 04:42

Now that the final battle is on, here are some lines the public will remember:

phillyswede

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Friday January 25, 2008 · 4:06 PM PST

2008/01/25 · 16:06

The current recession, plus decades of lost jobs, plus decades of neglected levees, bridges, roads, schools, and hospitals, calls for a new WPA. That's the Works Progress Administration, established by the New Deal to build all those vital structures, employ people, and grow the economy.

The Republican stimulus package will enrich the rich, but soak the poor. Even those checks will have to be paid back at tax time.

The WPA achieved all its goals, and provided strong, beautiful buildings and bridges that still stand. We need the WPA again, right now.

Prepare to go topless at the airport

phillyswede

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Tuesday November 28, 2006 · 10:27 AM PST

2006/11/28 · 10:27

Flying from LAX to PHL on November 24 after Thanksgiving, I ran into the latest in airport security. One of the nameless male TSA guards ordered me to take off my pull-on sweater. I don't always have something on under it. He didn't ask. He didn't offer me a dressing room.

phillyswede

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Sunday September 11, 2005 · 5:02 PM PDT

2005/09/11 · 17:02

Last month we had the great experience of holding vigils all over the US on the same night as Cindy at Camp Casey. When we rally against the war next September 24 in Washington, not everyone will be able to come. Let us hold simultaneous vigils in every city and town of the US on that day. The visibility of war opponents all over the country will amplify the effects of the central rally in DC.

Stop Big Brother Driver's License Bill

phillyswede

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Thursday May 05, 2005 · 12:08 PM PDT

2005/05/05 · 12:08

Republicans would have us believe that terrorists and illegal immigrants won't drive if they can't get licenses. Actually, this bill is a thin wedge toward a national ID card.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-04-congress-licenses_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Jun o

"The ACLU says the act threatens Americans' privacy by creating links between databases that could be used to make licenses into de facto national ID cards that could be used to track residents' activities."

Please ask your representatives to oppose H.R. 418. To dodge opposition, the administration is now trying to place it in the Afghanistan/Iraq Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill - H.R. 1268. Go to www.house.gov/writerep/. This will surely come to the Senate, so contact your senators as well.

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