BREAKING Bernie Sanders Prepared To Introduce Public Option Amendment

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Thursday March 11, 2010 · 12:55 PM PST

2010/03/11 · 12:55

Breaking interview with
Bernie Sanders: I’m Prepared To Introduce Public Option Amendment

After all the hoopla of the past few days from Durbin and Reid about resisting amendments, it seems that our option will get a vote after all. If the amendment is brought to a vote, most Democrats would be hard pressed to vote against it, given the poll numbers reported in their states by whipcongress.com

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Thursday September 10, 2009 · 8:50 AM PDT

2009/09/10 · 08:50

In 1995, I was accepted to Harvard from the former "Eastern block". As an eighteen year old, who lived through the perestroika and the subsequent velvet and not-so-velvet revolutions, I had roughly divided the world into two: the free, capitalist society where everyone gets what they can afford, and no more, and the repressive, socialist world where everyone got approximately the same amount of everything.I thought of all the fabulous clothes, chocolates and toys I had been receiving as presents from abroad whenever my grandpa would go on government business, and how much more of these that talented family of ours could have had, if only we had been allowed to live in a "western" country.Those were all things we could have afforded. Also maybe one of these fabulous cars, so quiet, that you can listen to classical music inside, while curving on smooth roads overlooking magnificent lakes. Perfume.Saran wrap. Earl gray.My country had none of that. But I had never in my wildest dreams thought to ask myself - could we afford healthcare? (read below)

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A physician is to a patient like

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A physician is to a patient like

a car dealer is to a customer

14 votes

a firefighter is to a homeowner

104 votes

a strip dancer is to a client

14 votes

a hatmaker is to a dame

5 votes

Consumerism, garbage and the eco-benefits of recession

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Friday July 17, 2009 · 2:00 PM PDT

2009/07/17 · 14:00

A Wall Street journal blog post today talks about using garbage as a measure
of consumption and ties this to the stock market. Garbage is a measure of how
much we consume. When we are doing well, we create a lot of waste and
when the economy is struggling, garbage drops.

Unlike other measures of consumption, garbage, it turns out, is very volatile and highly correlated with stocks, explaining why historically stocks have
yielded such high returns. So it seems like if the stock market is down, garbage is also down. And that should be a good thing, ecologically, although probably little consolation for those of you out there without a job.

Here's the link:
http://blogs.wsj.com/...

Watching the inauguration at MIT-Thread

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 8:39 AM PST

2009/01/20 · 08:39

We are gathered in a huge lecture hall to watch the inauguration. Two huge screens are tuned into ABC. The crowd is mostly made up of graduate students and professors. There were a few empty seats 15 min ago but it is pretty full now (11:35am). Dick Cheney in a wheelchair was a source of amusement, and so was the reaction of a few spectators who saw themselves on TV. But mostly everyone is watching quietly. (to be cont'd)

Now the room is completely full. 15 min left of the Bush presidency. Wow. Can't wait.

The room broke into applause at Obama's entry.

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Thursday November 27, 2008 · 12:49 PM PST

2008/11/27 · 12:49

We should never underestimate the marxist undertones of the so-called Islamic terrorism. The Mumbai massacre has claimed 101 lives so far, and a hostage situation is still ongoing. The official media interpretation is that this was an attack on foreigners. However, all the news channels deliberately omit an important detail. These are not just foreigners. These are rich foreigners.
I visited Mumbai two years ago on New Years Eve. It is a place which defies not only the western imagination, but even my eastern european imagination.

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Tuesday November 11, 2008 · 12:17 PM PST

2008/11/11 · 12:17

I am sorry I have to write this. I hate to tell people they have to put their lives on hold for the greater good. I know a lot of you will hate me for saying it, but I have to say it. The grief over Prop 8 has gone too far.

everyone, gay or straight, please! for the first time in a long time we have a strong left-of-center coalition which would allow us to provide health care for everyone, fix education, stop the war on science, bring peace to the middle east, and so much, so much more...

each of us has issues they deeply care about personally: for starters I would like reproductive rights to be written into the constitution, but i realize that cannot be right now. obama can either do all the things i enumerated above, or waste all his capital on writing a pro-choice constitutional amendment. so the amendment has to wait, once more.

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What should be done about gay marriage?

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What should be done about gay marriage?

Legalize now, no matter what. I am gay, this is my life we are talking about

32 votes

Legalize now, no matter what. I am not gay, but it's a civil rights issue

32 votes

Support CU, educate the public. I am gay, willing to wait

6 votes

Support CU, educate the public. I am not gay

8 votes

Gay marriage should never become legal, civil unions are enough

8 votes

Other (explain in comments)

0 votes

NH state senate: 1st female majority senate ever

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 12:11 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 12:11

From Drudge:

New Hampshire’s State Senate is now unlike any in the country and unlike any before it. After Tuesday’s election, women now make up the majority of the New Hampshire State Senate. In an election year that saw Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Nancy Pelosi grab headlines and airtime across the country, New Hampshire didn’t just vote blue, it voted for women.

My God, I am so proud, once again. Now I am looking forward to day when gender and race will be nothing special to report. Like, was there ever a majority blond senate? Do you know? Do you care?

It seems anything is possible in this wonderful country.

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I want my senator to be

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I want my senator to be

a man

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a woman

3 votes

a republican

1 vote

a democrat

14 votes

qualified

36 votes

honorable

19 votes

smart

20 votes

blond

5 votes

From a future citizen: God bless America.

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Wednesday November 05, 2008 · 1:43 PM PST

2008/11/05 · 13:43

this diary is emotional, and it will take me a while to write it. that's ok, i'll take my time. Today I can.

It begins in a bar, on a night just like this one, but so much not like this one, four years ago. Four years ago, I was crushed. I had just returned from canvassing in NH, and for a few short hours it seemed like we had it all in the bag. And then it slowly dawned on me that the nightmare is not over. That it would be four more years. I cried my eyes out. I cursed. I thought about leaving this country which had given me so much, but had now downright rejected me. And then -- I swore I will not leave. I was going to take my USA back. The USA I had known as a young immigrant from Eastern Europe. The USA which taught me about tolerance. About inclusion. About racial equality and women's rights.

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 10:38 AM PST

2008/11/03 · 10:38

turns out the only difference is: he wants to distribute the wealth himself.
He is organizing a charity. He feels people should be helped when they are losing their homes. He hasn't figured out how he's going to finance his charity, but it seems like the goal is redistribution of wealth:

"You know there's a lady on my street that is going to lose her house because of disability. You know ... that's something this charity that I am starting would help, help people directly," he said.

[Conitnued below]

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 2:22 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 14:22

Fellow Kossacks, I need your help! I am very concerned with the growing number pundits, campaign officials etc. referencing the Bradley effect as if it is some kind of established fact to be expected. The frequency of such references has increased dramatically as the election looms near. When searching for an explanation, remember that the first step towards solving a mystery is to ask: Who benefits?
Who benefits from the expectation that the vote won't reflect current polling? The answer is simple: creating an expectation of this type would serve well any group of people who can exercise undue influence over the voting process. In other words, if someone is preparing to rig the vote, and/or systematically disenfranchise newly registered voters, raising the so-called Bradley effect up-front would serve as a smoke-screen designed to escape scrutiny.

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If McCain wins Pennsylvania, who is to blame?

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If McCain wins Pennsylvania, who is to blame?

Hidden voter racism (the Bradley effect)

4 votes

Election fraud (the electronic voting machines were hacked)

72 votes

The pollsters (had the wrong voter turnout models)

2 votes

Noone, just bad luck

0 votes

Palin. Dressed to ... raise concern?

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 11:20 AM PDT

2008/10/23 · 11:20

The recent revelations about Palin's wordrobe costs are damaging for two reasons:

Her shopping spree makes it look as if she is treating the campaign like a beauty pageant, and the position of the vice-president like that of a Miss Alaska runner-up. This is a stereotype she should be anxious to avoid, and there she is playing right into it!

Of course, the make-over was probably not her idea. Hardly anything is. That said, I think $150,000 is a bit excessive for a make-over. This is not your average $400 haircut. Which brings me to the second point:

It sure seems she is shopping for herself and her family on the RNC budget. She spent about $200 at a baby store- one could hardly make a case that baby Trigg's designer romper will tip the election in the RNC's favor. Her liberal use of funds is a much bigger problem in light of recent revelations about her practices as a governor in Alaska: billing the state for per diem while working from home and for her children's travel expenses whenever they accompanied her on official business, even if they were not specifically invited to attend events with her.

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Which Palin purchase will make a plumber vote republican?

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Which Palin purchase will make a plumber vote republican?

The Tina Fey red jacket I (high collar)

2 votes

The Tina Fey red jacket II (open V front)

7 votes

The hourglass-shaped black skirt (VP debate)

5 votes

The short skirt ( interview on MSNBC, next to Jonh McCain)

20 votes

Convention cream-colored jacket

0 votes

Striped layette romper "Egg Baby" by Susan Lazar

3 votes

Matching baby hat and boot set

0 votes

One-way ticket back to Alaska

42 votes

Mean-meaner-meanest-McCain

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Thursday October 16, 2008 · 9:49 AM PDT

2008/10/16 · 09:49

Did you see this? Did you see this? I mean, wow! McCain is really one mean (your favorite expletive here). First, the twisted smile, then the eye roll, then the tongue comes out, the finger quotes (around "women's health", of all things !).

Noone is even bringing up the fact that he addressed Obama as "Obama" (just one of the numerous times he rudely interrupted). That's right, "Obama". Not Senator Obama, not Barack, not Senator. Just "Obama". Well, I guess it's an improvement over "That one". Perhaps he wanted to demonstrate he remembered his opponent's name? Maybe, but then he forgot Michelle Obama's name, and had to reference her as "your wife".

Finally, autism, McCain, is not Down syndrome. Just as Down syndrome is not dementia. Which might be what you have. Or maybe you are just a mean old man! Wow. So mean. I mean, really! Wow.
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Update 1: the quotes around "women's health" is getting the most votes. I have to say I watched the debate with two other women in their thirties and all of us were really irked by that. To think that at some point I thought McCain was in the middle on the choice issue!

I am glad that almost 10% of Kos readers are sorry for McCain even after all this. Shows what a truly nice, compassionate bunch we are.

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Which one of McCain's faux-pas were you most offended by?

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Which one of McCain's faux-pas were you most offended by?

Eye roll

4 votes

Finger quotes around "women's health"

45 votes

Tongue stick

1 vote

"That one"

8 votes

"Obama"

1 vote

Forgetting Michelle's name

3 votes

mistaking Down syndrome for autism

6 votes

I was not offended, just amused.

6 votes

I am sorry for the mean old man.

8 votes

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