Harkin: "This Bill Is a Starter Home."
About 20 years ago, in the San Francisco Bay Area, my then-husband and I decided the time was right to try to buy a house. Real estate values were soaring 2-3% per month. We knew if we waited too long,...
View ArticleIt's Not About Health Care !!!!!
I've been so frustrated today, listening to everyone on MSNBC (even David Shuster, who usually appears to have a brain) go on and on about health care. Actually, they don't say anything, they just ask...
View ArticleGallup Today: Obama 47-47
I am not in the camp that believes that once Obama's poll numbers reach this point or that point, it means everything is over for all Dems in the 2010 and 2012 election cycles. But I do believe polls...
View ArticleRemedies for What Ails Us: Suggestions?
I was curious about coverage of Citizens' United in the TradMed. Went to ABC News.com which had a decent article about Stevens's dissent. Stupidly, I read the 118 comments (why do I DO that to...
View ArticleBack to normal breathing.
OK, I know not everyone here is mollified. That is unfortunate, but unavoidable, and I don't care much about it.What HAS happened is that tonight the President of the United States threw a wrench into...
View ArticleUPDATED: Good News for John McCain
Seems the past year has taken a toll not only on the President's popularity, but also on the popularity of the man who sold his soul in his effort to win the Presidency.John McCain's job approval...
View ArticleHow Tough Are You?
I've only watched one Sarah Palin speech -- her acceptance speech at the Republican Convention. Occasionally during the campaign I caught short clips of of her throwing bloody red meat to her...
View ArticleSenator Dino Rossi?
So I was puttering around the house earlier this week (mid-winter break!), vaguely listening to MSNBC, when I heard someone say that according to Politico, Patty Murray's Senate seat is one of the ones...
View ArticlePat Buchanan: Victims of Violence Were Asking For It
Uncle Pat has been showing his true colors again, as well as his ignorance about the First Amendment. This time it was on Andrea Mitchell's show.The topic was the hecklers at the Palin/McCain rally who...
View ArticleHere's the Thing: Barack Obama Is Not Stupid.
And even if he is, David Plouffe isn't stupid.So when people say he is just repeating his mistakes on health care reform, I think there has to be more to the story than that.And while I would never...
View ArticleReally, Rush? Never?
In a CBS News interview yesterday, President Obama was asked if he is"aware of the level of enmity that crosses the airwaves and that people have made part of their daily conversation" about him....
View ArticleI HATE It When I Agree With Morning Joe.
Can't stand the man. But once in a very great while, he says something I agree with, causing me to feel the need to shower.This morning, it happened again. I found myself agreeing with him as he was...
View ArticleIt's Time for Harry the Boxer to Throw a Punch for Democracy
By now everyone has heard about Pot Reid complaining that Kettle Obama isn't forceful enough. I'm not going to get into which of them is more averse to confrontation, or why, or whether that's a good...
View Article"America Cannot Self-Govern Unless It Has the Same Facts": Randi Rhodes Nails It
I just saw something Contessa Brewer called "pretty shocking," and I agree. The new Quinnipiac poll. On the question "Who do you trust to handle the economy?" the response was: President Obama...
View ArticleACTION DIARY: "Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of...
Just saw an email from MoveOn about a very important step we can all take toward reclaiming our political voices from the forces of corporate power, wealth, and greed.If you haven't signed the "Fight...
View ArticleRick Sanchez: "How Far to the Right Do You Have to Go?" UPDATED x2
Rick Sanchez on CNN just reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has been censured by the Republican Party of Greenville County, South Carolina. Yes, the same Lindsey Graham who recently brought up...
View ArticleObama Finally Says It: Republicans Not Acting in Good Faith
I just listened to a brief speech by the President about the small-business jobs bill currently stalled in the Senate. I guess what we've been hearing about him getting tougher on Republicans from now...
View ArticleThe Words I Never Thought I'd Write Here (UPDATED)
Today, I am grieving.I am grieving the loss of the dream that I carried from January, 2008 until just the past few weeks.Today is the first day I am willing to admit, to myself or anyone else, that the...
View ArticleSeattle Teachers' Union Rolls Back Education "Reform" Tide
Wednesday afternoon the Seattle teachers' union (SEA) achieved a huge victory over the proponents of what is popularly (and erroneously) known as "education reform."After many, many hours of hard...
View ArticleAgain, for the very first time.
I didn't really experience 9/11 the first time around.I was going through a family crisis at that time and spent Sept. 11, 2001 on the road, driving through the American west on the last leg of a...
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