Remember the guy pictured below? I’m sure you do; Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent – Vermont), after all, was the one that did the 8+ hour filibuster of the tax cut deal a few weeks ago. Whether you agree or disagree with his position, you have to admit that there was something great about his...
I’m sure just about all of you have heard about the controversial Arizona law formally known as SB1070 by now. The law, signed over a month ago, essentially requires Arizona police to question anyone about their immigration status if they have “reasonable suspicion” that someone stopped or arrested is an illegal immigrant, according to...
Well everyone, hopefully I’ll be able to get back to a normal posting frequency next week. It’s been a rough month, but I’ve just about finished running the gauntlet and things should be calming down to where I can actually write again. Thank you everyone who kept reading random stories throughout...
Well folks, there is still about another week or so at a minimum before I can resume something resembling a normal post frequency, but I found snippets of time here and there to draft up a condensed version of this for my regular...
If there were ever an unfortunate name to have in politics, it would be the situation that Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) currently faces. As head of the House Rules Committee, she is being given the dubious honor of having a dubious idea to pass health care reform in the House of...
Outrage at Congress’ actions is nothing new, and this year it’s even worse than normal. Let’s face it, between the bitter partisan infighting, the incessant filibusters, and still more earmarks than you can shake a hypothetical line-item veto at, who can blame you for such high displeasure at Congress. If someone...
Last week, we all got a wonderfully explicit view of Republican obstructionism. No, I’m not talking about the marathon seven-hour healthcare summit in which the Republicans repeatedly stuck to their position of starting over rather than offer any constructive ideas for reform. I am talking about Senator Jim Bunning’s (R-KY) lone...
You have to hand it to them: these protesters can be pretty clever at times. Obviously, this refers to the attempt to inject some bipartisanship into the nasty healthcare debate Congress has been having for the better part of a year now in...
Lately, it seems like healthcare reform is like a zombie: it just keeps coming back to life when everyone thinks it is dead. Today Yesterday (dang clocks and my workload!) President Obama finally put his own two cents into the debate. The President had to come up with something to revive...
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