Liveblog # 21 : House Health Care Debate
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View ArticleStop Bullying Now - Action Guide
I think I am writing this for myself today, as much as for anyone else here.I have a thing about bullying. I can't stand it.For the past several weeks, I've been battling with my son's school over a...
View ArticleBreaking: WAPO says Reid has his 60 to start debate
I don't see the liveblogs being updated or I would have posted this there.And I have to run - will someone put this into the next liveblog?I don't care about recs or tips, just HCR.Lincoln is...
View ArticleNot to be outraged is the crime.
I grew up watching Disney movies where the Prince would always pick the girl who worked hard and did the right thing. I grew up watching the Wicked Witch of the West melt and her flying monkeys cheer...
View ArticleThe Obama Plan had a public option - Remember this folks?
I am dumbfounded to see comments here and from outrageous liars like  Mary Dumbass Landrieu that Candidate Barack Obama never promised a public option during the campaign.That's bullshit. He did. From...
View ArticleStop telling me to STFU. You aren't helping.
I promised myself I wasn't going to post today. I have a little boy and I am struggling through a HUGE depression and I need to get Christmas ready for him. He is counting on me and no matter what -I...
View ArticleBreaking - "Non-serious" incident on same flight number and airline
NEW INFO - Law enforcment is saying it's a NON-SERIOUS incident, the individual did not have a device -Yippee!!!!Now we should all turn off the teevee and do something else and not watch the pundits...
View ArticleW small update: Cantor doesn't know when office was shot per Richmond...
Ha.Okay, if your office was shot, wouldn't you know which day it happened?And if you were not so smart and got your days mixed up, wouldn't you at least check on the date before having a big press...
View ArticleI promise you won't like this.
If you want something from me today that is going to make you feel better and cheer you on, I apologize in advance.It's not here. It's not below the fold. It's not in me today.
View ArticleBOOM goes the oil spill - a Way for Anyone, Anywhere to Help
I want to start out with a H/T to Noor B, for bringing this to our attention earlier this week. I missed that post however, and thought by the limited number of comments, maybe you did too. For a look,...
View ArticleAddress to send HAIR to help the Gulf
Hi folks -Yesterday I told you about the wonderful effort that a group called Matter of Trust is doing down south in the Gulf.In a nutshell, they are gathering human, animal fur and hair and stuffing...
View ArticleAmericorps for the Gulf - STOP exploiting our workers BP
Why couldn't this happen?Why are we letting BP screw the people of the Gulf? I'm fed up with the stories of how BP is forcing the American people into slave labor to "appear" to be cleaning up the...
View ArticleBP Cares
It does. Really.Look at this Twitter: Alright, back to work everyone! It's World Ocean Day! Everybody do your part! #BPrebrand with pictureI don't know what all this fuss is about. BPCares. It really,...
View ArticleNo more trust for BP on dispersants.
It's time we talk about dispersants. We need to rip into this. Pull it apart. Look at it. Examine it. Turn it over. Upside down. Inside out.We know this oil clean-up is a total clusterfuck. We know...
View ArticleFake President Maddow NAILS it.
I saw posts here all day asking me what I wanted to hear from the President last night.I have an answer for you right now:I wanted to hear exactly what Rachel Maddow said tonight.NOT ONE WORD...
View ArticleLiveblog: Spilling Tony Hayward
Hayward's on the Hill.While we wait, I thought maybe you'd want to see his prepared testimony. It's below.I am surprised to see him sitting there. I figured he'd be a no-show.
View ArticleThe Black Wave ...and how to stop it.
I am wondering why I attempted to tackle such an issue on this beautiful day. It is a big one. But I spent my Saturday night watching a documentary film called THE BLACK WAVE that haunted me since...
View ArticleMy crazy uncle and Sarah Palin
I just had a friend in Washington DC claim that the left is just as responsible for this as the right. That the teabaggers talk a good game, but are really harmless.I am not going to insult you guys...
View ArticleKids who put crosshairs on people go to jail. Why not Palin?
Hey law enforcement, what gives?So some kid with an axe to grind against a teacher or principal at his school can sit home and photoshop some gun crosshairs over their target and post it on Facebook,...
View ArticleGOP silence means it agrees
It's simple folks. Silence speaks a thousand words here.I shake my head when I see calls for apologies and for the GOP leadership to condemn the violent rhetoric that has been woven into our country...
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