In his weekly address to the nation today, Barack Obama took on the health insurance industry and their deceptive ads about health care reform.
Via the NY Times:
“It’s smoke and mirrors,” Mr. Obama said. “It’s bogus. And it’s all too familiar. Every time we get close to passing reform, the insurance companies produce these phony studies [...]
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Today, President Barack Obama vowed to try to stop AIG from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to the very same executives that caused AIG’s problems.
Tonight there’s a new report from Reuters that shows that “Citigroup Inc awarded Chief Executive Vikram Pandit $10.82 million of compensation in 2008, a year when the [...]
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Filed under: Corporatism, Corruption, Credit Crisis, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, In The News, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Senate, Wall Street
They just taken a 20 break for votes, it’s 11.24am pacific, and I don’t know if the embedded feed will pick up the live feed I was watching on MSNBC (Internet…not TV). I’ve NEVER seen House members treat witnesses with such disdain and disgust. These exec’s are getting the hell beat out of them. Period. [...]
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Filed under: In The News, Stuart O'Neill
Goodness what a gaud awful corsage…
Sarah Palin is the perky politician from hell who won’t go away…
Look out 2012, Sarah is gearing up for a run…
Word has it that Sarah Palin launched a new PAC today, SarahPAC. Sarah PAC will “dole out political donations to Republican candidates.”
From Washington Wire:
“SarahPAC believes America’s best days are ahead. [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Israel’s position on the Palestinian issue is well known. Each side had agreed to a six month cease fire. Both sides accused the other of violations. 3 days after the end of the six month cease fire Israel attacked what they say were Hamas headquarters. I can only trust that they know what the hell [...]
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Filed under: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, In The News, Iran, Israel, Stuart O'Neill
[If you don't like blunt talk and street language you should move on the next post. BTW, I've pretty well had it being nice. I may go off from time to time. 5 years of almost fulltime fighting has left me broke and angry towards those that so damaged our Constitution and the image of [...]
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Filed under: In The News
I’ve been a Communications Director. I’ve been in the back of the room restating my candidates words to best effect. I’m good at it. Sorry. That’s not modest yet I believe it true. I’ve sure had a lot of practice trying to bring voters to my candidates point of view or candidacy either in an [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, Gov. Sarah Palin, In The News, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Election, Republicans, Sen. Joe Biden, Stuart O'Neill
This is going to be very short. John McCain did better than I wanted. McCain was dismissive towards Obama. In several places McCain simply attacked Obama’s judgment and integrity. In the beginning Obama was tying McCain to Bush. Then he let him off the hook. Why?
When McCain was simply talking nothing but lies why the [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, George W. Bush, In The News, John McCain '08, Politics, Presidential Debates, Presidential Election, Republicans, Stuart O'Neill
I haven’t done a fundraising drive here in a very longtime, but the need has arisen to reach out to readers and ask for some support in the way of donations. It’s a lot of work to keep this blog going and even with ad revenue, it does not cover the time put in by [...]
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Filed under: Bloggers, Democratic Daily, Economy, Pamela Leavey, Stuart O'Neill
In a reversal from it’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the largest part of the AFL-CIO, will endorse and support Barack Obama.
“Barack Obama has mobilized a historic movement to reclaim the greatness of America,” Gerald McEntee, AFSCM President, said. “With his leadership, our nation will rise [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Endorsements, Stuart O'Neill, WaPo
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