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Dole and Daschle Release Health Care Plan

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Bipartisan, Health Care, Legislation

Does anyone care about the opinions of former Senate majority leaders? What if one was once his party’s presidential nominee and another one nearly became President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services? Today, former Senate majority leaders Bob Dole, Tom Daschle and Howard Baker released a health care plan they claim includes the kind [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 3 Comments »

Top Joe Biden Quotes This Week

By Jennn Fusion | Related entries in Biden, Health Care, Veep

“They’re either going to have to agree with us, come up with an alternative or we’re not going to have health care… and we’re going to get health care.” (NBC, “Meet the Press,” 6/14/09) There are few areas Democrats and Republicans disagree in more than healthcare. The Obama-Biden administration has made it abundantly clear that [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Iran, we stand

By donar | Related entries in Cartoons, Iran, Mid-East, Political Graffiti
June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Republicans Offer Healthcare Plan

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Health Care, Republicans

It’s still an outline right now, so more details will be coming soon. Still, we’re going back to the same basic argument of tax credits and increased privitization, which hasn’t worked for the past two decades to curb costs or get everybody insured. So why they think it would be able to do it this [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 21 Comments »

To Meddle Or Not In Iranian Elections?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Elections, Iran, Obama, Video

The debate has been fast and furious recently, and Obama has struck what I think is the most appropriate tone given the circumstances. Does part of me wish he would throw caution to the wind, back Mousavi and call the election a fraud? Sure. But that part of me would be ignoring evidence that Ahmadinejad [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 33 Comments »

Obama To Announce Massive Financial Regulation Overhaul

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Banks, Barack, Money, Obama, Regulations

Even though he’s only been in office for 5 months, this has still be a long time coming. And there are some important measures being introduced for home loans and consumer protection. From Wash Post: Many of the specific proposals will require legislation, and today’s announcement will drop the plan into an already heated debate [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Grand Ayatollah Montazeri Issues Fatwa Against Regime?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, Iran, Religion

So says a commenter who posted this a couple of hours ago… “We are from god and we will return to him” Great people of Iran It is with extreme sadness that I have learnt of the massacre of the people who had gathered peacefully to defend their rights. I am deeply concerned about these [...]

June 17th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »

Do You Use Twitter And Want To Help Iranian Bloggers?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Blogging, Iran, Technology

Then here are 5 simple tips… The purpose of this guide is to help you participate constructively in the Iranian election protests through Twitter. 1. Do NOT publicise proxy IP’s over twitter, and especially not using the #iranelection hashtag. Security forces are monitoring this hashtag, and the moment they identify a proxy IP they will [...]

June 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 2 Comments »

Channel 4 Still Reporting From Inside Iran

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Iran, Media, Video

Looks like they haven’t ejected all the reporters yet. And here’s something significant…video of riot police smiling More as it develops…

June 16th, 2009 | Permalink| No Comments »

Report: Obama To Extend Benefits To Same-Sex Federal Employees

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Homosexuality, Obama, Sexuality

The details are slim, so I’m just going to reprint the entire article from the AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees. White House officials say Obama plans to announce decision on Wednesday in the Oval Office. The [...]

June 16th, 2009 | Permalink| 1 Comment »
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