NJ.com Same-Sex Marriage Faces an Uphill Battle in Albany, if It Makes It to a Vote New York Times After a major setback in Maine last week, gay rights advocates and their opponents are shifting their focus to New York, where Gov. David A. Paterson has called legislators to Albany on Tuesday and asked them to pass ... Uncertain prospects for gay marriage bill in state Senate amNY NJ election alters...
# 3975 While it pains me to admit it, there are other flu bloggers ( besides myself, not instead of ) you really should be reading. Truth is, we are blessed with having a number of very knowledgeable and talented bloggers, most of whom you’ll find on my sidebar. Which is why I try to point out the work they do from time to time. Besides, it gives me an easy post to write . . . Since it’s...
Looks like I need to read Karen Armstrong's latest book, The Case for God. I really enjoyed the Daily Kos review of it. Thanks, Serena, for the link. A good excerpt: In particular, the concept of faith comes in for a close examination. We understand faith today as a kind of blind acceptance -- like Indiana Jones stepping off into space in his quest for the Holy Grail. Religious people cheer this kind...
Last night the Democratic party said to hell with Americ a and passed the Pelosi version of the Obamacare bill by a razor thin margin. The final vote was 220-215, with one Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-La.),voting for the bill, 39 Democrats voted against the legislation. Most polls ( those not run by the daily Kos) show that anywhere from 55-60% of the American people did not want this form of health...
As a Vietnam era draftee who eventually became pretty anti to the Vietnam war, I reserve a special scorn for the chickenhawks - the draftdodgers and draft avoiders who cheered the war from the safety of their own deferments. One of the scandals of Vietnam was the way deferments were handed out like Halloween candy to the priviledged and connected. Jack Kemp, later a Republican Congressman and Vice...
Creigh Deeds, strategist for 2010 Blue Dog caucus Yesterday we talked about how disgraceful Democratic coward Larry Kissell had decided to follow the Creigh Deeds strategy of alienating Democratic voters and keeping them from going to the polls. Maybe Kissell misses being a civics teacher . But last night Kissell wasn't the only Democrat to vote against the most important policy agenda put forward...
Labor has been rallying hard for the passage of H.R. 3962, The Affordable Healthcare for America Act , including yesterday's AFSCME awareness campaign that turned the "skin" of Daily Kos AFSCME green during their "call congress" drive. The AFL-CIO blog gets to the nitty-gritty of what the newly passed bill really means for the state of American healthcare: The bill is fairly funded,...
Former Republican congressman Tom Tancredo asserted on MSNBC that all veterans are dissatisfied with Veterans Administration care and want a more privatized system: "Every veterans group I ever went and talked to complained about the Veterans Administration... They would much rather have vouchers that would allow them to go out and buy their insurance in a private marketplace." The problem...
The liberal blogosphere is cheering one of its heroes for insulting a former Republican member of Congress on national television who as a result walked off an MSNBC set in disgust. Appearing on Friday's "The Ed Show," Daily Kos owner Markos Moulitsas said to former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, " I did not get a deferment because I was too depressed to fight in a war that I supported...
McJoan at the Daily Kos has found a practical and useful interactive tool that you can use to see how the House's Affordable Health Care for America Act will affect you, based on your current coverage situation.
Another Republican chickenhawk shows his true colours… The Daily Kos’ Markos Moulitas managed to get former GOP Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo to abruptly walk off The Ed Show mid-interview by alluding to the fact that Tancredo, an enthusiastic supporter of the Vietnam War, nonetheless successfully evaded service at the time by citing mental illness as an [...]
Heh. Raw Story , with video. Entire segment here . Former Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo attempted to argue against Democratic plans for health care reform on Friday by claiming veterans were dissatisfied with their government-run health care. He was confronted by blogger Markos Moutlitsas, who unlike Tancredo is a veteran himself, and reacted by stalking off the set of MSNBC's The Ed Show where...
Here's MSNBC's David Schuster asking ex-GOP Congressman Tom Tancredo some tough questions. Markos Moulitsas of Daily Kos totally upsets Tancredo's apple cart while presenting his point of view. I think, in his elitist mind, Tom Tancredo fancies himself a King facing down a peasant like Markos Moulitsas. I don't feel one bit sorry for Mr. Tancredo here. When faced with an uncomfortable truth about
On Friday's "Ed Show', with David Shuster filling in, former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo took offense to something said by Daily Kos' Markos Moulitsas as the two discussed healthcare reform. It ended with Tancredo taking off his mic, and leaving the set. "The congressman is always welcome on the show," said Shuster. "We always appreciate hearing his point of view, it's a feisty...
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