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Bart Stupak and the Family : The Power of C Street
Above, the Fellowship’s house on C Street in Washington, D.C. Photo by Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press / MCT. Below, U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak. Photo by Susan Walsh / AP.The Fellowship on C Street:Bart Stupak and the impact of the … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care, Congress and the Inquisition
It’s pure torture:Reviewing the House Health Care plan By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 15, 2009 See ‘Healthcare-NOW on the House Health Care bill,’ Below. In his excellent review in TheRag Blog, Alex Knight discussed … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Religious Freedom, Women
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Stupak Amendment : Rolling Back Women’s Rights
The House Health Care bill:Compromising away women’s rights Women put Obama in office; now we have to call in our chips. By Barbara J. Berg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2009 The thunderous applause greeting the announcement of … Continue reading
Divine Comedy : Joe Lieberman and the Hypocrites
The Hypocrites address Dante, from Canto XXIII of Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. Engraving by Gustave Doré from Pantheon Books edition / Wikimedia Commons.The Eighth Circle of Hell:Lieberman, Congress and health care reform Of course, Sen. Lieberman does not … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Joe Lieberman, Literature, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : The Public Option and the Public Good
Graphic by patriotboy.Honesty, honor and universal health care We hear cries of woe about costs of universal care from the insurance-subsidized Republican members of Congress. Yet, these same folks have no problem with spending on foreign wars, of questionable need… … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Ethics, Health Care Reform, Meat Industry, Medicine, Public Option, Universal Health Care
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Health Care Reform and the ‘Independent Voter’
In the health care debate:‘Independent’ usually means ‘misinformed’ By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / October 16, 2009 As witness not of our intentions but of our conduct, we can be true or false, and the hypocrite’s … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Obama Administration
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Climate Bill : Morphing into a Monster?
“Acid Tar.” Image ©2009 ~Monster-Man-08.A John Kerry/Lindsay Graham production:Pro-nuke, pro-drilling, pro-coal ‘climate bill’ By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 15, 2009 Is the climate bill morphing into an excuse to promote fossil fuels and new nuclear power … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipartisanship, Climate Legislation, Congress, Energy, Fossil Fuels
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Who Owns Congress? (Hint : Wall Street)
And where’s the outrage?Wall Street owns Congress By Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2009 See ‘On the government’s owners’ by Glenn Greenwald, Below. A few years ago, Bill Bennett wrote a book entitled The Death of … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Congress, Finance, Lobbyists, U.S. Government, Wall Street
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Climate Change Legislation : Too Hot to Handle?
Congress and climate change: enough to blow your stack.Obama, Congress and climate change legislation Most environmental groups and leaders supported the House effort… but were quite critical of the Obama Administration’s many concessions to greenhouse gas-producing industries that are responsible … Continue reading
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Tagged Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Congress, Environment, Environmental Regulation, Global Warming, Obama Legislation, pollution
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B. Lee: ‘Let Us Not Become the Evil We Deplore’
Thanks to Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog
Raving Joe Wilson : The Pride of South Carolina!
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Move over, Mark Sanford:Joe Wilson gets South Carolina ‘Jackass Award’ Wilson made a beeline out of the House chamber immediately after the end of the President’s speech. He must have had a political … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Immigration, Obama Smear Campaign, Rep. Joe Wilson, Right Wing Extremists, South Carolina
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