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Health Care Reform : Screeching to a Halt?
Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican. Photo from AP. Unhappily, the current situation is much more ominous than simply the denial of proper health care. The encouragement of mob violence by … Continue reading
Obama Administration: Continuing the Police State Mentality of BushCo
This is nothing other than shameful. This administration continues to move away from the promise of a different future, but rather marches closer and closer to fascism. The police state holds no promise. Why does Barack Obama not see this? … Continue reading
Barack, Health Insurance, and Your Best Interests
Top Ten Ways To Tell Your President & His Party Aren’t Fighting For Health Care For EverybodyBy Bruce A. Dixon / July 29, 2009 With the corporate media relentlessly distorting the public discussion around health care reform, it time for … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Obama Administration
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Doctors Want Real Health Care Reform
Cartoon from LTSaloon.orgDoctors show support for health care reform; Lobbyists, Blue Dogs and Republicans work to gut real change By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2009 This past Wednesday I listened to President Obama’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Lobbyists, Obama Administration, Single Payer
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The Army Will Increase Its Size by 22,000
I think we would call this throwing good money after bad. A million other ways to spend it, but this is what the establishment chooses. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Iraq. Photo: Michael Kamber.Gates announces temporary increase in U.S. … Continue reading
‘Medicare Advantage?’ Advantage Big Business
Health care reform and the 85 percent solution By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / July 13, 2009 “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Obama Administration, Public Health
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Evidence of War Crimes in Afghanistan Coming to Light
Juan Cole says it as well as it can be said: “I can tell by various web metrics that you guys are not interested in the Afghanistan story. You should be and I am going to parse it today anyway. … Continue reading
U.S. National Debt : Cliffs Notes for Conservatives
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. With apologies to Cliffs Notes.Cliffs Notes for Conservatives I find it both bewildering and angering when Republican conservatives lambaste President Obama for the present state of indebtedness on America’s balance sheet as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Economy, Obama Administration, Republican Party
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Obama’s Financial Reform: Just Plugging a Few Leaks Rather Than Repairing the Dam
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told the Senate Banking Committee that he plans to reform the system of financial regulation. Photo: Bloomberg.Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial OverhaulBy Joe Nocera / June 17, 2009 Three quarters of a century … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Banking, Financial Crisis, Financial Reform, Obama Administration
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The Blue-Green Alliance, and the Threat from the Populist Right
Van Jones and the Green Jobs Initiative By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / June 13, 2009 [Prepared as a Memo for the Working Class Studies Association Conference, June 6-8 2009, at the University of Pittsburgh.] 1. One of … Continue reading
Nima Shirazi: Analysing the Iranian Elections
On the Table & Off the Map: Threats, Lies, and Iranian ElectionsBy Nima Shirazi / The Rag Blog / June 11, 2009 Eight days after Barack Obama delivered his much-touted speech in Cairo, Iranians are going to the polls to … Continue reading
