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"I’ve always been focusing on making the right decisions for the people of my district, whether or..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:01:57 -0500

“I’ve always been focusing on making the right decisions for the people of my district, whether or not it will cost me my political future.”

- ~~Freshman Democratic Rep. John Adler (N.J.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. John Boccieri (Ohio)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Bobby Bright (Ala.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Larry Kissell (N.C.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Frank Kratovil Jr. (M.D.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Betsy Markey (Colo.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Eric Massa (N.Y.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Michael McMahon (N.Y.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Walt Minnick (Idaho)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Scott Murphy (N.Y.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Glenn Nye (Va.)~~
— ~~Freshman~~ ~~Democratic~~ ~~Rep. Harry Teague (N.M.)~~
— Freshman Republican Rep. Joseph Cao (La.) (via savingpaper)

notthatkindagay: downward spirals of self-destruction photo...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:46 -0500

notthatkindagay:

downward spirals of self-destruction photo op?

My brain is going to need a moment to process this one.

"Nixon would have mandated that all employers offer coverage to their employees, while creating a..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:35:19 -0500

“Nixon would have mandated that all employers offer coverage to their employees, while creating a subsidized government insurance program for all Americans that employer coverage did not reach. It would take a miracle to pass such a plan today—a public insurance plan and an employer mandate are two provisions of the proposals now in Congress that are most in doubt. But Kennedy helped kill Nixon’s proposal not only because he preferred a government insurance option for everyone, but because he believed it was politically achievable. Medicare, the government program for the elderly, was then only nine years old, enacted as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s campaign to expand the social safety net. Liberals hoped this would be a first step toward a national health-insurance program that the next Democratic president could enact. That victory seemed around the corner—Nixon proposed his plan in 1974, while embattled in the Watergate scandal. President Jimmy Carter did not make health reform a priority, however, and Kennedy later regretted rejecting Nixon’s proposal. “It was a rare moment in his Senate career where he made a fundamental miscalculation about what was politically possible—a lot of liberals did,” says Yale University political scientist and progressive health-reform advocate Jacob Hacker. “What was not recognized by anyone at the time was that this was the end of the New Deal era. What would soon come crashing over them was the tax revolts” that ushered in Ronald Reagan and a conservative, antigovernment philosophy.”

- August 26, 2009: Echoes of Kennedy’s Battle With Nixon in Health-Care Debate

Worth remembering. Something is better than nothing.

Butch Walker covers Taylor Swift’s You Belong with Me

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:26 -0500

Butch Walker covers Taylor Swift’s You Belong with Me

First Lady Michelle Obama leads a practice session for young...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:25:37 -0500

First Lady Michelle Obama leads a practice session for young people competing in the National Science Bowl on November 5, 2009 at the Department of Energy in Washington, DC. (via)

The night of her arrival, Clinton met with US Ambassador to...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:29:05 -0500

The night of her arrival, Clinton met with US Ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle (middle) and State Department Advisor Philip Gordon in her room at the Ritz-Carlton hotel. (via Behind the Scenes with Hillary Clinton by Callie Shell - TIME)

"I don’t know what or who people thought they were voting for a year ago, but no one can claim..."

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0500

“I don’t know what or who people thought they were voting for a year ago, but no one can claim there wasn’t truth-in-advertising. Granted, most normal folk probably didn’t go online in spring 2007 to read candidate Barack Obama’s 15-page health reform plan. Still, for anyone who cared, the whole thing was laid out

right here

— and it tracks pretty closely with the landmark overhaul passed by the House. Coverage of preventive services? Check. Guaranteed eligibility regardless of medical status? Check. Private plans and a new public plan competing in a new federally supervised insurance marketplace? Check. New requirements on employers? Check. Expanded Medicaid eligibility? Check. Subsidies to help the middle class buy plans? Check. Research into what treatments work best? Check. Incentives for better coordinated care? Check. Authority to negotiate better prices for drugs under Medicare? Check. Elimination of “excessive subsidies” for a private Medicare alternative called Medicare Advantage? Check. A plan updated for the general election looks even more similar to the House bill.”

- Shocking News on Health Care: People May Get What They Voted For - Politics Daily

bill and hillary wedding photo (via eddeaux)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:07:30 -0500

bill and hillary wedding photo (via eddeaux)

rillawafers: The Penis Has Landed: Levi Johnston’s NYC Playgirl...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:36:41 -0500

rillawafers:

The Penis Has Landed: Levi Johnston’s NYC Playgirl Shoot Arrival, Wasilla Gone Rogue

I’ve come to the conclusion I will never not reblog a Levi Johnston story, however trivial it may be. But with headlines like this one and photos to match, how is one to resist?

"I like how Republicans vote in packs. Only one Republican voted for the health care bill? When did..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:26:28 -0500

“I like how Republicans vote in packs. Only one Republican voted for the health care bill? When did thinking for yourself die?”

- Steve’s facebook status (via sylvysparrow)

"This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:41:18 -0500

“This evening, at 11:15 p.m., the House of Representatives voted to pass their health insurance reform bill. Despite countless attempts over nearly a century, no chamber of Congress has ever before passed comprehensive health reform. This is history.”

- email from President Obama, November 7, 2009 (via webravebees)

Photo

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:22:17 -0500

Congressman Joseph Cao of Louisiana - the lone Republican YEA

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:13:00 -0500

Congressman Joseph Cao of Louisiana - the lone Republican YEA

TWO EIGHTEEN.

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:08:30 -0500

(via inothernews)

President Barack Obama walks to Marine One with his...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:05:21 -0500

President Barack Obama walks to Marine One with his mother-in-law Marian Robinson, daughters Sasha and Malia and First Lady Michelle Obama as they prepare to depart the White House on November 7, 2009 for Camp David. (via)

mikehudack:spiegelman: Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:35:02 -0500

mikehudack:spiegelman:

Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer FTW

"Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:09:11 -0500

“Some of the people (at the rally) that wanted to engage me in conversation appeared to have been the losers in the ‘Are you smarter than Michele Bachmann contest?’”

- Barney Frank, being awesome (via blogonthe) (via think4yourself)

Socialism in action

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:36:07 -0500

Socialism in action :

robot-heart-politics:ohfortheloveofdog:azspot:

At Thursday’s tea party march protesting government-run health care, a participant suffered a heart attack about 20 minutes into the proceedings. As Dana Milbank reports, medical personnel from the Capitol physician’s office rushed over, attaching electrodes to the man’s chest and giving him oxygen and an IV.
The Capitol physician’s office, unlike the bills being considered in Congress, is actually socialized health care. Government employs the physicians, and taxpayers help pay their salaries. But despite the presence of so many committed free market activists who so deeply fear the consequences of government-provided health care, no one stopped the bureaucrats from treating the protester nor developed a market or volunteer-based solution.

Joy! Ellen graces O Magazine, with Oprah of course.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:05 -0500

Joy! Ellen graces O Magazine, with Oprah of course.

"Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun)."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:20 -0500

“Guns don’t kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).”

- Eddie Izzard