From Conservapedia's rather partisan front page, we learn: The recent HCR Act is just like (just like!) the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 also pushed through by the Democrats — and it triggered the American Civil War! A 38 second … [Read more...]
Archives for March 22, 2010
Waterloo
At the beginning of this process we made a strategic decision: unlike, say, Democrats in 2001 when President Bush proposed his first tax cut, we would make no deal with the administration. No negotiations, no compromise, nothing. We were … [Read more...]
Yes.
I think we're entitled to a bit of a victory lap.Then finance and climate. No. Sleep. Til Brooklyn 2012. … [Read more...]
Republican Waterloo?
The Republican's Waterloo? Former Bush speechwriter David Frum says that while he opposes the health care reform plan, its passage is a major defeat for the Republican Party. In his words, it will be the GOP's "Waterloo." Frum points out … [Read more...]
Dumb excuse of the week
Here's the MSNBC report wih video: … [Read more...]
Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on April 10
Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, April 10th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, Cambridge Pitch in to help 10 homeless families who live at the shelter Lower vast energy bills for the shelter so it … [Read more...]
Grace Ross Announcement Tomorrow 10 AM
Dear Friends, I am running as a Democrat for Governor and I am asking for your support. I am asking you to join me in reclaiming our Commonwealth. Join me on Tuesday March 23 at 10am on the steps of the State House where I will formally … [Read more...]
Romneymia = Irony deficiency
Kum-ba-yaaaaa: America has just witnessed an unconscionable abuse of power. President Obama has betrayed his oath to the nation — rather than bringing us together, ushering in a new kind of politics, and rising above raw … [Read more...]
A butterfly flaps its wings …
and creates a storm thousands of miles away. Maybe. In any event, it seems inconceivable that last night's historic vote could have ever happened without the experience of Massachusetts' experiment with near-universal health care, … [Read more...]
EB3: Nature or Nuture – Some Hints on My Background
Where I grew up there was no dominant nationality (as we use to call them.) There were probably more Italians (as we use to call Italian American's) than Irish and tons of everyone else. (Well, not everyone. By everyone I mean specifically … [Read more...]