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How to have a discussion, and not a shouting match, with a Senator

September 4, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Now my first thought, having been to Wisconsin and witnessing first hand the generous and polite character of that area of the country, was to wonder if these teapartyers are simply more polite than others and that this left an opening to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: al-franken, health-care, town-halls

New Marriage Equality Ad for Maine

August 22, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

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Hilarious

July 27, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Just caught this hilarious video on ThinkProgress: Blogger-activist Mike Stark has been staking out Capitol Hill recently, trying to get Republican congressmen on the record about whether or not they believe President Obama was born in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: birthers, gop

MA Challenges Federal DOMA

July 8, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

From Boston.com: Massachusetts, the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage, has become the first state to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, saying Congress … [Read more...]

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Confronting Reality: Pro-Life meets Real Life Abortions

June 9, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Ezra pointed out an article in the Washington Post by Rozalyn Farmer Love, a young pro-life medical student in Alabama and her confrontation with the realities of abortion and those who seek abortion medical services. My parents are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: abortion, dr.-tiller, late-term-abortion, medicine

Bigots, Predjudice, Shame, and ‘Civil’ Debate

May 7, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Lets start with some terms.  In the original post I pointed out: ...the Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines "prejudice" as:     1 : injury or damage resulting from some judgment or action of another in disregard of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bigotry, gay-marriage, gay-rights, political-correctness

Excellent debunking on homosexual marriage

April 20, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Just caught this youtube video and thought it excellent: (h/t Ed Brayton) … [Read more...]

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“Deadliest” Captain Testifies to Congress (drill baby drill… NOT)

March 26, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Mie Dunford at The Questionable Authority, has a post up about a joint hearing of the Energy and Mineral Resources and Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Subcommittees of the House Committee on Natural Resources (there's a mouthful). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: alaska, congress, energy-policy, environment, fisheries, science

Health Care Call to Action

March 6, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Ezra explains why this is a reasonable request: There's no reason the CBO shouldn't be asked to run the numbers on H.R. 676 (the leading single-payer bill). Single payer is, after all, the most common set-up for the health systems of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cbo, congress, health-care

The Return of the Line Item Veto

March 5, 2009 By Mr. Lynne

Ed Brayton alerts us: This is an interesting development. Fox News reports: A bipartisan group is giving the line-item veto another go at it, albeit with some key tweaks, more than a decade after the Supreme Court struck down the procedure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congressional-powers, constitution, john-mccain, legislation, presidential-powers, russ-feingold, separation-of-powers

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