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No Shutdown Tonight

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This is frustrating as anything.  Where are the big spenders?  Where are those who say that we must spend MORE, either for economic reasons to stimulate recovery, or for moral reasons that bad times are exactly when you must … [Read more...]

Social Security: Are You Ready For A Congressional “Video Staycation”?

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"I mean, just from the very notion that it said that 50 percent of beneficiaries under the Social Security program use those moneys as their sole source of income. So we've got to protect today's seniors. But for the rest of us? For - you … [Read more...]

Social Security: Get On The Phone Tuesday And Wednesday And Help Fight Cuts

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First, the I'm A Bit Confused Dept.: There's an ad currently running on TV for a drug called Intuniv.  The drug is for children who are suffering from ADHD, and the visual image features a mother coming out the doors of the school with … [Read more...]

On Petals And Metal, Or, Today And Tomorrow, Street Actions Are Afoot

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A young lady visitor on the set of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" asked W.C.Fields if he liked flowers. Fields replied he was very fond of Four Roses. --Ronald J. Fields, from the book "W.C.Fields  By Himself" So here's what's up: … [Read more...]

On “La Dolce Vita”, Or, The Real Life Of A State Worker

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Good morrow to the day so fair; Good morning, Sir, to you: Good morrow to mine own torn hair    Bedabbled with the dew --From "The Mad Maid's Song", a selection from "The Hesperides & Noble Numbers", by Robert Herrick So as … [Read more...]

Social Security: If You Can’t Kill The Program, Screw The People

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The foot less prompt to seek the morning dew, The heart less bounding at emotion new, And hope, once crushed, less quick to spring again. --From "Thyrsis", by Matthew Arnold So here's the deal, short and sweet: Social Security is amazingly … [Read more...]

Campaign Manifesto #3: On The Road, Defending Social Security

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Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, grass grows by Itself. --From the "Zenrin Kushu", attributed to Toyo Eicho I-90, the main route from West to East (if your fake trip begins in Seattle, as ours did), was closed at Wall, South … [Read more...]

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