+ Obama requests the HHS instate a rule to allow hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples. Operation Bring The U.S. Into This Century continues apace; in other news, I love that man.

+ A la carte icons for LJ! Before LJ started being weird on every level I can remember wanting these very much. As it is, I might be more excited if it weren't ( Read more... )

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Health care reform passed.

I really, really wish it were as liberal or as socialist as its opponents keep saying it is! Why we still can't manage single payer healthcare with a public option is beyond me. I wish there was more actual discourse about what's wrong with the bill (there's still a LOT wrong with it) rather than all the nattering about ( Read more... )

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Obama's been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.DUDE ( Read more... )

I was pretty pessimistic going into this, but that speech kicked ASS.

Thank you, Mr. President, for framing health care reform as the moral imperative it absolutely is.

And I'm sorry, but can anyone remember a President EVER being heckled by a member of Congress while addressing a joint session of Congress? The level of disrespect shown for a ( Read more... )