This is in a follow-up to yesterday's more tongue-in-cheek post.

The important realities of universal health care is not only that it exists in all the developed countries of the world aside from the US, or that health care is a human right for all people, or the actuality that we do have socialized health care plans in America (it's called ( Read more... )

repost, thanks to kindaubiqitous's friend of a friendI awoke to the sound of my alarm clock, powered by the Public Power Monopoly, regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. I then turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to see what the Weather Service of the National ( Read more... )

U.S. / POLITICS
Obama on Spot as Rulings Aid Gay Partners
By ROBERT PEAR
Published: March 13, 2009
President Obama must decide whether to provide health insurance to same-sex partners of federal employees.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/13/us/politics/13benefits

This is a very exciting piece taken from the newly refurbished washington.gov by President Obama:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights/

( full text )

and history is made.


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Deepak Chopra writes ( Read more... )

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If you still aren't convinced, My Alaskan soul sister is an empty vessel from the Irish Times, no less.

And finally, Obama fights back in this article from the NY Times. It only leaves one question: when is he going to start to deal with Palin? Palin seems to be his real rival. Obama will need all his charisma and intelligence to deal with the ( Read more... )

Women Against Sarah Palin unite on blogspot through a grassroots email campaign. You can add your voice!

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Thanks to cmolieri for this one from the Nation on Sarah Palin, from Anne Kilkenny, Wasilla resident.

An interesting article from FiveThirtyEight projecting the election outcome.

A fun image from the NY Times, ( The Words they used )