Archive for June, 2009

Too Many Non Violent Americans Are In Jail »

The following 10 points were provided by Senator Jim Webb who is doing his best to put this very important subject on the radar. Millions of Americans lives are being ruined because either they are a family member is in jail unjustly. We are supposed to be the “land of the free” so are we […]

Real Stories Of Our Failed Health Care System »

Health care reform is essential and health care reform is only true reform if it includes the “public option.”
You hear a lot of horror stories about the potential short comings of “socialized medicine” from right wingers who are trying to kill health care reform so their only true constituents (that’s big business of course, […]

President Obama’s Health Care Town Hall Tonight »

President Obama is holding a town hall on health care reform at the White House which will be aired on ABC at 10 PM EST tonight.

Today’s Recommended Links
(1) The AMA is largely responsible for the poor state of health care in the US.
It’s important to know that the AMA is the enemy in the battle […]

President Obama Back At 60% Approval »

Over the last several days President Obama’s approval rating had dipped as low as 57% (his lowest thus far) but today his approval rating jumped up three points back up to 60%. Click Here for the daily Gallup Obama approval numbers (updated every day at 1PM EST.)
Recommended Stories
1. Tell Your Health Care Horror Story.
This is […]

The Public Option Is The Health Care Compromise »

It’s important to get this through to congress: The public option is the compromise when it comes to health care. On one side you have business as usual (our current dysfunctional corrupt private health insurance industry) and on the other hand you have single payer national health insurance (like the system used in England - […]

NORML Sets Fox News Straight On Marijuana »

NORML takes down a Fox “News” anti marijuana propaganda piece point by point: CLICK HERE to read it on their website.
It’s unbelievable to me that in 2009 people are still running with this kind of “reefer madness” nonsense. Marijuana is far less harmful than cigarettes and alcohol but do you see Fox “News” calling […]

Americans Want A Public Health Care Option »

76% of Americans support a public health care option according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.
It’s time for real health care reform.
It’s not time for “bipartisanship.” The Republicans have shown time and time again that their only real constituency is big business (in this case the health insurance companies.) There’s no reason […]

Tear Down This Myth By Will Bunch »

Tear Down This Myth is a truly excellent book that I highly recommend to anyone who is interested in the truth about the Ronald Reagan presidency and about how the myth about his presidency (which bears little resemblance to the reality of it) has been carefully crafted by a right wing group since Reagan left […]

The Truth About Ronald Reagan »

Today is the 5 year anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s death. Because of that there’s likely to be quite a bit about Reagan on TV today. Sadly not much (any?) of it will be about the real truth of Reagan. He was an awful President and his administration’s policies were the root cause of many of […]

President Obama At 64% Approval »

Today’s Gallup poll puts President Obama at 64% approval.
Meanwhile, Dick Cheney is admitting there was never a link between 9/11 & Iraq (he’s over 7 years late on that one, isn’t he?)
As long as Dick Cheney is around running his mouth, he will make the Obama administration look good in comparison.