Not Quite Ready to Get Government Off Our Backs

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on May 29th, 2010 @ 12:00:45 pm , using 636 words, 47 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

Does anyone still believe we need less government? ?   Despite an unprecedented string of failures and catastrophes, it took the horrors of Katrina for many Americans finally to realize the extent of the incompetence of the Bush Administra… more »

Bank Regulation Reform

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on April 26th, 2010 @ 07:04:13 pm , using 281 words, 37 views
Category: Repetitions

With the first procedural vote on financial reform pending this afternoon, this survey has to be looming over Republicans. About two-thirds of Americans support stricter regulations on the way banks and other financial institutions conduct their busi… more »

Moyers and Bacevich on Afghanistan and the American War Machine

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on April 10th, 2010 @ 04:40:26 am , using 1149 words, 63 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

A conversation between Moyers and Andrew Bacevich about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. BILL MOYERS: And what do we do? President Obama himself has said that our strategy there is not ultimately a military victory per se, but to win the hearts and m… more »

Threats of Violence over Health Reform

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on March 24th, 2010 @ 07:39:22 pm , using 426 words, 27 views
Category: Repetitions

Boehner last week: Driehaus (D-OH) could be a "dead man"by Dante AtkinsWed Mar 24, 2010 at 04:10:04 PM PDT With several different Democrats receiving threats of violence and receiving protective detail after voting for the new health insurance re… more »

Rove's Brainless Book

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on March 8th, 2010 @ 10:58:34 am , using 88 words, 32 views
Category: Repetitions

His new book, "Courage and Consequence," promises to "pull back the curtain on my journey to the White House and my years there." What he divulges nearly made me choke on a pretzel. That business about President George W. Bush misleading the nation abo… more »

Harry Reid Pulls The Democrats Together for Health Reform

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 28th, 2009 @ 11:04:48 am , using 421 words, 58 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

Amid the frenzies of the holiday, another would-be terrorist attack, there occurred in Washington something many of the populace thought would never happen: Harry Reid (D-Nevada) managed to pull together the entire Democratic caucus to pass the Senate ve… more »

Pass the Health Bill

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 18th, 2009 @ 07:09:27 am , using 822 words, 51 views
Category: Commentary, Repetitions

Watched replay in Senate of Franken snubbing Lieberman and then McCain says it was wrong. No good debate in the Senate. Krugman in today's NY Times says to Dems to go ahead and pass the flawed health bill. Says it is better than nothing and probably the… more »

Dailykos: Rant from Portland, Me.

Posted by: Bill Pearlman
Published on December 16th, 2009 @ 03:17:39 pm , using 206 words, 62 views
Category: Repetitions

Yesterday I poked my head into some of the healthcare diaries. Wow---they're a bit intense. In the first one, I lost a buttock. In the second, someone stole my shoes. In the third, I was hogtied and roasted over a spit. In the fourth, my lumbago acted up… more »

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