Wrights Remarks vs Ferraro's
It's important to remember these differences as two high level people in each of the campaigns have been let go.
View ArticleWhy PWD's matter to a political blog.
By 2001 the National Council on Disability noted: 4 million people of voting age who have a disability are unregistered voters People with disabilities vote at a rate 11 percent lower than the general...
View ArticleHacked Off
I just saw a documentary that makes me wonder...for the states and counties that still use electronic voting... Is the fix already in?
View ArticleI'm with Rachel
When Mr Ickes advised that Mrs Clinton had his permission to reserve the right to take this to the credentials committee....
View ArticleI shouldn't be here...
Ted Kennedy's cancer treatment got me to thinking. In addition to existing cerebral palsy...In 1991 I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, stage 3B (IOW one step away from get your affairs in order)...
View ArticleYour candidate has asked you...
to get behind Barack Obama for President. To do whatever it takes.
View ArticleInclusion...Finally
Like many here I've done some shameless weeping at the possibility that the disastrous course we've been on can be slowly painstakingly altered for the better in the next four (eight! eight! eight!)...
View ArticleA Member of the Family
No, I’m not related to him. He’s a big cheerful guy who is most comfortable in the outdoors on a boat, fishing or not, or even the occasional hunting trip. He’s also a Star Wars geek, and we still call...
View ArticleOur Next President
This started as a comment of mine, but I had a bit more to say...So, treading carefully since there have been many diaries on this subject today... My concerns are: What tools will be available to the...
View ArticleA Facet of the Health Care Issue: Community Choice Act
With all the wrangling about health care...There's one set of costs that could be reduced....Saving many many Medicare/Medicaid dollars, and handing people a better quality of life in the process.
View ArticleCatch - 22
I apologize for this diary in advance. But offline I've always shot straight, and frankly I need some input. I know a large number of people read here. This is not a political diary. This is an...
View ArticleThe Basics
Dear Left: From our understanding, you are our ally. But like many other "Othered" it seems like unless you have a __ in the family, your vision of civil rights, or your sense of urgency about a...
View ArticleYou'll know, Too Late
When it happens, because it will, to you Senators, to a loved one, to a friend. It's not a matter of if, but when: "Oh, my God. Where was a public option for this person when they needed it?" You'll...
View ArticleThe 1/2 Compromise and Health Care
I hope you all will pardon me for the tone and lack of proofing in this diary. Somebody at the NYT let this man write. That's on their heads. But when Peter Singer starts babbling about the value of...
View ArticleI'm not from Montana, Senator Baucus
But if you continue on this course you set yourself, these stories may happen (or have already happened )to your constituents. The people who voted you in....and in case you've forgotten can also vote...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform: If we lose the public option Updated
this is what they'll do [full disclosure, used to be in the industry, now am not.] Some of the 47 million will sign up for our current private insurance. Perhaps insurance companies will no longer be...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform: New story to combat teh Deather's!
This is a short diary, but I believe it's a good argument to use against the Deather fallacy.
View ArticleI'm not going to say everything I want to say. Not today.
It would be inappropriate. I took some Repub bashing post down from my own blog. Because I considered it inappropriate after learning of Senator Kennedy's passing. I believe the best way to honor...
View ArticleDon't name it after Teddy, if the PO dissapears.
Heath care reform is no pony, or piece of pie. It is a part of "life liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Our right to real healthcare exists right now. Except for the money, of course.
View ArticleUpdate x2 w/video "So, now a handicapped woman in a wheelchair has more...
Yep, an anti reform zealot said this at a town hall in Redbank New Jersey Go below the fold to see who he figures has less rights than he does.
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