Tomgram: Bill McKibben, A Wilted Senate on a Heating Planet

By: Wednesday August 4, 2010 7:05 am

From TomDispatch this morning, a call to action from one of our leading environmentalists — in what is likely to be the hottest summer on record, it’s time to take the politics of global warming back from a do-nothing establishment: Bill McKibben, “We’re Hot As Hell and We’re Not Going to Take It Any More, Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming”

Why I Stood Up During Senator Reid’s Speech at Netroots Nation – Let’s Get the Votes for DREAM

By: Wednesday July 28, 2010 10:31 am

In a respectful act of the type of mutual annoyance that was admitted by all at Netroots Nation, I joined three other undocumented people in challenging Majority Leader to help us get the votes for the DREAM Act.

The Chicken Lady from Nevada is also a Union Buster.

By: Friday April 23, 2010 11:30 am

The GOP candidate Senator wannabe in Nevada Sue Lowden not only thinks chickens can be bartered for health care, but she is also a casino owner in Las Vegas who is a union buster.

Things are looking up

By: Saturday March 20, 2010 12:08 pm

While everyone is busy crying about losing the HCR battle, they’re loosing sight of the fact that it’s only one battle in a war we’ll be fighting the rest of our lives.

Obama, Pelosi, Reid and Durbin Perform in the Nixon Kabuki Theater

By: Monday March 15, 2010 12:11 pm

“In the end, trust begets competition, competition begets a public
option, and a public option begets the necessary ingredient that enables every single American to afford health care. Without trust, Americans will remain screwed.” [http://tinyurl.com/trust-deficit]

No Big Whoop, Just A Small Observation

By: Thursday February 4, 2010 10:48 am

House Dems On Board Polis Pingree, Senate The Problem

Gimme some truth

By: Friday January 29, 2010 12:08 pm

request of ObamaRahma ,DC,Congres,media, and Wall Street

With Real HCR Gone, What’s Left (If Anything)?

By: Sunday January 24, 2010 8:56 am

The Senate bill may be comprehensive, but it represents everything that voters have been rejecting. If passed, it will ruin Democrats.

Because sellout Democrats have been obstructionists, successfully blocking every decent idea to reform our health care system from the beginning, the piecemeal approach is the only remaining thing to do. Not only will it improve the existing system. It will be seen as taking on the bad actors in the industries that created such big problems in our health care system and so give Democrats an upper hand politically in this election cycle.

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