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‘Young Workers: A Lost Decade’
Michele Bachmann Thinks You Are Crazy Too
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post entitled "Sarah Palin Thinks You Are Stupid" in which I explored her "death panel" fearmongering and what it showed about how she viewed the American people (hint: she thinks you are stupid). At one point I referenced the fact that...
Who Would Be Against American Manufacturing?
The definition of “anti-American” might be up for grabs after so many years of conservatives using the label like a club, but can we all agree that when other countries are working against the interests of America, that it is fair to call that “anti-American?” I...
Let's Pass Ted Kennedy's Health Plan
Let’s get a few things straight: Until last year, Senator Edward M. Kennedy’s health care bill (co-authored with with Rep. John Dingell) was a bill known as Medicare for All. Not expensive private insurance for some, but Medicare [a...
"The Founding Documents" Of The Public Option
In this week's edition of The Week In Blog at Bloggingheads.tv, The Heritage Foundation's Conn Carroll pushed an argument voiced by another conservative blogger Patrick Ruffini: that the initial intention of the public health insurance option was to create a Trojan...
Insurance Industry Plays The Victim, Admits To Rationing Care For Profit
♫No one knows what it's like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it's like...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/28/2009
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Health Care Attacks Continue, As Does Debunking Roger Hickey maps out grassroots strategy to win health care for all on BlogTalkRadio's D'Antoni & Levine...
President Obama's Upcoming "Section 421 Tire Case" Trade Enforcement Decision
When China was accepted into the World Trade Organization, they agreed that if we experienced import surges of Chinese goods that caused "market disruption," we would be allowed to limit the import of those goods. The particular section of the agreement is called...
Progressive Breakfast: The Lion Sleeps
Sen. Ted Kennedy, The Liberal Lion, Dies At 77 NYT obituary: "Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a son of one of the most storied families in American politics, a man who knew triumph and tragedy in near-equal measure and who will be remembered as one of the...
