Archive for August 10th, 2009

What can we agree on?

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I think we can all agree, or at least I thought we could agree, that we pretty much understand that Wall Street (Goldman Sachs especially) and the mentality it cultivates are more a part of the problem then lawmakers in this country.  Aren’t they?  Can’t we agree also that politicians pockets are lined with donations […]

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This is How It is Supposed To Work

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The peripatetic Mike Stark went to a Town Hall Meeting for held by Rep. Tom Perriello in rural VA, and found an interesting dynamic:

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We Already Have Death Panels

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Please go read Southern Beale’s entire piece, and then pass it on. Don’t talk to me about death panels, Sarah Palin. You, who so carelessly bolstered a lie about healthcare reform to score a cheap political point; you, the most craven of political opportunists, who fearmongers about some dystopian socialist/fascist fantasyland; you, who earlier this […]

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Good Thing Stephen Hawking Doesn’t Live In The U.K. – Except He Does

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This is really becoming tiresome.  (Via TPM) AJC columnist Jay Bookman noticed that in the latest Investors Business Daily editorial about how the ‘death panel’ will condemn all handicapped or disabled people to death on some horrid wind-swept mountain, it notes that … People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the […]

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Briefing on the Progress of Health Insurance Legislation Tonite

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There is an event tonite in Newark to providing up-to-date information and some training on the current state of the health insurance reform effort:

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This is Why I Hate Her.

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“[W]e must stick to a discussion of the issues and not get sidetracked by tactics that can be accused of leading to intimidation or harassment. Such tactics diminish our nation’s civil discourse,” – Facebooker Sarah Palin, two days after calling Obama’s healthcare plan a “downright evil” that will target her Down Syndrome baby with a […]

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Conservative Free Speech

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Conservative Free Speech

They have the right to say whatever they want whenever they want, and they have the duty to prevent others from exercising the same right.

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Repubs pick Briggs King for the 37th.

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Robinson v. Briggs King: The public defender versus a representative of manufactured housing park owners.

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Conservative vs. Conservative

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Sarah Palin weighed in on health care reform last week by accusing the Obama administration of wanting to kill her parents and her baby. So, what do other conservatives have to say about Palin’s thoughtful addition to the health care debate? Newt Gingrich and Howard Dean went at it on health care this morning on […]

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It’s almost here! Summer Charity Concert @ Twin Lakes 8/15

Filed in Delaware by on August 10, 2009 0 Comments

If you haven’t purchased tickets yet, please do so! Ticket’s will be sold at the “door” too.  But we prefer they be purchased ahead of time. Go here for more details The Forecast is 82 and sunny too!!!!

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