Tag: Washington D.C.

How Do We Deal With This?

Filed in National by on August 3, 2011 14 Comments

What’s the solution? I’m serious. Dems held their ground and “tens of thousands” of people are out of work. Republicans don’t care. Yet again they’ve not only taken a hostage they’re willing to shoot, they’ve taken one they want to shoot.

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The DC Safe Zone

Filed in National by on August 24, 2010 20 Comments

The teabagger’s guide to avoiding scary people in Washington, D.C.

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Problem Solving 101

Filed in National by on March 2, 2010 9 Comments

Washington, D.C. is the latest area to legalize same-sex marriage and this has caused a problem for Catholic Diocese of Washington. They’ve threatened to quite doing humanitarian work in Washington, D.C. but I guess the backlash and the taxpayer subsidies are too much to pass up. The Catholic diocese of Washington has found a unique […]

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Healthcare NOW!

Filed in National by on February 21, 2010 46 Comments

On Friday, I was able to leave work a little early and visit a healthcare rally held in Newark. The event was a stop on an 8 day march from Philadelphia to Washington. The march is called The March for Melanie in honor of an activist from Philadelphia, Melanie Shouse, that recently lost her battle with breast cancer.

Melanie’s death certificate certainly said that the cause of death was breast Cancer, but it was just as much caused by a lack of healthcare.

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Priorities

Filed in National by on November 13, 2009 12 Comments

I’m glad to know they’ve got their priorities straight here: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the city doesn’t change a proposed same-sex marriage law, a threat that could affect tens of thousands of people the church […]

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