Do 87 million Verizon Wireless customers know that the company is a co-sponsor of a major climate-change-denying, union-busting, pro-mountaintop removal Labor Day rally staged by Massey Energy in Logan, West Virginia?
via Verizon Wireless is Wrong.
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Bottom Line: One reason we might have a “health care crisis” due to rising medical costs, and the world’s highest physician salaries is that we turn away 57.3% of the applicants to medical schools. What we have is a form of a “medical cartel,: which significantly restricts the supply of physicians, and thereby gives its [...]
Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee, this week revealed a secret Republican plan that would end up eliminating all federal farm subsidies; closing down Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks; selling off the interstate highway system; and canceling Head Start, subsidized school lunches and the entire college loan program.
via Steven Pearlstein – Michael Steele’s [...]
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Here’s something useful to those of thinking about the future of conflict and society. Hopefully, this gets you thinking. I had fun with it.
“It takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place.” Lewis Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass
The Red Queen hypothesis (the name was taken from Carroll’s book) [...]
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FOLLOWING RANCOR AMONG THE RANKS,
BAUCUS ASSURES MONTANA CONSTITUENTS:
“I WANT A PUBLIC OPTION TOO”
U.S. Senator Max Baucus has finally broken his silence regarding his personal position on including a public option in health care reform legislation. Last Monday night (8/17), in an unprecedented conference call to Montana Democratic central committee chairs, the powerful leader of the [...]
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Healthcare Reform for Dummies:
* No one is going to mess with Medicare.
* No one is going to take you away from your doctor.
* You can keep your health plan if you like it.
* If you’re uninsured, and your income is below a set amount, you will get a subsidy from the government.
* The plan makes [...]
The President isn’t fulfilling his campaign promises.
We saw Single Payer ignored and now the Public Option is in peril.
The Main Stream Media is biased and it’s business as usual in Washington D.C.
How can we be heard?
Simple, hit them where it hurts. Reduce their Internet Outreach and tell them why!
Goto http://my.barackobama.com/page/unsubscribe/ and remove your name from [...]
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Is health care a “moral obligation?” Speaking in front of a group of religious leaders on Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the health care debate was a “core ethical” issue and should be treated as such.
At least one other person agrees with him: Senator Bernie Sanders. On “The Ron Reagan Show,” Sanders echoed Obama’s words [...]
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Check out the list of Top Donors to Congress from 1989-2008. Funny how many of these groups have been in financial trouble the last couple of years.
via Wanna Know Who Lobbies Politicians? Here’s the Top Donors.
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