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"I'm A Democrat" And "I'm A Republican"

By oleeb on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 3:20pm |
This is the best, most succinct argument I've seen for doing the right thing on healthcare.  It's far more honest than any of the garbage coming out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill.  It isn't long and it's the truth. ...
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Calvin Woodward: Insurance Industry Whore Or The Biggest Insurance Industry Whore At The AP?

By oleeb on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 9:33pm |
Getting prominent play all over the net and all over the nation today is AP's latest contribution to distorting the issues in the healthcare debate.  Today's distorted, one-sided and thoroughly misleading insurance industry propaganda piece was written by someone named...
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Obama SEC Appoints Fox To Guard Chicken Coop: Average American To Get Screwed Like Always

By oleeb on Fri, 10/16/2009 - 7:41pm |
I just saw a AP news item here on TPM announcing with the following headline:  "Goldman Exec Named First COO of SEC Enforcement."  You can find the article here:   http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/10/goldman_exec_named_first_c... For those of you who didn't realize how rotten the...
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The Response If Big Insurance Kills HCR? MEDICARE FOR ALL!

By oleeb on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 12:53pm |
Is it really all that big a surprise that its own greed got the best of the insurance industry causing them to agressively criticize the Baucus Caucus Insurance Subsidy bill?  Despite being handed tens of millions of new customers and...
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All The King's Horses And All The King's Men Cannot Put Afghanistan Back Together Again

By oleeb on Sun, 10/11/2009 - 2:59pm |
While the media is doing a full court press to aid and abet the Military Industrial Complex's demand for escalating the war in Afghanistan it is increasingly clear that what they are demanding is an excercise in futility.  Instead of...
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Olbermann Donates $50K to Free Clinics, Will You Donate Too?

By oleeb on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 12:30pm |
Following up on his one hour Special Comment on Wednesday evening, Keith Olbermann announced on Thursday's edition of Countdown that he will donate $50,000.00 of his own money to the National Association of Free Clinics.  An impressive examply of putting one's...
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Olbermann's Hour Long Special Comment

By oleeb on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 12:45pm |
Last night Keith Olbermann used the entire hour of his show Countdown for a special comment on Healthcare.  It was an extraordinary thing to do in a number of respects.  It was a bit risky and it could easily have...
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White House Says: US Never Leaving Afghanistan Despite Lack Of War Aims, Obama Looking For Bipartisan Cover For Escalation

By oleeb on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 6:29pm |
This afternoon the AP reports that leaving the war we have already lost in Afghanistan is "not an option" according to the headline.  Really?  Leaving Afghanistan is not an option?  Says who?  Why?  In real terms then, what does this mean...
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You Can Help Democrats Take A Republican District In Florida

By oleeb on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 6:48pm |
This is an unusual request but I'm making it on behalf of a friend who I strongly believe in. Russ Patterson is running for the Democratic nomination in Florida's 60th legislative district.  The election isn't until next year of course...
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Attack Iran? HELL NO! Another Reckless, Stupid Idea Brought To Us By The Folks Who Sold Us A Bill Of Goods On Iraq

By oleeb on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:45pm |
Since 1979, when the Shah of Iran finally lost his grip on power and the American CIA that controlled him was run out of Tehran, the elite power structure of our government has been engaged in one long, sustained...

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