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The Message Challenge - PLEASE REC!

Some of us -- maybe all of us in favor of real reform -- think our messaging has been scattershot and poorly defends the multiple fronts on which health care reform is under assault.So what should the core message of...

Of Rolling Hatred and Eternal War

I suppose the most reliable truism I've learned about politics in my 49 years is that hateful people will always be at war with people who don't deserve to be hated. No matter what coordinates in history one picks to...

Corporate Nazi Alien Poodle Porn Massacre

Oh, and they eat brains, but that's in part 2.If I don't get 75 Rec's on this one, you'll never see another like it from me again....

Brain eaters: Alt media miss the story

All of us complain that the big media often miss the real story, focusing instead on side issues.Now it's happening at TPM, where numerous meta posts have garnered scores of Recs while substantive health care reform hangs in the balance....

5 reasons to attend a town hall

1. To prevent the death of reform.Betting the farm on Congress having a strong spine is the same as signing the deed over to the devil. When the morning news shows your congressman or senator surrounded by a mob screaming...

George is getting angry!!!

Sorry for the Seinfeldian headline, but for purposes of this post, call me George. And yes, I'm pissed at the cacophony here at TPM, the nihilism and the scattershot messaging about health care reform.Excuse the blunt trauma that may be...

RIPPER'S DC TRIP, Pt. 2: ... or waiting for Godot?

The 300THAT'S NO RALLY, THAT'S A BARBECUEIn a clip from The Real News, David Swanson of Democrats.com says "thousands of people" attended the Healthcare Now! rally on July 30th in the Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill. Not quite. Even...

RIPPER'S DC TRIP, Pt. 1: On a mission from God ...

From left: Jason, Gumbun and sweaty old me mugging like a doofusPREFACEI'm indebted to many sincere and capable people here who put their money where their mouth is when Congress began stumbling over health care reform. Scores of TPM...

RIPPER'S DC TRIP: First Thoughts

First, thanks to all who contributed to send Gumbun and me to the Healthcare Now! single payer rally last week. Special thanks to Gumbun for standing up so tall for this issue and to Jason for going above and beyond...

RALLY TRIP: Wheels up

Got a wake-up phone call from a checken today. Bwak! Bwak! Looks like I'll make it to the airport on time. Should arrive in DC about 11 a.m. after Atlanta layover.Kristy will fly to DC tomorrow.I'll try to find a...

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