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IMPORTANT Update: March on Washington

By Ripper on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 1:50pm |
Don't make plans just yet for the March on Washington for Health Care. The date is in flux because of a conflict with people's schedules. Robert Reich had suggested Sept. 13 as the date of the march, but unions such...

My op-ed in the Post-Dispatch today

By Ripper on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 8:58pm |
People who failed to turn fear and loathing into winning campaign issues did not go gently into that good November night. They're back with new lies, new conspiracy theories and a desperate bid to gut the election results. Last year,...

MAKE A RACKET: March on Washington, Sept. 13

By Ripper on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 7:02am |
Robert Reich has called for a march on Washington to support health care reform--specifically a public option and other reforms sought by liberals. Read Politico's live chat-in yesterday with Reich here."First step," Reich wrote in response to a question from...

The soothing opiate of patience

By Ripper on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 9:40pm |
"Patience," we are told, as if we were children pestering an adult for candy. As if health care reform is some petty treat easily dispensed at will. As if we actually have more time than necessary and sitting still will...

Oh, please, let's all be nice and let the president squander our best chance for health care reform

By Ripper on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 4:14pm |
Change is hard. Ask an alcoholic or a congressman.Some otherwise good eggs here have advocated that we step back, suck our thumbs and let President Obama handle all this unpleasant bickering over health care reform. As if all we have...

Blunt force trauma

By Ripper on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 3:57am |
What to do about the wrangling over health care reform and the president's seeming capitulation to Republican obstructionists and corporate interests?O¿O in the crowd suggested half-jokingly that Obama should channel Buford Pusser and knock a few Senate Democrats' heads. Bluebell...

Audacity my ass, Mr. President

By Ripper on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 8:39am |
Mr. President, I was happy to work my gnarled fingers to the bone for you last year: blogging, making calls and canvassing. I had to sacrifice much because I'm disabled and typing is hard for me. Everything is hard. But...

It ain't over till it's over

By Ripper on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 1:02am |
I understand the frustrations of those who are ready to become Independents. I'm pissed, too, and may drop out of Democratic politics myself. But not yet. Not today. No one who reads TPM should be surprised that Sen. Conrad has...

Chain email this URL

By Ripper on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 7:58pm |
Here's the White House website for countering misinformation about health care reform. It's a good, well-organized, concise resource for anyone who need the facts. Please email this to everone you know and ask them to do the same.http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Reality-Check/...

Pondering the bear shit

By Ripper on Thu, 08/13/2009 - 12:20am |
Two hikers walked deep into the woods. As they hiked beneath the green shade of tall trees, one felt something squish under his step. He looked down and saw that he had stepped in a pile of bear shit. It...

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