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The Enshrinement Of Frank Lautenberg
It has been said that timing is everything in life; well timing certainly played a part in today’s article. When I think of World War II – which I consider the most significant event of the 20th century – the … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, AIDS funding, airline industry, airline safety, Amtrak, big oil, CAFTA, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Columbia University, D-Day, Democrats, discrimination, embryonic stem cell research, employment discrimination, environment, Frank Lautenberg, GI Bill, Government regulations, gun regulation, Iraq, Iraq war, job discrimination, NAFTA, New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, North American Free Trade Agreement, oil industry, Pearl Harbor, politics, progressive, regulations, Senate, sexual discrimination, smoking, stem cell research, tax breaks, Ted Kennedy, tobacco, tobacco industry, veterans, veterans benefits, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights, World War II
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Endangered Species
Has the Republican Party gone so far to the right that Republicans are an endangered species in the Northeast? The answer appears to be yes. We had another example of that last week when Rhode Island’s independent Governor Lincoln Chafee, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 election, 2012 election, 2013 election, Alaska, Angus King, Arlen Specter, Bernie Sanders, Chris Christie, Connecticut, conservative, Delaware, Democrats, Elizabeth Warren, gun legislation, gun regulation, I.R.S., Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Jim Jeffords, Joe Miller, Kelly Ayotte, liberal, Lincoln Chafee, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Obama, Obamacare, Olympia Snowe, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, Republicans, Rhode Island, Sandy, Scott Brown, Senate, Superstorm Sandy, Susan Collins, Tea Party, Ted Cruz, Texas, Vermont
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Poision Pens
In the aftermath of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School the gun regulation debate has raged. While most of the nation took a sane, sober look at the situation the gun and munitions manufacturers’ lobby, (which is what the … Continue reading
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Tagged bigotry, conservative, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Eddie Haskell, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, liberal, Maors Against Illegal Guns, Mark Glaze, mass shooting, Michael Bloomberg, Mississippi, N.R.A., National Rifle Associaition, New York City, NRA, Obama, politics, prejudice, progressive, Republicans, Roger Wicker, Sadie Holland, Sandy Hook, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Wayne LaPierre
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Reloading?
One news item that came out of last Sunday’s talk shows was that Democratic West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is seriously considering reintroducing the compromise gun regulation legislation he co-authored with Republican Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey. Make no mistake; neither … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, Arizona, background check, Democrats, F.A.A., FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, guns, Harry Reid, Heidi Heitkamp, Jeff Flake, Joe Manchin, Kelly Ayotte, Lisa Murkowski, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Max Baucus, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Obama, Ohio, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, Republicans, Rob Portman, sequester, Tea Party, West Virginia
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Better Off Without Max
One of the best pieces of news this week is that Democratic Senator Max Baucus of Montana announced he will retire at the end of this term and not seek reelection in 2014. No, I haven’t gone over to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Affordable Health Care Act, Brian Schweitzer, Bush Tax Cuts, conservative, David Camp, Democrats, environment, George W. Bush, Great Recession, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, health care, House, House of Representatives, Joe Manchin, Manchin-Toomey Amendment, Massachusetts, Max Baucus, Michigan, Montana, Obama, Obamacare, Oregon, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, politics, progressive, public option, Republicans, Ron Wyden, Scott Brown, Senate, Senate Finance Committee, single payer, Ted Kennedy, West Virginia
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Whose Agenda?
The Republicans have long been obsessed with their agenda to the point of neglecting the needs of the people they profess to represent. Of course their true agenda includes representing the desires of their financiers. Recent events have made that … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Democrats, Dzhorkhar Tsarnaev, Government regulations, gun control, gun legislation, gun lobby, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, hispanics, immigration, Iowa, labor, New York, O.S.H.A., OSHA, politics, Republicans, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Tea Party, terrorism, Texas, Tsarvaev brothers, West Texas, workplace safety
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Left, Right, Center?
Anyone who reads me on a regular basis knows I am not a Chris Christie fan. However, in recent months the Republican Governor of New Jersey seems to have canned the bully act and instead has been acting with interests … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013 election, 2016 election, 2016 Presidential Primary, Angus King, Chris Christie, Democrats, gun control, gun legislation, gun regulation, gun violence, guns, Jeb Bush, Maine, Mitt Romney, New Jersey, Obama, Olympia Snowe, politics, radical right, Republicans, right wing, Sandy, Superstorm Sandy, Willard Mitt Romney
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