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The dominant story in the news this week is the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the health care matter. I will not get into the legal matters in depth here because that cannot be handled well in a brief … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Affordable Health Care Act, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Chris Cillizza, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, Democrats, Elena Kagan, Franklin Roosevelt, health care, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, individual mandate, Jeffrey Toobin, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Jonathan Turley, Lyndon Johnson, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, politics, progressive, Republicans, right wing, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, single payer, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Washington Post
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It Takes A Thief
I’m showing my age again but an Indiana court verdict last week reminded me of an old English proverb I learned because of the late 60’s television show, It Takes a Thief, starring a then young Robert Wagner. The adage … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Johnson, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Charlie White, Clarence Thomas, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, David Souter, Democrats, Indiana, It Takes a Thief, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Lyndon Johnson, Massachusetts, Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, politics, Republicans, Robert Wagner, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, Willard Mitt Romney
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Obama – Back To The Future
A few months ago I had the opportunity to have a casual chat with a small group of Teamsters. I made the statements that about a hundred years ago we all would have probably been Republicans. That remark was met … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Arizona, Bernie Sanders, Civil Rights, Democrats, economy, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, infrastructure, Jon Kyl, Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius, Kentucky, LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, Mitch McConnell, New Deal, Obama, Obamacare, Osawatomie Kansas, Payroll Tax Holiday, payroll taxes, politics, progressive, Republican, Sam Brownback, Senate, Social Security, Square Deal, taxes, Teamsters, Theodore Roosevelt, Vermont
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Happy Birthdays
August 4th is a red letter day for me every year. It is currently the birthday of the most important person in America, President Barack Obama, and always the birthday of the most important person in my life, my wife. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1948 election, Affordable Health Care Act, budget, Civil Rights, Constitution, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debt ceiling, Democrats, Do Nothing Congress, FAA, Franklin Roosevelt, FY 2012, greed, Harry Truman, health care, jobs, John Kennedy, Lilly Ledbetter, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Obamacare, progressive, racism, regulation, Republicans, Social Security, START, taxes, Tea Party, unemployment, United States Constitution
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Do The Right Thing For The Wrong Reason
President Obama’s negotiating style has proven to be the most frustrating part of his presidency for most progressives. Also rumor is by its very definition not fact or truth. It has the potential to be both, but is not at … Continue reading
Where Is The Problem?
Much has been written lately about voter suppression. If you don’t believe that it is just a Republican strategy; simply examine the states that have enacted this type of legislation thus far in 2011 and explain why their legislatures are … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Johnson, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Charlie White, Clarence Thomas, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, David Souter, Democrats, Indiana, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Lyndon Johnson, Mitch Daniels, progressive, Republicans, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sameul Alito, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression
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A Day To Remember
Sixty-seven years ago today, well over 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of Europe in what proved to be the beginning of the end for the axis powers and preserved the American way of life. I speak of D-Day. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Constitution, D-Day, deficit, Democrats, economy, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, Obama, Republicans, Tea Party, Viet Nam, World War II
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