cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — International Bacon Day Edition
International Bacon Day? Who Knew?
More Michael Steele FAIL
So what if you began a “Freedom Tour” and nobody came?
This is another tale of FAIL from Michael Steele and the GOP efforts to reach out to minorities. He begins this tour at Howard University — the tour lands at Historically Black Colleges and here you go:
Late Night Video — Closed Captioned
You have to click here to see this awesome closed captioning of Joe Cocker singing With A Little Help From My Friends.
Just As You Thought the Palin Trainwreck Might Be Over…
…Levi Johnston shows up to talk to Vanity Fair. This, of course, is just a teaser and Levi has been out and about not doing the Quitta from Wasilla any favors.
Newsweek Debunks Some of the Biggest Lies About Health Insurance Reform
Very good — too bad there has not been more of this and certainly too bad that this info has not been in nonstop rotation on cable.
Progressive Dems of Delaware Meeting Tonite
Progressive Dems for Delaware will be meeting on Wednesday, Sept 2, at 7:00 PM at DelDems Headquarters to work on our health care reform action plan. Anybody who believes that health care reform is a moral imperative facing our nation with welcome to join us!
Five Myths About Health Care Round The World
While conservatives are busily abandoning the moral imperative of the 8th Commandment (and doing so in a pretty ugly way), T.R. Reid provides a useful corrective in countering the most prevalent of the fear and loathing being manufactured based upon the health care systems in other countries.
Mike Castle Goes Out of Town to Get His Inner Wingnut On
On Monday, Castle went to Philly to be part of a panel of legislators to discuss Health Insurance reform for some radio show.
What is interesting about this is that Castle abandoned his so-called “moderation” for some pandering to the wingnut base:
Another Lesson on Why Just Reprinting Press Releases from the ICs Office is NOT A Good Idea
What new regulations? Seriously — there was a major revision to the statutes in 2005, additional revisions in 2007, and the last seems to be in 2008. Now these links are from the Delaware Captive Insurance Association, which is an industry group, so I imagine they are keeping up on the regs here.
More Like This Please!
A Republican Iowan tells Sen Grassley that Grassley’s constituents want a Public Option. This is very good on many levels and this ad will be running in multiple Iowa markets and DC.
The Impact HR 3200 Would Have for Delaware
Congressman Waxman’s Energy and Commerce Committee has complied a district by district assessment of the impact of HR 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. For Delaware (pdf):
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