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UPDATED: Conservatives Want Government Out Of Our Health Care… Except When They Don’t

By pandora August 11, 200931 Comments

Via HuffPo: On July 13, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law a measure that establishes--among other restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services--an in-person counseling requirement and…

Lobbyists to the IC’s Office?

By cassandra_m August 11, 200930 Comments

On 30 July 2009, the Delaware Insurance Commissioner's office sent out a Press Release announcing their "new" initiative for "the formation of a new revenue generating division within the Department of Insurance entitled the Bureau of Captive and Financial Insurance Products". There was a subsequent Press Release, this time working hard at making the case that this is an economic development task for the state. A bit of small print at the end of the first Press Release caught my attention:

What can we agree on?

By Donviti August 10, 200932 Comments

I think we can all agree, or at least I thought we could agree, that we pretty much understand that Wall Street (Goldman Sachs especially) and the mentality it cultivates…

This is How It is Supposed To Work

By cassandra_m August 10, 200910 Comments

The peripatetic Mike Stark went to a Town Hall Meeting for held by Rep. Tom Perriello in rural VA, and found an interesting dynamic:

We Already Have Death Panels

By pandora August 10, 200931 Comments

Please go read Southern Beale's entire piece, and then pass it on. Don’t talk to me about death panels, Sarah Palin. You, who so carelessly bolstered a lie about healthcare…

Good Thing Stephen Hawking Doesn’t Live In The U.K. – Except He Does

By pandora August 10, 200927 Comments

This is really becoming tiresome. (Via TPM) AJC columnist Jay Bookman noticed that in the latest Investors Business Daily editorial about how the 'death panel' will condemn all handicapped or…

Briefing on the Progress of Health Insurance Legislation Tonite

By cassandra_m August 10, 20099 Comments

There is an event tonite in Newark to providing up-to-date information and some training on the current state of the health insurance reform effort:

This is Why I Hate Her.

By Delaware Dem August 10, 200913 Comments

"[W]e must stick to a discussion of the issues and not get sidetracked by tactics that can be accused of leading to intimidation or harassment. Such tactics diminish our nation’s…

Conservative Free Speech

By Delaware Dem August 10, 20097 Comments

They have the right to say whatever they want whenever they want, and they have the duty to prevent others from exercising the same right.

Repubs pick Briggs King for the 37th.

By Delaware Dem August 10, 20099 Comments

Robinson v. Briggs King: The public defender versus a representative of manufactured housing park owners.

Conservative vs. Conservative

By Unstable Isotope August 10, 200932 Comments

Sarah Palin weighed in on health care reform last week by accusing the Obama administration of wanting to kill her parents and her baby. So, what do other conservatives have…

It’s almost here! Summer Charity Concert @ Twin Lakes 8/15

By Donviti August 10, 2009

If you haven't purchased tickets yet, please do so! Ticket's will be sold at the "door" too. But we prefer they be purchased ahead of time. Go here for more…

Graph of the Day

By Delaware Dem August 9, 200914 Comments

This graph shows a pretty amazing correlation. By watching a conservatively biased television network, Republicans reinforce their own opinions and then become more and more outlandish in their advocacy of those opinions, which in turn makes them all the more toxic to the electorate at large, which isolates them further so they all seek comfort again by watching Fox News to once again reinforce their beliefs….