In the face of Sunday night's historic House vote on health-care reform, former Alaska governor and losing VP candidate Sarah Palin -- clearly eyeing a bid for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination -- has been waxing apoplectic on her Twitter account about the impending legislation.Palin -- whose duplicitous allegation of death panels helped establish the rancorous tone of the national debate ov
Ever talk to a teabagger? I did-- lots of them.They're overwhelmingly racists and overwhelmingly angry and overwhelmingly...brainwashed.Few teabaggers seem capable of critical thought-- just the way conservatives want the people to be.As we mentioned this morning, over-fed, angry white teabaggers in DC yesterday were running wild, threatening gun violence, and yelling racial and homophobic epithe
The U.S Congress seems to have taken the first steps toward offering government protections to American citizens in regard to their health care.This is being accomplished via an extremely imperfect set of inconsistent regulations, cobbled together as a result of courage, compromise, and cowardice, in ways that will infuriate many, but which will help millions.I'm not much of a praying man, but I
I have been working for Democratic and progressive causes for 29 years, and I don't think I've ever been prouder than today.When David Obey swung that gavel -- the same gavel used to hammer home Medicare -- and struck it on that historic rostrum, it made a joyful noise unto the Lord.And I for one said Hallelujah.There is no doubt the sweeping changes enacted today will create unforeseen problems
The economic recovery will remain fragile until the middle of next year due to the withdrawal of stimulus measures, the Confederation of British Industry warned Monday.The end of emergency steps to combat the recession such as the reduction in Value-Added Tax (VAT) and a scheme that subsidises the cost of buying new vehicles would affect the speed at which the economy recovers, said the group. Th
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was left scrambling for a way to relaunch his once relentless reform drive on Monday, after a humiliating defeat in nationwide regional elections.Prime Minister Francois Fillon was to meet the French leader at 9.00 am (0800 GMT) following Sunday's debacle, which left Sarkozy's right-wing UMP in charge of only one of France's mainland regions.There have been repo
WASHINGTON – Capping a long day and a consuming political journey, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of health care legislation on Sunday with hugs, high fives and an emboldened attitude.Said the president to the nation, Tonight, we answered the call of history. At nearly midnight in Washington, with a big swath of country asleep or headed that way, Obama strode into the ornate
WASHINGTON – Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage. This is what change looks like, Obama said a few moments later in t
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