Glad this passed and that we can move forward in trying to get real reform.
I'm sure this will be the hot topic of discussion on' [...]
The Senate voted 60 to 39 (party line, with Voinovich(R, OH) absent) to begin debate on a health care reform bill.
"Ted would be happy," [Majority Leader Harry] Reid said at the press conference afterward, in reference to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's (D-Mass.) efforts to push health reform.
"We have" [...]
Kennett, Missouri (CNN) -- A woman accused of cutting in line at a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. Under the agreement -- reached after the jury received the case for deliberations -- Heather Ellis will plead [...]
In a touchdown celebration of "told you so" that is the equivalent of blowing your ACL while dancing after a homerun that went foul, Inhofe proceeds to [...]
On November 12, Mooncat and I were pleased to sit down with Agriculture Commissioner, Ron Sparks, and discuss his campaign for governor, the Department of Agriculture, and other state issues like education, gambling, health care and more.
Commissioner Sparks spent more than an [...]
Despite the $53 billion spent by the United States, many Iraqis have criticized the rebuilding effort [...]
The Quitta' from Wassila, Part 2:
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin was in Indiana yesterday for a book-signing at a Borders store. One thousand lucky fans with wristbands to meet Palin stood in the rain all day waiting for her to arrive. However, Palin quit the event before she [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 20.
1. Jon Walker asks, "Is Harry Reid Laying The Ground Work To Betray Progressives For Snowe's Vote?" In the end, Walker concludes, "Reid does have the power to get a public option passed, there is" [...]
The three senators announced an agreement Friday on an amendment that would allow many more people who get [...]
"I'm very disappointed. I think it was very rude. She could'" [...]
Last night was the opening night for the play advertised on the right side of this column. (and a big "THANK YOU to mooncat for the plug). It was a wonderful experience, as most, but certainly not all, opening nights are. We had a respectable size audience and they were" [...]
Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks may be close to President Obama on health care, but when it comes to charter schools, it's a whole different ballgame. Sparks has scheduled a press conference this afternoon and is expected to further highlight his opposition to a charter school law in Alabama, an [...]
Democratic Rep. Alvin Holmes has prefiled a bill to give subpoena power to the Alabama Ethics Commission, an entity that currently resembles an elderly chihuahua that lost it's dentures -- an annoying bark, but no bite whatsoever.
This is the strongest bill that has been introduced in the state," he" [...]
So, if the wingnuts can say anything [...]
and the ACLU lawyers call it inconclusive.
I offer no comments but suggest that you view it several times and observe the actions of ALL the players. From Ms. Ellis' arm sweeping the items off the conveyor to the cashier picking up the phone to Ms. Ellis and her nephew being [...]
Just over 24 hours ago Rev. Jesse Jackson lambasted Artur Davis with "you can't vote against health care and call yourself a black man," but he sees things a bit differently tonight. Here is Rev. Jesse Jackson's most recent statement, via the Rainbow [...]
And if so, did I miss the memo? Anyone else get it? Ah yes. The Tea Party folk sure as hell did. They some sexy beasts. Last year, Websters Word of the Year was "bailout". I have a few recommendations for this years Word of The Year, [...]
Wow, if this is the direction today's GOP wants to go, I couldn't be any happier. More Democrats and more of our soldiers at home, where they should be. Both good things. Hell, the GOP and they're "Wars on Terrorism" is one of the main reasons I started following [...]
I will have a description and eval of Ron Sparks comments to the Tallapoosa County Democratic Party either late this evening or tomorrow morning. On face value, he was very good. [...] #2 My buddy J.T. Kohut is half way through the second stage' [...]
Acorn is the person' [...]
The following is from a reader who is distinctly agitated by this tactic, and not afraid to do some digging and phone calling:
The quotes below are from the Alabama Election Handbook, Twelfth Edition (2006), emphasis added.
Chapter 6 - Voter Registration
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This is not unexpected, but Michel Nicrosi is making it official today -- she's running for Attorney General as a Democrat. So far, the Republican side of the AG race has garnered the most attention as Luther Strange and Troy King traded high profile endorsements [...]
Both hosts landed interviews with Palin, and both filmed their interviews Tuesday. But Hannity's is set' [...]
The website of Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman (she's a Republican) carries this notice at the top of the page, emphasis mine:
IMPORTANT VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION
The Secretary of State’s Office has recently learned that a voter registration form has [...]
The disaster in New Orleans had a big assist from the Corps of Engineers:
Hurricane Katrina victims were awarded $719,698 in damages by a judge in a lawsuit claiming a canal dredged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico [...]
At last, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled the Senate version of the health care reform bill today. CBO estimates it will cost $849 billion over 10 years and cover an additional 31 million legal residents.
The bill would cut the deficit by $127 billion over the next [...]
Bradley Byrne finally rolled out his ethics reform plan for Alabama state government yesterday and -- surprise, surprise, surprise! -- it not only isn't "the most sweeping reform ever offered in Alabama," it's considerably less sweeping than the one offered seven months ago by Democrat Artur Davis. So [...]
Problems such as poverty, unemployment [...]
A new CNN poll suggests Republicans value purity in a candidate while Democrats are more pragmatic -- we want someone who can win.
The poll indicates that a slight majority, 51 percent, of Republicans would prefer to see the GOP in their area nominate candidates who agree with them [...]
Not even close. Jeff Sessions' little exercise in hypocrisy was crushed 70 to 29.
The vote emphatically warned Republicans that with only 40 senators, they're too outnumbered to prevent Obama from making major inroads into a judiciary that was populated over eight years with conservative judges chosen by [...]
In a letter sent to the [...]
