From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
The Senate voted 41-59 against Sen. Lisa Murkowski's amendment, only the second to be voted on as the Senate begins consideration of its version of a health care overhaul bill.
Murkowski's amendment would have banned the government from using guidelines from the U.S. [...]
If President Obama, who I voted for because I thought he was progressive, sends 30,000 troops into Afghanistan it’s time to institute compulsory military service in the United States. Our military has depended on “Stop Loss,” the ultimate Catch-22, to keep volunteers in the military seemingly for ever. I think [...]
Here, there is a lot of attention again on the anti-Muslim xenophobia: the swiss voted in favor of a law forbidding the building of minarets at mosks, and of course our silly PVV is gloating at the prospect, and not entirely without political gain: I am pretty convinced more than [...]
President Barack H. Obama was elected “fair and square” (not counting the probable involvement of ACORN) by American voters in our democratic republic. I didn’t vote for Mr. Obama, but I respect our election process. I want every president of our United States to succeed in [...]
--- by Jane HamsherThis is another excellent installment of KTVA's Matt Felling in his "View from the Hill" series...a weekly discussion with Alaska's two Senators. This week he spoke to Mark Begich about Health Care and military issues. This is a good piece to look at when discussing today's impending cloture vote. [...]
--- by AK Muckraker“Homework on a Saturday?” you think. “What’s the deal with THAT?”
Well, this is the deal. We’ve been waiting for health care, and talking about health care and listening to other people talk about health care, and getting screamed [...]
From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --
Don't expect Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski to cross party lines to vote for the health care bill released this week by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada.
Murkowski calls it "deeply disappointing and in many ways is even worse than the Senate Finance Committee-passed'" [...]
Rachel Maddow did an excellent piece tonight on the "DINOs" (Democrats In Name Only) in Congress who are also members of "The Family" religious cult. Some actually live at their famous HQ townhouse on C-Street in DC. At least eight of these "Dems" were in the group of 26 who [...]
If I had voted for one of these assholes I would be dialing their Congressional office and demanding that they conduct themselves in a civilized manner while representing me and my district.
I hope the Republican voters are taking a good long look at the people representing [...]
