Lots of good debate on the Senate health care “reform” bill. Here’s the important stuff I’ve read and come across, in reverse chronological order…
Down With Tyranny: Is the Conventional Wisdom on health care winners and losers going to have to change? (Does it matter?)
Jon Walker: The Insidious Myth [...]
Today’s reason to laugh…
Colbert likens Charlie Crist’s embrace of Obama to a “terrorist nipple bump”:
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Grand Old Purity www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating [...]From Progress Florida:
It was this week in 2000 when we watched the results of extreme rightwing tactics to intimidate voters and steal a presidential election. This year, we saw a group of Republican legislators attempt to change Florida election law to make it harder to vote.
How far will Florida’s rightwing [...]
The latest from our network of Florida Progressive Coalition blogs.
The Hate Agenda: NYS Senator Diane Savino speaks on the Marriage Equality bill
Florida Speaks: Get Bernie’s Back
Florida Speaks: Askins for Governor Change Makers
Florida Speaks: Judd Gregg’s Obstruction Manual
Florida Speaks: Rush Limbaugh: “I Like [...]
The latest regular features from Florida bloggers.
FLA Politics: Florida Political News
The Spencerian: Political Newsclippings
The Spencerian: Finally Friday
The Spencerian: Q & A
The Spencerian: Off the Radar
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Morning Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: Your Evening Sift
South Florida Daily Blog: [...]
From our friend Rosa Castro Feinberg:
The purpose of this summary is inform stakeholders about what transpired at the three meetings, to assist the members of the drafting committee as they prepare for their next meeting, and to serve as a checklist for review of the Florida Department of Education’s (FDOE) [...]
What do you think of this list:
Top 10 Republicans
Brian Ballard
Sally Bradshaw
Jeb Bush
Marion Hammer
Ann Herberger
George LeMieux
Connie Mack
Roberto Martinez
Justin Sayfie
John Thrasher
Top 40 Republicans
Rick Baker
Rodney Barreto
Charlie Crist
Allan Bense
Paul Bradshaw
Norman Braman
Wilbur Brewton
Frank Brogan
Kurt Browning
Dean Cannon
[...]
From this hyper-Libertarian/Free Market perspective all of the following are clear indications of Socialist America:
Public airwaves
Public parks
Public education
Public domain
Streets and highways
bridges
police
teachers
civil servants
the military
the courts
citizenship
Congress
libraries
Universities
NASA
scientific research supported by government grants
fairy tales
[...]
You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack
You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack
You are six times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist [...]
1. Children’s Place: “It gets its products from places with human rights and labor violations and had to pay $1.5 million in a settlement alleging that they violated the Securities Act.
2. Hanes: “…went the extra step to be cited for ‘egregious labor violations.’” Oh, and they [...]
Today’s reason to laugh…
Not political, but funny nonetheless: The Landlord
Today’s reason to laugh…
This one is an old one, but I’d never seen it: Obama and McCain dance off!
[...]What’s W. up to? Covering “White Lines,” by Grandmaster Flash:
[...]In response to my recent Foxland post, RiverDogFLA had this to say (my original comments come first, along with his response):
You need to realize a few things going forward:
1. Almost every talking point you get from Fox, Rush, Hannity, Beck, congressional Republicans, etc., is at best misleading. Most of [...]
People telling me that their definition of “progressive” is the only valid definition of progressive and saying I’m a bad person for disagreeing with them.
One follow-up to MW’s earlier post that stuck in my mind. Like I said most of what he wrote was just nonsense personal attacks on me. [...]
Below is the text of Mark’s comments about me. I’m not going to respond to him point-by-point, since he’s not the type to listen anyway, but I’ll just say that, as usual, he’s wrong about just about everything in this post:
Comrades, I write you this morning banned and in exile [...]
A candidate running for Orlando City Council on a law-and-order ticket was arrested Thursday night on charges of drug trafficking, jail records show.
Ezell Harris, who announced a campaign to unseat incumbent Commissioner Daisy Lynum earlier this year, was booked on charges related to the sale of [...]
This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 5 Florida political blog posts about Florida-related stories. They are ranked according to quality, importance of the story and relevance to Florida and the present.
1. Sunshine Statements – Orlando Shootings Show [...]
The latest news about politics in Florida…
Larry Cretul endorses Sandy Adams for Congress
Scott Rothstein scam may hit billion dollars; Rosenfeldt steps down
Debbie Wasserman Schultz opposes Stupak
Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty is not challenging Alan Grayson
People who come to a conclusion about something before it’s done, particularly when they are reading things into the situation that aren’t necessarily there or when they turn those conclusions into insults and hate.
Like when Obama says “I support the public option,” people who say “see that proves he opposes [...]
These are pictures, quotes, policies, etc., that either helped make me become a liberal, made me stay a liberal or emphasize liberal values to me (or show why the other side is wrong, emphasizing my liberalness). Today’s example:
[...]FACT: Our students are not graduating.
On November 5, the ACLU filed a lawsuit against Gov. Crist and other state officials due to the dismally low graduation rates in Palm Beach County public schools. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of parents and students in Palm Beach County, [...]
From the PCCC:
This week, “Blue Dogs” and other bad Democrats voted to kill health care reform. They betrayed us on this core Democratic issue.
It’s payback time.
Can you chip in $25 to help run online ads in the districts of 10 bad Democrats?
Together, we can hold them accountable to [...]
Today’s reason to laugh…
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Sean Hannity Uses Glenn Beck’s Protest Footage www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show
The latest news about politics in Florida…
Bark Bark Woof Woof is six years old
GOP activists demand ‘emergency’ meeting with Greer
Pinellas County Commissioner Neil Brickfield endorses Marco Rubio
From the comments in my FoxLand post from last week, Rex has this to say:
Also, if you want to cite polls, Gallup says this week that the exact opposite of what you said about libs is true.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx
His initial comment here is in reference to something I mis-stated and have [...]
Left-wingers who copy the worst behavior of right-wingers.
Mark Weaver is understandably upset with me. If you personally like me, you probably won’t like Mark after you read what he has to say. That’s neither here nor there to me. I care about what a lot of people personally think [...]
Because I believe in working together with the broadest group of people possible in order to achieve realistic goals in my lifetime.
[...]
These are pictures, quotes, policies, etc., that either helped make me become a liberal, made me stay a liberal or emphasize liberal values to me (or show why the other side is wrong, emphasizing my liberalness). Today’s example:
[...]I have removed Mark Weaver as a member of the Florida Progressive Coalition blog and radio station. The primary reasons for this are that Mark is working at direct odds with the endeavors that myself and others are working on, he is unwilling to work as part of a team, [...]
A bunch of white men in positions of power telling women what they should and can do with their own bodies.
[...]These are pictures, quotes, policies, etc., that either helped make me become a liberal, made me stay a liberal or emphasize liberal values to me (or show why the other side is wrong, emphasizing my liberalness). Today’s example:
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), a landmark case decided by [...]
These are pictures, quotes, policies, etc., that either helped make me become a liberal, made me stay a liberal or emphasize liberal values to me (or show why the other side is wrong, emphasizing my liberalness). Today’s example:
Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, [...]
People engaging in racial slurs against a member of their own party simply because he breaks ranks and votes for a bill they don’t approve of.
[...]
This is our regular feature where every day I do a post with the top 5 Florida political blog posts about Florida-related stories. They are ranked according to quality, importance of the story and relevance to Florida and the present.
1. Tyler Winik – Take Back the [...]
Good stuff you all should read from bloggers around the country…
kos: Their approach to party building versus ours
Brian Beutler: The Public Option Fight Continues–But How Exactly Does Reform Work?
Chris Bowers: The election spin is irrelevant–talk to the pocketbook
tremayne: Dumb Political Decisions: Fall 2009 [...]
These are pictures, quotes, policies, etc., that either helped make me become a liberal, made me stay a liberal or emphasize liberal values to me (or show why the other side is wrong, emphasizing my liberalness). Today’s example:
[...]People saying that Republicans and conservatives had a big win on the national stage in an election when they lost the only two elections they were in. For the record, for those who aren’t paying attention, only one elected body in the U.S. deals with national issues — Congress. In [...]
From a “friend” on Facebook, we have the same old “Obama is a socialist” canard. Obama is very far away from being socialist, so say facts and, you know, actual socialists:
People don’t like to show up to vote.
Michael Steele has no real connection to or understanding of reality.
If you run as a conservative Dem against a conservative Republican, voters will take the conservative Republican — at least he’s honest about being wrong.
All the Sarah Palin’s and Fred Thompson’s in the [...]
