|
December 23, 2009 07:46 PM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
I found this interesting piece December 23, discussing the potential constitutional issues with the Senate healthcare bill. Excerpts follow, with my comments in parentheses.
Enumerated Powers: Article . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 07:27 PM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
Doctors without Borders has published its list of the top ten humanitarian disasters of 2009. They are as follows (the countries are not numbered in the list, so the order here does not necessarily correspond . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 02:10 PM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
You know, I'm a progressive, no... I'm a liberal , and proud of it, and to me, that means I support policies and legislation that benefit my fellow man. Not just the corporate and elite that have been . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 12:47 PM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
It’s kind of gotten to be a tradition for me to publish something a little lighter than my usual stuff on Christmas. This year I thought some Political Carols might be fun… enjoy.
. . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 11:12 AM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
The Times (UK) reported December 23 that the family of most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is living in a secret compound inside Iran, citing members of the bin Laden family as sources.
The story . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 10:52 AM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
The New York Times reported December 22 that the Obama administration's plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba may not come to fruition until some time in 2011, more than a year . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 10:28 AM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
VOA reported December 21 that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that the use of military force against Iran for its continued defiance of the international . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 10:16 AM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
Here’s a nice breakdown on the bill crafted behind closed doors by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and revealed to the public less than 48 hours before the initial vote:
Busts the Federal Budget: . . .
more
|
|
December 23, 2009 07:06 AM EST
(shared with group: December 23, 2009)
—
...merged bill may b unrecognizable from what assumed was a done deal:R death panels back in?what's punishment 4not purchasing mandated HC?
Sarah Palin, Twitter, December . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 08:02 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
Seems to me the strategies for killing health care reform have been shifting and morphing like some kind of bad hallucination induced by a hard blow to the head ... which is what all of us who . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 06:04 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
Republican efforts to interview a former top aide to Michelle Obama in the controversial case of a fired inspector general have been stymied by the White House, the top Republican looking into the case . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 03:51 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
The Associated Press had a brief breakdown December 21 of the winners and losers in the Senate's health care legislation. The breakdown is as follows:
WINNERS
_Cosmetic surgeons, who fended off a . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 03:41 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
The Associated Press reported December 21 that Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called U.S. President Barack Obama a "liar" for his statements at the recent climate conference in Copenhagen.
The . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 03:03 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
I'm reposting this because I didn't realize I had denied the ability to comment previously.
The Politico reported in an exclusive story December 22 that Alabama Democratic Congressman Parker Griffith . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 01:23 PM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
If you didn't catch this episode of Bill Moyer's Journal, you need to read the transcript, and NOW! This health care bill didn't get this bad, it was supposed to be this bad, from the start. Obama . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 09:35 AM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
Many of the protesters have already seen some of their numbers melt away.
See larger . . .
more
|
|
December 22, 2009 06:56 AM EST
(shared with group: December 22, 2009)
—
Conservatives are ecstatic!
Republicans are repulsed!
Democrats are rejoiced!
Dick Cheney: HUMAN EVENTS' Conservative of the Year
How do you feel about it?
. . .
more
|
|
December 21, 2009 07:09 PM EST
(shared with group: December 21, 2009)
—
Greetings,
Christmas packages to the troops are arriving by the crate, and the soldiers are sharing with workers from places like Nepal, India, and Philippines. The soldiers are very happy . . .
more
|
|
December 21, 2009 05:26 PM EST
(shared with group: December 21, 2009)
—
With todays 1:00 AM Vote for cloture in the U.S. Senate, we move ever so closer to passing a health care bill. Now, almost every piece of legislation has some sort of deal making and compromise. . . .
more
|
|
December 21, 2009 05:13 PM EST
(shared with group: December 21, 2009)
—
It is discouraging to live in a Free Country where people think that they are free to abuse, exploit, dominate and meddle in the lives of others. but I do.
There is a Tenth Amendment. It . . .
more
|
|
|
This group is open to all political discussion, from the neo-cons to the bleeding hearts. No rules except know what you're talking about and be able to back it up. The group moderator will post weekly topics for discussion, but feel free to . . .
 more
This group is open to all political discussion, from the neo-cons to the bleeding hearts. No rules except know what you're talking about and be able to back it up. The group moderator will post weekly topics for discussion, but feel free to step outside the ring and throw whatever punches you'd like.
 less
Political Boxing has 297 members.
34 posts, 0 photos and 3 videos were shared in the past week.
There have been 1416 new comments in the past week.
|
