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To Dick Durbin: Before Surrendering the Public Plan, Just Make It Optional

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Public Plan, Montana, Healthcare Reform, Washington, Medicare, Durbin, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Politics News

"The public plan is socialism." Okay, if that's what people in your state believe, disallow it in your state. The wingnuts could even declare victory. Who cares?

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Health Care Today: Separate Is Not Equal

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 08.30.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Segregation, Washington, Civil Rights, Dr. Scheiner, Single-Payer, Health Care Reform, Help, Private Insurers, Health Care, Healthcare, Eyes & Ears News

End the de facto segregation we have now under private insurers and replace it with mandated single-payer health care for all Americans. This is the civil rights issue of our day.

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Are Russia's Arms Deals to Venezuela Destablizing Central America?

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Joseph Biden, Robert Amsterdam, Igor Sechin, Kremlin, Arms, Business, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, United States, Washington, Oil, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton, Moscow, Caracas, Security, World News

The grotesque level of corruption in both Russia and Venezuela should stimulate the discussion as to whether their predatory natures constitute not only an international crime, but also a breach of fundamental human rights.

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Who Are the Real Small Business Advocates in America?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, Congress, Small Business, Abuse, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Advocate, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, Fraud, Barack Obama, Washington, Gao, American Small Business League, Business News

The ASBL is the only national small business group that does not take money from Fortune 500 firms or big businesses. We only fight for small businesses.

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"The Consequences of Inaction"

Mike Nellis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Nellis, Congress, Kansas, Barack Obama, Kansas Democratic Party, Washington, Ad, Kenny Johnston, Reform, Dnc, Petition, Health Care, 2009, Politics News

I want to pass along the Kansas Democratic Party's petition calling on Congress to enact real health care reform.

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Playing the Hand that Life Deals You

Don McNay | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Main Street and Wall Street, Handicapped Children, Chartered Financial Consultant, Bailouts, Poker, Trial Magazine, Northern Kentucky, Gambling, Goldman Sachs, Car Financing, Bailout, Richmond Ky, Trial Lawyers, McNay Settlement Group, Brian Injured Babies, Tennessee Trial Lawyers, Grandparents, Joe McNay, Fox Business News, Clu, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Million Dollar Round Table, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street Bonuses, Washington, Positive Attitude, Main Street, Obama, Drugs, Special Needs Children, Cincinnati, Teen Pregnancy, Financial Crisis, Substance Abuse, American College, Personal Finance, Blackjack, Kentucky Trial Lawyers, Professional Gambler, Structured Settlement, Msfs, Twitter, Chfc, Kentucky, Don McNay, Sub Prime Mortgages, Parenting, Facebook, Structured Settlements, Federal Bailouts, Credit Cards, American Association for Justice, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Financial Consultant, Natalie Merchant, Casino, Brain Injury, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Newport Ky, Cbnc, Living News

I've dealt with hundreds of parents of special needs children. They take the hand that is dealt to them. And usually turn that hand into aces.

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Congress Considers Two Bills to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Investigations, Home Town, Small Business, House of Represenatives, Money, Joe Biden, Sba, Obama, 5-14, Legislation, Make, Senate, 5-15, Barack Obama, Affiliate, Washington, Online, Foreign, Marketing, American Small Business League, Technology, Foxnews, Business News

The American Small Business League (ASBL) estimates that over that $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts actually go to Fortune 500 firms and other clearly large businesses.

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Newsweek: Why Is Washington Ignoring "Economic Prophet" Stiglitz?

newsweek.com | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Washington, Stiglitz, Joseph Stiglitz, Recession, Business News

Such is the lot of Joe Stiglitz. Even in the contentious world of economics, he is considered somewhat prickly. And while he may be a Nobel laureate, ...

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Tell Bob Lutz What GM Must Do Now

Steve Parker | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automotive News, Chrysler, Buick, Dodge Viper, Merkur, Fiat, Cars, Lh Cars, Ford, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Pontiac GTO, Washington, Detroit, BMW 3-Series, Buick Lacrosse, JD Power, Plymouth Prowler, Chevrolet, Chevy Malibu, Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice, Bruce Mccall, Gmc, Ford Explorer, Bmw, Core Four, Buick Y-Job, Pontiac G8, Cadillac, Fitz and Van, Harley Earl, Business News

GM doesn't have the kind of partnership and help which Chrysler will be getting from Fiat and Washington is on-hand only to protect the public's huge investment in the company.

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Zelaya, Clinton To Discuss Honduras Crisis In Washington

AP | FREDDY CUEVAS | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Crisis, Honduras Coup, Zelaya Clinton, Manuel Zelaya, Washington, Manuel Zelaya Secretary Clinton, Zelaya and Clinton, Honduras, Hillary Clinton, World News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Showing more flexibility, Honduras' interim government on Tuesday backed the appointment of a high-profile mediator for ...

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Why Obama Is a Nightmare for Ahmadinejad and Chávez

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Foreign Affairs, Washington, Robert Amsterdam, Honduras, Iran, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, World News

Obama's approach to both Iran and Venezuela takes a sledgehammer to their anti-American narratives, appealing directly to the people.

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Gays Should Drop the Washington Crack Pipe

Wayne Besen | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Obama, Gay, Washington, Lesbian, Gay Marriage, Politics News

What we seek is to reclaim our basic dignity and end needless suffering -- both goals that one is unlikely to achieve solely in the glamorous quicksand of Washington.

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Snark Sells: Witty Comments Overtake Washington

Politico | Daniel Libit | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Snark, Washington Life, Washington Snark, Washington, Snarky Comments, Snark Sells, Style News

Snark sells -- and Washington is trading in it heavily these days. While witty (or not so witty) banter has always had its place inside the Beltway, t...

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Claiming Unfairness To Municipalities, Lobbyists Fight Obama Crackdown

The Capitol | The Capitol | Posted 07.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Washington, New York-New York, Home News

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to crack down on the influence exerted by lobbyists in Washington, D.C., saying he wante...

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The Other Michelle: DC's Fashionable First Lady (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Slideshow, Mayor, Michelle Fenty, Washington, Adrian Fenty, D.C., Power Couple, Washington Style, Michlle Fenty Style, Style News

Look out Mrs. Obama! There's another super-stylish Michelle in town. Michelle Fenty is the wife of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, and on the rare occasion t...

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Thank You, Bill Maher, For Asking Where in the World is Barack Obama and What is He Going To Do About Healthcare?

Anne Dunev | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Debt, Socialized-Medicine, Car Accidents, America, Restless Leg Syndrome, Exposure to Chemicals, Lobbyists, Cheney, President Obama, Donald Rumsfeld, Restless-Leg-Syndrome, Fat, Health Insurance, The Matrix, Dick Cheney, Television, National Debt, Insurance, Vice President Dick Cheney, Washington, Universal Health Care, Cheney Torture, President Bush, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Vice President, Michelle Obama, Lindsay Lohan, Bankruptcy, Lobbying, Surgery, Washington DC, The-Matrix, Chemicals, Capitalism, Kodak, Don Rumsfeld, Toxic Chemicals, Dumb as Hell, Pharmaceutical Companies, Bill Maher, Pharmaceutical Industry, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Health, Caveat Emptor, Prescription Drugs, Doctors, Florida, Prescription Medication, Vice President Cheney, Politics News

Most decent people cannot conceive that anyone would profit from knowingly harming others. That is the flaw in capitalism. And that is one reason that evil can exist.

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Convergence on Zero for Equitable Sustainability

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Wales, Prince Charles, Washington, Green, Green News, Washington DC, Sustainability, Events, Green News

Every year, the Smithsonian picks a country to focus on for it's annual folklife festival -- this year they have picked Wales.

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Top 10 Places to Stretch Your Dollar This Summer

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Hawaii, Top Ten List, Europe, Australia, Iceland, Washington, New Zealand, Sydney, Stretch Your Dollar, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York City, Costa Rica, Maui, Peru, Bungy Jumps, Argentina, D.C., National Parks, The Carribean, Best Summer Travel Bargains, World News

If Bernie Madoff didn't waltz off with your money, and you can afford a trip this summer, start packing.

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Your Moment Has Come: DC Rally June 13 to Support Obama's Peace Corps Vision

Laurence Leamer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Peace Corps, Washington, Demonstration, Rally, Obama, Jfk, Development, Protest Movement, Harris Wofford, D.C., Politics News

You will be there because you listened to Obama's promise during the campaign to double the size of the Peace Corps, to send Americans out in new lands with outreached hands and open hearts.

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In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: K.P., Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Bank of Tamileelam, Ban Ki-Moo, Abu Sayyaf Group, Sri Lanka, Palestine Liberation Organization, London, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan Air Force, Suicide Bombing, “Little Brown Brothers”, Racism, Drug Trafficking, The U.N. Security Council, Ethnic Cleansing, New York, Geneva, Jemaah Islamiya, Colombo, P.L.O., India, Times of India, Fight Against Terrorism, Gunrunning., LTTE Sea Tigers, Empty Nest Syndrome, Political Assassination, Tamil Tigers, Human Smuggling, Tamil Diaspora, Ltte, Teddy Roosevelt, Toronto, Switzerland, Washington, Jaffna, Osama Bin Laden, Jane's Information Group, United Nations, Norway, Tamil Nadu, Milf, Black Tigers, Guantanamo Bay, Child Soldiers, Refugee Status, Terrorist Organization, European Union, F.B.I., Amin Awad, Al-Qaeda, Bin Laden, Abu Ghraib, Tsunami, Rajiv Gandhi, Pol Pot, Oslo, Sri Lankan Parliament, Afghanistan, Human Rights Abuse, Sea Piracy, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Asg, Tamil-Canadians, World News

The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.

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Get Rich Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Embezzlement, Msnbc, Blagojevich, Paris Hilton, Too True, Deceit, Video, Madoff, Satire, Washington, Cheating, Wall Street, Comedy, Funny, Get Rich Cheating, Daily Show, Humor, Cnbc, Tricks, Scams, Colbert, Fraud, Bill Maher, Infomercial, Maddow, Hilarious, Parody, Rachel Maddow, Ceo, Book, Auctions for Income, Reading, Dave Espino, Hollywood, Monty Python, Comedy News

Everyone's doing it--from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen--so why not you?

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White House Correspondents Dinner: The Reality Show

Danielle Crittenden | Posted 06.08.2009 | Style

Read More: White House Correspondents Dinner, Washington DC, Whcd, Washington, Style News

No amount of celebrity sugaring can coat Washington in glamour. Not even that hot Obama guy can. For the reality of the D.C. reality show is this: It remains a capital city in the mold of other dull official, capital cities.

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A New President and a New Generation Seek a Nuclear Weapons Free Future

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: International, Bomb, Washington, William J Perry, Democrat, Evangelicals, Wall Street Journal, Evangelical, Weapons, Peace, Democrats, Movement, America, Barack Obama, Republican, Conservative, Sam Nunn, Non Proliferation Treaty, Bush Administration, Henry a Kissinger, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, Barack, George Shultz, Liberal, Russia, Nuclear Weapons Policy, Nuclear Testing, Republicans, Conservatives, Justice, Young Evangelicals, Politics News

A new generation of Evangelical Christians launched The Two Futures Project whose mission is "for the abolition of all nuclear weapons."

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Reducing Pollution Should Not Be a Partisan Issue

Rep. Earl Blumenauer | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green the Capitol, D.C., Washington, Capitol Power Plant, Earl Blumenauer, Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Green News

I applaud the efforts of Speaker Pelosi to Green the Capitol. Sadly, the Republican leadership has opposed, even mocked, the Speaker's determination to improve our air quality and reduce operating expenses.

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Jack Kemp: Bleeding-Heart Conservative

Jim Wallis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, Leadership, Football, Children, Economics, Washington, Common Ground, Conservatism, Congress, Legacy, Black, Bleeding Heart, Republican Jack Kemp, Compassion, Civil Rights, Republican, Conservative, Racism, White, Housing Projects, Housing, Bill Bradley, Political Leader, Development, Poverty, Housing and Urban Development, Partisan, African Americans, Politics News

Kemp was a fervent believer in "supply side economics," which I just as fervently oppose. But you do not have to agree with all of Jack Kemp's economic policies to be impressed and inspired with his life and leadership.

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