Barack Obama faces circumstances much like FDR did in the 1930's when he pushed the New Deal through Congress . "Barack Obama's health care reform policy must be pushed through Congress . The public option will be included . There is no other way . Much like FDR pushed his...
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" In his inauguration speech, President Obama made this appeal:x50 "[T]he time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history …” "...
opinion by hungeski | 37 wks ago | updated 37 wks ago 78 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
"London National Climate Change March Almost 4000 marchers, along with several hundred cyclists, demonstrated in London on Saturday 6 December, marching from Grosvenor Square along Piccadilly, past...
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Texas' Mavericks are calling a spade a spade, saying John McCain is not part of their club and they have no heart for his use of the phrase coined by their diamond in the rough ancestor. The Mavericks...
Never thought I'd see the day when "W" started sounding like FDR. But watch the video and see for yourself. Now that he is leaving is "W" trying to sound presidential? A little late for that...
opinion by merlingraycat | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 80 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
"It was on this day in 1933 that newly inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a special session of Congress and began the first hundred days of enacting his New Deal legislation.
It was the Great...
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"This law will be the New Deal of the 21st century if it is passed. Employee Free Choice Act Hearings Begin in Congress. But the right wing is mobilizing to oppose it. Click on link below to read the whole article"
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"On this day in 1935, Congress approved the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the national works program created by President Franklin Roosevelt to relieve the economic hardship of the Great Depression."
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