DC residents should have full voting rights as citizens

A U.S. Appeals Court reaffirmed the right of Washington, D.C., residents to have handguns in their homes by overturning a ban on handguns. I agree. My concern is that while it is a correct decision, it leaves unanswered the fact that a court decision, though correct, impacts...

The Answer is Blowing in the Wind

          “How many deaths will it take ‘til he knows that too many people have died?”                     –(Bob Dylan Blowin’ in the Wind)....

GOP playing politics with Nuclear Weapons makes US vulnerable

You may recall Ronald Reagan’s famous slogan for the START treaty (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) that brought the Soviet Russia and the United States together to reduce nuclear weapons by both nations,...

White House and Congressional Democrats Reach Deal on DADT repeal

Lt. Dan Choi Speaks out on repeal of DADT Gay Activists Angered by slowness on DADT repeal Brown thinks Military should rule on DADT Top Military officials: Congress should not lift DADT ban On Monday,...

23 US Senators Introduce Student Non-Discrim. Act for LGBT Youth

Senator Al Franken and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand are joined by  twenty-one other US Senators as they introduce the Student Non-Discrimination Act. The act is intended to protect Lesbian,  Gay, Bisexual,...

Sean Mulveyhill, Kayla Narey Charged in Phoebe Prince Suicide

Sean Mulveyhill, Austin Renaud, Kayla Narey, Ashley Longe, Flannery Mullens, and Sharon Chanon Velasquez are 6 of 9 students at South Hadley High School implicated in 15-year-old Phoebe Prince's suicide and who now...

Health Care Bill Pass with Promise of Senate Reconciliation Vote?

The President and the Democrat political party plan on convincing the members of the House of Representatives that if they pass this unchanged and unmodified bill, it will go back to the Senate for a...

Scott Brown used Social Media tools, esp. Google, for his coup

GOP underdog used You Tube,  Google, Twitter , and Facebook for his stunning win  Scott Brown has said that he merely tapped into growing aggravation among MA voters to win, 52 percent to 47...

HuffPost 'Worst Person of the Year': US Senate

Huffington Post pick for Worst Person of the Year is the US Senate The US Senate,  says the Huffington Post,  has gone out its way to collapse and reveal its ugly brutality.  Voter approval of the Senate is way down,  the report claims,  and...

Dean urging defeat of healthcare bill

In Washington,  DC,  former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argues today that the health care overhaul bill being formed on the Senate floor will only  further empower private insurance companies,  at the expense of consumer choice,  and that...

1,502 page Healthcare bill filed, 72 hours to read it!

All I can say at this point is: What planet did these people come from? "  The Senate Finance Committee filed its sweeping health care reform bill Monday and its release served largely to highlight the...

Senate committee passes healthcare reform 14 - 9

In a step forward for healthcare reform,  the Senate Finance committee has passed one of the versions in a vote of 14 to 9: "The Senate Finance Committee approved its version of health care reform by a 14-9...

Ted Kennedy's Senate Seat may be filled Today.

"  Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, may choose an interim successor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy as early as today. "

Mel Martinez GOP Senator Expects To Resign

Senator Mel Martinez of Florida, one of the reasonable voices of the Republican party has decided to step down before his term is due to expire in 2010 according to CNN, MSNBC, and Fox news.  Recently,...

Mr. Obama Battles Toward Health Care Reform: News Conference

President Obama is holding a prime time news conference on Wednesday, July 22, to discuss the health care reform directly with the American public in order to garner their support and Congress.   The...

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