CA Gov. Schwarzenegger blasts fellow GOPs for 'hypocrisy'

Exercising that "grace under pressure"  which is the mark of courage and which distinguishes him in all things,  Sunday California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ripped into his fellow Republicans,...

Barack Obama :Public Option:Health Care Reform : The New Deal

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...

Unemployment rates go up : unemployed celebrate labor day

Columnist Clifford Bryan talks about unemployment rates and the unemployed on Labor Day . "The Barack Obama administration stimulus package saved us from a depression and stopped a recession . The one question people are asking , where are the jobs? With unemployment rates at...

Sarah Palin: Less Oil Money for Alaska, Not More

Governor Sarah Palin was once again bashing President Obama again for his government stimulus package, which she quietly accepted a few weeks ago.  But then she made a startling statement that Alaskans may...

Boston's Tax Day Tea Party - Where it all began

In Boston, the people have had enough and are not going to take it anymore. The gates leading to the front door of the Massachusetts State House were closed tight and padlocked on April 15, 2009 when citizens from...

$3.6 Billion in Economic Stimulus goes to greening the Military

$3.6 billion dollars from the economic stimulus is to go to green energy projects in the US Military, but about $20 billion dollars overall is going towards green energy projects in general. However, in the US Military there already has been some significant improvements to...

Obama Signs Stimulus Bill, Introduces Recovery.gov

Following a contentious journey through Congress, the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Package was signed by President Barack Obama in Denver, Colorado at 1:23pm local time, flanked by Vice President Joseph Biden and...

Simulus Package - Not a Victory

Only by partisan and non-progressive standards can the preliminary passing of this week's stimulus package be called a "victory" for the new Obama administration. Both the political process and its analysis and commentary in the media was a feast for the demons of politics as...

House of Reps Stimulus Bill Debate - the Backroom SECRETS

" This just appeared on the House Servers, to the best of my knowledge it is the correct version… Not sure how folks are expected to go through 424 pages before 9am when the debate starts, but it is what it is....

Pelosi Comes Home To SF -Serves 35 Millionth Meal @St. Anthony's

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Comes Home To Serve 35 Millionth Meal at St. Anthony's Dining Room -San Francisco Daily Lunch for our City's homeless, poor and hungry was served a little late...

U.S. Senate To Vote on $780 Billion Stimulus Package

The US Senate will vote on an amended stimulus package worth $780 billion in coming days, intended to pull the US economy out of a recession.  It looks as though the bill will easily gain the 60 votes it needs to pass - especially as Democrats hold a 58 majority in the...

A Suggestion: Congress Should Be Taught 'Economic Literacy'

In discussing some of the ideas coming from the Senators, offered as adjustments to or rejection of various elements of the stimulus package currently being haggled over in the Senate, this...

Tap Dancing News 1/29/9

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Letters From the Jobless in America

From a citizen in New York: To revive the economy, I think that both smart infrastructure programs and a bottom-up stimulus package are what is most needed. I'm also in favor of allowing bankruptcy judges to...

Senator Predicts White House Will Create Panic to Pass Stimulus

Sounding almost like one of those wild-eyed conspiracy theorists himself, about as mainstream an individual as you could imagine, Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., warns that the Obama administration will be forced to create widespread panic in order to get its stimulus package...

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