Getting the Kucinich smackdown on health care. This man was my representative when I lived in Cleveland a few years ago. He is absolutely FIERCE. All made easier by the pantywaist of a doctor/expert.
As an aside – since my hours were changed from second shift to first shift, I no longer have the luxury of watching CSPAN ‘live’ or watch committee hearings. My geekitude is suffering mightily.
United hasn’t ever broken my guitar but they did lose my suitcase between Reno and Indianapolis, where I stopped over for a week on my back to Germany. They NEVER compensated me in any form or way. That was 1979; I haven’t flown with them since.
Treasure Valley Community TV runs ‘Free Speech TV’ after 10:00 p.m. on Channel 11 – if you get cable. I don’t think it runs on broadcast TV. (As for Direct TV or other satellite, it depends on the package you’ve chosen.) It’s also on in the early mornings as in before 7:00 a.m.
Democracy Now! runs at 10:00 p.m., and I generally watch it unless something bigger is happening. Last night I caught this bit advertised as being on next week. It’s regarding health care – our system versus that of the British as discussed by John Pilger. If you don’t have the opportunity to view the program, you can catch it at Democracy Now!’ s website.
7 months – 7 fucking months – the goddamned GOP thugs have strung this thing out.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that Democrat Al Franken be certified as the winner of the state’s long-running Senate race, paving the way for a resolution in the seven-month fight over the seat.
The high court rejected a legal challenge from Republican Norm Coleman, whose options for regaining the Senate seat are dwindling.
Your options are dwindling, Norm – because you have none.
Who’s left – oh yeah – “that punk Pawlenty” needs to certify the results. He’s been on The Rachel Maddow show saying he would. Let’s get it done, Timmy. (Yet another wanking ReThug.)
Oh! And while we’re at it – can Mark Sanford just RESIGN now. He’s in no position to be the governor of South Carolina any longer. He was derelict in his duties when he left the state without assigning duties to the Lt. Gov., and lied on top of it all. Ya know comparing yourself to King David from ‘The Bible’ – a book filled with myths and other fairy tales – doesn’t cut it, dude.
I’m currently reading the book, All the Shah’s Men by Stephen Kinzer. What seems to be ‘in-your-face’ and oh, so obvious is the role theBritish has played in Iran. It has been or had been Britain (most especially) and Russia who were the major players in Iran, more so Britain whose presence in Iran for 100 years or so was the typical colonial response to all their ’subjects’ so to speak. The involvement of the United States, at least as I’m reading it, doesn’t really begin until the Truman administration although there was undoubtedly ‘involvement’ with the Allies during WWII when using oil from Iran, which the British controlled. But I’m going to digress.
So, I’m watching Fareed Zakaria’s show on Sunday on CNN, ‘Global Public Square’ (GPS) and there he is, Tony Blair, talking about how he doesn’t understand the reasoning behind the events in Iran wherein the laying of blame is placed upon Britain. A transcript is posted at CNN/GPS’s website illustrates this:
ZAKARIA: The supreme leader singled out Britain for special condemnation, interfering with Iranian affairs. Why do you think that is?
Is the British embassy in Iran — I mean, you were in effect running it for 10 years, running the whole British government — do you fund espionage activities? Do you do things that — why are the Iranians so focused on you guys?
BLAIR: This is nonsense. I mean, they know it’s nonsense. I guess they’ve got to choose somebody to go after, so they choose us.
And, you know, I have been very clear, obviously, in the statements that I’ve made, both as prime minister and afterwards, that nuclear weapons capability of Iran is the red line, and that Iran should stop exporting terrorism, destabilizing people within the region. I mean, I think that’s pretty obvious to say.
And let me make one thing very clear. For us in Britain, we greatly value Iran as a country, its people as a people, its civilization, which is an ancient and proud civilization, as indeed just that.
But the fact is that there are elements within the Iranian system that do cause genuine instability, and worse, around the Middle East. And what we hope very much, whatever happens over these next weeks in Iran, is that over the time to come that we can have a relationship with Iran in which they are trying to be helpful and constructive and conciliatory. Read more »
The Guardian, UK, has a website dedicated to naming those who have been murdered and/or detained. They’re asking for pictures in helping identify and putting “names to faces” to keep this issue front and center.
Being more of a Pink Floyd, Led Zepplen fan – not to mention that corny New Age stuff – here’s two of my favs of Michael Jackson. I hope the man finds solace and peace.
