Cross-posted at DK Greenroots. After Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of families from Louisiana and Mississippi, displaced by the storm that destroyed their homes, were placed in trailers provided by the federal government. Almost immediately calls began to come in to FEMA complaining about breathing problems and other maladies as a result of staying in the trailers. It turns out […]

Fifty votes to pass a bill out of the Senate. That’s what we need. We don’t need fifty-one. We don’t need sixty. We need fifty. Vice president Biden would cast the tie-breaking vote and the bill moves on. We have sixty Senators that are in the Democratic caucus but we can lose ten of them and still pass a bill. […]

Finally, the truth about Rick Astley revealed: [Source] I’m just sayin’…

This week Democrats in both houses of Congress started down the road of stripping exemption from antitrust laws from the health insurance industry. This has them all adither. From the Associated Press: Responding to the day’s developments, the industry said the legislation was based on a misperception of existing law. “We believe that health insurers have not been engaging in […]

Ocote Soul Sounds: Check ’em out. They are HOT! Dueling flutes?! Oh yeah.. I’m just sayin’…

Took the day off work to enjoy the one and only Indian Summer day of 2009. Got some food + beer: Put in on the Huron River (along with a buncha other smart folks): Then enjoyed the day on the river, photographing, drinking and floating: Even met up with some friends on the river. Life is good. Oh, and tonight? […]

316,296 calls to members of Congress in one day. THAT’S the power of Organizing for America. Time to Deliver phone call drive to members of Congress proved the power of OFA and how it will be a major force to contend with in future legislative debates and elections. The goal was 100,000 calls and commits to call in support of […]

Over $10 million per month to lobby Congress, that is. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is under a lot of heat these days. Between being considered persona non grata by the Obama administration and being punk’d by a progressive activist group to losing scads of members due to their positions on climate change legislation and health care reform, they are […]

In Sunday’s edition of the combined Detroit Free Press and Detroit News (they publish jointly on Sundays), Detroit News Editorial Page editor and all around numbskull Nolan Findlay had an editorial titled “Bet on it: ACORN will be back”. The mind-blowing thing about it is that man like Nolan, immersed daily in the news of the day/week/year, still manages to […]

Watching Meet the Press this morning, I was shocked to hear Senator John Kyl say this: I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance. But because they don’t have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most efficient way. Uh, dude, you’re a goddam SENATOR! […]

It’s no secret that Michigan’s economy is in big trouble. We lead the nation in unemployment. Wages are going down for those that remain employed and, according to Republican Senate Maj. Leader Mike Bishop, that’s a good thing: State Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop (R) says…[t]he state…needs to change its image and “create an environment where taxes are low, labor […]