Peon Quotables
Each man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. --Mark Twain source: Hazelden.org
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Not the power to remember, but the power to forget is a necessary condition for our existence. --Sholem Asch
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Representative Bernie Sanders to the Fed Chairman: Who got the money?
On who got the 2.2 trillion of taxpayer dollars...
Sanders: Can you tell us who they are?Well. You just gotta watch it.
Bernake: No because the reason is it's counter productive and will destroy the value of the program is that banks will not come to the...
Sanders: Well isn't that too bad...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Bernie Sanders Rocks! He's a Senator you know?
If 'Reconciliation' is such a good idea in order to give tax breaks to billionaires, why is it such a bad idea to give health care to all of our people or make this country energy independent?
Bernie Sanders: What we need to combat big money interests is a strong grass roots movement
If you want the President's budget to pass, you are going to have to squawk about it to your representatives, because it is clear that those who oppose it are going to doing plenty of squawking of their own.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders on 'The Culture of Greed'
Here's a smidgen of what Senator Sanders has to say...
We don't need on the front pages of our newspapers as heroes people who have done nothing else with their lives but accumulate but billions and billions of dollars. These people don't produce anything but more and more money for themselves.
Second of all, obviously, we need a Wall Street which is interested in creating an investments in productive capabilities in our economy, that improves the lives of people, rather than just making relatively small number of people extraordinarily rich.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Real Time: Bill Maher, Bernie Sanders, Ben Affleck and Martin Short
nobody from the 'Right'
in this segment
Bill Maher: What I feel out there is that the old guard feels power slipping away. They have had their claw, their boney cancer-ridden claw on the levers of power for a long time, and they finally feel it being...
Martin Short: You know it was like when they added Oliver to the Brady Bunch to that last season...
Peon News & Blog Faves
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Bill Action: Passed Senate: S.Res. 252: A resolution authorizing the taking of a photograph in the Chamber in the United States Senate. - Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent. [This event matched these trackers: Active Legislation ]1 week ago
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Observers note Kennedy absences, worry over health care vote - A while ago, I wrote both here and at Daily Kos that it was time to pull the plug on the Senate Finance Committee's consideration of the health care bill...1 day ago
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Key Democratic Senator declares public option dead - DOWNLOADS: (46) [image: Download WMV] [image: Download Quicktime] PLAYS: (156) [image: Play WMV] [image: Play Quicktime] Sen. Kent Conrad told Fox...43 minutes ago
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Blogging for Buck$ - You’re returning home from Netroots Nation 2009 all fired up, or maybe you couldn’t afford to go this year, and the thought enters your mind: wouldn’t it...9 minutes ago
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(Former Senator Ne-R) Hagel warns of U.S. 'drift' in Afghanistan - Source: [b]Omaha World Herald[/b] Joseph Morton Washington – The United States needs to figure out what it's doing in Afghanistan, former Nebraska Sen. Ch...1 hour ago
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FactCheck.org Has a New Look! - You'll still find our content at the same place, but you'll need to change your RSS feed to http://factcheck.org/feed/rss/1 week ago
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Obama today in Montana - *From NBC's Mark Murray* *President Obama's* town hall today in Montana was essentially a replay of the one he held in New Hampshire earlier this week. He...2 days ago
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Jude : Wow: White House To Drop 'Public Option' - A very big headline and a very big testament to the power of the people making themselves heard. Now we'll see what it really means. Obama and the Democrat...4 hours ago
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News of the Day for Sunday, August 16, 2009 - Firemen put out a fire in a burning vehicle after a bomb attack in Karrada District, central Baghdad August 16, 2009. A string of bombings is stirring gro...9 hours ago
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Black Women—get an education, give up the chance for marriage and family? - I originally read about this study over at Prometheus6. From MSNBC.com: Marriage eludes high-achieving black women Many remain single and childless, accord...6 hours ago
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Fox uses falsehood, cropped video to hype unsolicited email claims - Even while asserting that he wasn't suggesting anything "nefarious" on the part of the White House, Fox News' Major Garrett did just that while recountin...1 day ago
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Biking Out of Iraq - *This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website.* The Bush administration invaded Iraq in March 2003 with a force of approximately 130,000 troops. ...3 days ago
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Quote of the Day - QUOTE OF THE DAY.... We haven't heard quite as much lately from center-right Blue Dog Democrats, but Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, the caucus leader on healt...34 minutes ago
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How Cali's prisons became make-work projects for jailers - How Cali's prisons became make-work projects for jailers1 hour ago
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HEALTH CARE REFORM TEETERING ON THE EDGE OF FAILURE - There is a growing realization that the public option in the Democrat’s reform package is about to be jettisoned, and that the entire reform effort may be ...2 hours ago
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John Brennan's dangerous national security advice - *Editor's note:* Glenn Greenwald is on vacation this week. Marcy Wheeler, who blogs at Firedoglake, is guest-blogging today. Last year, Glenn posted some...2 days ago
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New Jersey: Seven School Buses Burned To A Crisp - In May of 2009, nine school buses were burned in Georgia, but the incident was not deemed to be as a result of arson. The buses in this story were owned...1 month ago
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New plea to join Sept. 9 argument - The top-ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, has asked the Supreme Court to allow his lawyer to ta...2 days ago
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Sebelius Says Public Option Not Essential - "A day after President Obama appeared to suggest that his administration might be open to health care reform legislation that does not include a public hea...5 hours ago
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Top Blue Dog Embraces the Crazy - Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR): "I will never vote for a bill to kill old people, period."...2 hours ago
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Rise Of The Megaslums - by Patrick Appel An illuminating article on slums and disease. Snippet: Not only are today's slums larger than in the 19th century, but they are more dense...46 minutes ago
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Obama to visit Elkhart - WASHINGTON – President Obama will visit the Elkhart area Wednesday, the White House said.The location and other details are being worked out.It is the third ...2 weeks ago
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Al Franken Announces Bid For Re-Election - Today, on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, US Senator Al Franken held a press conference to declare his intention to seek a second term as Minnes...1 month ago
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Weekend Open Thread - *** MSNBC's Mark Murray greets John Boehner's pushback over his 2003 vote for end of life care funding with some healthy skepticism.1 day ago
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Ohio police dispatcher passes along racist image of Air Force One. - The OhioDaily blog reports on a “rogue” dispatcher from the North Canton Police who recently sent out a racist e-mail from her work account. Dispatcher Ani...2 hours ago
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Team Obama Ready to Surrender Public Option? - The President and his lieutenants are on a whistle stop tour of disappointment. It started Saturday, when Obama called the public insurance option “just on...14 minutes ago
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