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Showing posts with label Health Care Town Hall Meetings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health Care Town Hall Meetings. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Video: Full Story Of Poster Altercation At McCaskill Event: By The Guy Who Filmed It
By Peter Glickert
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Video Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) pulls off a unique and successful version of a health care meeting
Good for you Congressman Polis. Well done. It doesn't have to be the way it has been as evidenced by some of the more dramatic videos spreading across the Internet and television news.
Yes, there are going to be the tea bag protesters, and I certainly defend their right to protest no matter how 'out there' I think their views are, but there still can be civil discourse. Civil discourse does not mean that discussion is not without passionate feelings and opinions, but yelling, screaming, shouting down others to keep them from asking questions, and violence do not have to accompany these meetings.
Yes, there are going to be the tea bag protesters, and I certainly defend their right to protest no matter how 'out there' I think their views are, but there still can be civil discourse. Civil discourse does not mean that discussion is not without passionate feelings and opinions, but yelling, screaming, shouting down others to keep them from asking questions, and violence do not have to accompany these meetings.
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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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Sebelius: Public option not 'essential' - DOWNLOADS: (36) [image: Download WMV] [image: Download Quicktime] PLAYS: (123) [image: Play WMV] [image: Play Quicktime] Health and Human Services...43 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...20 minutes 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...1 day ago
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Strong Turnout, No Shouting at Vermont Town Meetings on Health Care (VIDEO) - Hundreds of Vermonters - overwhelmingly in favor of health care reform - Saturday packed spirited but civil town meetings hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt...3 minutes 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...3 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...8 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...5 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...23 hours 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...17 minutes 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 ...1 hour 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...4 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."...1 hour 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...1 hour ago
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