The Cap and Trade Bill (HR 2454) is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 and create ‘green’ jobs, by putting a limit on the amount of pollution large industrial industries can output, and then if they go above that, they have to buy pollution permits. If some companies do not need all that they are allocated, they can sell their permits to companies that do.
Texas U.S. Representatives Joe Barton and Pete Sessions continue their lying campaign about the “Cap and Trade” legislation by claiming that President Obama’s proposal to curb greenhouse gas emissions would cost households as much as $3,100 per year. Their ‘Party of No’ says it is a “massive national energy tax.” However Texans and Americans need to know the $3,100 figure they keep lying about is a complete misrepresentation of both President Obama’s proposal and the studies from which the number is derived.Read more…
The New York Times recently published insightful comparative statistics on RED states and BLUE states and their ranking on divorce, teen birth rates and porn subscriptions. Interestingly enough, the RED states win! States that vote Democratic tend to have lower divorce rates, lower teen pregnancy rates and lower porn subscription rates. Does this mean Sarah Palin was right when she said the red states are the ‘pro-America’ parts of the country?Read more…
Republicans never tire of making public displays of how concerned they are with America’s moral fabric while supporting their own adultery and fornication at the same time. This while they judge others, deny equal rights to gays, plunder America’s treasury on illegal wars, support torture and discriminate against anyone who does not agree with them. Americans have been barraged with laws, programs, sermons, demagoguery, the religious right, right wing bigots and all sorts of moral demonization from a Republican political movement whose most powerful pundit is a multiple-times-divorced drug addict who flamboyantly cavorts around with a new girlfriend every few months. (See the list of 99 immoral Republicans below)Read more…
14,000 people in the U.S. lose their health insurance every day.
A New York Times poll June 21, 2009 show 72% of Americans support a government health insurance plan and 57% are willing to pay more taxes for universal health care. An NBC/WSJ Poll: 76% of Americans Support Public Health Insurance Option. [.pdf] These polls clearly show the majority of Americans support for key ingredients to fixing health care like shared responsibility among employers, government, and individuals to solve the health care crisis with strong protections for small businesses. In fact, every major proposal in President Obama’s health care plan received strong support. Also see the Huffington Post.Read more…
Have you seen the video of health care CEOs testifying before Congress on June 16, 2009, stating the health care insurance companies challenge many medical procedures and will continue to deny medical treatment for anyone determined to have a pre-existing condition such as breast cancer, etc.
Even Republicans were appalled when “[e]xecutives of three of the nation’s largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington on Tuesday that they would continue canceling medical coverage for some sick policyholders, despite withering criticism from Republican and Democratic members of Congress who decried the practice as unfair and abusive.”Read more…
We’re headed into the end game for health care reform. The president has put himself in the arena. The insurance lobby is unleashing the scare campaign. A strong bill will pass the House. But at this point, too many senators are still standing in the way.Read more…
I have been an avid campaigner and supporter of President Obama. Instead of voting against John McCain and Sarah Palin I voted FOR the message of change along with millions of Americans. Although President Obama is still relatively new in his Presidency, almost 5 months long, his aggressive agenda, which I support, seems to have some cracks showing in many of his issues, but more importantly the democratically controlled Congress acts as if they are the Party of the Minority.Read more…
Personally it is not surprising James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, a national hate organization, calling themselves ‘Religious’ distort facts and science in order to garner huge financial gain while destroying the innocent lives of Americans. Psychologist Dobson claims to be a ‘minister’ however he has spent his entire life in an effort to build a massive financial empire on the ignorance and simple-mindedness of others, distorting the Bible and using every unsavory tactic he can find. Without conscience, James Dobson spews bigotry and hate and some of his dishonest lying is now coming to light. See below:Read more…
Ed. Note: This morning HRC President Joe Solmonese sent a letter to President Barack Obama responding to the administration’s brief that argues for the Defense of Marriage Act to be upheld in court. The letter follows and is available in PDF:Read more…
It has been no secret the U.S. Military has been lowering its recruiting standards for enlisting men and women in a time of an un-declared war with Iraq and Afghanistan. In the all volunteer Military, soldiers have served several tours of duty in Iraq and because of the low numbers of soldiers willing to serve their country in an illegal war based on lies sold to Americans by George W Bush and Dick Cheney.
Thousands of soldiers have been ’stop-gapped’ meaning the completion of their military contracts were broken by the U.S. Government which extended their tours of duty because of the significant decreases in recruiting military personnel.Read more…
Conservatives have continued to block real reform with fear mongering and delusional psycho-talk, while protecting the greedy practices of the huge insurance companies, which put profits before people.
It was George W Bush and his fellow majority Congressional conservatives which blocked bipartisan legislation-twice, that would have provided health care to 4 million uninsured children; remember they voted against SCHIP. It was President Obama and the Democratic controlled Congress that finally passed health care to cover America’s children.
It was George W Bush and the Republican controlled Congressional conservatives that banned Medicare from negotiating with drug companies for lower prices, as is currently done with the Veterans Administration. Of course, AARP also was complicit in protecting the huge profits of United Health Care, from whom AARP receives a financial kickback. Americans pay the highest prices for prescription drugs than any other country in the world!Read more…
The Cap and Trade Bill (HR 2454) is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 and create ‘green’ jobs, by putting a limit on the amount of pollution large industrial industries can output, and then if they go above that, they have to buy pollution permits. If some companies do not need all that they are allocated, they can sell their permits to companies that do.
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Republicans never tire of making public displays of how concerned they are with America’s moral fabric while supporting their own adultery and fornication at the same time. This while they judge others, deny equal rights to gays, plunder America’s treasury on illegal wars, support torture and discriminate against anyone who does not agree with them. Americans have been barraged with laws, programs, sermons, demagoguery, the religious right, right wing bigots and all sorts of moral demonization from a Republican political movement whose most powerful pundit is a multiple-times-divorced drug addict who flamboyantly cavorts around with a new girlfriend every few months. (See the list of 99 immoral Republicans below)
14,000 people in the U.S. lose their health insurance every day.
Have you seen the video of health care CEOs testifying before Congress on June 16, 2009, stating the health care insurance companies challenge many medical procedures and will continue to deny medical treatment for anyone determined to have a pre-existing condition such as breast cancer, etc.
Private Muscle And The Public Option In Health Care
I have been an avid campaigner and supporter of President Obama. Instead of voting against John McCain and Sarah Palin I voted FOR the message of change along with millions of Americans. Although President Obama is still relatively new in his Presidency, almost 5 months long, his aggressive agenda, which I support, seems to have some cracks showing in many of his issues, but more importantly the democratically controlled Congress acts as if they are the Party of the Minority.
Personally it is not surprising James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, a national hate organization, calling themselves ‘Religious’ distort facts and science in order to garner huge financial gain while destroying the innocent lives of Americans. Psychologist Dobson claims to be a ‘minister’ however he has spent his entire life in an effort to build a massive financial empire on the ignorance and simple-mindedness of others, distorting the Bible and using every unsavory tactic he can find. Without conscience, James Dobson spews bigotry and hate and some of his dishonest lying is now coming to light. See below:
A Letter to the President from Joe Solmonese
It has been no secret the U.S. Military has been lowering its recruiting standards for enlisting men and women in a time of an un-declared war with Iraq and Afghanistan. In the all volunteer Military, soldiers have served several tours of duty in Iraq and because of the low numbers of soldiers willing to serve their country in an illegal war based on lies sold to Americans by George W Bush and Dick Cheney.
Conservatives have continued to block real reform with fear mongering and delusional psycho-talk, while protecting the greedy practices of the huge insurance companies, which put profits before people.
