Posted on January 25th, 2009 by iwaller
Rick Warren vs The IRS - 15 January 2009
Just how powerful is Rick Warren? Ask the IRS. When they tried to collect back taxes from the pastor, Warren used his mega-clout to campaign against them–and won. With the help of Congress, that is, which stepped in to preempt a court ruling on the Cold War law [...]
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Filed under: Religious Right
Posted on January 25th, 2009 by iwaller
Fellow blogger Devilstower with the Daily Kos, writes a thoughtful and investigative article presenting alarming statistics from the George W Bush Administration. This is an informative read for all Americans. Sun Jan 25, 2009
Bush’s departure from the news cycle has been so abrupt that you get the impression that were you to mention his name [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2009 by iwaller
Who is John Thain? A Wall Street Thug, a greedy American, an arrogant thief, a corrupt corporate criminal! John Thain was the CEO of Merrill Lynch until he was FINALLY FIRED on January 22, 2009. Merrill Lynch was bought (with tax payer money) by Bank of America in September 2008 for a whopping $50,000,000,000! The [...]
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Filed under: Wall Street
Posted on January 21st, 2009 by iwaller
John Cornyn led an effort on January 21, 2009, to hold up the confirmation of Eric Holder as the next U.S. Attorney General of the United States. Cornyn’s explanation is whether U.S. Intelligence Agents could be prosecuted for administering torture and harsh interrogations of terror suspects.
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Posted on January 18th, 2009 by iwaller
Carol D. Leonnig, writer for the Washington Post, writes on January 17, 2009, that Wall Street firms bailed out by U.S. Taxpayers are setting up offshore accounts to help them avoid paying taxes. Outrageous! Americans must speak out and top the continued pillaging of Americans by these right-wing corporations and CEOs.
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Posted on January 17th, 2009 by iwaller
So what else is new with the same ole tired politics of division and fear mongering by Texas Republican John Cornyn and his Republican cronies. The Clintons have been the target of these white extremists for decades and although America spoke loud and clear, Cornyn wants to continue to stir up trouble in the midst [...]
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Posted on January 14th, 2009 by iwaller
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, publisher and founder of Daily Kos, the largest progressive blog in the United States, writes an intuitive article presenting former Representative, Tom Davis, on the Death of the Moderate Republican. Davis writes:
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Posted on January 14th, 2009 by iwaller
Congressman John Conyers will reintroduce HR 676, his single-payer healthcare bill in the 111th Congress. Please ask your representative to cosponsor the bill and actively work with Rep. Conyers to gain additional cosponsors. In order to ensure HR 676 is part of the healthcare discussion in Congress, we need 150 cosponsors by the end of [...]
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Filed under: U S Government
Posted on January 13th, 2009 by iwaller
UnitedHealth Group ripped off over 110 million Americans and they did it for 10 years!
An investigation begun by New York’s Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo said the company Ingenix, a research firm owned by UnitedHealth Group deliberately shorted reimbursements on out-of-network health insurance claims for Americans to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars! Ingenix [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 by iwaller
Senator David Vitter, R-La., filed a barrage of legislation on the first day of the 111th Congress, 34 bills and resolutions. Catering to the Religious Right, Vitter’s bills include topics such as abortion, public prayer, stem cell research, home schooling, drugs, the death penalty, illegal immigration and protecting the American Flag. With America’s economy in [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 by iwaller
John Cusack writes an nice article in the Huffington Post regarding Obama’s appointment of Eric Holder as Attorney General.
Two Questions Congress Should ask Eric Holder
Two questions we should demand Congress ask of Eric Holder before confirming him. The same two questions Mukasey refused to answer.
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 by iwaller
Medicaid recipients will be faced with new financial challenges come January 25, 2009 because of last minute changes by George W Bush and his administration. Bush’s revised rules allow states to force people on Medicaid to pay more for health care services. This is another Bush action that debunks his ‘compassionate conservatism’ philosophy.
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