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Celebrating (Mourning) a Culture of Lies

My only complaint about this terrific and important essay, is what he says about Heath care reform. Of course, he's right in the main, but he ignores the fact that it's the only step in the only direction we could get.

It might have been a leap, but for the monumental lying by conservatives, the US

REAL Canadians Talking Real Health Care

Introduction

In August of 2009, my brother and I went to a family summer camp in Ontario.  While there, we decided we'd use his little family cam and do some interviews with real Canadians, discussing their health care system.  But for a few prepared questions, it was completely unscripted. Most of the people were all from

The Quiet Secret of Health Care Reform

Lost In The Noise of HCR

In the raucous, noisy,

Guide To The Health Care Vote In Congress

Here's your playbill for today's — and probably tonight's —historic activities (we should hope).

I will be updating it with more resources throughout the day.

 

"This is our moment." — President Barack Obama, 3/20/2010

Live Coverage

C-Span — Will be streaming the events all day, starting

Action: Critical Health Care Reform Votes Needed

It has taken 50 year to get this far, and thousands of people have spent hundreds of thousands of man hours getting us this far.

Please take ONE HOUR of your time and:

  • Make calls.  They ALWAYS make a difference. Teaparty  has been inundating these representatives with NO calls.
     
  • Send Emails. See below for how to easily (and

Fun with Fascists! Americans for Prosperity Conference Call

Americans for Prosperity invites us to:

Join Rep. Mike Pence For Health Care Tele-Town Hall Tonight!

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Liberals: Sign-up For The Teaparty Town Halls In Washington

Please do sign-up for this

So you get all the hilarity of their planning missives, as Michael P. Leahy lures all the suckers into one big marketing tent for his goofy Saul Alinsky books with their make-believe history.

Oh, and it may also help screw up AFP/David Koch's bus-buying and booking plans for the big

Reconciliation at a Glance

Sunlight Foundation comes through again with another great data exhibit. This time one that demonstrates just how much, how often, and how intensely the Republican party will lie about anything to control the narratives, no matter how evident and easily discoverable are the facts. 

Look at all the red bars (#GOP) moving past 50 votes

Urgent: Need People to Call Pelosi’s Office NOW

Resist net and the TEABAGGERS have launched a massive call-in campaign and are bombarding the progressive members of Congress.

@SandiBehms has written about this here (but do NOT go there yet)

There is only an hour left to this critical day.  We need thousands of volunteers to

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Individual Mandates

I find no shame in admitting that this entire health care issue can be  mind numbingly complex.  Reading clear explanations of them can really help.  If you have items for this page, please post them as a comment.

Why Do We Need Individual Mandates?

Because, the argument goes, it ensures there are enough health people paying into