Obama is “protective imitation” of Clinton’s “corporate democrat”
He did used to be for a single payer, universal health care plan, but he has since back away to a more conservative (in the international sense of the word) health care plan in response to health industry lobbyists.
Mike: “Nader looks like that character on sesame street who lives in the trashcan.” oscar:
Categories: environment · gender · health · labor · power · society · war
Tagged: barack obama, democracy now, health care, hillary clinton, politics, ralph nader
a parody of obama’s “yes, we can” video. it’s like oh yes we can stay in iraq for 10,000 years. “that’s fine with me.”
Categories: culture · humor · pop culture · power · war
Tagged: barack obama, humor, john mccain, parody, politics, video, yes we can
Question: Which issue is most important to you? (n=991 from 4th-5th February, 2008)
Issues (in order of responses, most to least): the economy, the war in iraq, immigration, health care, terrorism, social security, the environment and global warming, education, and gay rights.
There were some interesting age differences in the importance of issues.
Four most important issues to voters by age group.
Categories: culture · environment · gender · power · society · war
Tagged: economy, environment, gay rights, health care, immigration, issues, social security, terrorism, us, voters
Persepolis is a great movie. I highly recommend it to everyone.
Based on graphic novels, the film is a memoir of the author, Marjane Satrapis, during the Iranian revolution and Iranian republic.
Categories: culture · gender · power · race
Tagged: culture, film, iran, movie, persepolis
Hillary Clinton made a trip to visit John Edwards over the weekend, and today (Monday) Barack Obama intends to stop by North Carolina after rallies in Maryland. Obama and Clinton seek his endorsement.
Clinton said, “There is a lot that John and I have in common… And I intend to ask John Edwards to be part of anything I do.. when I’m in the White House.”
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Categories: power
Tagged: barack obama, democrats, hillary clinton, john edwards, politics, votes
McCain wants the US to stay in Iraq for 100 years. We all know the price of this war is driving down social services for everyone, but the US citizens who pay the biggest price are the soldiers and their families.
According to House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs chairman Bob Filner (D-CA), “The rate of veteran suicide has reached epidemic proportions.”
Already the US has 25 million veterans. Of just the Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, there will be an estimated 300,000 thousands cases of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The cost of treatment could be as much as $600 billion, and law makers are excited about new research that shows great potential in treating PTSD: ecstasy (MDMA).
Categories: capitalism · drugs · science · society · war
Tagged: afghanistan, budget, bush, congress, drugs, ecstasy, iraq, iraq war, PTSD, veterans
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