Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is lucky there’s a Democrat in the White House because by now Republicans probably would have declared him an enemy combatant and whisked him off to a secret prison someplace. If he died while being waterboarded … too bad. What’s another dead terrorist. Never mind that he’s an American citizen on American soil, entitled to … Continue reading Tsarnaev to be tried in US criminal court system
There’s a push today to call members of Congress and object to the chained CPI included the in the president’s proposed budget. Yesterday petitions were delivered to Capitol Hill. Today is National Congressional Call-In Day. Call your representatives and tell them you object to the cuts in Social Security benefits. Do it for yourself or … Continue reading It’s Congressional Call-In Day to oppose chained CPI
You’ve probably seen on the news that there are hundreds of thousands of disabled American veterans waiting for their benefits — some of them more than five years and counting. These men and women sacrificed for us and we can’t even give them their benefits in a timely manner? Inexcusable. Disgraceful. You can sign a petition at the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website asking Pres. Obama appoint a commission to deal with the backlog. Who knows, it might even make a difference. … Comments » ->
Just a note to my older readers: President Obama promised to protect our Social Security and Medicare benefits. Instead, he has voluntarily added the “chained CPI” to his concessions to the Republicans. Over time it will reduce our SS benefits and is a violation of his promise to us. I urge you to call or write him and your Democratic representatives in Washington today to protest this sell-out. (One easy way to send an email to all of them is Congress.org.) … Comments »
President Obama is in Michigan today to support the union effort against an impending right-to-work law. What!? He belongs in Washington 24/7 right now, working on a budget deal with John Boehner and the Republicans. He has no business messing in state politics, especially not this month.
… Comments »President Barack Obama won re-election Tuesday night and whether or not that makes you happy, we can probably still agree we’re glad the campaign is finally over. I was stunned when I heard the news. Actually missed it at first. Still had the Comedy Network on. When I flipped back to CNN, the projection had … Continue reading Obama wins
