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So You Want Health Care Reform?

Boycotting Whole Foods won’t help 27
Posted 3 months ago
Two weeks ago, Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey added his own musings to the list of crazy opinions on health care, with an editorial in the Wall Street Journal condemning “Obamacare” and any government health care option in the U.S.
Green Lantern can't save us now

Netroots Nation frustration and the impediments to progressive change 13
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
I just returned from Netroots Nation, the yearly gathering of progressive bloggers, journalists, and activists. Last year, in Austin, the atmosphere was absolutely electric, with the election approaching and a clear sense of battle lines drawn, victory within reach. Also, lots of great parties. This year, at least from my limited perspective, the atmosphere was more muted, the panels less exciting, and the parties both fewer and less fun. The tone of the conference was, in part, related to a general frustration among progressives.
If you liked it then you shoulda counted the swing votes

House swing votes stay mum on climate bill 1
Posted 5 months ago
Of the 31 lawmakers who form the statistical center of the House on the issue of climate change, only eight have given clear indication that they will vote for the Waxman-Markey energy bill.