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Melanie's Last Wish: Finish Health Care Right

By Ripper on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 1:18pm |
When I wrote about how courageously Melanie Shouse of St. Louis fought for health care reform--even as she was losing her battle against breast cancer---it touched a chord in all who read about her life and death. I want to...

John Murtha Calls a Halt

By Ripper on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 12:11am |
Amid the statements of somber recognition and condolences issued about Rep. John P. "Jack" Murtha (D-PA.) after his death today at age 77, there were also catcalls from anti-war Progressives who felt compelled to point out Murtha's complicity in the...

For Melanie Shouse

By Ripper on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 12:42am |
Minutes ago, I received an email from Jennifer Haro of Organizing for America in St. Louis concerning a woman I knew as a tireless supporter of President Obama--a Progressive who could put any Progressives among the TPM community to shame...

I Guess I'm Supposed to Die

By Ripper on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 7:40pm |
I called my tax preparer to inquire about the possibility of receiving a tax credit and after he told me "No," he went on to tell me that elitists in Washington--"Obama, Pelosi and Reid" among them, but most Republicans included,...

Three Epiphanies About Political $$$$$$$

By Ripper on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 6:02pm |
I just had a few epiphanies. Bing! Bang!! Boom!!!Man, my brain hurts. Help me sort this out. ...Another fund-raising letter from Organizing for America just arrived in my email inbox. Most emails I get from OFA are sent in the...

Obama's Good Deal

By Ripper on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 3:19am |
The day before the State of the Union, I tried to anticipate what it might contain that the average American could cheer. And in this respect, I believe President Obama delivered. His focus on the economy and jobs seemed to...

A Poll: Must We Storm the Bastille?

By Ripper on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 2:55pm |
I'm just curious, how many here think serious change may require a march on Washington of epic proportion, or a throng of real-life American Les Miserable types hanging around the Rose Garden demanding a little policy love from the second-floor...

Will State of the Union Be a Good Deal?

By Ripper on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 7:50pm |
FDR gave us the New Deal.Truman gave us the Fair Deal.LBJ hoped for a Great Society, and he got a great deal of it passed into law.Under Speaker Newt Gingrich, the GOP offered a Contract with America, and the public...

Tea Time and Corporate Consensus

By Ripper on Sun, 01/24/2010 - 10:05am |
Big Business has rarely had it so good as during the three centuries between 1600 and 1900. By the time that long orgy of capitalism came to a close, business regulations were being enacted here in the U.S. and strengthened...

Dismantle AIG (reprise)

By Ripper on Sat, 01/23/2010 - 8:53am |
When giant corporations swallow little ones, and especially when smaller corporations borrow money to take over big ones, the new acquisition is often broken up and sold off to pay the debt. These fire sales throw dozens--if not tens of...

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