Category: Politics
Democrats Might Learn Something From Dirty Dancing Tom DeLay
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2009 | PoliticsShocking! “With regard to the health care issue, as we all know, the bill that was reported yesterday will not be the bill voted on. Right down here in the Majority Leader’s conference room they’ll be writing the real bill that will be brought up.” —Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, October 14, 2009 ? “THE […]
Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize
by Ian Williams | Nov 1, 2009 | PoliticsMANY DETRACTORS of Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize are cagey about the real reasons for their opposition, because they have spent years opposing the biggest issue for which the Norwegians made the award: nuclear disarmament. For decades, diehard Cold Warriors in the Pentagon, the Senate, and often the White House made it clear to the […]
Last Word on Last Rights|States’ Rights|Senate Rites of Passage|Foreign Policy Roadblock
by WS Editors | Nov 1, 2009 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsLast Word on Last Rights—When the Obama administration allowed extremists to seize control of the health-care-reform narrative during the summer, the debate over government funding for end-of-life legal processes was hijacked by right wingers and evangelicals. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV now argues that the issue is too important to be left to the “screamers.” […]
Do the Numbers | Guns and Cars
by WS Editors | Oct 15, 2009 | EconomyDo the Numbers—While New York Times polling had 65 percent of the American public supporting a public option—a public health insurance company that would compete with private insurers—two amendments that would have provided a public option were rejected by the Senate Finance Committee. The defeat of Sen. John J. Rockefeller IV’s (D-WV) amendment (15-8) at a September […]
A Three Percent Solution for Minority Voters
by WS Editors | Oct 1, 2009 | PoliticsGaming the Vote “In the 2002 election, the CDS software gave us the advantage we needed to overcome and defeat the massive Democrat turnout in Harris County.” — Republican testimonial deleted from Campaign Data Systems’ Web site —Houston, Texas “THIS IS GROUND ZERO of the conservative movement,” Garnet Coleman said. “I tell my friends around […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety