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You campaigned for them, voted for them, got them into office. Now hold their feet to the fire

Join the Donor Strike for a Robust Public Option

I love the guys at Democrats.com because they will not settle for half-baked, warmed over, faux bipartisan, so-far-toward-the-center-it’s-now-on-the-right bullshit being served up by the Blue Dogs and too many others.

Dear Brazenly Liberal,

After months of debate, an overwhelming majority of Americans support a “robust public option” similar to Medicare.

And thanks to the heroic efforts [...]

Senate Finance Committee votes down public option; sticks with Every Man For Himself system

Here’s the Dishonor Roll of Democrats who betrayed the people:

Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.).

Remember them when their Primary opponents need money.

(More info at  Huffpo)

Goodbye, Whole Foods! It’s been a slice.

It surprises most city dwellers we know to learn how hard it is for us in farm country to buy good fresh produce locally.  That’s because this is corn and soybeans country and most folks don’t realize that 98% of the soybeans and 80% of the corn grown in the United States is the type [...]

Naming names — Blue Dog DINOcrats. They feel fine, what are YOU whining about?

You expect it of the GOP and its pet radio mouths.   But last November, the country said 8 years of Them As Has Gets politics were enough and voted the lapdogs of corporate power out of office.  Unfortunately, some of them managed to squeak through dressed as Democrats.

With health care reform getting less than the [...]