Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Highlight from the transcript The White House – Blog Post – Serious about energy independence As we are meeting, in the halls of Congress just down the street from here, there’s a debate going on about the plan I’ve proposed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. * * * Now, I believe … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans. Obama signs kids' health insurance bill "I refuse to accept that millions of our children fail to reach … Read more
by Michael Bryan I suspect that the Arizona GOP will pull a Jonestown now that Janet has handed them the keys to the campsite. With no effective institutional opposition from Democrats to be had, there is a danger that their most ideologically intoxicated members will convince the rest to drink the Kool-aid, herding their elected … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Barack Obama posted this op-ed in the Washington Post today Barack Obama – The Action Americans Need. Some of the highlights: What Americans expect from Washington is action that matches the urgency they feel in their daily lives — action that's swift, bold and wise enough for us to climb out … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show had the best reporting on the testimony of Harry Markopolos, because Rachel included an explanation of how we got here in the first place with Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. Transcript MADDOW: The Madoff whistleblower today, Mr. Markopolos. He said today that the SEC, the Securities and … Read more