Archives for March 2010

  Washington (CNN) — Is the Coffee Party on the scale of the Tea Party movement? Saturday is the first big test in attempting to answer that question. Leaders of the fledgling movement say they plan to hold 350 to 400 events at coffeehouses across the country. While the Coffee Party has become an instant […]

The Right has always attempted to portray themselves as the law and order party that best knew how to protect the country. Of course the largest terrorists attack on our country that caused more deaths than any terrorist attack ever occurred under their watch. Their policies of torture and unadulterated and indiscriminate aggression failed to […]

  The head of the national association of Catholic hospitals, which holds great sway in the health care debate, threw her support Saturday behind the contested Senate reform bill in a move that could give a major boost to the legislation’s prospects. But the endorsement of Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, […]

  Twenty-five pro-life Catholic theologians and Evangelical leaders yesterday sent letters to members of Congress urging them not to let misleading information about abortion provisions in the Senate health care bill block passage of sorely-needed reform. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a Washington-based advocacy group, said that the Senate health bill upholds abortion […]

The Final March for Reform is going strong — yesterday, OFA supporters made the phones ring off the hook in Congressional offices on Capitol Hill and across the country. But for every member of Congress, there are eight anti-reform lobbyists swarming Capitol Hill — and the upcoming vote is still too close to call. So […]

  Meet the people who are percolating in the Coffee Party By Jessica Ravitz, CNN March 12, 2010 10:17 a.m. EST Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — In one chair sits a rural retiree, his financial security shot in the slump, a humble Southerner who’s never thought much about politics. In another seat is a born Northerner, […]

You have to see this video. On Tuesday thousands of everyday people performed a citizens’ arrest on the insurance companies who were meeting in Washington, D.C. to plot to kill health care reform. I’ve never seen so much energy in a crowd before. You have to watch! It’s getting down to the final push for […]

  Op-Ed Columnist Health Reform Myths By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: March 11, 2010 Health reform is back from the dead. Many Democrats have realized that their electoral prospects will be better if they can point to a real accomplishment. Polling on reform — which was never as negative as portrayed — shows signs of improving. […]