Boot Lieberman!

You may have heard the news. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) is threatening to help Republicans block a vote on health care reform if the bill includes a public health insurance option.

But when reporters asked Lieberman if he'd be willing to lose his powerful committee chairmanship as a consequence, he said: "Oh, God no."

What's our answer? Hell yeah!

You and 90,000 others signed our petition to Democratic senators asking them to strip leadership titles from Lieberman (or others) if they block reform. Can you help us get to 100,000?

Click HERE to sign

Who Has "Done Nothing?"

Is it possible, that in nine short months, President Barack Obama and his administration have turned around the second worst economy in our history, the one George W. Bush left as part of his legacy? To those who say Obama has done nothing - Beck, Limbaugh, Coulter, Malkin - I beg you to become part of the solution or get out of the way. You have been proven very wrong. And you continue to hurt this country.

This from the BBC.com

Recovery ends US recession

The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year.

The US economy pulls out of recession with faster than expected, 3.5% annualised growth in the last quarter.

The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to boost car sales.

ACORN better for Americans than congress, and less corrupt

If we want to stop corruption and misuse of tax dollars, we should investigate and perhaps defund congress, not ACORN.



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FOX president R. Ailes finally admits FOX is not news!

Democrats often appear on FOX in hopes of reaching out to conservative viewers. But FOX cuts off their mic, distorts what they say, or runs biased headlines at the bottom of the screen.⁴ In the end, Democrats always lose on FOX.

FOX insists there's a difference between its news shows and its right-wing opinion shows with Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and others.

But in August, FOX's so-called news shows "aired 22 clips of town hall meeting attendees opposed" to Obama's health care plans and zero in support. CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced.⁵

In another "news" story, FOX passed off a GOP press release as its own research—typo and all.⁶

FOX executives now describe the channel as "the voice of opposition" to Obama's agenda. FOX president Roger Ailes—a former adviser to Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush—said, "I see this as the Alamo."⁷

But a Capitol Hill newspaper reports, "In the House and Senate, Democrats who pledged to follow the administration's near-boycott of Fox were hard to find, although many expressed support for Obama's stance."⁸

Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters. Sign this petition to ask Sen. Schumer and Sen. Gillibrand and Rep. Maloney to stay off FOX. Clicking here will add your name:

http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Noah, Nita, Michael, Kat, and the rest of the team

Sources:
1. "Fox News viewers overwhelmingly misinformed about health care reform proposals," Think Progress, August 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84884&id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=6

"Fox News Signs On To Tea Party Agenda, Aggressively Promotes Anti-Obama Protests," Think Progress, April 10, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84885&id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=8

"Beck-led Fox News "czar" witch hunt moves to ridiculous smear of Anita Dunn," Media Matters for America, October 16, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/research/200910160004

2. "White House: Fox News 'a wing of the Republican Party'," New York Daily News, October 12, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84886&id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=9

3. "The Battle Between the White House and Fox News," The New York Times, October 17, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84898&id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=10

4. "Outfoxed: Fox News technique: cut their mic!" Brave New Films, May 11, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkFU4MtubU

"The Case Against FOX," FOXAttacks.com
http://foxattacks.com/facts.php

5. "Fox News' town hall coverage amplifies opponents of health care reform, ignores supporters," Media Matters for America, September 8, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/print/research/200909080004

6. "Fox passes off GOP press release as its own research—typo and all," Media Matters for America, February 10, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/research/200902100019

7. "'Voice of the opposition': Fox News openly advocates against Democratic Congress, White House," Media Matters for America, September 11, 2009
http://mediamatters.org/reports/200909110016

8. "Congressional Democrats defend the White House's snub of Fox News," The Hill, October 14, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=84899&id=17603-9815853-kyl2jQx&t=11

brought to you by MoveOn.org

What Are the Benefits of Benifits?

I have an aunt who, whenever I told her about a new job I had started, her first question would be, "do you get benefits?" I now realize how devoid of meaning that concern of hers really is.

Medical bills are the leading cause of bankruptcy, according to a Harvard University study, which also showed that more than 75% of those who declared bankruptcy because of mounting medical bills had health insurance at the start of their illness.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Health-Insurance-Bankruptcy---A-Common-Dilemma&id=1085936
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE5530Y020090604

So it amazes me that the majority of people who I talk to who are against reform or a public option or single payer, are people with insurance who feel, "why should my tax dollars go to help someone else." I guess their ignorance and selfishness could very well be a nasty revenge. This is not the America I want to live in.

Government for the People?

Is your healthcare money going towards your health?

Its really interesting to see who is proud to be a Republican these days

Could Repulicans Stoop Any Lower?

Republican congress people are no longer being controlled by corporations, they are now in the pocket of the Devil himself. Nothing else can explain 30 congress people voting against Al Franken's first bill. This is truly amazing!

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Don't think the lies are working Repulicans

"Something has happened here that we all agree with the Taliban and Iran about and that is he doesn't deserve the award." Oh Limbaugh, why do you hate America so? And who are the "we all" you talk about? Obama is one of the most popular living human beings around the world and still popular in the USA despite the mountain of Republican lies and obstruction.

This from the Wall Street Journal: "...Republicans registered their lowest approval ratings since President Barack Obama was elected: 64% of voters said they disapprove of the way congressional Republicans are doing their job, including 42% of Republican voters. Voters also continue to trust the president over Republicans by a 47%-31% margin when it comes to health care."

"In the absence of any new leadership and an unwillingness to put forward any new ideas, the Republican Party has become the party of cranks and conspiracy theorists," Democratic National Committee spokesman Hari Sevugan says.

FOX knows how to please their racist/sexist audience

Radio legend Don Imus premiered on Fox Business Network yesterday, and according to ratings obtained by Mediaite, the show was a big hit.

Here’s a look.

Imus’ show got an average of 177,000 total viewers yesterday morning from 6-9amET. The last time numbers were reported for FBN, their business day (5am-9pmET), the average was around 21,000. Imus’ total viewer figure was at least 1000% better than the previous program, Money For Breakfast.

At 7amET, the show had its best hour, averaging 202,000 (Glenn Beck was a guest that hour). Other big name guests yesterday included Sen. John McCain and Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi.

read more at mediaite.com

Would Jesus be a Capitalist?

I pose a simple question...: "Is capitalism a sin?" I go on to ask, "Would Jesus be a capitalist?" Would he belong to a hedge fund? Would he sell short? Would he approve of a system that has allowed the richest 1% to have more financial wealth than the 95% under them combined?

I have come to believe that there is no getting around the fact that capitalism is opposite everything that Jesus (and Moses and Mohammed and Buddha) taught. All the great religions are clear about one thing: It is evil to take the majority of the pie and leave what's left for everyone to fight over. Jesus said that the rich man would have a very hard time getting into heaven. He told us that we had to be our brother's and sister's keepers and that the riches that did exist were to be divided fairly. He said that if you failed to house the homeless and feed the hungry, you'd have a hard time finding the pin code to the pearly gates.

I guess that's bad news for us Americans. Here's how we define "Blessed Are the Poor": We now have the highest unemployment rate since 1983. There's a foreclosure filing once every 7.5 seconds. 14,000 people every day lose their health insurance.

At the same time, Wall Street bankers ("Blessed Are the Wealthy"?) are amassing more and more loot -- and they do their best to pay little or no income tax (last year Goldman Sachs' tax rate was a mere 1%!). Would Jesus approve of this? If not, why do we let such an evil system continue? It doesn't seem you can call yourself a Capitalist AND a Christian -- because you cannot love your money AND love your neighbor when you are denying your neighbor the ability to see a doctor just so you can have a better bottom line. That's called "immoral" -- and you are committing a sin when you benefit at the expense of others.

You can read Michael Moore's entire open letter to Christians here

ill profit

The examples never end. The Money Vampires are real.

Finally a real Politician

Here is a Congressman who is doing his job: looking out for the best interests of his constituents and the American people as opposed to contributing to Corporate excess. Wow, Crazy. Thank you Alan Grayson.

All Michael wants is democracy... in America!

The American Dream may be gone, but at least we can laugh. Michael Moore's new film opens tomorrow. Many are saying it is his best to date. He is saying it may be his last.