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Mr. President, Where Are We Going? The Obstructed View:  Random Thoughts From An Idle Mind by Sam OsborneNelson D. Schwartz, in Sunday's New York Times, wrote that job losses pose a threat to worldwide stability, and we in the United … Continue reading →

 Congress Is A Lot Like Catechism by Dave Bradley Earlier this week, Carol and I were rapped up in the slow-motion train wreck known as “passing the stimulus package.”  As we watched what now passes for debate, I was struck … Continue reading →

Harkin v. King on The Fairness Doctrine Everyone, stand back from your computer – we're about to bring up The Fairness Doctrine (you know how it drives the GOP wild)!  Earlier this week Blog for Iowa posted a couple of … Continue reading →

GOP Insurgency Takes Playbook From…The Taliban? Truthout.org Ah, the good ol' GOP…you just gotta luv 'em….Here is a brief excerpt of an excellent (and long) article we found on Truthout.org.  by Robert Parry, Consortium NewsThe Republicans and their right-wing media … Continue reading →

Conservative Pundits Fear Return of Fairness Doctrine   Politico.com Introduction by Trish Nelson The following article by Michael Calderone at Politico gives up close and personal details about the wailing and gnashing of teeth that the conservative talkers are engaging … Continue reading →

The Audacity of A Pro-Labor Secretary of Labor Americablog.comby Joe Sudbay Steve Rosenthal has a post over at Huffington on Obama's nominee to be Secretary of Labor: Hilda Solis. He also exposes the growing outrage among the business groups because … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Families USA Health Action 2009 Conference Washington, D.C. – January 29-31, 2009 by Alta L. Price, M.D.This is the year for major health care reform at the federal level. But it won’t happen without all of … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Action Alert: Pre-emptive Action to Stop Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen for Secretary of Health and Human Services It seems there are some developments in the quest for Secretary of HHS.  This article was contributed to Blog for … Continue reading →

Dean For Daschle:  Ask Your Congressman To Support Howard Dean for Health and Human Services Secretary Rutland Herald.com by Louis PorterSeveral members of Congress have encouraged President Barack Obama to consider former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean to be the secretary … Continue reading →

DFA Training Academy Coming to Des Moines Feb. 28-March 1 Register Today For the Training! Democracy for America Training AcademyFebruary 28-March 1, 2009DMACC Urban/Des Moines Campus Register on this site (left sidebar) or go here  The DFIA group in 2005 … Continue reading →