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GOP Shame: 9/11 Health Bill Blocked in Senate by the Republicans
When are Americans gonna get it through their heads that the GOP does not care about them?!
“Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001.
The 9/11 health bill, a version of which was approved by the House of Representatives in September, was among several initiatives that Senate Democrats had hoped to approve before the close of the 111th Congress. Supporters believe this was their last real opportunity to have the bill passed.
The action by the Senate created huge uncertainty over the bill’s future. Its proponents were working on Thursday to salvage the legislation, with one possibility being to have it inserted into a large tax-cut bill that Republicans and Democrats are trying to pass before Congress ends its current session.”
Read the full article at The New York Times.
Hit the jump for a couple of video of Democrat Anthony Weiner doing the RIGHT THING and fighting the good fight on this issue! (more…)
Crooks and Liars on the 10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts
“In a rare moment of candor last week, the third-ranking Republican in the House admitted the failure of the Bush tax cuts. “You know, I think it’s fair to say, if the current tax rates were enough to create jobs and generate economic growth we’d have a growing economy,” Mike Pence acknowledged, adding, “It’s not working now.” Given that the Bush years produced the worst economic growth in the past 50 years, Pence is sadly correct. But sadder still is the dismal performance of the Bush economy across almost every indicator that counts. From moribund job creation and sinking household incomes to skyrocketing deficits and record income inequality, Republican economic stewardship over the past decade has been a disaster. Here, then, are the 10 Epic Failures of the Bush Tax Cuts…”
Read the post with the full Top 10 list via Crooks & Liars….
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Bernie Madoff Son Found Dead in New York Apartment
This story is LOONEY TUNES:
“Two years to the day, and almost the precise hour and minute, of his father’s arrest by the FBI, Mark Madoff, son of the disgraced Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, was found hanged inside his Manhattan apartment, an apparent suicide according to police. He left behind a short email message to his wife, Stephanie, but no explanation of why he chose to take his life. Upon receiving the email, Stephanie, who reportedly was in Florida with at least one of the couple’s other children, contacted her father, who came to the apartment and found his son-in-law hanged in the living room around 7:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. His two-year-old was sleeping peacefully in a bedroom nearby, police sources said.”
CLICK HERE to read the full article from ABC News.
What the F-ck is Going on in the Ivory Coast with their Elections?
Two governments sworn in at the same time‘??! WTF??!?
“The two candidates in Ivory Coast’s disputed presidential election took duelling oaths of office Saturday after each claimed victory, as the political crisis spiralled out of control and renewed unrest in this country once split in two by civil war.
Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo defied international pressure from the United States, France and the United Nations to concede defeat, wrapping himself in the Ivorian flag as he was sworn in for another term. Hours later, opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara announced that he too had taken his own oath.
Saturday’s developments leave Ivory Coast with two men who both claim to be president, furthering inflaming the deepening political crisis in a country whose once-prosperous economy was destroyed by the brief 2002-2003 civil war.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy say Ouattara is the rightful winner and that his victory must be acknowledged. The top UN official in Ivory Coast is also standing by results released Thursday by the country’s election commission that put Ouattara ahead.”
Like the US should talk though, right?
CLICK HERE to read the rest of the article.
Someone needs to explain to me why some Alassane Ouattara supporters are wearing blackface though! Hit the jump to see what I’m talking about…. (more…)
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