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December 29, 2005
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Saturday's Links
Activism
Fortunately for us, John Kerry has no intention of disappearing from the political landscape. He is still working towards "A Health Care Plan for Every Child." You can help him by signing his petition (and watching a video from him) here.
News
Yesterday, we talked about ongoing, unresolved issues in North Korea. Well, North Korea is on the agenda at the APEC summit. Don't get too excited, though. North Korea is not a member of APEC, and won't have a representative there.
Republicans are slipping a provision into a spending bill that would "effectively strip states of their right to 'enforce laws that were designed to protect women's health.'" Although Democrats vehemently oppose this clause, the bill looks like it has to pass, because funding for 9 Federal agencies hinges on the passing of this bill.
Senator Kerry has emailed a "call-to-arms" to over 3 million Democrats, urging them to remember their values, and take the current administration to task.
Editorials
Senator Rick Santorum, the Republican anti-gay Senator from Pennsylvania, was recently asked where his children go to school. Turns out Rick and his family live in Leesburg, Virginia, and his children are home-schooled there. The home he owns in Penn Hills, PA is actually rented out. Read all about the outrage here.
Children's health care is in a sorry state of affairs. Turns out that the Federal program SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) is underfunded in some states, and overfunded in others. No surprise there. But states that use up their money, and have a need for more, are told "Sorry!" States that don't use up their yearly money kiss it goodbye, as it gets rolled back into the treasury.
Peter Beinart weighs in on the hypocrisy of Republican values, and the double standard with which they apply identity politics.
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December 29, 2005
Saturday, November 20, 2004
Saturday's Links
Activism
Fortunately for us, John Kerry has no intention of disappearing from the political landscape. He is still working towards "A Health Care Plan for Every Child." You can help him by signing his petition (and watching a video from him) here.
News
Yesterday, we talked about ongoing, unresolved issues in North Korea. Well, North Korea is on the agenda at the APEC summit. Don't get too excited, though. North Korea is not a member of APEC, and won't have a representative there.
Republicans are slipping a provision into a spending bill that would "effectively strip states of their right to 'enforce laws that were designed to protect women's health.'" Although Democrats vehemently oppose this clause, the bill looks like it has to pass, because funding for 9 Federal agencies hinges on the passing of this bill.
Senator Kerry has emailed a "call-to-arms" to over 3 million Democrats, urging them to remember their values, and take the current administration to task.
Editorials
Senator Rick Santorum, the Republican anti-gay Senator from Pennsylvania, was recently asked where his children go to school. Turns out Rick and his family live in Leesburg, Virginia, and his children are home-schooled there. The home he owns in Penn Hills, PA is actually rented out. Read all about the outrage here.
Children's health care is in a sorry state of affairs. Turns out that the Federal program SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) is underfunded in some states, and overfunded in others. No surprise there. But states that use up their money, and have a need for more, are told "Sorry!" States that don't use up their yearly money kiss it goodbye, as it gets rolled back into the treasury.
Peter Beinart weighs in on the hypocrisy of Republican values, and the double standard with which they apply identity politics.
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December 29, 2005
Fortunately for us, John Kerry has no intention of disappearing from the political landscape. He is still working towards "A Health Care Plan for Every Child." You can help him by signing his petition (and watching a video from him) here.
News
Yesterday, we talked about ongoing, unresolved issues in North Korea. Well, North Korea is on the agenda at the APEC summit. Don't get too excited, though. North Korea is not a member of APEC, and won't have a representative there.
Republicans are slipping a provision into a spending bill that would "effectively strip states of their right to 'enforce laws that were designed to protect women's health.'" Although Democrats vehemently oppose this clause, the bill looks like it has to pass, because funding for 9 Federal agencies hinges on the passing of this bill.
Senator Kerry has emailed a "call-to-arms" to over 3 million Democrats, urging them to remember their values, and take the current administration to task.
Editorials
Senator Rick Santorum, the Republican anti-gay Senator from Pennsylvania, was recently asked where his children go to school. Turns out Rick and his family live in Leesburg, Virginia, and his children are home-schooled there. The home he owns in Penn Hills, PA is actually rented out. Read all about the outrage here.
Children's health care is in a sorry state of affairs. Turns out that the Federal program SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) is underfunded in some states, and overfunded in others. No surprise there. But states that use up their money, and have a need for more, are told "Sorry!" States that don't use up their yearly money kiss it goodbye, as it gets rolled back into the treasury.
Peter Beinart weighs in on the hypocrisy of Republican values, and the double standard with which they apply identity politics.
