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Mage Soapbox
http://magesoapbox.blogspot.com/
All political from a Progressive.
- Added on: Jan 28th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: tecknomage
- Listed in: Politics Independent
- Tags: politics progressive
Recent Posts
HEALTHCARE - The Gamble the GOP Lost
"The Republican Health Care Blunder" by Jonathan Chait, New RepublicThe United States is on the doorstep of comprehensive health care reform. It's a staggering achievement, about which I'll have more to say later. but the under-appreciated thing that...
HEALTHCARE - Reform Updates 12/19/2009
"Defense Bill Clears Senate Hurdle" by Carl Hulse, New York Times 12/18/2009ExcerptThe Senate voted early Friday morning to force final action on a Pentagon spending measure as Democrats broke a Republican attempt to use the military money to stall a...
POLITICS - Time to Find a New Ship
"Happy Hour over: Fundraising firm drops Bachmann" by Muriel Kane, Raw StoryRep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who can't seem to hold onto a chief of staff for more than a year at a time, has now lost her fundraising firm as well.According to a report whi...
POLITICS - Anti-Healthcare Reform Liar of the Year
"Health Care Misinformer of the Year: Betsy McCaughey" Media Matters 12/16/2009ExcerptThe debate over health care reform has dominated much of the media spotlight this year, and the conservative media have responded with a wide array of falsehoods an...
MEDIA - Comment on the Gossip Mongers
"Everything You Think About Tiger Woods is Wrong" by Michael Bader, AlterNet[Disclaimer:I don’t know anything at all about Tiger or Elin Woods but am going to write about them anyway.]Everything that's been written about Tiger Woods is wrong; that...
ON THE LITE SIDE - Costco Forever!
"Clueless in Costco" by Timothy Egan, New York TimesFor a native Westerner, the slights from the other end of the country start early, and build through a lifetime: national broadcasters on election night who cannot pronounce Oregon (it’s like gun)...
