April 17, 2005

Now Here's Good Use of Our Donations!

You really have to see this good work by the DCCC. Type in your State Name to see how your legislator has gone all the way with "The Bug Man of Alcatraz" Tom Delay!

Want to take any bets on Mr. Upton?

Posted by Hope at 10:58 PM | Comments (0)

Why I am a Democrat - ???

I don't know about the rest of you, but the unrelenting worker-deadly voting records of some of our Democratic legislators is making me nervous. Is making me wonder what, exactly, we are up to. Is making me think fondly of The Purge.

So, I believe I'll start posting them. Or links to real blogs where you can find them.

Here is an entry from The LeftCoaster - from April 14.

The list of names appears below the fold. And here's the quotable quote:

"Take a look at how many of these names also showed up on the list of those Democrats who voted for the estate tax repeal yesterday, and then wonder what the hell happened to the party. And then tell Rahm Emmanuel that none of these bastards deserve DCCC money next year.

They can get it from the ABA and MBNA instead."

The Gang Of 73 Vote Against Consumers To Send Bankruptcy Bill To Bush
The sellout of consumers is complete, as the House of Representatives just passed the bankruptcy bill and sent it to Bush. Worse yet, it passed by 302-126.

73 Democrats voted against consumers and with MBNA and the ABA on this.

73.

What has happened to the Democratic Party when 42 Representatives can vote for wealthy people and against Social Security yesterday and nearly twice that many can vote against consumers today? I have noted by way of an asterisk (*) those House Democrats that voted yesterday for repealing the estate tax and then today voted against consumers on the bankruptcy bill. May they all have primary challengers next year.

As a result, I have added a new category to the blog called "Democratic Outrages."

The following House Dems voted against consumers this afternoon:

Andrews
Baca
Baird
Bean*
Berry*
Bishop (GA)*
Boren*
Boswell*
Boucher*
Boyd
Cardoza*
Case
Chandler*
Cleaver
Cooper
Costa*
Cramer*
Crowley
Cuellar*
Davis (AL)
Davis (FL)
Davis (TN)*
Edwards*
Etheridge
Ford
Gonzalez
Gordon*
Green, Al
Harman
Herseth
Higgins
Hinojosa*
Holden
Hooley*
Hoyer
Israel*
Jefferson*
Kind
Larsen (WA)*
Matheson*
McCarthy*
McIntyre*
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon*
Menendez
Michaud
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moran (VA)
Murtha
Ortiz
Pastor
Peterson (MN)*
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall*
Reyes
Ross*
Rothman
Ruppersberger*
Salazar*
Schwartz (PA)
Scott (GA)*
Skelton*
Spratt
Strickland
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson (CA)
Wu
Wynn*

Posted by Hope at 10:30 PM | Comments (0)

April 14, 2005

Anti-Social Security Phase-Out Forums in Van Buren County

Van Buren County Democrats are Hosting several PUBLIC FORUMS throughout the county.

The next scheduled forum will be held in South Haven, and

WE HOPE YOU'LL BE THERE!

UPCOMING FORUM

WHEN: Wednesday, April 20th

WHERE: LMC's South Haven campus - conference room SH141

6:00 PM - - -ESSAY AWARDS*

7:00 PM - - -SSA SPEAKER Vonda Van Til (Grand Rapids, MI)

7:30 PM - - -NCPSSM SPEAKER** Jan Witt (Washington, D.C.)

*Students are invited to submit an essay on SS.
Essay Topic: Privatization is not a "good deal" for young Americans because. . .

If you know a student writer(high school or older - part or full-time), please pass the word!

Cash awards will be presented in the amounts of:

1st- $125.00

2nd- $ 75.00

Non-cash awards will be presented to participants!

Essays should be submitted by April 18th to:

Essay
c/o SHADC
P.O. Box 461
South Haven, MI 49090

**National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare

Highly Recommended Sources of Information for the Anti-Social Security Phase-Out Crowd
Talking Points Memo
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Economic Policy Institute
Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Century Foundation

Posted by Hope at 02:45 AM | Comments (0)