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Alene Cisney
Here is an interesting new take on the proposed healthcare bill from Paul Krugman (economist) -- that it works a lot like single payer healthcare! Please see http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12
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Even in this form, we're looking a something that will help make America a more just, more secure nation.
Alene Cisney
For a balanced treatment of what really happened at Copenhagen, please take a look at Sam Hummel's article, "Five common mistakes in the coverage of the Copenhagen Accord" -- http://www.salon.com/news/2009/12/22/5_c
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 16:01 EST
Timothy Michael Kearney
Immediately after COP 15, I was very distraught. However, now, I still have hope. If the US is able to accomplish something meaningful in the next couple of years (and that's a big IF), I'm confident the rest of the world will follow our lead. This may turn out to be even better that an "agreement."
An aside. Throug...h all the buildup to COP 15 as well as during the conference, not enough is made of the HUGE impact our diet choices make on climate change.
Fuse Washington Read this article he penned on why the Senate health care bill should die, and decide: Is Howard Dean Crazy? Or crazy like a fox?
www.washingtonpost.com
Without the public option, it's just a giveaway to insurance companies.
Michael Grenetz What present should we give Joe Lieberman for Hannukah? I was thinking a recall or taking away his public health care plan. I know that's not the Hannukah spirit, but he's really pushing my Jewish sense of togetherness.
Fuse Washington
Do I believe my eyes? In opposing the state employee raises, WA Republican leadership adopts OUR language:
"What does it say to the average Washingtonian who is fearful of becoming unemployed that his or her taxes are going to pay 5 percent annual salary increases for state workers?" asked Zarelli, the ranki...ng Senate Republican on budget matters. "Or, for that matter, to the person who lost health coverage on the Basic Health plan, the disabled senior citizen who is receiving fewer hours of in-home care, or to the middle-class family that will see the costs of higher education increase by 30 percent over two years all due to budget cuts?"
If you control the framing, do you control the outcome of an issue?
www.seattlepi.com
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- More than 21,000 state employees could get pay raises of up to 5 percent in the next year, despite Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to cut $1.7 billion from public schools, health care and other programs to solve a budget shortfall.
Jessie Thank you for your strong and capable leadership!
Lynne Treat Thanks are out to FUSE Washington for keeping us informed!
Alexandra Schiff-Bellabiod
Nice piece in the seattle times:
Opinion | Washington state needs a modern tax system | Seattle Times Newspaperseattletimes.nwsource.com Comments (71) E-mail article Print view Share
Fuse Washington Guy wins a Nobel Peace Prize and he still don't get no respect! What's going to reign in Wall Street's execs? The 2012 Apocalypse?
Wall St. Bankers Snub Obama, Duck D.C. Sit-Down Because of 'Inclement Weather' - Goldman Sachs - Gaw
gawker.com
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, Citigroup chairman Dick Parsons, and Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack all skipped out on a scheduled dressing-down today from Barack Obama because "inclement weather" made it physically impossible for them to travel to Washington. Convenient!
Fuse Washington Do you think the budget Gregoire released today might scare Washington into changing our perversely regressive tax system? If the prospect of eliminating Basic Health, GAU, student aid, senior med assistance and closing prisons doesn't make people get serious, what will?
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Read a Pacific Northwest, liberal perspective on world, national, and local politics. From majestic Redmond, Washington - the Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate.
Fuse Washington Finally, thanks to Fox "News", 2+2 really does =5. (And with the cuts in education funding we could see over the next few years, don't count on the next generation's math skills to be any better.)
Think Progress » Fox fudges poll numbers to claim 120 percent of the public believes scientists fals
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Last week, Fox and Friends showed a Rasmussen poll graphic revealing that a whopping 120 percent of the American public believes scientists may be falsifying research to support their own theories on global warming:
Fuse Washington Do you think Tim Eyman is beginning to enjoy getting smacked down? Even if it makes it onto the ballot, even if it passes, his 2010 initiative -- a retread of 2007's I-960 -- won't stand up in court, according to this post from our pals at NPI. Can't Tim take a hint?
NPI Advocate: Tim Eyman's 2010 scheme will be an Initiative 960 redux (or so he tells the Associated
www.nwprogressive.org
Read a Pacific Northwest, liberal perspective on world, national, and local politics. From majestic Redmond, Washington - the Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate.
Fuse Washington Why do the rich and powerful always insist on playing by their own rules, only, as it suits their needs?
www.guardian.co.uk
Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol
Fuse Washington Copenhagen or "Hopenhagen?" It all depends. Greenpeace and TckTckTck have a pretty cool campaign for this week's climate meetings that gets to the heart of the question:
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Ads from Greenpeace and the TckTckTck coalition blanket Copenhagen International Airport featuring world leaders apologizing for their failure to act on climate change.
