I’ve been saying it since before the inauguration: If progressives expect Obama (and the Democratically controlled Congress) to create the kind of policies we want, we have to organize and apply the public pressure to make them do it. We know that the corporate powers, with their enormous influence and abundance of resources, are not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health care reform’
3 Nov
Blog Fail, Qwest Fail, Big Media Fail
OK, I said this was about “slow blogging,” but I never intended to be this slow. It’s been over 7 weeks since my last post. Just getting started and then I stopped. Pathetic. I blame Qwest. Qwest Fail: I’d blocked out most of a week in between project deadlines in mid-October to catch up on [...]
19 Aug
In search of passionate intensity
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” —”The Second Coming,” W.B. Yeats My previous post advocated for more passionate intensity from the sensible majority in this country and our representatives in government. Without that, the worst will win. So I was very glad to see signs that organized labor [...]
12 Aug
Health Care Reform and Energy Reform — Half a Loaf or Just Crumbs?
The array of forces against meaningful reform is formidable and relentless. How will progressives—and all people with basic common sense—respond?
