Rep. John Murtha Dead at 77

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Monday February 08, 2010 · 11:52 AM PST

2010/02/08 · 11:52

from the diaries - BarbinMD

From a press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman John P. Murtha (PA-12) passed away peacefully this afternoon at 1:18 p.m. at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA. At his bedside was his family.

Murtha, 77, was Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense.

First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in February of 1974, Murtha dedicated his life to serving his country both in the military and in the halls of Congress. A former Marine, he became the first Vietnam War combat Veteran elected to the U.S. Congress.

This past Saturday, February 6, 2010, Murtha became Pennsylvania's longest serving Member of Congress.

A complete biography is available on his website.

Prayers go out to his family.

May he rest in peace.

House Hardball on Social Security

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Friday February 05, 2010 · 1:36 PM PST

2010/02/05 · 13:36

This is what the Democrats in Congress need to be doing oh...just every day between now and November:

House Democrats are going to force their Republican colleagues to vote on a resolution opposing the privatization of Social Security. The move shows Democrats are putting their full political muscle into painting the Republicans as enemies of Social Security and using the chief GOP budget writer Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to cut benefits as evidence.

Democrats get so caught up in policy that they forget that some down and dirty politics is necessary, too.

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Wednesday November 11, 2009 · 2:20 PM PST

2009/11/11 · 14:20

I don't usually pay much mind to the exploits of state level elected officials. This one, however, is the exception that makes the rule. Colorado state senator David Schultheis. Catch this tweet from the other day:

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Monday October 19, 2009 · 7:18 PM PDT

2009/10/19 · 19:18

It was bad enough for the socialist/communist/marxist/fascist President of the United States to speak to school children across the country via satellite. But today he took it a step too far -- He showed up in person on an unannounced visit to a class of fourth graders in Maryland.

How can this happen? This surprise visit is an outrage, I tell you. Parental units were given no notice to pull their children away from this effort to ruin America's youth. Here's the latest version of indoctrination.

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Friday October 02, 2009 · 9:46 AM PDT

2009/10/02 · 09:46

So Chicago has been eliminated from consideration for the 2016 Olympic games leaving Rio ~~and Madrid as the final two in voting for the~~ as the host city for the 2016 Games.

Right-wingnuttia is making it abundantly clear that the only reason for the rejection of this bid is because of one Barack Obama. That being the case, there is only one explanation for this:

Barack Obama is not sufficiently socialist or gay-loving for the IOC.

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 4:45 PM PDT

2009/09/24 · 16:45

Just to toss a little more into this, there is this piece out from TPM Media:

I just got off a conference call with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). They are confident -- very confident -- that health care reform will include a public option.

"The health care bill that is signed into law by the President will have a good, strong, robust public option," Schumer said.

The mark-up watchers around here may be in for a good show Friday as the Senators suggested they would be pushing hard for the public option starting tomorrow.

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Tuesday September 15, 2009 · 11:36 AM PDT

2009/09/15 · 11:36

We've seen it coming since, well, since February, 2007. But now that he is President Obama, it is coming to a head with full steam. The more reasonable he sounds, the crazier it is making the fringe...and now it is entering the mainstream. Since we know he rules their world, how will traditional media outlets treat this Drudge eruption?

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Wednesday September 09, 2009 · 3:20 PM PDT

2009/09/09 · 15:20

In case you missed it yesterday, Saxby Chambliss took a pre-emptive swipe at Obama warning him ~~not to get too uppity~~ to "show some humility" in his speech.

Well...excerpts from the speech are out and...well...Saxby won't be happy

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Tuesday September 01, 2009 · 6:56 PM PDT

2009/09/01 · 18:56

Well this could be fun:

Hopefully Sarah Palin realizes she's been invited to Hong Kong as a practical joke.

CLSA, the Asia-focused broker who invited Mrs. Palin as keynote speaker for an Asian investment conference, is well known for their cheeky takes on investment research.

In the past, they've polled Asian fortune tellers for index targets, hired anime cartoonists to draw Japanese research, and generally love to push the boundaries between entertainment and analysis. They are a real research firm, it's just that they love to sprinkle in some hilarity every now and then as a smart marketing gimmick.

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Sunday August 16, 2009 · 6:02 PM PDT

2009/08/16 · 18:02

Public Option! Co-Op! Conrad Sucks! Death Panels!

Shut Up! No, You Shut Up!

Amidst all the back and forth this month on the health care/insurance reform debate I feel obliged to take you all back almost exactly one year ago to the real reason President Barack Obama cannot deliver on any kind of health reform.

The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2008:

[I]n a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.

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Friday August 14, 2009 · 1:17 PM PDT

2009/08/14 · 13:17

Dick Armey is quitting -- b/c Rachel Maddow has kicked his behind:

Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) is resigning from DLA Piper law firm amid a wave of negative attention his grassroots organization, Freedom Works, has drawn for helping to organize protesters at health care town hall meetings with members of Congress.

In an interview with POLITCO Armey said that he was concerned about the media scrutiny the health care protests were drawing to the firm he has been associated with since retiring from Congress.

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 7:01 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 19:01

For your consideration:

A) If you are represented in the House by any of the following Republican members and

B) You hear them prattling on about government 'death panels' you hereby have my permission to tell them to STFU.

Why, you ask? Because of this vote: For the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo

Setting aside the inane idea that "death panels" are even what is being proposed, these Reps are already on record voting for the most invasive government interference ever approved by congress...and on an issue of end of life care, to boot!

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