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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 8:20 AM PDT

2009/08/19 · 08:20

Yes, I know this diary is short, but word needs to get out nonetheless.

On Saturday, August 22, Congressman Sander Levin (MI-12) is being protested by the Teabaggers. Rep. Levin hasn't had any town hall meetings (gee, I wonder why), so the teabaggers got their marching orders to go out to see him.

The protest is from 12-2 p.m. at 27085 Gratiot Ave, in Roseville, MI.

So far the protests have been pitiful failures launched by the Repug party. At the Gary Peters (MI-9) protest, there were enough counter-protestors to drown out the voices of the teabag brigade. At the Mark Schauer (MI-7) protest, the counter-protesters came out in such large numbers that what was supposed to be an anti-health care protest turned into a pro-health care rally.

We need to stop them once again, this time at Saturday from 12-2 in Roseville. Please, please, make the trip!

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Tuesday August 11, 2009 · 12:54 PM PDT

2009/08/11 · 12:54

The Liberty Counsel, the political arm of Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, has made a list of things that they say are in HR 3200 (pdf version here) that are going to cause Obama to track your every movement, look in your window at night, and smother your grandma with a pillow when he decides that she's gotten too old.

After seeing some of the items posted at a blog on The Oakland Press (I won't link to it or even give the name of a certain right-wing Iraq vet hating blogger who runs the blog), but in the comments section a guy showed everyone a bit of "HR 3200-A line by line analysis". I know this thing must've been making the rounds of the right-wing blogosphere, because all the conspiracy theory b.s. I've been hearing has been coming straight from that page.

Now I don't have the energy to go through every piece of b.s. being listed on that page, so I went through the better stuff. Besides, most of these points are just repeats of others. But when all is said and done you'll find that Liberty Counsel is a lying filthy sack of liquid crap. Here goes.....

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Thursday August 06, 2009 · 10:51 PM PDT

2009/08/06 · 22:51

While most of the media (and our friends at Daily Kos) have picked up on the insanity that was Rep. Dingell's town hall meeting, there was another protest going on with the right wingers in Michigan's 9th Congressional District, in the city of Troy.

Gary Peters, MI-9's freshman representative, was being protested by teabaggers at his Troy office. The right-wing nutbars realized that Peters was looking to avoid a town hall meeting because he was in no mood to be protested by people outside of his district, so they decided to protest outside of his office in the hopes that it would scare him into not voting for health care reform (I'm guessing it didn't work).

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Thursday August 06, 2009 · 2:12 AM PDT

2009/08/06 · 02:12

All week long we've been seeing unruly protesters, organized by insurance company lobbyists and other right-wing douchebag groups. We complain about their bullying, their desire to drown out discourse and to shout down any opposition to their way of thinking.

But instead of complaining about them, shouldn't the bigger question be: Why aren't we doing it?

We're liberals. We're the masters of the protest. In 2000 and 2004, liberals protested Bush's inauguration to show that we believe his Presidency to be illegitimate. Most of us have been to an Iraq war protest at least once in our lives. So why aren't we protesting for universal healthcare?

I know we're all tired. We've been fighting for years. We fought to get rid of Bush in 2004. We spent the next two years after that fighting to derail Bush's agenda and get a Democratic majority in Congress. We worked our asses off to get Obama elected. We've worked hard these past few years. But like it or not, the fight isn't over. The right wing hasn't gone away, and our politicians can't be expected to pass health care reform if we leave them at the mercy of the right-wing.

We need to be doing more than merely stopping their protests. We need to be having our own.

What's The Point In Being A Democrat?

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Wednesday July 29, 2009 · 1:41 AM PDT

2009/07/29 · 01:41

In 2004 we were told that if we just get rid of Bush, it would solve everything. The war in Iraq would end, we'd get universal health care coverage, the economy would be great, etc. We didn't get rid of Bush, but we managed to keep Bush from privatizing Social Security-our only real triumph in those years.

(This rant gets better. Go below the fold for the rest of it.)

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Tuesday July 28, 2009 · 12:52 PM PDT

2009/07/28 · 12:52

From America's Finest News Source:

I've been "serving" the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate since 1978. You'll notice I put "serving" in quotes, because, let's face it, I suck.

It gets even better.

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Thursday July 16, 2009 · 5:14 PM PDT

2009/07/16 · 17:14

Hello, everybody, and welcome to another session of Labor Diary Rescue. Diaries are below the fold.

My apologies on missing Monday's LDR. My "insane work schedule" had me working a 12 hour shift and I had very little sleep. Since there were only two or three diaries up that night, I decided to take a day off. So now we have a few extra diaries in the mix tonight.

You guys know the rules. The LDR is done every Monday and Thursday evenings, barring a bad internet connection, my insane work schedule, or Acts of God. In order to be rescued your pro-union diary must have less than 100 comments, have the words "union" or "labor" in the tag line, and must not have been on any front page diary rescue or rec list.

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Thursday July 09, 2009 · 7:46 PM PDT

2009/07/09 · 19:46

Hello, and welcome to the Labor Diary Rescue. Diaries are below the fold.

The Labor Diary Rescue is done every Monday and Thursday evening barring a bad internet connection, my insane work schedule, or Acts of God. In order to be rescued, your pro-union diary must have less than 100 comments, have the words "union" or "labor" in the tag line, and must not have been rescued by any front page diary rescue or been on the rec list.

Due to my insane work schedule, I'm cutting this a little short today. Enjoy the diaries, anyway, and remember to treat the comments section as an open thread!

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Monday July 06, 2009 · 7:02 PM PDT

2009/07/06 · 19:02

Hello and welcome to another Labor Diary Rescue. Diaries are below the fold.

It's been a long time since I've done this, but if there's any senior management from the Stella D’Oro Biscuit Company, please play the following video for instructions. Pay very, very close attention to the chorus:

Now that that's out of the way, here's the rules:

The Labor Diary Rescue is done every Monday and Thursday evenings, barring a bad internet connection, my insane schedule, or what my union contract refers to "Acts of God". In order to be rescued, you must have a pro-union diary with less than 100 comments, with the word "union" or "labor" in the tag line, and not been on the rec list or part of any other front page diary rescue.

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Friday July 03, 2009 · 11:33 PM PDT

2009/07/03 · 23:33

Happy Independence Day, everybody.

As a special tribute, I thought I'd give you guys a nice video diary with some patriotic quotes from great American leaders.

Despite what the idiotic right-wingers will tell you, we're all patriots. We wouldn't be here if we weren't. Everyday we do our best to fight for what's right for our country, to stand up for every American, including the poor, oppressed, and disenfranchised. We believe that liberty and justice do stand for all and not just for the rich and well connected.

So despite whatever complaints we have about the status quo, we're all fighting to make America better. Keep fighting and one day we'll win.

Enjoy the videos and the quotes.

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Thursday July 02, 2009 · 5:01 PM PDT

2009/07/02 · 17:01

Hello everybody and welcome to Labor Diary Rescue. Diaries are below the fold.

As you guys know, this is DK Greenroots week and I've been asked to show the alliances between labor and environmental groups. Tonight's group is The Apollo Alliance.

The Apollo Alliance, like the Blue Green Alliance, is a group of unions and environmentalists to create new advances in clean energy. From their website:

The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. Inspired by the Apollo space program, we promote investments in energy efficiency, clean power, mass transit, next-generation vehicles, and emerging technology, as well as in education and training. Working together, we will reduce carbon emissions and oil imports, spur domestic job growth, and position America to thrive in the 21st century economy.

Now, onto the diaries.....

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Wednesday July 01, 2009 · 1:19 PM PDT

2009/07/01 · 13:19

For a long time we've been approaching the healthcare debate with the approach of persuading other Americans that a public healthcare system available to everyone (whether it be a single-payer system or the public option) is the way to get universal healthcare pushed through Congress. And we as progressives have done a great job. As we've noted in several diaries the past few weeks, over 76% of Americans want a public option, with even large numbers of Republicans wanting it. We're winning the battle for public opinion.

So now we've got a unique problem on our hands in which 3/4 of Americans want a public option, and yet Congress is still sitting on our hands. The reason of course, being that the politicians are being bribed by insurance and other healthcare lobbyists.

Which means we need to change the nature of our debate from getting public opinion to shaming Congress.

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