Who funded Obama bigtime from early in the primaries?

That’s who is benefiting now.

The same goes for the single completed bill in the senate. Baucus’s bill has increasingly become a side show and very likely riddled with pointless measures. However it is imperative that coninued pressure be applied on it too so that it at least has the PO in some manner.

It is heartening to see that the impetus continues to go in favor of the PO, largely as a result of the pressure exerted on legislators from within the blogosphere and TV. The pressure of course should have no let up.

It would seem that the blogosphere in particular can serve as the vehicle for coalescing pressure to influence sane solutions to the myriad problems facing the country. It has been useful also to see the complete ineptitude of Obama as force for influencing meaningful change.

The weakening of the dollar is about to wreak havoc on peoples’ living standards and this has come about in large measure from the unwillingness of the government to put in place restrictions on the financial sector that would show owners of US debt that the country is implementing the measures needed to place its financial affairs in order.

Holders of US debt simply have no confidence in our country’s creditworthiness. These same holders of US debt have already taken steps to remove the dollar as their currency reserve and will also henceforth conduct international transactions using a diversified basket of currencies. It is no surprise that China as the largest holder of US debt is leading this campaign.

The point is that the country as led by congress and Obama is close to being a ruderless ship. It would seem that the task of safeguarding the country’s wealth and wellbeing is devolving more and more to the people at large.

If the fine is, for example, $3800, does this mean that the first $4108 of employed income or $4470 of self-emloyed income (fine plus SSI) is taxed at 100%?

Interesting potential marginal tax rate.

They played her speech made just before the invasion of Afghanistan ( I think) She was the only vote against the invasion according to Juan.

It’s worth listening to;

Citizen Jane Hamsher and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:

Another great analysis…but we’ve seen this comin’ for weeks now. Like I been sayin, the key to where this is all gunna come down is in the House of Representatives and the leadership and ObamaRahma against the expanded progressive caucus. Obama and Pelosi are smart and they both know that there is nowhere to hide on this issue anymore…Pelosi ain’t gunna take the fall for ObamaRhama and she knows if healthcare reform and the public option loose in the House she can say “goodbye” to the speakership ‘cuz either the Dems loose control a the house or what’s left of the Dem majority in 2011 will have more progressives and less Blue Dogs.

And let’s not forget about the kids in the desert and the mountains of this insane war…healthcare reform is bein held up against the pressure to expand the war in Afghanistan.

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, WE’VE ALREADY PAID FOR THIS MESS!!

Of course not. Rahm told her that would be fucking stupid, then he stabbed the table with a steak knife.