Could Gallegly’s 24th District Have Been Better Served?

Found an interesting website - NationalPriorites.org - where you can play with some numbers.
For instance, when comparing the tax cuts to the richest 10% for the year 2009, to the amount of money needed to hire music and art teachers for our students in public school, the figure is astounding:
IF instead of those tax cuts [...]

CA Universal Health Care SB840 - Senator Kuehl’s efforts

Steve Wiegand: California “creeping” along on universal health care
By Steve Wiegand - swiegand@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Saturday, April 5, 2008
Historian John D’Emilio has written that social movements can be categorized as either “leaping” or “creeping” in terms of their pace.
Over at the Hart Senior Center on 27th Street today, the apostles of Senate Bill 840 are [...]

10 Things to Know About John McCain

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, [...]

Audra Strickland Speaks Out About Health Care Insurance

Got a curious broadcast letter from Audra Strickland’s office. Finally getting around to going through the other mail and opened it.  Many Ventura county voters got these “Health Care” letters from Strickland.
After reading it many times,  it seemed to have no point other than to say Health Savings Accounts were all the rage, giving [...]

Michael Moore explains why he can’t vote for Hillary Clinton

 Michael Moore discusses his concern for Clinton’s ongoing voting for the war.  He also discusses why the health care plans of both Clinton and Obama won’t work.

Medical Students Rally for SB 840 Health Care Bill by Senator Kuehl

Medical students and doctors gather to support Senator Kuehl’s SB 840 plan to provide every Californian with healthcare. There are several health care bills out right now, but this is the one that makes the most sense.

Call Your California State Senator Monday Morning - Healthcare Bill Vote Monday PM

Time Sensative Action Alert
Please Call Your Senator Today!
Urge a ‘NO’ Vote on ABX1 - The Flawed Healthcare Bill
You have a chance to make a big difference on healthcare in California. The Senate Health Committee will vote Monday on ABX1, the deeply flawed healthcare bill by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. This is [...]

Michigan Primary January 15, 2008 - Vote!

This is a great commercial for Dennis Kucinich In Michigan:

Kucinich and Health Care

See also, “Are the Insurance Companies Deciding Our Next President?“

One True Voice On the Trail - The Value(s) of Dennis Kucinich

Here is a well written article by Chris Hedges from the Philadelphia Inquirer 1-6-2008, that someone has sent in:
I am tired of living in a country where 16-year-old girls die because insurance company profits are more important than human life.
I am tired of a government that runs offshore penal colonies where the detained are [...]

Are Insurance Companies Deciding Our Next President?

Dennis Kucinich Interview on PBS

Starting after 1:50 into the video you will hear Dennis talk about AARP, a 527 group, staging a debate and made the candidates testify that they would not support HR676, John Conyers single payer non-profit health care bill.
So now Obama, Hillary and Edwards are tied to a mandated health [...]