D2 route

Why does she need a chauffeur? How many books and supplies could we buy for what we are paying her chauffeur?

Jim Webb Speaks out on FISA and the Role of Bloggers in Legislative Fights

With respect to legislation, what I, I think the blogs really communicate, in a very intelligent way, on a couple of these really complicated issues, I would hope they wouldn’t lock themselves into positions so early, uh, there’s some really complex pieces of legislation that kind of get boiled down…

Josh Nelson: Are you talking about FISA?

Jim Webb: Specifically I’m thinking about FISA since I have to vote on it tomorrow afternoon.

(laughter)

That’s a very complicated issue and I’ve looked at it from every single angle that it can be looked at. Having had the black clearances that we were talking about, and at the same time I’m very strong on privacy rights. It’s not an issue that is easy to boil down in the way a lot of the blogging community has boiled it down.

not a new phenomenon.

What’s wrong with Obama’s FightTheSmear.com

There’s another problem with Fight the Smears — its conception that it can spread the truth “virally.” The site asks you for your friends’ e-mail addresses and even your e-mail password, with which it can access all your contacts1. Your friends will then receive a bland message from you — typical line: “These assertions are completely false and designed to play into the worst kind of stereotypes” — along with a link to Fight the Smears.

Never ever give out your email password. Shame on Obama.

What a doctor thinks of HCAN’t

Don McCanne, MD at Physicians for a National Health Program. Fair using, heck, most of it:

Tenants Demand Rental Reform

D.C. tenants have the right to vote to block condominium conversion. But a Washington Post investigation in March showed a pattern of landlords taking advantage of a legal loophole by neglecting their buildings, forcing tenants to vacate. When buildings become vacant, landlords can convert them without a vote, often making millions of dollars in the process.

Gray Slams, Slams Fenty & Co. on Schools

Today, with Lew and Reinoso no-shows and with Rhee choosing to leave early (at 4:25 p.m.) rather than testify, Gray is choosing to recess rather than close the contracts hearing. He deemed the executive branch’s behavior as “either an incredibly disingenuous act or an incredibly misinformed act.”

“We are the Council of the District of Columbia, and we have a right to ask these questions,” he said.

Not just a right, but a duty.

Pro-Single-Payer Doctors’ Group Announces New Blog

No time for Obama sweet talking

Why is Health Care for America Now Giving Up on Single Payer?

Mayors back single payer health care

A Trojan Horse

FOOD * FRIENDS * FILM SCREENING * FUN!
SUNDAY JULY 13th
6:30-9:30pm - RAIN OR SHINE!
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At Ella Jo Baker Co-op
2552 University Pl
Off Euclid b/w 14 & 15, Columbia Heights Metro
Backyard - enter through rear alley
If raining, go to community room, basement of 2548 University Pl
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