Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Last night saw the Washington, D.C. premiere of Tea Party: The Documentary Film . David Weigel was there, and gave a thorough write-up of the movie and event. Excerpt: "Tea Party: The Documentary Film" is, according to its stars and filmmakers, an attempt to celebrate — and correct — the history of what [Dick] Armey called a movement to "fulfill the destiny of this land."...
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Author's note : I am not sure, Little Green Footballs was ever apart of the Conservative blogosphere to begin with. It appears the devalued blogger (Charles Johnson) of the devalued blog (Little Green Footballs)is at it again, attacking the Conservative blogosphere along with elected Republican officials, this time with a list of reasons of why he has parted ways with Conservatism. 1. Support for fascists,...
Right in a Left World (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Decision affirms Legion’s fight to protect troops from publication of harmful images WASHINGTON (November 30, 2009) -- The American Legion today praised the Supreme Court for vacating and remanding an appeals court ruling which would have ordered the release of photographs of detainees allegedly being abused by their U.S. captors. The Supreme Court ordered the 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals to take...
Random Thoughts from Reno (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
regular mammograms at age 50 and every two years after that and said there was overscreening of breast cancer, the panel didn't quite foresee the storm of reaction against their recommendations, especially by women who had believed for years that early detection equals a cure or prevention . There was something charming about the innocence of the independent task force. Did the scientists assume the...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Marsha Blackburn debate breast cancer controversy on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Health care - George Stephanopoulos - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Cancer
Biker Chicks Of West Chester (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
I was watching George Stephanopoulus this morning on ABC. He always has a good panel with good discussion. But today, one of the panelist, got me so mad I am compelled to write about it and complain. Yeah I know, who wants to hear me complain. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla was counterpointing Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn and of course it was heated and a useless debate as neither side was willing to...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
That's how Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn characterized the preventative-care sections of the Democrats' health-care bill: BLACKBURN: And, George, this is exactly how it happens. If you go to page 1,296 of the House bill, the engrossed copy, and you began to read in title three of that bill, on preventive and wellness services, and you get down to section 2301, this is what happens. In...
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
DOWNLOADS: (54) PLAYS: (291) h/t David From This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn and Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz get into one of those discussions over this week's breast screening recommendations in which the Republican simply constructs an alternate reality: BLACKBURN: ... Debbie is right when she says they forgot about people. Indeed, they did. But...
Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) accused Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Ten.) of politicizing breast cancer in a heated debate over preventative care Sunday. "The Republicans, and Ms. Blackburn, have for the first time politicized breast cancer," Wasserman Schultz told ABC's George Stephanopoulos. Blackburn contended that new controversial breast cancer screening guidelines are an example...
George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
If the devil is in the details, he may have met his match in Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Many in Congress have ridiculed the size of the health reform package, but this morning on This Week, Blackburn put her command of the 2000+ page bill on full display.
Connecting.the.Dots (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
As Harry Reid pressures holiday-homebound Democrats to vote for a start of the Senate health care debate, Republican resisters have found a new weapon to use against the bill--a sudden deep concern about how it might threaten women's bodies. Seizing on a quasi-government task force's report this week recommending that annual mammograms start at 50 rather than 40, the GOP has gone into full outrage...
En Tequila Es Verdad (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Specifically, the boobs who are throwing a hysterical fit over the new breast cancer screening recommendations : On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “ This is how rationing begins ,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
On Wednesday, a group of women GOP lawmakers held a press conference to denounce a new recommendation by the federal Preventive Services Task Force that women receive mammograms less frequently. “This is how rationing begins,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). “This is the little toe in the edge of the water.” “Women in particular may lose [...]
George's Bottom Line (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Coming up…. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
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