Russian Orthodox Church Leader Patriarch Kirill on Gay Rights The Bilerico Project . . . . . Patriarch Kirill speaks and practices LOVE. Some other religious leaders should speak out as he has. Exactly as he has.
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Sunday, 27 December 2009
States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill - NYTimes.com
States With Expanded Health Coverage Fight Bill - NYTimes.com - Now this here is a novel complication.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 26 December 2009
Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid - NYTimes.com
Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid - NYTimes.com - though at times the holy mother roman catholic church will not only come across but in actuality will be severely monolithic, contravening any and all common sense, we have here today a reality consisting of various elements of the purported monolith acting out in a common sense FOR THE BENEFIT OF the common man.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 24 December 2009
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill - NYTimes.com
Senate Passes Health Care Overhaul Bill - NYTimes.com - And now for something 'completely different': reconciliation.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 23 December 2009
House Dems: We won't roll over - - POLITICO.com
House Dems: We won't roll over - - POLITICO.com - - Great! Both the Senate and the House are supposed to represent the people, yet they are throwing bravado to the wind on the healthcare issue.
Sphere: Related ContentEconomic Scene - How Congress Can Compromise Sensibly on Health Care Bill - NYTimes.com
Economic Scene - How Congress Can Compromise Sensibly on Health Care Bill - NYTimes.com - perhaps some of the suggestions will find themselves in the final variation of the healthcare bill.
Sphere: Related ContentRoger Hickey: Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill - Improve It
Roger Hickey: Don't Kill the Health Reform Bill - Improve It - Interesting alternative . . . if you believe.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 22 December 2009
Griffith's switch - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Griffith's switch - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - Parker Griffith has a new nickname: T R A I T O R. Don't forget it!
Sphere: Related ContentPublic option tensions linger - - POLITICO.com
Public option tensions linger - - POLITICO.com - It has now been intimated by Capitol insiders that the public option option will be considered when the proposed bill, still to be reconciled, is revisited. Let's just wait and see, especially if the option will definitely be excluded from the current proposed bill.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - A Bill Well Worth Passing - NYTimes.com
Editorial - A Bill Well Worth Passing - NYTimes.com - This op-ed from the New York Times is based on the belief that the Senate bill is workable, as a jumping off point. Well, we shall see.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 21 December 2009
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills - NYTimes.com
Democrats Face Challenge in Merging Health Bills - NYTimes.com - and abortion is the issue on which falls the current debate.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Columnist - A Dangerous Dysfunction - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - A Dangerous Dysfunction - NYTimes.com - This article's title "A Dangerous Dysfunction" is an understatement of the nth degree.
Sphere: Related ContentHealth plans on collision course - - POLITICO.com
Health plans on collision course - - POLITICO.com - and here we are, the battle of the houses of legislators.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate advances landmark health bill - - POLITICO.com
Senate advances landmark health bill - - POLITICO.com - now let's get ready and see what happens in the battle of the titans.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 20 December 2009
Democrats Clinch Deal for Deciding Vote on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Democrats Clinch Deal for Deciding Vote on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - Now for the formal vote, then the reconciliation with the House version.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 19 December 2009
White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version
White House Will Try To Pull Health Care Bill Closer To House's Version- In the same edition of the Huffington Post from which this article comes is another article regarding the distaste the general public has for this bastardised version of the healthcare bill, devoidof a public option and a buy-in. And now the white house is planning to "work" . . . please excuse me while I barf.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 18 December 2009
A Race to Win One More Vote for Health Bill - NYTimes.com
A Race to Win One More Vote for Health Bill - NYTimes.com - What some legislators will do to garner a single vote; what some legislators will do to be that one single vote!
Sphere: Related ContentRobert Reich: Slouching Toward Health Care Reform
Robert Reich: Slouching Toward Health Care Reform - Is slouching similar or equal to dithering?
Sphere: Related ContentBob Cesca: I'm Really Pissed Off About Health Care Reform
Bob Cesca: I'm Really Pissed Off About Health Care Reform - I recently read where at present the majority of the United States population would prefer that the healthcare issue be deferred to the next year (2010), in the hopes that something good and inclusive could then be developed. Not a bad idea, come to think about it.
Sphere: Related ContentVote by Christmas in peril - - POLITICO.com
Vote by Christmas in peril - - POLITICO.com - and that is because . . . . .
Sphere: Related ContentCatholic Gibberish from Communications Director Susan Gibbs | The Bilerico Project
Catholic Gibberish from Communications Director Susan Gibbs The Bilerico Project - The holy mother roman catholic church has now introduced the Fortunately the local citizens did not fall prey to the hubris and the arrogance of this perverse and misleading concept of the church.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 17 December 2009
Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators - NYTimes.com
Obama Health Care Meeting Aims to Rally Senators - NYTimes.com - Perhaps if POTUS obama had gotten off his ass earlier on there would materialise the results or near the results that he, the Democrats as a whole, and the American populace at large desired.
Sphere: Related ContentDC approves same-sex marriage | The Bilerico Project
DC approves same-sex marriage The Bilerico Project . . . They did it in Washington, D.C., so why not elsewhere. Let's not let D.C. be a symbolic winful gain.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 15 December 2009
Your health care is being held hostage by someone you can't vote for | The Bilerico Project
Your health care is being held hostage by someone you can't vote for The Bilerico Project - and guess who it is? The infamous Joe. Lieberman.
Sphere: Related ContentPOLITICO: Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving'
Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Lieberman aide pokes leadership leak: 'Self-serving' - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com - So what is it? Appearances or an outstretched hand to a solo asshole politician?
Sphere: Related ContentPOLITICO: Not loving the bill - Ben Smith - Not loving the bill
POLITICO: Not loving the bill - Ben Smith - Not loving the bill - there is such confusion on the healthcare issue, on the part of the public as well as on the part of the Congress, that it is a wonder if we get anything meaningful to and for the public.
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 14 December 2009
Long-Term Care Stirs Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
- Step by Step, Piece by Piece, the grand plans fall apart and are blown away.Long-Term Care Stirs Health Care Debate - NYTimes.com
Sphere: Related ContentJoe Lieberman says no to Medicare buy-in - - POLITICO.com
Joe Lieberman says no to Medicare buy-in - - POLITICO.com - - the 'Lieb-man' doesn't know whether he's coming or going, a simpleton of the politician clique. That's why, IMHO, he couldn't stay within a politicala party.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 12 December 2009
Robert Reich: How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care
Robert Reich: How a Few Private Health Insurers Are on the Way to Controlling Health Care - Give us something to be proud of, and not this shit pablum now being regurgitated.
Sphere: Related ContentArianna Huffington: Health Care Reform: Sifting Through the Suboptimal Solutions
Arianna Huffington: Health Care Reform: Sifting Through the Suboptimal Solutions - A well thought out, well deserved analysis of the state of the current packages for healthcare.
Sphere: Related ContentChildren on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics - NYTimes.com
Children on Medicaid Found More Likely to Get Antipsychotics - NYTimes.com - And this is how the lawyers and the politicians practice medicine.
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 11 December 2009
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits - Road Runner
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits - Road Runner - let's see how this is handled in the conference phase between both houses.
Sphere: Related ContentModerates uneasy with Medicare plan - - POLITICO.com
Moderates uneasy with Medicare plan - - POLITICO.com - Now Mr. Reid (D-NV) has a problem with his moderates as he strives to put together a filibuster proof 60 in the Senate. This should prove to be interesting.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Dems may change health care compromise - Road Runner
Senate Dems may change health care compromise - Road Runner - the issue is still a fluid matter for care and consideration.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 10 December 2009
Pelosi Backs Off Public Option
Pelosi Backs Off Public Option - thus, the public option is dead. The obama didn't do anything to help - our vote, our loss.
Sphere: Related ContentDespite talk of breakthrough, still no clear path to public option - - POLITICO.com
Despite talk of breakthrough, still no clear path to public option - - POLITICO.com - It's hard to understand this mysterious element of the proposed healthcare public option when so few people know what it's about, and even fewer are willing to share the contents.
Sphere: Related ContentLiberals' public option dream fading - - POLITICO.com
Liberals' public option dream fading - - POLITICO.com - After a year it took only six days to relegate the public option to the closet.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - The Non-Public Option - NYTimes.com
Editorial - The Non-Public Option - NYTimes.com - the ten senators say that the same results can be achieved this way. Let's see what the CBO comes up with in their calculations and projections.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Democrats See Hope on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
Senate Democrats See Hope on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - We the people don't know what's up yet, but we can hope.
Sphere: Related ContentWhenda ENDA? | The Bilerico Project
Whenda ENDA? The Bilerico Project - This is a good summary of the process that ENDA needs to go through to passage and enactment; read it!
Sphere: Related ContentAli Forney Center gets some help from Episcopals | The Bilerico Project#more
Ali Forney Center gets some help from Episcopals The Bilerico Project#more - there was and is a problem, for which there has been a solution, and from an unlikely source.
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 9 December 2009
News Analysis - Public Option Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill - NYTimes.com
News Analysis - Public Option Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill - NYTimes.com - It's a watered down, through the back door accord in the attempt to garner sixty votes, hopefully including liberals and ccentrists.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Contributor - What My Amendment Won’t Do - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - What My Amendment Won’t Do - NYTimes.com - "ak" equals "id". Just as Stupid says, the amendment provides that no federal funds will be spent on abortions. Maybe he would change his mind if he was female.
Sphere: Related ContentReid Says Deal Resolves the Impasse on the Public Option - NYTimes.com
Reid Says Deal Resolves the Impasse on the Public Option - NYTimes.com - Apparently the public option is too hot a potato to handle for now.
Sphere: Related ContentSenator Ed Murray's road map towards full equality | The Bilerico Project#more
Senator Ed Murray's road map towards full equality The Bilerico Project#more - Six single, clearly annunciated steps to guide us in our trek for full equality.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Rejects Abortion Restrictions 54 To 45
Senate Rejects Abortion Restrictions 54 To 45 - but it also is compromising on the public option . . . none.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 8 December 2009
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com - Dueling tubas . . . bassoons . . . buffoons, i.e., those Democrats and Republicans.
Sphere: Related ContentSenators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com
Senators take up tricky issues - - POLITICO.com - Dueling tubas . . . bassoons . . . . . buffoons, i.e., Democrats and Republicans.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Contributor - Coverage Without Borders - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor - Coverage Without Borders - NYTimes.com - Let the holy mother roman catholic bishops in the United States pay for the healthcare of the illegal aliens if they are so concerned (and are up to holding any one person responsible). I would rather not, as also a great number of people
Sphere: Related ContentMonday, 7 December 2009
An Expert Summary of the Newly Revised U.S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines - The Body
An Expert Summary of the Newly Revised U.S. HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines - The Body - There are some significant changes being proffered.
Sphere: Related ContentChances shrink for pure public option - - POLITICO.com
Chances shrink for pure public option - - POLITICO.com - It will be interesting to see what the final product will look like.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - A Bishop’s Words - NYTimes.com
Editorial - A Bishop’s Words - NYTimes.com - empty pablum, self-serving, conescending, arrogant, delusionary . . . the list could go on. And it does, from Egan's mouth from and to other bishop flappers, denigrating the wounded rather than the malfacients.
Sphere: Related ContentPush for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com
Push for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com - The obama is now trying to coax a deal out of Congress, unlike with the equality issue.
Sphere: Related ContentPush for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com
Push for Deal on Public Health Plan - NYTimes.com - The obama is now trying to coax a deal on the healthcare issue. Hopefully this will work unlike the equality issue.
Sphere: Related ContentSunday, 6 December 2009
President Obama visits Capitol Hill to push health plan - - POLITICO.com
President Obama visits Capitol Hill to push health plan - - POLITICO.com - POTUS finally spends some political goodwill on healthcare. Here's hoping it isn't too late, as unfortunately it has been for the GLBT community.
Sphere: Related ContentObama to push health bill in talks with Democrats - Road Runner
Obama to push health bill in talks with Democrats - Road Runner - So where has Il Duce been; he's been avoiding his voting constituents as if they hasd the plague.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » Washington State Sen. Ed Murray: Toward marriage equality for lesbian and gay families
ACT On Principles » Washington State Sen. Ed Murray: Toward marriage equality for lesbian and gay families - a how-to primer for others to use comes out of the experience of Washington State.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The Examiner: Congress ready to pass trio of LGBT equality bills, or so it seems
ACT On Principles » The Examiner: I am hopeful that this article depicts honestly what is in the making. Wouldn't it be nice.
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial - Senate Health Care Follies - NYTimes.com
Editorial - Senate Health Care Follies - NYTimes.com - Someone should tell the Republicans to grow up and give the people what they want ad need.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate Votes for Cuts in Medicare Home Health Payments - NYTimes.com
Senate Votes for Cuts in Medicare Home Health Payments - NYTimes.com - Republicans were knocked back 53 to 41 to block cuts to home health agencies.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, 5 December 2009
Senators spend weekend bickering over health bill - USATODAY.com
Senators spend weekend bickering over health bill - USATODAY.com - I wonder what they are up to, what they hope to achieve, and what the final bill prior to and after resolution will look like.
Sphere: Related ContentOp-Ed Columnist - The Lost Weekend - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist - The Lost Weekend - NYTimes.com - What spiteful devils these Republications be!
Sphere: Related ContentFriday, 4 December 2009
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com - The amendments are coming. The amendments are coming.
Sphere: Related ContentSenate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com
Senate health bill inches forward - - POLITICO.com - The amendments are coming. The amendments are coming.
Sphere: Related ContentThursday, 3 December 2009
New York Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com
New York Senate Rejects Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com - Appaarently eight Democrats shifted their vote to deny marriage equality to same-six couples. Too bad!
Sphere: Related ContentWednesday, 2 December 2009
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia - I am ashamed to report that the New York State's Legislature's Senate body has rejected, in a vote that never should have had to be held, acknowledging legally the same-sex marriage equality concept. Although Governor Patterson tried to help pass the issue into law, he wasn't effective enough.
Sphere: Related ContentNew York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com
New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill - NYTimes.com - I'm ashamed to say that the New York State's Legislature's august Senate body has, in a voting process that never should have had to happen, denied the acknowledgement legally of same-sex marriage equality.
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday)
ACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday) . . . . . There comes a time . . . will this be ours?
Sphere: Related ContentACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday)
ACT On Principles » The NYS Senate will vote on the marriage equality bill today! (Wednesday) . . . . . There comes a time . . . is this to be ours?
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, 1 December 2009
How To Get ENDA Moving Again | The Bilerico Project
How To Get ENDA Moving Again The Bilerico Project - Perhaps, and make that sooner rather than later.
Sphere: Related ContentEpiscopalians will now officiate same-sex marriages in church | The Bilerico Project
Episcopalians will now officiate same-sex marriages in church The Bilerico Project - Well, there you have some progress long overdue. An afterthought, when, not if, will the holy mother roman catholic church catch up with the 'trend'?
Sphere: Related ContentEditorial Observer - Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option - NYTimes.com
Editorial Observer - Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option - NYTimes.com - Perhaps now is a time to stop trying to reinvent the wheel.
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