Comments on: Senate Progressive Media Summit Liveblog

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:49:35 +0000

Wow. Jane Hamsher upstairs with the Honorable Senator Roland Burris!
Roland And Me

By: TheLurkingMod

TheLurkingMod — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:04:56 +0000

Brand new Julia upstairs!
A New Kind of History

By: AitchD

AitchD — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:47:10 +0000

Is Senator Levin saying that without a missile defense system there’s no point in having any health insurance?

Blogs can be confusing, but I hope they can get nuclear weapons abolished.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:24:50 +0000

How apropos.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:19:50 +0000

A Three Hour Tour

By: james

james — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:17:17 +0000

The problems with Levin’s statement about iran are too numerous to list. Let’s just look at one of them: Russia being threatened by Iran if the latter gets nuclear weapons.

Since the Great Game got started over a hundred and fifty years ago, Russia and Iran have found more to agree on than to fight about. There is no threat to Russia from Iran because, unlike the US, Russia isn’t acting like an asshole rogue nation in the Middle East trying to subvert democratically elected governments and arming the only truly nuclear rogue nation in the region, Israel.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:16:45 +0000

I agree. The ship of state has sailed into a hurricane but the captain and crew still think they are on a day outing.

By: Margot

Margot — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:14:45 +0000

new post

By: dosido

dosido — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:10:43 +0000

Cash is the only thing they can feel emotion for.

brilliant! the Cash party.

By: DBaker

DBaker — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:10:36 +0000

Here’s the thing - the only way single payer (or any kind of legislation whatsover in this country which hurts certain corporations who spend lobbying $) ever passes is if we find away to minimize the money in politics. Based on Harry’s actions from last night or the DNC brought to you by AT & T, etc., it appears that is not the case, despite the fact that Obama apparently did not take lobbying money directly.

What I was asking is if “business as usual” is still going on despite the fact that the crisis is so large. My sense is, unfortunately, that business as usual still prevails in the Senate.