On July 28th, Medicare celebrates its 47th Birthday. Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid are the “crown jewels” of our national social insurance system. Despite widespread public support, politicians in Wasshington DC want to privatize or outright eliminate Medicare, and severely cut Medicaid and Social Security..  WA State Alliance for Retired Americans (WASARA) & Physicians for…

I’m sure someone with better graphics design skills can do a better job at this. Suggestions?

World’s super rich said to be hiding $20 trillion in offshore tax havens

FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) reports on CBS’s Anti-Science Weather Expert: ‘Severe weather consultant’ David Bernard is climate-change denier

With a sense of guilt and shame, I drove alone the 15 miles to Kent to attend the AM 1090 forum, where the panelists were Thom Hartmann, Randi Rhodes, Norman Goldman, Mike Papantonio, Sam Seder, Ron Reagan and special guest Congressman Jim McDermott. Turnout seemed lower than in past years but the crowd was as…

Working Washington says: Rob McKenna doesn’t understand the 99% need a raise! Rally outside of the Attorney General’s office, 5th and Marion, 800 5th Ave # 2000  Seattle, WA 98104

Love this facebook page: Ayn Rand collected Social Security “I’m about to write some trite books that will cause every prick in the world to tell you it’s cool to be a selfish asshole. YAY!”

PROPOSED EXPANSION OF COAL EXPORTS AND TRAINS IN AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT  Sponsored by Poets West and Justice Party of Washington State Saturday, July 21 at 3:00 pm Green Lake Branch Seattle Public Library 7364 E Green lake Dr. N, Seattle   The Justice Party of Washington State and Poets…

Way to go Darcy!   Darcy Burner tells it like it is in this CrooskAndLiars article An Adult Conversation about Guns.  We need politicians who tell it like it is. I wonder if she’ll probably get more votes from that article than she’ll lose.

Wonder why Micosoft doesn’t pay state taxes and why Governor Gregoire and Suzan Del Bene are holding hands? If you missed last week’s discussion of the CD1 Candidates you can watch it again this evening on Channel 77 at 8:30 PM or online anytime here: Candidates Vying for Congress in Washington’s New First District.