The King County Legislative Action Committee will host Rep. Bob Hasegawa (11th) at this month’s meeting: Sunday Oct. 16th, 2-4 p.m. at the Mercer Island Library. 4400 88th Avenue Southeast, Mercer Island, WA 98040-4148 Click here for a “printer friendly” version of the map & directions Rep. Hasegawa is sponsor of the State Investment Trust…
According to the Seattle P-I, Swedish to drop elective abortions if deal goes through, Swedish Medical Center, one of the region’s largest hospital systems, will stop performing elective abortions if a proposed alliance with a massive Catholic-run health-care organization is approved…. My primary care physician is with Swedish. Looks like I’ll switch to another provider.
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We are underway in the WA State capitol city with an occupation that started back in the spring when we had a week of action to challenge the legislature to close loopholes and raise revenue instead of cutting essential services. The state has so far been unable and/or unwilling to challenge initiative-based mandates that hamstring…
According to Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, the richest 1 percent of Americans now own 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. Twenty-five years ago the top 1 percent owned 33 percent of national wealth. The Top 1% Take Home 24 Percent Of National Income. See 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America. The Top…
I got the email below from MoveOn.org, asking me to call Senators Cantwell and Murray and ask them to support President Obama’s jobs bill. Of course, I support the bill, and our senators should too. But isn’t it a forgone conclusion that these Democratic senators will support it? If so, isn’t the email a waste…
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How un-American: torture, immoral wars, vote fixing, imprisonment without trial, handouts and taxbreaks for billionaires, desecration of the environment, government for the corporations, theocratic combining of church and state, free trade agreements that ship jobs overseas, etc. The protesters in D.C. and on Wall Street are true patriots and should adorn themselves with tri-colored hats…
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The Occupy Wall Street and Oct 6 protests are positive, in that they raise awareness, but it’s hard to see how to leverage them for significant gains at the polls. They may cause Republicans to lose some races in 2012 — which is a positive step.  And they may allow President Obama and other…