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Archive for August, 2009

What’s in Health Insurance Reform for you?(0)

For many Americans who are happy with their health care, a central question about insurance reform is "What’s in it for me?" No matter your age, employment status, or current insurance, there’s something in insurance reform that will give you more options and make health care more affordable.
That’s why today, the White House released [...]

Afternoon News: Bus Tour Edition(0)

Here’s a look at some of the recent news coverage of the ongoing Health Insurance Reform Now bus tour:
From the Washington Post:

President Obama’s supporters hope to recapture the energy of last year’s triumphant election campaign in a bid to regain control of the health-care debate, planning more than 2,000 house parties, rallies and [...]

Health Insurance Reform Now: On the Bus(0)

Last Wednesday, Organizing for America kicked off a ten city bus tour to help bring attention to the work that’s been going on all month in the fight for health insurance reform. Since then the bus has traveled from Phoenix to Des Moines, and thousands of Americans have come out to demand insurance reform now. [...]

Welcome Time.com Readers – We’re Didactic and Loving it!- Another Black Hair Fetish Article(0)

Oops we did it again. You never know which one of the many pithy quotes we offer up here weekly at Michelle Obama Watch is going to be picked up by mainstream media, therefore, we should ( and by “we” I mean “I”) should probably not post things written after 9:00PM. I think they completely [...]

Eulogy for a Lion(0)

President Obama remembers the "Lion of the Senate" at the funeral mass of Senator Ted Kennedy:

Health Insurance Reformers Continue Coming out in Massive Numbers Saturday(0)

Earlier tonight, OFA Deputy Director Jeremy Bird sent in this report from the road . . .

Milwaukee, WI – It is a cold, windy summer night here in downtown Milwaukee, and hundreds of health insurance reformers are filing into Meier Festival Park.
Earlier today, more than 3,000 reformers gathered in New York City with [...]

No Air Force One for the First Lady?(0)

O.K., every now and then (and more now than then) I read something that is so absolutely absurd that it defies all human intellect. Well, today is one of those times. Every Sunday, the Dallas Morning News provides space for folks to ask a burning question. Sometimes the questions are valid and sometimes you get [...]

President Obama’s Eulogy of Senator Edward Kennedy(0)

The President just finished his eulogy of his dear friend and colleague, Senator Edward M. Kenendy. The full remarks are below.
Mrs. Kennedy, Kara, Edward, Patrick, Curran, Caroline, members of the Kennedy family, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens:
Today we say goodbye to the youngest child of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. The world will long remember [...]

The President’s Weekly Address(0)

"They’re trying to scare seniors"(0)

Connie, a senior and a volunteer with Organizing for America in Florida, sent out an email to fellow seniors yesterday to help set the record straight on some of the rumors and mistruths that have been circulating about health insurance reform:
Special interests and insurance companies are spreading lies and trying to scare seniors into opposing [...]

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