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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post You’re in Our Thoughts and Prayers, Jane Hamsher by wendydavis.
If this post is a card to Jane, I’m signing it too. Please accept my well wishes, Jane. I hope you can have as much time with Katy as possible. Our cat, Rascal, passed a few years ago. She was a very special companion, and I recall clearly how deeply we felt her loss.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post How Many Supreme Court Justices Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? by Janet Rhodes.
The connection between the sentence you excerpted and SCOTUS upholding the mandate is that I believe that they will strike down the entire law if they strike down the mandate. If the entire ACA goes, any government authority to impose restrictions on premium hikes will go along with it.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post How Many Supreme Court Justices Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? by Janet Rhodes.
To FDL, thanks for adding the photo of the hospital hallway. It was well chosen, really conveys the feelings of those of us who’ve lost our access to health care, not to mention the feelings of anyone visiting someone in the hospital when they’re really sick. There’s such a sense of being on edge, of [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post How Many Supreme Court Justices Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? by Janet Rhodes.
To evil dr Puma, I like your pun. That’s a nice piece of word play.
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Janet Rhodes wrote a new diary post: How Many Supreme Court Justices Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
As we head toward summer, the Supreme Court considers the fate of tens of millions of Americans with pre-existing medical conditions. SCOTUS has placed great emphasis on this question–If the US government can mandate that individuals buy health insurance, then why can’t Uncle Sam force us to buy broccoli too? To put this erudite question more [...] -
Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement by danps.
Danps, thank you for posting this! This is a wonderful piece, exceptionally well written. You have really cut through a lot of bullshit. And bullshit is the most dignified word I can think of to describe an effort by an Occupy group to shut down livestream video, or to condone any act of violence, or [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Smooth Operator: Why President Obama is Likely to be Re-elected by UndisciplinedPhD.
Katherine, This is an excellent blog. Thank you for posting it. I was a very enthusiastic Obama volunteer in ’08. And I have to say, I feel as if I fell for a con artist. I was extremely dismayed by the loss of the public option, and his failure to allow the Bush tax cuts [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Why Obama defenders make me sick by Barefoot Accountant.
Hi Barefoot Accountant, Thank you for posting this. You showed a lot of courage by posting this on DailyKos as well. I just posted a comment on DailyKos defending you. I was appalled by the abuse, rudeness, and childish behavior you were subjected to on DailyKos. And I said so in very plain words. Your [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Why I’ve Refused to Endorse DNC and RNC Protests by David Swanson.
David, this is a really good post. I agree with you about “diversity of tactics.” I hated the phrase the first moment I heard it. And I think “weasel wording” is a good way to describe it. It is a very roundabout and dishonest way of admitting that they will not oppose violence. I, for [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Republican Candidates don’t seem to notice they are standing on a Bridge to Nowhere by Liz Berry.
Liz,
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post We Have the Right to Violate You! by kenyatta yamel.
Thank you for posting this. This is an important diary; committing a person to a mental institution because of their political beliefs or whistle-blowing is the type of thing I thought the Soviet Union did before its breakup. We used to pride ourselves on not doing that sort of thing in America. Notice my use [...]
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Republicans for Obama by cocktailhag.
Thank you for posting this! I love good writing. I’m looking forward to reading more posts from you.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post The Future Of The Occupy Movement by Center for Constitutional Rights.
Excellent piece, thanks for posting it.
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Janet Rhodes wrote a new diary post: BREAKING: Occupy SF Raided
SFGate reports that Occupy SF was raided by police at one am this morning. The camp was broken up and seventy arrests were made. The link is below:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/07/BAC41M9GUP.DTL&tsp=1 -
Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post What LAPD Said To 79-Year-Old Cuffed Protestor by Cindi Burkey.
Did anyone find out the name of that bus driver? If enough of us complain about him, we can make sure the LAPD has to leave this ass at home–or on the unemployment line.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the blog post Late Night FDL: Insufficient Change
Change is former Obama volunteers like me finally getting so disgusted they refuse to vote for Obama, and instead vote Green or write in Bernie Sanders, or someone else. Change is when we say to the Democratic party: Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post 2 More Arrested at Occupy Tucson, Citations Surpass 700. by Robert Alexander Dumas.
Hi Robert, Thanks for posting this. I admire your friend, Joan. She is very brave.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Are Progressive Ideals Facing “Boomergeddon”? by Mike Males.
This is a very well written post. Thanks for posting it.
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Janet Rhodes commented on the diary post Occupy GA: Lord of the Flies by Janet Rhodes.
Bungalowkitchens, Thanks for your comments. Re looking for ways to deal with this type of problem, I’d love to hear people’s ideas. It looks as if our small core group is going to meet after Thanksgiving and start figuring out ways to deal with it, to prevent this type of thing from happening again.
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Janet Rhodes wrote a new diary post: Occupy GA: Lord of the Flies
Imagine that you have stood up at a meeting of People’s Temple and warned members of the congregation that they were not safe around Jim Jones and needed to eject him from their group. It’s the mid-1970s, and you are at the headquarters in San Francisco where an aura of worship surrounds Jones. You probably [...]
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