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It’s Friday,  thank goodness and it definitely has been a damn good week for We The People; nothing even remotely feels  like Armageddon as suggested by John Boehner or Eric Cantor.  It was raining the wind was blowing and while our weather in the 206 did change … The Political Party of NO did everything they could to stop change, to stop having Americans move into the 21st Century with an opportunity for good health, to stop being denied or be discriminated against, to have relief because your student will be covered under  your insurance until the age of 26; the right has said this is a welfare program… College is not cheap; people lose everything in some cases from having to pay out of the nose because of the lack of good health care coverage or no coverage at all;  small businesses will be able to get tax credits for hiring and maybe afford to provide health care too.

Oh yeah, these are bad ideas even novel … wonder why no one else thought about or tried to improve the lives of Americans … oh wait; Presidents in the past have tried but no one was able to until now.  The HCR bill is not perfect but it can be adjusted. It’s time for the middle class to re-enforce the ideology of the Democratic party.   The new law of the land is just a beginning of change we can all believe in.  It’s change that is also the beginning of what  53% heard, listened and voted for.  We not only will expect it to continue We The People must participate in keeping this change happening by calling when we need to push Democrats to push forward into the 21st Century, sign Petitions to show the numbers that continue to support climate change, stop out-sourcing,  education, energy and green jobs for all projects.  The change we voted for will not be easy, it will not get done just by the President we need to rise up; voice our opinions shut down the negative noise of Republicans. The party of NO has now seen what change looks like and they will continue to from now on.

Updates as needed

Other News …

**More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid that Congress passed Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.AP

**The price of a Movie Ticket will be going up today

**British Airways is warning of a 2nd round of strikes starting at midnight 3/26/2010

**UPDATE 3/26/2010 South Korea navy fires in direction of N.Korean at an unidentified vessel and now a SKorean ship is sinking by possible torpedo stricke **On 3/25/10 SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea’s military warned South Korea and the United States on Friday of “unprecedented nuclear strikes” over a report the two countries plan to prepare for possible instability in the totalitarian country.

Senate adjourning until April 12 without extending unemployment benefits after Sen. Coburn blocked efforts Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/25/republican-senator-blocks-unemployment-insurance-insists-democrats-pay-for-spending/#ixzz0jIcvopJS

**A 6.2 earthquake in Chile today no word of injuries yet

**Sarah Palin is campaigning for McCain today in Arizona; and as far as the show on Discovery channel? i vote to BOYCOTT it

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U.S. & Russia agree to new arms treaty. The White House announced today that it has reached an agreement on a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) between Russia and the U.S. Pres. Obama will be joined by Sec. of State Clinton, Sec. of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen at today’s White House press briefing. The agreement will be signed on April 8 in Prague.

Census Director Discusses 2010 Census. With the U.S. 2010 census underway, Census Bureau Dir. Robert Groves joins the Washington Journal to discuss how the census is conducted and evaluated. On Wednesday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the agency had already received 20 percent of the distributed forms. Those figures suggest this year’s census is set to match or surpass participation rates from 2000, said officials.

House Passes Senate Changes To Health Care Reconciliation Bill. On Thursday, the House passed the Senate changes to the Reconciliation Bill by a vote of 220 to 207. The bill will now go to the President for his signature. Earlier, the Senate passed the Reconciliation bill by a vote of 56 to 43.

Counterterrorism and National Security Focus of Events.  A panel at the Center for Strategic and Int’l Studies will discuss their recent report on counterterrorism efforts. The discussion focuses on national security reform and lessons learned from the attempted Christmas Day bombing. Also today, the Heritage Foundation will gather policy experts to analyze the success rate of terrorist de-radicalization programs in which select detainees from Guantanamo Bay were sent abroad.

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